best defensive rating in 2026 playoff minimum 25 mpg

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

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best defensive rating by a player in 2026 playoff minimum 25 mpg

	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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More Knicks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
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

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0