best defensive rating in a season since 2014

Since 2013-14, Hassan Whiteside has the best defensive rating in a season, with a 94.4 rating in 2015-16.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in a season since 2014

	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	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	94.4	2015-16	MIA	73	29.1	14.2	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	5.7	9.3	60.6	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.5	65.0	62.9	3.3	8.6	1.9	2,125	1,040	865	29	44	269	137	201	+85
2	Joakim Noah J. Noah	95.8	2013-14	CHI	80	35.3	12.6	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	4.8	10.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.7	53.1	3.5	7.7	2.4	2,820	1,007	900	431	99	121	194	245	+232
3	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	95.9	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
4	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	96.1	2015-16	ATL	81	32.7	17.1	9.0	3.3	1.8	1.7	6.2	13.2	47.0	0.9	2.9	31.9	3.8	5.0	75.7	55.6	2.4	6.6	2.4	2,647	1,385	732	265	147	139	191	237	+216
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	96.4	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	96.9	2014-15	SAS	77	28.9	13.9	9.1	3.0	0.8	2.0	5.4	10.6	51.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.0	4.0	74.0	56.0	2.2	6.9	1.7	2,227	1,070	704	230	63	151	131	165	+305
7	Paul George P. George	97.0	2013-14	IND	80	36.2	21.7	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	7.2	17.0	42.4	2.3	6.3	36.4	5.0	5.8	86.4	55.5	0.8	6.0	2.8	2,898	1,737	542	283	151	22	224	198	+371
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	97.0	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
9	Draymond Green D. Green	97.1	2014-15	GSW	79	31.5	11.7	8.2	3.7	1.6	1.3	4.3	9.7	44.3	1.4	4.2	33.7	1.7	2.5	66.0	54.0	1.4	6.7	1.7	2,490	921	647	291	123	99	133	253	+839
10	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	97.6	2015-16	LAC	77	33.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	4.6	6.6	70.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	8.0	43.0	62.8	3.5	10.3	1.4	2,598	980	1,059	90	51	177	107	207	+440
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	97.7	2013-14	SAS	74	29.2	15.1	9.7	3.0	0.6	1.9	6.0	12.2	49.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	4.3	73.1	53.5	2.1	7.6	2.1	2,158	1,119	721	220	43	139	159	134	+298
12	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	97.9	2014-15	UTA	82	26.3	8.4	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.2	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.3	62.3	62.7	3.2	6.2	1.4	2,158	686	775	109	64	189	111	175	+5
13	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	98.1	2015-16	DET	81	32.9	16.2	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	6.8	13.1	52.1	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.6	7.2	35.5	49.9	4.9	9.9	1.9	2,665	1,314	1,198	67	119	112	155	245	+126
14	Roy Hibbert R. Hibbert	98.1	2013-14	IND	81	29.7	10.8	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	4.1	9.3	43.9	0.0	0.1	40.0	2.6	3.3	77.0	49.9	2.5	4.1	1.8	2,409	871	538	91	29	182	148	269	+359
15	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	98.4	2013-14	LAC	82	35.0	10.4	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	4.2	6.3	67.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.6	42.8	63.0	4.0	9.5	1.5	2,870	856	1,114	74	80	203	123	264	+492
16	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	98.4	2013-14	CHI	76	28.2	13.7	8.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	5.9	12.9	45.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.5	76.7	48.9	1.8	6.5	2.0	2,141	1,042	632	118	53	22	154	216	-30
17	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	98.5	2014-15	LAC	82	34.4	11.5	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	4.6	6.5	71.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.3	5.7	39.7	63.8	4.8	10.1	1.3	2,820	946	1,226	61	81	183	109	245	+621
18	David West D. West	98.5	2013-14	IND	80	30.9	14.0	6.8	2.8	0.8	0.9	5.7	11.7	48.8	0.1	0.2	26.7	2.5	3.1	78.9	53.3	1.5	5.3	1.7	2,472	1,118	542	223	61	74	133	186	+409
19	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	98.6	2015-16	SAS	74	30.6	18.0	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	7.2	14.1	51.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.5	4.1	85.8	56.5	2.4	6.2	1.3	2,261	1,331	632	110	38	81	99	151	+507
20	Danny Green D. Green	98.7	2015-16	SAS	79	26.1	7.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	2.7	7.1	37.6	1.5	4.4	33.2	0.4	0.6	73.9	49.2	0.6	3.2	0.9	2,061	572	303	141	79	64	75	141	+506
21	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.0	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	10.9	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
22	Draymond Green D. Green	99.1	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	52.2	1.3	6.6	2.4	2,471	776	599	533	154	106	184	217	+820
23	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.1	2016-17	DET	81	29.7	13.6	13.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	6.0	11.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	1.7	4.4	38.6	51.8	4.3	9.5	1.9	2,409	1,105	1,115	90	124	89	152	237	-274
24	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	99.2	2016-17	UTA	81	33.9	14.0	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.9	65.3	68.1	3.9	8.9	1.8	2,744	1,137	1,035	97	49	214	147	246	+436
25	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	99.3	2014-15	PHI	75	30.8	9.9	8.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.1	60.9	49.3	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,311	744	611	128	133	142	146	208	-430

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.7

Powell

RPG

10.0

Adebayo

APG

6.5

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.7

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DRTG

114.5

13th

NETRTG

2.2

13th

3P%

36.1

11th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0

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Final

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Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.3

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Allen

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

118.2

113.7

113.6

112.1

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

107.7

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

4.4

3.0

-0.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

599.6

Cunningham

517.1

Harden

502

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

651

Cunningham

537

Harden

500.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.2

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

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Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

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Worst Record ATS

33-49

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36-48

38-50

36-46

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	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