best defensive rating centers below 2000 minutes2021

Nerlens Noel had the lowest defensive rating by a center with fewer than 2,000 minutes played in 2020-21, with a 101.2 rating.

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	NAME	DRTG	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	101.2	1,547	2020-21	NYK	64	24.2	5.1	6.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	2.1	3.5	61.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	71.4	63.8	2.2	4.1	1.0	324	407	46	70	141	65	176	-3
2	Dwight Howard D. Howard	102.3	1,195	2020-21	PHI	69	17.3	7.0	8.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.6	4.4	58.7	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.8	3.0	57.6	61.0	2.8	5.7	1.6	482	580	61	30	62	112	200	-66
3	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	103.5	1,242	2020-21	TOT	46	27.0	14.9	12.0	2.0	1.4	1.1	6.1	12.4	49.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	4.5	60.0	51.9	3.6	8.4	2.7	687	551	94	63	49	124	149	-105
4	Tacko Fall T. Fall	103.8	136	2020-21	BOS	18	7.6	2.6	2.9	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.6	72.4	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.8	33.3	66.0	0.9	2.0	0.3	47	52	3	1	20	6	22	+26
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	103.9	1,585	2020-21	PHI	51	31.1	28.5	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	9.0	17.6	51.3	1.1	3.0	37.7	9.2	10.7	85.9	63.6	2.2	8.4	3.1	1,451	539	145	50	69	159	123	+405
6	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	104.4	985	2020-21	BOS	52	18.9	8.0	6.9	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.6	5.0	72.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.4	61.6	71.9	2.6	4.3	1.0	417	358	94	43	91	52	105	+8
7	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	104.5	852	2020-21	NYK	31	27.5	8.3	8.1	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.7	5.7	65.3	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.7	49.1	64.2	3.6	4.5	0.8	256	252	17	35	45	26	86	-17
8	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	104.6	993	2020-21	LAL	52	19.1	5.0	4.1	2.1	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.7	45.4	1.0	2.3	41.0	0.7	1.0	72.0	60.6	0.7	3.4	1.0	262	215	109	26	58	53	115	+89
9	Dewayne Dedmon D. Dedmon	105.2	210	2020-21	MIA	16	13.1	7.1	5.4	0.8	0.6	0.4	2.9	4.1	70.8	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.3	1.7	74.1	73.5	1.8	3.6	0.8	113	86	12	9	6	13	36	+68
10	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	105.4	936	2020-21	NYK	45	20.8	5.4	5.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.2	3.5	62.7	0.1	0.3	20.0	0.9	1.2	72.7	66.1	2.2	3.4	0.5	241	250	36	31	49	22	99	+129
11	Udoka Azubuike U. Azubuike	106.0	57	2020-21	UTA	15	3.8	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.7	80.0	59.7	0.3	0.6	0.2	16	13	0	1	4	3	9	-65
12	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	106.1	258	2020-21	MEM	11	23.5	14.4	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	4.8	11.4	42.4	1.5	5.5	28.3	3.2	3.8	83.3	55.1	1.5	4.1	1.4	158	62	12	12	18	15	42	-64
13	Amida Brimah A. Brimah	106.1	29	2020-21	IND	5	5.8	2.6	1.6	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	62.5	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.6	100.0	69.7	0.4	1.2	0.8	13	8	1	0	5	4	4	+22
14	Clint Capela C. Capela	106.1	1,898	2020-21	ATL	63	30.1	15.2	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	6.6	11.0	59.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.6	57.3	60.1	4.7	9.6	1.2	956	903	49	44	129	73	145	+251
15	Montrezl Harrell M. Harrell	106.3	1,580	2020-21	LAL	69	22.9	13.5	6.2	1.1	0.7	0.7	5.4	8.7	62.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.7	70.7	65.0	2.3	3.9	1.1	931	428	73	46	49	74	128	+42
16	Vincent Poirier V. Poirier	106.6	39	2020-21	PHI	10	3.9	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	25.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.6	33.3	27.3	0.6	0.8	0.4	8	14	2	0	3	4	8	-16
17	Norvel Pelle N. Pelle	106.7	84	2020-21	TOT	13	6.5	1.5	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.2	53.3	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	66.7	56.7	0.5	1.0	0.2	20	19	2	1	9	3	14	+23
18	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	107.1	713	2020-21	TOT	41	17.4	8.9	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	3.2	7.4	42.6	1.1	3.3	34.8	1.4	2.0	72.8	53.7	1.3	5.1	1.6	366	263	76	34	24	64	107	-61
19	JaVale McGee J. McGee	107.5	678	2020-21	TOT	46	14.7	7.3	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	3.1	6.1	51.1	0.1	0.5	20.8	1.0	1.5	65.7	54.1	1.7	3.5	1.3	337	239	39	19	54	60	121	-89
20	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	107.8	559	2020-21	TOT	46	12.2	5.1	3.9	1.2	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.7	55.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	1.0	1.5	64.8	58.3	1.4	2.5	1.0	236	181	55	19	39	44	104	-1
21	Myles Turner M. Turner	107.9	1,455	2020-21	IND	47	31.0	12.6	6.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	4.4	9.2	47.7	1.5	4.4	33.5	2.4	3.0	78.2	59.9	1.3	5.2	1.4	592	306	48	41	159	67	165	+25
22	Jontay Porter J. Porter	107.9	54	2020-21	MEM	11	4.9	2.0	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.4	53.3	0.3	0.7	37.5	0.3	0.5	60.0	64.0	0.4	0.9	0.6	22	14	1	3	1	7	12	+1
23	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	108.2	1,755	2020-21	MEM	62	28.3	17.1	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	7.1	12.0	59.2	0.3	0.9	36.8	2.5	3.3	77.3	63.6	4.1	8.4	1.6	1,058	776	112	35	57	100	179	+134
24	Marques Bolden M. Bolden	108.3	29	2020-21	CLE	6	4.8	1.2	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.3	62.5	53.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	7	6	0	2	2	2	0	+5
25	Mo Bamba M. Bamba	108.5	725	2020-21	ORL	46	15.8	8.0	5.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.1	6.5	47.2	0.8	2.6	32.2	1.0	1.4	68.2	55.6	1.7	4.1	0.8	367	265	35	14	58	36	87	-203

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0