best defensive rating centers 2024 playoffs

Moritz Wagner had the best defensive rating by a center in the 2024 playoffs, with a 96.8 rating.

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Moritz Wagner M. Wagner	96.8	2023-24	ORL	7	15.0	6.3	4.4	0.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	5.1	44.4	0.3	1.3	22.2	1.4	2.4	58.8	50.6	1.6	2.9	1.1	105	44	31	2	6	3	8	21	+34
2	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	100.9	2023-24	ORL	7	26.4	7.6	6.3	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.7	6.7	40.4	1.0	3.6	28.0	1.1	1.6	72.7	51.1	1.3	5.0	0.7	185	53	44	9	5	4	5	20	+22
3	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	101.8	2023-24	DEN	2	6.5	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	100.0	69.4	0.5	1.0	0.0	13	4	3	0	1	1	0	4	-20
4	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	103.6	2023-24	CLE	4	31.8	17.0	13.8	1.3	1.3	1.0	6.3	9.3	67.6	0.0	0.0		4.5	6.5	69.2	70.2	3.8	10.0	1.3	127	68	55	5	5	4	5	8	-8
5	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	105.4	2023-24	ORL	2	5.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	10	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	-8
6	Al Horford A. Horford	107.8	2023-24	BOS	19	30.3	9.2	7.0	2.1	0.8	0.8	3.5	7.3	47.8	1.8	5.0	36.8	0.4	0.6	63.6	60.9	1.8	5.2	0.6	575	174	133	40	15	16	12	28	+140
7	Neemias Queta N. Queta	107.9	2023-24	BOS	3	4.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		66.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	13	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	+11
8	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.1	2023-24	CLE	12	35.2	16.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	2.2	6.8	12.2	55.5	0.4	1.5	27.8	2.1	3.0	69.4	59.3	2.5	6.8	1.8	422	192	111	28	10	26	22	34	-32
9	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	109.0	2023-24	DAL	21	22.0	7.9	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	3.0	4.5	67.4	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.7	2.9	59.0	67.7	2.7	4.7	1.0	462	165	156	27	9	20	21	48	+98
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.3	2023-24	DEN	12	40.2	28.7	13.4	8.7	1.4	0.7	11.1	20.3	54.5	1.2	4.4	26.4	5.3	5.9	90.1	62.5	3.6	9.8	3.3	482	344	161	104	17	8	40	32	+11
11	Luke Kornet L. Kornet	109.3	2023-24	BOS	13	10.2	3.0	3.2	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.6	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.0	84.6	73.0	1.5	1.7	0.5	133	39	41	7	1	5	6	11	-17
12	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	110.2	2023-24	MIN	15	34.1	12.1	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.0	4.3	6.9	61.5	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.3	67.1	65.2	2.7	7.1	1.5	512	181	147	24	14	15	23	55	+95
13	Jaxson Hayes J. Hayes	110.3	2023-24	LAL	4	6.0	0.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	17.4	0.8	2.3	0.5	24	1	12	1	0	0	2	7	+7
14	Orlando Robinson O. Robinson	110.9	2023-24	MIA	1	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+3
15	Damian Jones D. Jones	111.1	2023-24	CLE	2	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.5	0.5	1.0	9	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	-3
16	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	111.4	2023-24	LAC	6	11.0	3.2	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	38.9	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.3	62.5	44.1	1.2	2.2	0.3	66	19	20	4	3	2	2	13	-10
17	Dwight Powell D. Powell	111.5	2023-24	DAL	13	3.4	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	66.7	53.2	0.2	0.7	0.2	44	6	12	3	1	0	3	9	0
18	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	111.6	2023-24	NOP	4	22.5	14.5	11.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	5.5	10.5	52.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.5	4.3	82.4	58.6	4.5	6.5	2.5	90	58	44	5	2	0	10	9	-32
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	112.3	2023-24	MIN	16	32.6	19.1	9.0	2.6	0.8	0.2	6.8	14.5	46.6	1.9	5.2	36.1	3.7	4.3	85.5	58.1	2.2	6.8	1.7	522	305	144	42	12	3	27	55	+18
20	Jericho Sims J. Sims	112.3	2023-24	NYK	5	5.4	1.4	1.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.8	75.0	93.1	0.6	1.0	0.0	27	7	8	1	2	1	0	1	+8
21	Naz Reid N. Reid	112.5	2023-24	MIN	16	22.6	11.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	4.1	8.9	45.8	1.6	4.3	36.2	1.4	1.9	71.0	56.9	0.6	3.1	0.9	361	177	59	16	8	12	14	32	-23
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	113.6	2023-24	PHI	6	41.3	33.0	10.8	5.7	1.2	1.5	9.8	22.2	44.4	2.2	6.5	33.3	11.2	13.0	85.9	59.2	3.2	7.7	4.2	248	198	65	34	7	9	25	20	+46
23	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	114.1	2023-24	NYK	6	19.2	2.8	6.8	0.5	1.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.3	37.5	48.5	3.8	3.0	0.5	115	17	41	3	6	7	3	15	+30
24	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	114.9	2023-24	LAC	6	32.0	16.2	9.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	7.0	11.7	60.0	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.3	65.0	61.5	3.0	6.3	1.3	192	97	56	6	5	3	8	21	-8
25	Daniel Theis D. Theis	117.4	2023-24	LAC	1	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		150.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.2

Wagner

RPG

8.8

Banchero

APG

4.9

Banchero

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.0

18th

DRTG

115.2

16th

NETRTG

-0.2

17th

3P%

33.9

28th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Cavaliers	29	20	.592	7.0
6	76ers	25	21	.543	9.5
7	Magic	24	22	.522	10.5
8	Heat	25	23	.521	10.5
9	Hawks	24	25	.490	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 1/30	TOR	@	ORL	7:30 PM
Sun 2/1	ORL	@	SAS	4:00 PM
Tue 2/3	ORL	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Thu 2/5	BKN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sat 2/7	UTA	@	ORL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Magic

24 - 22

133

Final

124

Heat

25 - 23

Wed 28 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

11.6

Towns

11.2

Clingan

11.2

Gobert

APG Leaders

9.8

Cunningham

8.8

Giddey

8.7

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.2

Sarr

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.0

Williams

67.9

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

121.1

119.9

119.5

119.0

117.9

DRtg Rankings

106.8

109.4

112.0

112.5

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

12.7

7.2

6.6

5.9

5.1

5.0

Tank Leaderboard

11-34

12-37

12-36

12-33

15-33

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,339.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,232.3

Maxey

2,207.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,347

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,336

Johnson

2,330.3

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.6

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.1

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.8

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.41

Cunningham

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.69

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.47

Cunningham

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

31-16

28-19

28-20

26-19-1

27-21

Worst Record ATS

18-30

19-30

18-28

19-26

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	34	11	.756
2	Knicks	29	18	.617	6.0
3	Celtics	29	18	.617	6.0
4	Raptors	29	20	.592	7.0
5	Cavaliers	29	20	.592	7.0
6	76ers	25	21	.543	9.5
7	Magic	24	22	.522	10.5
8	Heat	25	23	.521	10.5
9	Hawks	24	25	.490	12.0
10	Bulls	23	24	.489	12.0
11	Hornets	20	28	.417	15.5
12	Bucks	18	27	.400	16.0
13	Nets	12	33	.267	22.0
14	Pacers	12	36	.250	23.5
15	Wizards	11	34	.244	23.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	38	10	.792
2	Spurs	32	15	.681	5.5
3	Nuggets	31	16	.660	6.5
4	Rockets	28	17	.622	8.5
5	Lakers	28	18	.609	9.0
6	Timberwolves	29	19	.604	9.0
7	Suns	28	19	.596	9.5
8	Warriors	27	22	.551	11.5
9	Trail Blazers	23	25	.479	15.0
10	Clippers	22	24	.478	15.0
11	Mavericks	19	28	.404	18.5
12	Grizzlies	18	27	.400	18.5
13	Jazz	15	33	.313	23.0
14	Kings	12	36	.250	26.0
15	Pelicans	12	37	.245	26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 1/1	CHA	@	MIL	121-122
Thu 1/1	POR	@	NOP	122-109
Thu 1/1	SAC	@	PHX	102-129
Thu 1/1	OKC	@	GSW	131-94
Thu 1/1	MEM	@	LAL	121-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/29	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 1/29	SAC	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 1/29	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Thu 1/29	MIA	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Thu 1/29	CHA	@	DAL	8:30 PM

Moritz Wagner had the best defensive rating by a center in the 2024 playoffs, with a 96.8 rating.

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2.0

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

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2,339.4

2,232.3

2,207.4

2,347

2,336

2,330.3

37.6

36.5

33.2

39.1

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36.8

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