best defensive rating in 2026 playoff minimum 25 mpg

Karl-Anthony Towns had the lowest defensive rating in the 2026 playoffs with 25.0+ minutes per game, with a 99.2 rating.

	NAME	DRTG	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	99.2	30.4	2025-26	NYK	19	15.9	10.6	4.9	1.3	1.3	5.4	9.8	55.1	1.4	3.0	45.6	3.7	4.1	90.9	68.4	2.5	8.1	2.6	578	302	201	94	24	24	50	77	+259
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	99.8	34.1	2025-26	SAS	22	23.8	10.9	2.7	1.0	3.5	8.0	16.5	48.5	1.8	5.2	34.2	6.0	7.1	84.7	60.6	2.5	8.4	2.7	750	524	239	59	21	78	59	55	+196
3	Josh Hart J. Hart	101.1	32.3	2025-26	NYK	19	10.4	8.9	4.6	1.7	0.2	3.9	9.2	43.1	1.5	4.5	32.6	1.1	1.7	60.6	52.5	1.2	7.8	1.9	614	198	170	87	32	4	36	51	+201
4	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	102.7	30.5	2025-26	ORL	4	16.8	5.5	3.5	2.8	0.3	6.3	14.3	43.9	0.8	2.3	33.3	3.5	3.8	93.3	52.7	1.0	4.5	1.5	122	67	22	14	11	1	6	8	+23
5	OG Anunoby	102.9	34.5	2025-26	NYK	17	20.1	6.3	1.6	1.5	1.1	6.5	11.6	56.1	2.6	5.3	48.9	4.5	5.2	85.4	72.1	0.9	5.4	0.6	586	342	107	28	26	19	10	45	+163
6	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	103.4	30.5	2025-26	DET	14	8.2	7.9	3.1	2.0	1.8	3.5	6.9	50.5	0.1	0.5	14.3	1.1	2.2	51.6	52.0	3.2	4.6	1.6	427	115	110	44	28	25	23	41	+4
7	Tari Eason T. Eason	104.3	32.5	2025-26	HOU	6	13.8	6.7	1.7	2.5	0.7	5.2	10.8	47.7	1.7	5.0	33.3	1.8	2.2	84.6	58.7	2.0	4.7	0.8	195	83	40	10	15	4	5	22	+10
8	Anthony Black A. Black	104.9	28.0	2025-26	ORL	7	8.6	3.1	1.4	2.1	0.7	2.9	7.7	37.0	1.0	3.1	31.8	1.9	3.0	61.9	47.4	0.3	2.9	0.7	196	60	22	10	15	5	5	19	-61
9	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	106.0	38.7	2025-26	HOU	6	20.3	10.2	4.7	1.8	1.3	7.7	16.5	46.5	0.2	1.3	12.5	4.8	7.0	69.0	51.9	3.5	6.7	3.0	232	122	61	28	11	8	18	21	-3
10	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	106.2	39.0	2025-26	ORL	7	26.3	9.0	6.3	1.4	0.7	8.6	20.4	42.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	7.1	10.6	67.6	52.4	1.3	7.7	3.4	273	184	63	44	10	5	24	18	-17
11	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	106.3	30.7	2025-26	SAS	23	11.2	5.7	1.6	1.3	0.5	3.8	8.5	44.4	2.7	6.7	39.6	1.0	1.3	76.7	61.7	0.9	4.8	0.6	705	258	131	36	30	12	13	51	+127
12	Tobias Harris T. Harris	107.1	34.6	2025-26	DET	14	18.1	7.2	1.6	1.5	0.8	6.5	15.3	42.5	1.4	4.6	29.2	3.7	4.5	82.5	52.3	1.1	6.1	1.1	485	253	101	23	21	11	15	36	+10
13	Dylan Harper D. Harper	107.3	26.7	2025-26	SAS	23	14.1	5.6	2.7	1.0	0.2	5.2	10.1	51.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	2.7	3.3	82.7	61.1	1.3	4.3	1.5	615	325	128	62	22	5	35	53	+141
14	Devin Vassell D. Vassell	107.8	34.8	2025-26	SAS	23	13.0	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.6	10.6	43.2	2.4	6.4	37.8	1.4	1.7	82.1	57.3	0.8	4.5	1.0	801	298	122	62	29	17	22	46	+141
15	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	107.9	32.0	2025-26	NYK	19	13.5	3.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	5.5	9.9	55.9	1.2	3.3	36.5	1.2	1.3	92.0	64.3	0.4	2.8	0.9	608	256	61	52	19	6	17	36	+195
16	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	107.9	36.3	2025-26	BOS	6	23.3	10.7	6.8	1.2	0.0	8.0	16.8	47.5	3.2	8.7	36.5	4.2	5.3	78.1	60.8	1.0	9.7	2.8	218	140	64	41	7	0	17	11	+28
17	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	108.4	35.4	2025-26	ORL	7	11.1	4.0	4.1	1.9	0.6	3.7	12.4	29.9	1.9	7.7	24.1	1.9	2.0	92.9	41.9	0.7	3.3	3.0	248	78	28	29	13	4	21	27	-34
18	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	108.5	30.6	2025-26	OKC	15	14.9	8.2	1.1	1.1	1.5	5.5	9.7	56.8	1.0	2.8	35.7	2.9	3.5	82.7	66.3	2.0	6.2	1.3	459	224	123	17	16	22	20	34	+68
19	Jalen Duren J. Duren	108.6	30.1	2025-26	DET	14	10.2	8.5	2.1	0.6	1.2	4.0	7.8	51.4	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.3	67.4	55.3	3.3	5.2	2.3	422	143	119	30	9	17	32	48	-6
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	108.9	36.9	2025-26	NYK	19	28.4	3.2	6.1	1.2	0.0	10.1	21.7	46.5	2.4	6.5	36.3	5.8	6.8	84.6	57.3	0.6	2.6	2.7	702	539	60	115	23	0	51	40	+234
21	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	109.0	32.0	2025-26	HOU	6	12.2	1.0	4.7	2.2	0.8	4.5	14.7	30.7	2.7	9.0	29.6	0.5	0.7	75.0	40.7	0.2	0.8	2.0	192	73	6	28	13	5	12	14	-8
22	Desmond Bane D. Bane	109.0	36.1	2025-26	ORL	7	18.1	4.7	1.9	1.9	0.3	6.1	15.7	39.1	3.6	8.3	43.1	2.3	2.9	80.0	53.5	1.4	3.3	1.6	253	127	33	13	13	2	11	28	-18
23	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	109.1	44.0	2025-26	HOU	6	19.2	7.0	5.7	2.0	1.2	7.0	14.3	48.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	4.8	6.8	70.7	55.3	2.5	4.5	2.5	264	115	42	34	12	7	15	19	+7
24	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	109.1	33.5	2025-26	SAS	21	15.6	3.8	6.0	1.3	0.4	6.0	14.4	41.4	1.4	4.9	29.4	2.2	3.0	75.8	49.7	0.6	3.2	2.1	704	327	79	125	27	9	44	55	+119
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.2	39.5	2025-26	DEN	6	25.8	13.2	9.5	1.0	0.8	9.0	20.2	44.6	1.2	6.0	19.4	6.7	7.2	93.0	55.4	1.5	11.7	3.8	237	155	79	57	6	5	23	21	-14

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.0

Brunson

RPG

14.0

Drummond

APG

4.0

Shamet

Team Rankings

ORTG

96.4

6th

DRTG

102.2

3rd

NETRTG

-5.8

4th

3P%

33.3

4th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

1 - 0

106

Final

100

Knicks

0 - 1

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

1-0

Embiid

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5