best defensive rating forwards and centers 2023

Giannis Antetokounmpo had the lowest defensive rating by a forward in 2022-23, with a 107.7 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games forwards and centers 2023

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	107.7	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	31.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.8	2022-23	BOS	74	36.9	30.1	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	9.8	21.1	46.6	3.2	9.3	35.0	7.2	8.4	85.4	60.7	1.1	7.7	2.9	2,732	2,225	649	342	78	51	213	160	+470
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	111.4	2022-23	BOS	67	35.9	26.6	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	10.1	20.6	49.1	2.4	7.3	33.5	3.9	5.1	76.5	58.1	1.2	5.7	2.9	2,405	1,784	459	232	75	26	197	172	+256
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	111.8	2022-23	MIA	64	33.4	22.9	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.6	1.6	35.0	7.4	8.7	85.0	64.7	2.2	3.7	1.6	2,138	1,466	375	340	117	21	101	80	+47
5	Draymond Green D. Green	112.0	2022-23	GSW	73	31.5	8.5	7.2	6.8	1.0	0.8	3.4	6.5	52.7	0.5	1.8	30.5	1.1	1.5	71.3	59.2	0.9	6.3	2.8	2,297	617	525	500	74	60	204	229	+346
6	Patrick Williams P. Williams	112.6	2022-23	CHI	82	28.3	10.2	4.0	1.2	0.9	0.9	3.8	8.3	46.4	1.4	3.4	41.5	1.1	1.3	85.7	57.6	1.0	3.0	1.2	2,323	833	327	100	72	70	101	147	-142
7	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	112.6	2022-23	WAS	65	32.6	23.2	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	7.8	15.7	49.8	2.1	5.5	38.5	5.4	6.4	85.1	62.7	1.8	6.6	2.1	2,119	1,505	546	174	58	100	137	196	+81
8	Grant Williams G. Williams	112.9	2022-23	BOS	79	25.9	8.1	4.6	1.7	0.5	0.4	2.7	6.0	45.4	1.5	3.7	39.5	1.2	1.5	77.0	60.5	1.1	3.5	1.0	2,045	641	363	131	41	31	82	192	+206
9	OG Anunoby	113.2	2022-23	TOR	67	35.6	16.8	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	6.3	13.2	47.6	2.1	5.5	38.7	2.1	2.5	83.8	58.6	1.4	3.5	2.0	2,386	1,124	332	131	128	50	132	200	+132
10	Caleb Martin C. Martin	113.3	2022-23	MIA	71	29.3	9.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	7.7	46.4	1.2	3.3	35.6	1.3	1.6	80.5	57.1	1.2	3.6	1.1	2,077	683	344	117	71	31	78	145	-9
11	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	113.7	2022-23	NOP	79	31.0	14.5	3.6	1.4	1.1	0.5	4.9	10.1	48.4	2.6	6.3	40.6	2.2	2.4	90.5	65.0	0.7	2.8	0.8	2,448	1,148	281	112	89	43	61	155	+38
12	Tobias Harris T. Harris	113.7	2022-23	PHI	74	32.9	14.7	5.7	2.5	0.9	0.5	5.7	11.4	50.1	1.7	4.4	38.9	1.5	1.7	87.6	60.2	0.9	4.8	1.2	2,436	1,085	424	186	68	40	89	149	+296
13	Julius Randle J. Randle	113.9	2022-23	NYK	77	35.5	25.1	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	8.5	18.6	45.9	2.8	8.3	34.3	5.2	6.9	75.7	58.1	1.8	8.1	2.8	2,737	1,936	767	316	49	21	216	233	+171
14	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	114.0	2022-23	WAS	76	26.6	9.2	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	3.3	7.6	43.7	0.9	3.1	29.7	1.6	2.2	73.9	53.5	1.0	5.4	1.6	2,020	697	487	211	65	29	123	209	-51
15	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	114.1	2022-23	SAC	79	34.6	19.1	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	7.3	11.9	61.5	0.4	1.1	37.3	4.1	5.5	74.2	66.8	3.2	9.1	2.9	2,735	1,510	973	573	65	39	230	279	+212
16	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	114.3	2022-23	ORL	72	33.8	20.0	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	6.7	15.6	42.7	1.2	4.0	29.8	5.5	7.4	73.8	52.9	1.2	5.7	2.8	2,430	1,437	497	269	60	39	200	160	-215
17	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	114.5	2022-23	DEN	68	30.2	16.3	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	6.3	11.2	56.4	0.9	2.5	34.7	2.8	4.6	60.8	61.7	2.4	4.1	1.4	2,055	1,109	446	203	54	51	98	129	+518
18	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	114.8	2022-23	TOT	83	35.7	20.1	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	7.1	15.3	46.8	2.0	5.3	38.2	3.8	4.3	89.5	58.7	1.0	3.4	1.5	2,963	1,671	364	273	91	61	127	159	+36
19	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	114.8	2022-23	BKN	76	31.7	8.8	5.1	3.7	0.9	0.6	3.0	7.8	38.6	2.1	5.5	38.9	0.7	0.9	72.5	53.8	0.7	4.3	1.5	2,409	671	384	283	65	49	114	239	+77
20	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	115.0	2022-23	TOR	77	34.8	15.3	6.6	4.8	1.1	0.8	6.0	13.2	45.6	0.8	2.9	28.1	2.5	3.2	77.2	52.4	2.3	4.3	2.0	2,677	1,179	512	371	83	61	154	170	+175
21	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	115.1	2022-23	MIN	79	30.6	12.1	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	4.7	9.1	51.7	1.4	3.4	39.8	1.3	1.8	73.6	61.1	1.2	2.7	1.4	2,416	953	307	148	74	76	112	272	+70
22	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	115.3	2022-23	TOR	71	37.4	24.2	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	8.9	18.5	48.0	1.3	4.0	32.4	5.2	6.7	77.4	56.5	1.8	6.0	2.4	2,652	1,720	556	415	65	36	169	228	+123
23	John Collins J. Collins	115.3	2022-23	ATL	71	30.0	13.1	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	5.1	10.0	50.8	1.0	3.4	29.2	2.0	2.5	80.3	59.3	1.1	5.4	1.1	2,130	931	462	85	42	73	79	220	-21
24	P.J. Washington	115.8	2022-23	CHA	73	32.6	15.7	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	5.9	13.4	44.4	2.0	5.9	34.8	1.7	2.4	73.0	54.2	1.0	3.9	1.5	2,380	1,144	358	175	66	79	110	193	-375
25	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	116.3	2022-23	ORL	80	32.6	18.6	4.1	3.5	1.0	0.2	6.8	14.0	48.5	1.6	4.5	36.1	3.4	4.0	84.2	58.9	0.9	3.2	2.1	2,609	1,485	329	283	77	17	167	183	+50

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.0

Antetokounmpo

RPG

10.0

Antetokounmpo

APG

7.6

Porter

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.0

22nd

DRTG

117.2

21st

NETRTG

-3.2

23rd

3P%

39.1

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Hawks	29	31	.483	15.0
10	Hornets	28	31	.475	15.5
11	Bucks	25	31	.446	17.0
12	Bulls	24	35	.407	19.5
13	Wizards	16	41	.281	26.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/25	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Fri 2/27	NYK	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sun 3/1	MIL	@	CHI	3:30 PM
Mon 3/2	BOS	@	MIL	7:30 PM
Wed 3/4	ATL	@	MIL	9:30 PM

Last Game

Heat

31 - 28

117

Final

128

Bucks

25 - 31

Tue 24 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.8

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

1.9

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

3.6

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.3

Jokić

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.8

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.7

119.3

119.2

118.4

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.1

111.3

112.3

112.6

112.7

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

7.9

7.8

6.6

5.5

5.3

Tank Leaderboard

13-46

15-44

15-42

16-41

17-42

18-40

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,797.9

Maxey

2,685.1

Johnson

2,621.2

Jokić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,839.8

Johnson

2,826.5

Maxey

2,792

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.7

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.4

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.94

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

37-22

35-23-1

33-24

34-25

33-24

32-25-1

Worst Record ATS

23-36

24-33

25-34

24-32-1

25-33-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	42	14	.750
2	Celtics	38	19	.667	4.5
3	Knicks	37	22	.627	6.5
4	Cavaliers	37	22	.627	6.5
5	Raptors	34	24	.586	9.0
6	76ers	32	26	.552	11.0
7	Magic	31	26	.544	11.5
8	Heat	31	28	.525	12.5
9	Hawks	29	31	.483	15.0
10	Hornets	28	31	.475	15.5
11	Bucks	25	31	.446	17.0
12	Bulls	24	35	.407	19.5
13	Wizards	16	41	.281	26.5
14	Nets	15	42	.263	27.5
15	Pacers	15	44	.254	28.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	45	14	.763
2	Spurs	41	16	.719	3.0
3	Rockets	35	21	.625	8.5
4	Nuggets	36	22	.621	8.5
5	Timberwolves	36	23	.610	9.0
6	Lakers	34	23	.596	10.0
7	Suns	33	26	.559	12.0
8	Warriors	30	28	.517	14.5
9	Trail Blazers	28	31	.475	17.0
10	Clippers	27	30	.474	17.0
11	Grizzlies	21	35	.375	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	36	.368	23.0
13	Jazz	18	40	.310	26.5
14	Pelicans	17	42	.288	28.0
15	Kings	13	46	.220	32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 1/22	IND	@	OKC	117-114
Thu 1/22	TOR	@	POR	110-98
Fri 1/23	WAS	@	CHA	115-119
Fri 1/23	NYK	@	PHI	112-109
Fri 1/23	CLE	@	ORL	119-105

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/25	OKC	@	DET	7:30 PM
Wed 2/25	GSW	@	MEM	7:30 PM
Wed 2/25	SAS	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Wed 2/25	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Wed 2/25	SAC	@	HOU	8:00 PM

Giannis Antetokounmpo had the lowest defensive rating by a forward in 2022-23, with a 107.7 rating.

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