best defensive rating guard nba player

Cason Wallace has the lowest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 102.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games guard NBA player this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
102.9
2025-26
28
27.8
8.0
3.0
2.3
2.4
0.2
3.0
7.2
42.3
1.5
4.0
36.3
0.5
0.6
82.4
54.0
0.7
2.3
1.0
778
225
83
65
67
6
27
62
+299
2Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
104.7
2025-26
28
33.3
32.5
4.9
6.5
1.5
0.8
11.0
19.8
55.4
2.3
5.1
44.1
8.3
9.4
88.5
67.9
0.5
4.4
2.0
932
909
137
182
43
23
57
59
+389
3Ajay Mitchell
A. Mitchell
105.0
2025-26
29
26.1
14.1
3.6
3.6
1.4
0.3
5.1
10.8
47.1
1.1
3.1
34.4
2.9
3.2
88.3
57.7
0.7
3.0
1.6
756
410
105
104
42
8
45
63
+280
4Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
110.8
2025-26
26
35.8
26.5
6.3
9.2
1.4
0.8
9.3
20.5
45.7
2.0
6.3
31.9
5.8
7.0
82.5
56.2
1.3
5.0
3.7
930
689
165
239
37
20
97
87
+206
5Josh Hart
J. Hart
111.8
2025-26
26
30.0
12.2
7.9
5.0
1.4
0.3
4.6
9.1
50.4
1.6
4.0
39.0
1.4
1.7
82.2
61.8
1.7
6.2
2.0
780
316
205
131
36
8
53
66
+114
6Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.0
2025-26
26
25.8
13.5
3.1
3.4
1.5
0.6
4.9
10.8
45.7
2.8
6.3
44.2
0.9
1.2
76.7
59.9
0.3
2.7
1.3
671
351
80
89
40
15
33
57
+215
7Brandin Podziemski
B. Podziemski
112.8
2025-26
30
27.8
12.4
4.5
3.3
1.2
0.2
4.4
9.7
45.5
1.9
4.8
40.0
1.7
2.2
74.6
58.2
0.7
3.8
1.6
834
372
135
99
35
6
48
65
+51
8Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
113.4
2025-26
22
34.7
28.3
5.2
3.9
1.2
0.9
9.5
19.5
48.6
3.3
8.1
40.4
6.0
7.4
82.1
62.1
0.8
4.4
2.9
764
623
114
85
27
19
64
45
+66
9Anthony Black
A. Black
113.4
2025-26
29
29.3
13.8
4.1
3.3
1.2
0.7
5.0
11.1
45.2
1.1
3.8
30.3
2.6
3.8
68.5
53.9
0.7
3.4
2.2
849
399
119
96
36
19
63
77
+30
10Norman Powell
N. Powell
114.1
2025-26
24
31.3
24.0
3.8
2.5
1.3
0.3
7.9
16.4
48.3
3.0
7.1
41.5
5.2
6.2
84.5
62.9
0.4
3.5
1.9
750
576
92
60
31
6
45
57
+91
11Donte DiVincenzo
D. DiVincenzo
114.2
2025-26
29
31.7
14.0
4.4
3.7
1.2
0.5
4.6
10.9
42.1
3.1
8.2
38.4
1.7
2.2
76.9
59.1
1.0
3.3
1.3
919
407
127
107
35
14
39
70
+175
12Devin Vassell
D. Vassell
114.3
2025-26
28
31.9
15.7
4.0
2.5
1.0
0.5
5.5
12.7
43.3
2.8
7.0
39.8
1.9
2.2
88.5
57.5
0.4
3.6
1.0
894
440
113
71
29
14
29
61
+145
13Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
114.6
2025-26
21
36.6
34.1
8.6
8.8
1.6
0.5
10.5
22.9
45.8
3.4
10.6
32.0
9.8
12.1
80.7
60.5
0.9
7.8
4.2
768
716
181
184
33
11
88
53
+54
14Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
114.8
2025-26
25
39.8
31.7
4.5
7.1
1.7
0.9
10.9
23.3
46.7
3.8
9.5
39.9
6.1
6.9
88.4
60.2
0.3
4.2
2.6
995
792
113
178
42
22
65
57
+69
15Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
114.8
2025-26
29
32.1
15.8
4.3
6.4
1.1
0.1
5.7
12.8
44.6
2.4
6.7
35.9
1.9
2.5
75.3
56.5
0.5
3.8
1.8
932
457
125
186
33
2
51
60
+29
16Derrick White
D. White
114.8
2025-26
28
33.3
18.3
4.2
5.1
1.3
1.3
6.3
15.8
39.8
3.4
9.5
35.5
2.3
2.7
85.5
53.7
0.8
3.4
1.9
933
511
117
143
35
37
53
51
+155
17Cedric Coward
C. Coward
115.1
2025-26
29
27.1
13.5
6.2
2.9
0.6
0.3
4.9
10.5
46.4
1.4
4.5
32.1
2.3
2.9
81.9
57.6
1.5
4.8
1.6
787
392
181
85
16
10
46
58
+30
18Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
115.3
2025-26
30
33.9
11.5
6.4
5.7
2.0
0.4
5.1
10.5
48.1
0.2
1.7
13.5
1.2
1.9
60.3
50.7
2.2
4.2
2.3
1,017
346
193
171
59
11
68
68
+16
19Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
115.6
2025-26
27
30.4
10.0
2.6
7.7
1.2
0.1
4.0
7.9
50.9
1.1
2.7
39.7
0.9
1.3
63.9
58.7
0.4
2.3
1.5
822
270
71
207
33
2
41
76
+94
20Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
115.9
2025-26
28
27.9
13.2
3.9
4.8
1.3
0.3
4.6
10.7
43.1
2.8
6.7
41.2
1.3
1.4
87.5
58.4
1.0
2.9
1.8
782
370
110
134
36
9
51
43
+72
21VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
115.9
2025-26
24
35.1
16.0
5.5
4.0
1.3
0.5
6.0
13.8
43.2
2.1
5.5
38.3
2.0
2.5
78.3
53.7
1.8
3.7
1.7
843
384
132
95
30
11
41
78
+94
22Bruce Brown
B. Brown
116.2
2025-26
28
24.4
7.2
4.1
2.0
1.0
0.3
2.8
6.2
45.1
0.5
1.6
33.3
1.1
1.4
81.6
53.2
1.1
3.1
0.9
683
202
116
56
27
7
26
66
-4
23Jaylen Wells
J. Wells
116.4
2025-26
29
27.3
12.4
3.7
1.7
0.9
0.1
4.2
9.9
42.7
1.7
5.0
33.6
2.2
2.8
79.3
55.5
1.0
2.7
1.0
793
360
106
48
27
2
28
60
-37
24Desmond Bane
D. Bane
116.7
2025-26
29
33.7
19.0
4.4
4.6
0.8
0.4
7.0
15.4
45.2
1.8
5.0
35.6
3.3
3.6
92.2
56.0
1.2
3.2
2.1
977
551
129
132
22
13
62
90
+60
25Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
116.7
2025-26
27
34.2
30.7
4.5
5.4
1.3
0.3
10.7
21.6
49.5
4.1
10.6
38.9
5.3
6.2
85.0
63.2
0.9
3.6
3.3
924
829
122
147
36
8
89
67
+143
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.6

Hartenstein

Isaiah Hartenstein

APG

6.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.4

5th

DRTG

104.5

1st

NETRTG

15.8

1st

3P%

37.2

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
26
3
.897
2
21
7
.750
4.5
3
21
7
.750
4.5
4
19
8
.704
6.0
5
19
10
.655
7.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
8:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
2:30 PM
Sun
12/28
@
3:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
MEM Grizzlies

13 - 16

103

Final

119

OKC Thunder

26 - 3

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
20
8
.714
2.5
3
18
11
.621
5.0
4
16
11
.593
6.0
5
17
13
.567
6.5
6
16
13
.552
7.0
7
16
14
.533
7.5
8
15
14
.517
8.0
9
15
15
.500
8.5
10
13
15
.464
9.5
11
11
18
.379
12.0
12
9
20
.310
14.0
13
8
19
.296
14.0
14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
5
22
.185
17.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
3
.897
2
21
7
.750
4.5
3
21
7
.750
4.5
4
19
8
.704
6.0
5
19
10
.655
7.0
6
17
9
.654
7.5
7
15
13
.536
10.5
8
15
15
.500
11.5
9
13
16
.448
13.0
10
12
17
.414
14.0
11
11
19
.367
15.5
12
10
18
.357
15.5
13
8
22
.267
18.5
14
7
21
.250
18.5
15
7
22
.241
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/20
@
115-118
Thu
11/20
@
113-114
Thu
11/20
@
112-109
Thu
11/20
@
127-123
Thu
11/20
@
144-112

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM