best defensive rating in eastern conference

Kel'el Ware has the lowest defensive rating in the Eastern Conference this season, with a 106.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in eastern conference this regular season

	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	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	106.6	2025-26	MIA	36	25.1	12.4	10.6	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.9	8.8	55.6	1.3	2.8	44.1	1.5	1.8	81.5	65.2	3.5	7.1	1.0	902	448	382	19	34	46	37	63	-53
2	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.1	2025-26	DET	31	28.4	17.9	10.6	1.7	0.9	0.9	7.0	11.0	63.3	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.5	72.4	66.7	4.1	6.5	2.3	880	555	330	53	29	28	70	98	+172
3	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	109.7	2025-26	TOR	36	34.1	19.1	8.6	5.3	1.4	1.5	7.5	14.8	50.7	1.2	3.3	36.1	2.9	3.5	83.5	58.5	2.3	6.3	2.6	1,226	689	309	189	50	55	92	103	+75
4	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	111.4	2025-26	DET	32	35.8	26.7	6.3	9.6	1.6	0.8	9.2	20.0	46.0	2.0	6.1	33.2	6.2	7.4	83.9	57.3	1.1	5.2	3.9	1,147	853	201	308	50	25	126	109	+231
5	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	112.1	2025-26	CLE	31	33.0	17.7	8.9	4.0	0.9	1.8	6.6	13.3	50.0	1.3	3.8	33.6	3.2	5.0	63.6	57.3	2.5	6.4	2.1	1,022	550	277	124	28	57	66	75	+105
6	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	112.9	2025-26	NYK	32	32.8	22.0	11.8	2.9	0.9	0.7	7.0	14.9	47.3	1.8	4.9	35.4	6.2	7.0	87.6	61.1	3.0	8.8	2.4	1,050	703	377	93	28	21	78	114	+182
7	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	113.3	2025-26	MIA	32	32.2	16.1	4.8	2.9	1.2	1.1	6.3	13.3	47.4	1.8	4.7	38.9	1.7	2.3	74.0	56.3	1.8	3.0	1.7	1,029	516	153	93	39	36	53	77	+40
8	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	113.4	2025-26	ATL	33	35.5	24.0	10.2	8.5	1.4	0.5	8.8	16.8	52.6	1.7	4.4	37.7	4.6	5.8	80.5	62.0	1.5	8.8	3.5	1,170	792	338	279	46	15	115	70	0
9	Norman Powell N. Powell	113.8	2025-26	MIA	31	31.0	24.4	3.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	8.1	16.5	48.8	3.1	7.4	42.1	5.2	6.0	86.6	63.7	0.4	3.4	1.9	962	757	117	83	41	7	59	69	+105
10	Anthony Black A. Black	114.1	2025-26	ORL	36	30.0	15.8	4.1	3.8	1.3	0.7	5.7	12.4	46.3	1.5	4.4	35.0	2.9	4.0	71.5	56.1	0.8	3.3	2.3	1,080	570	147	136	48	26	81	102	+18
11	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	114.3	2025-26	TOR	36	34.3	22.3	6.0	3.7	0.8	0.7	8.3	17.6	47.4	1.8	5.1	34.6	3.9	4.8	81.9	56.7	0.8	5.2	2.9	1,234	803	216	133	28	24	103	71	+14
12	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	114.5	2025-26	MIA	34	29.1	16.2	5.3	4.7	0.8	0.2	6.6	12.3	53.3	0.4	1.6	26.8	2.6	3.5	74.8	58.5	1.2	4.0	2.1	989	550	179	159	27	7	73	69	+137
13	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	114.6	2025-26	ORL	35	30.4	12.5	7.8	2.0	0.7	0.7	4.3	8.4	51.9	1.2	3.2	38.4	2.6	3.4	75.6	63.3	2.5	5.2	1.3	1,063	437	272	71	25	23	44	130	+67
14	Myles Turner M. Turner	114.7	2025-26	MIL	36	28.9	12.4	5.4	1.6	0.7	1.6	4.0	9.7	41.4	2.2	5.9	37.6	2.2	2.9	75.0	56.6	1.1	4.3	1.0	1,039	446	195	58	26	59	35	94	+17
15	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	114.8	2025-26	PHI	31	39.8	31.1	4.6	7.1	1.8	0.9	10.8	22.7	47.5	3.7	9.3	40.4	5.7	6.5	88.1	60.7	0.3	4.4	2.7	1,234	964	143	219	55	28	83	70	+54
16	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	114.9	2025-26	ATL	36	31.6	16.2	7.7	3.3	1.0	1.0	6.1	12.5	48.6	1.9	5.2	35.6	2.2	2.8	77.5	58.9	1.8	6.0	1.9	1,138	584	278	117	37	37	67	125	-120
17	Derrick White D. White	114.9	2025-26	BOS	33	33.8	18.7	4.3	5.3	1.4	1.5	6.4	15.8	40.2	3.3	9.4	34.7	2.7	3.1	87.1	54.4	0.8	3.5	1.9	1,114	616	141	174	45	50	63	57	+205
18	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	115.0	2025-26	TOR	35	32.3	16.2	4.2	6.3	1.1	0.1	5.6	13.0	43.0	2.5	6.9	35.5	2.6	3.1	81.8	56.3	0.5	3.7	1.7	1,130	568	148	221	39	4	61	77	+62
19	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	115.3	2025-26	MIA	34	30.1	9.4	2.5	7.4	1.2	0.1	3.8	7.9	48.1	1.1	2.9	39.4	0.7	1.1	63.9	56.4	0.4	2.1	1.8	1,025	320	85	253	42	4	60	98	+141
20	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	115.3	2025-26	ATL	36	34.1	11.7	6.4	6.1	1.9	0.5	5.2	10.3	50.0	0.2	1.6	12.3	1.2	1.9	61.4	52.4	2.2	4.3	2.3	1,227	422	232	219	70	17	81	78	-1
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	115.4	2025-26	CLE	34	33.8	29.8	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.3	10.4	21.0	49.7	3.9	10.1	38.8	5.0	6.0	83.7	63.0	0.9	3.8	3.1	1,150	1,013	160	185	52	10	107	87	+213
22	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	115.6	2025-26	NYK	35	35.3	16.2	4.6	4.4	1.7	0.9	6.5	12.7	51.2	2.3	5.7	40.3	0.9	1.2	76.2	61.4	1.1	3.4	1.1	1,236	567	160	155	58	31	37	70	+164
23	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	115.7	2025-26	BKN	31	30.1	13.5	7.8	4.2	0.8	1.3	5.4	9.2	58.2	0.0	0.4	9.1	2.8	4.2	67.4	61.4	2.7	5.1	1.5	934	420	242	131	24	40	46	69	-135
24	Ryan Rollins R. Rollins	115.7	2025-26	MIL	36	31.6	17.2	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.4	6.6	13.6	48.1	2.4	5.8	42.1	1.7	2.2	76.9	59.0	0.8	3.5	2.4	1,139	620	154	207	57	13	86	104	+15
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	115.8	2025-26	BOS	32	33.9	30.1	6.3	5.0	1.1	0.4	11.1	21.7	51.0	2.1	5.8	37.0	5.8	7.5	77.9	60.2	1.2	5.1	3.6	1,084	963	201	159	35	14	116	100	+106

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.4

Powell

RPG

10.6

Ware

APG

7.4

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.6

17th

DRTG

112.2

3rd

NETRTG

3.4

9th

3P%

37.2

6th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	76ers	19	14	.576	6.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	6.5
7	Heat	20	16	.556	6.5
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.0
9	Bulls	17	18	.486	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	MIA	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 1/8	MIA	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sat 1/10	MIA	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sun 1/11	MIA	@	OKC	7:00 PM
Tue 1/13	PHX	@	MIA	7:30 PM

Last Game

Pelicans

8 - 29

106

Final

125

Heat

20 - 16

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.1

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.1

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

123.0

122.5

121.6

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

105.9

111.4

112.2

113.1

113.3

113.6

NetRtg Rankings

14.6

8.8

7.4

6.2

6.0

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-30

8-29

8-28

9-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,795.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,684.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,803.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,782

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.3

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

24-11

20-12-1

20-14

21-15

20-15

Worst Record ATS

12-25

12-24

14-20

15-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	26	9	.743
2	Knicks	23	12	.657	3.0
3	Celtics	22	12	.647	3.5
4	Raptors	21	15	.583	5.5
5	76ers	19	14	.576	6.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	6.5
7	Heat	20	16	.556	6.5
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.0
9	Bulls	17	18	.486	9.0
10	Hawks	17	20	.459	10.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	10.5
12	Hornets	12	23	.343	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.0
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	16.5
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	20.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	6	.833
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.5
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.5
4	Nuggets	23	12	.657	6.5
5	Rockets	21	11	.656	7.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	7.0
7	Suns	21	14	.600	8.5
8	Warriors	19	17	.528	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	16	20	.444	14.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.5
11	Mavericks	13	23	.361	17.0
12	Clippers	12	22	.353	17.0
13	Jazz	12	22	.353	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	22.0
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.5