best defensive rating for hornets player

Moussa Diabaté has the best defensive rating for the Hornets this season, with a 114.7 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games for hornets player this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Moussa Diabaté
M. Diabaté
114.7
2025-26
39
24.4
8.1
8.4
1.5
0.7
1.0
3.1
5.0
61.5
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.8
66.7
64.4
3.7
4.7
0.9
953
314
327
58
29
39
34
100
+53
2Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
114.9
2025-26
31
24.6
8.7
6.3
0.7
0.6
1.6
3.7
4.8
77.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.7
71.7
77.9
2.5
3.8
1.0
764
270
195
21
20
49
32
51
-59
3LaMelo Ball
L. Ball
116.7
2025-26
33
27.5
19.9
5.0
7.6
1.2
0.2
7.0
16.8
41.4
3.4
9.2
37.0
2.5
2.9
88.4
55.0
0.9
4.1
3.2
906
657
166
250
39
7
106
89
+99
4Brandon Miller
B. Miller
117.5
2025-26
26
30.0
19.8
4.3
3.4
0.9
1.0
7.0
16.7
41.7
2.9
8.0
36.2
3.0
3.7
83.2
54.2
1.1
3.2
2.6
780
516
111
89
24
27
67
77
+46
5Miles Bridges
M. Bridges
119.0
2025-26
42
33.0
19.1
6.4
3.6
0.5
0.5
6.7
15.1
44.6
2.3
6.8
33.7
3.3
3.9
84.8
56.8
1.0
5.3
1.5
1,388
802
267
150
21
21
61
75
-84
6Sion James
S. James
119.3
2025-26
43
25.3
6.3
3.5
2.0
0.6
0.4
1.9
5.0
38.8
1.1
3.0
35.9
1.3
1.6
86.6
55.4
0.6
2.9
0.8
1,090
270
150
87
26
17
34
79
-51
7Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
119.8
2025-26
42
32.3
19.0
5.3
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.6
13.6
48.8
3.4
7.8
43.5
2.4
2.7
89.4
64.5
1.1
4.2
2.2
1,358
800
221
149
28
10
93
98
-15
8Collin Sexton
C. Sexton
120.3
2025-26
34
23.5
14.9
2.0
4.1
0.8
0.1
5.0
10.3
48.9
1.3
3.4
37.4
3.6
4.1
87.1
61.6
0.5
1.6
2.3
798
507
69
139
26
5
78
62
-18
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Hornets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

19.9

Ball

LaMelo Ball

RPG

8.4

Diabaté

Moussa Diabaté

APG

7.6

Ball

LaMelo Ball
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.8

8th

DRTG

117.8

22nd

NETRTG

0.0

16th

3P%

37.2

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
Hornets Hornets
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Sat
1/24
@
6:00 PM
Mon
1/26
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/28
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
CHA Hornets

16 - 27

110

Final

87

DEN Nuggets

29 - 14

Sun 18 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
18
.561
8.0
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
22
21
.512
10.0
9
20
22
.476
11.5
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
6
25
16
.610
9.5
7
26
17
.605
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
23
.452
16.0
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
14
29
.326
21.5
14
12
31
.279
23.5
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
12/22
@
136-127
Mon
12/22
@
108-128
Wed
12/24
@
124-126
Wed
12/24
@
117-102
Wed
12/24
@
116-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/20
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
9:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
10:00 PM