best defensive rating for point guards

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the best defensive rating by a point guard this season, with a 106.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games for point guards this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
106.3
2025-26
33
33.2
32.1
4.7
6.4
1.6
0.7
11.0
19.6
56.3
2.1
4.9
42.0
8.0
9.0
88.6
68.1
0.5
4.2
1.9
1,097
1,060
156
211
52
23
63
67
+414
2Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
111.7
2025-26
30
35.7
26.5
6.2
9.7
1.5
0.7
9.4
20.1
46.8
2.0
6.2
33.0
5.7
6.9
82.1
57.3
1.1
5.1
3.9
1,071
795
187
290
45
22
118
101
+229
3Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.4
2025-26
30
25.8
13.4
2.9
3.5
1.6
0.6
4.9
10.8
45.5
2.6
6.2
42.2
1.0
1.3
78.9
59.3
0.3
2.6
1.2
773
403
87
104
48
17
36
63
+223
4Anthony Black
A. Black
113.6
2025-26
34
29.8
15.4
4.2
3.5
1.3
0.6
5.6
12.1
46.0
1.5
4.3
34.5
2.8
3.9
70.9
55.6
0.8
3.4
2.3
1,012
525
142
119
45
21
77
94
+31
5Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
114.9
2025-26
34
32.3
16.3
4.3
6.3
1.1
0.1
5.6
13.0
43.1
2.5
6.9
35.9
2.6
3.1
81.3
56.4
0.5
3.8
1.8
1,097
553
146
214
38
4
60
74
+42
6Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
115.2
2025-26
33
28.2
14.0
4.1
5.1
1.4
0.3
4.9
11.1
44.5
3.0
7.0
43.3
1.1
1.2
87.5
60.1
1.1
3.0
1.9
932
461
134
169
46
11
63
49
+107
7Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
115.4
2025-26
29
39.8
30.8
4.3
7.1
1.8
0.8
10.6
22.7
46.6
3.7
9.2
39.6
6.0
6.8
88.8
60.0
0.3
4.1
2.6
1,155
894
126
205
52
24
76
69
+30
8Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
115.5
2025-26
31
30.0
9.3
2.5
7.4
1.2
0.1
3.8
7.8
48.3
1.0
2.8
37.2
0.7
1.2
63.9
56.0
0.4
2.2
1.5
929
289
78
230
38
3
48
91
+116
9Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.6
2025-26
24
36.3
33.5
8.2
8.7
1.5
0.6
10.4
22.6
45.9
3.4
10.6
32.2
9.4
11.8
79.8
60.4
0.8
7.3
4.5
870
805
196
209
37
14
107
61
+36
10Ryan Rollins
R. Rollins
116.0
2025-26
34
31.4
17.0
4.2
5.8
1.6
0.4
6.5
13.7
47.3
2.4
5.8
40.6
1.7
2.2
76.0
57.9
0.7
3.5
2.4
1,069
579
144
196
53
12
83
96
-15
11Josh Giddey
J. Giddey
116.7
2025-26
30
32.8
19.2
8.9
9.0
0.9
0.4
6.7
14.3
46.6
1.9
4.8
38.6
4.0
5.3
76.1
57.8
1.2
7.8
3.6
984
577
268
270
28
11
107
54
-21
12Bruce Brown
B. Brown
117.8
2025-26
33
24.7
7.5
4.3
2.1
0.9
0.2
3.0
6.2
48.0
0.5
1.5
33.3
1.0
1.3
77.3
55.3
1.2
3.1
1.1
815
247
141
70
31
8
36
82
-27
13Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
117.9
2025-26
32
26.8
8.3
2.9
2.9
1.6
0.2
3.2
6.3
50.5
1.2
3.0
40.0
0.7
1.0
71.9
61.3
0.8
2.1
1.3
858
265
94
93
50
6
41
77
-64
14Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
118.4
2025-26
33
28.9
14.5
6.7
7.0
1.4
0.1
5.4
12.7
42.7
1.9
5.4
36.0
1.7
2.6
65.5
52.4
1.6
5.1
3.3
953
479
220
232
47
4
110
82
-227
15Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
118.8
2025-26
32
32.8
16.9
4.5
5.2
0.8
0.1
6.3
14.1
44.4
2.6
7.9
33.1
1.8
2.1
85.3
56.5
1.0
3.4
1.3
1,051
542
143
166
26
2
40
51
+121
16James Harden
J. Harden
119.0
2025-26
30
35.6
26.1
4.9
7.9
1.3
0.3
7.5
17.3
43.4
3.4
9.4
36.7
7.7
8.7
88.8
62.0
0.5
4.4
3.7
1,069
784
148
237
38
10
111
62
+23
17Jamal Murray
J. Murray
119.3
2025-26
32
35.2
25.1
4.5
6.9
1.0
0.3
8.9
18.4
48.2
3.4
7.6
45.3
3.9
4.4
89.3
61.7
0.4
4.1
2.3
1,126
803
144
222
33
9
73
48
+219
18Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
120.3
2025-26
30
35.5
29.4
3.3
6.6
0.8
0.1
10.4
21.8
47.6
3.1
8.1
38.7
5.5
6.5
84.5
59.6
0.7
2.6
2.1
1,064
882
99
198
24
2
64
75
+171
19Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
121.6
2025-26
35
26.7
14.2
3.5
3.1
1.2
0.1
5.3
12.4
43.2
1.0
3.0
33.3
2.5
3.2
78.4
51.5
0.7
2.8
2.3
934
496
123
109
43
5
79
65
-253
20Keyonte George
K. George
124.1
2025-26
32
34.4
24.6
4.3
6.8
0.9
0.3
7.7
16.8
45.5
2.7
7.1
37.4
6.7
7.4
90.3
61.3
0.5
3.8
3.4
1,100
788
137
218
30
10
108
80
-144
21Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
125.5
2025-26
32
27.1
9.5
3.9
4.3
0.4
0.2
3.3
8.0
41.0
2.0
4.4
45.1
0.9
1.4
68.2
55.2
0.4
3.4
2.2
866
304
124
139
14
5
69
77
-265
22CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
125.8
2025-26
32
30.9
18.6
3.4
3.6
0.7
0.3
6.7
15.1
44.2
2.7
7.1
38.2
2.5
3.1
79.8
56.3
0.6
2.8
1.6
990
594
109
116
23
9
51
66
-197
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

32.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.4

Hartenstein

Isaiah Hartenstein

APG

6.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.4

5th

DRTG

106.0

1st

NETRTG

14.4

1st

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
29
5
.853
2
24
9
.727
4.5
3
23
10
.697
5.5
4
20
10
.667
7.0
5
20
11
.645
7.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
1/2
@
10:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
8:00 PM
Mon
1/5
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/7
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/9
@
8:00 PM
Last Game

95

Final

124

OKC Thunder

29 - 5

Wed 31 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
25
8
.758
2
23
10
.697
2.0
3
20
12
.625
4.5
4
20
15
.571
6.0
5
19
15
.559
6.5
6
17
14
.548
7.0
7
18
15
.545
7.0
8
19
16
.543
7.0
9
16
17
.485
9.0
10
16
19
.457
10.0
11
14
20
.412
11.5
12
11
22
.333
14.0
13
10
20
.333
13.5
14
8
24
.250
16.5
15
6
28
.176
19.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
29
5
.853
2
24
9
.727
4.5
3
23
10
.697
5.5
4
20
10
.667
7.0
5
20
11
.645
7.5
6
21
13
.618
8.0
7
19
14
.576
9.5
8
18
16
.529
11.0
9
15
18
.455
13.5
10
14
20
.412
15.0
11
12
20
.375
16.0
12
12
22
.353
17.0
13
11
21
.344
17.0
14
8
25
.242
20.5
15
8
27
.229
21.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
11/29
@
115-107
Sat
11/29
@
121-133
Sun
11/30
@
126-129
Sun
11/30
@
98-99
Sun
11/30
@
135-119

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
1/1
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/1
@
8:30 PM
Thu
1/1
@
10:00 PM
Thu
1/1
@
10:30 PM
Fri
1/2
@
7:00 PM