best defensive rating last season forwards

Amen Thompson had the best defensive rating by a forward in 2024-25, with a 108.1 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games last season forwards

	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	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	108.1	2024-25	HOU	69	32.2	14.1	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	5.6	10.1	55.7	0.4	1.3	27.5	2.4	3.6	68.4	60.2	2.8	5.4	2.0	2,225	970	564	265	97	89	138	167	+268
2	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.3	2024-25	CLE	71	30.5	18.5	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	7.1	12.8	55.7	1.2	3.2	37.0	3.1	4.3	72.5	63.3	2.3	7.0	2.0	2,167	1,316	659	226	61	113	145	141	+546
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	109.3	2024-25	MIL	67	34.2	30.4	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	19.7	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.5	2024-25	BOS	72	36.4	26.8	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.2	3.5	10.1	34.3	5.0	6.1	81.4	58.2	0.7	8.0	2.9	2,624	1,932	623	431	76	38	209	157	+534
5	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	109.9	2024-25	OKC	71	29.2	10.1	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.5	2.4	5.8	41.2	0.5	0.6	71.7	58.6	1.3	2.9	0.7	2,073	719	293	115	79	39	51	208	+549
6	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	110.3	2024-25	ORL	60	33.7	24.2	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	9.0	19.4	46.3	1.7	5.9	29.5	4.5	5.2	87.1	55.8	0.9	4.8	2.3	2,023	1,449	342	284	75	21	138	147	+248
7	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	110.3	2024-25	MIN	82	31.9	12.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	4.9	10.2	47.7	1.2	3.7	33.0	1.3	1.6	81.3	56.2	1.6	4.2	1.2	2,614	1,000	470	163	110	74	95	225	+172
8	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.7	2024-25	TOR	65	32.8	19.3	7.7	5.8	1.4	1.0	7.3	16.4	44.6	1.2	4.3	27.1	3.5	4.6	75.5	52.3	1.7	6.0	2.8	2,134	1,252	502	378	93	63	185	113	-130
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.0	2024-25	BOS	63	34.3	22.2	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	8.2	17.7	46.3	1.8	5.7	32.4	3.9	5.1	76.4	55.5	1.3	4.5	2.6	2,158	1,398	368	286	73	19	162	154	+402
10	Tobias Harris T. Harris	112.6	2024-25	DET	73	31.6	13.7	5.9	2.2	1.0	0.8	5.3	11.0	47.7	1.2	3.6	34.5	2.0	2.3	86.1	57.1	0.9	5.0	1.2	2,306	1,002	432	162	74	57	85	138	+187
11	Julius Randle J. Randle	113.2	2024-25	MIN	69	32.3	18.7	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	6.6	13.6	48.5	1.6	4.6	34.4	3.9	4.9	80.6	59.3	2.1	5.0	2.8	2,226	1,288	487	323	47	16	196	175	+166
12	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	113.5	2024-25	POR	72	30.0	16.9	7.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	5.6	11.7	47.6	1.7	4.8	36.5	4.0	5.2	78.0	60.5	1.5	5.7	2.7	2,161	1,219	522	281	71	35	196	171	-78
13	LeBron James L. James	113.6	2024-25	LAL	70	34.9	24.4	7.8	8.2	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.1	51.3	2.1	5.7	37.6	3.7	4.7	78.2	60.4	1.0	6.8	3.7	2,444	1,710	546	575	70	39	260	99	-54
14	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	114.5	2024-25	HOU	75	31.8	14.0	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	5.1	11.9	42.9	2.5	6.3	39.7	1.3	1.6	81.8	55.5	1.0	2.7	1.0	2,388	1,053	275	128	60	16	76	242	+207
15	OG Anunoby	114.5	2024-25	NYK	74	36.6	18.0	4.8	2.2	1.5	0.9	6.6	13.9	47.6	2.3	6.2	37.2	2.5	3.1	81.0	59.1	1.3	3.5	1.4	2,706	1,332	358	164	110	65	102	172	+301
16	Toumani Camara T. Camara	114.6	2024-25	POR	78	32.7	11.3	5.8	2.2	1.5	0.6	4.2	9.2	45.8	1.7	4.6	37.5	1.2	1.6	72.2	57.2	2.2	3.6	1.4	2,548	882	450	175	116	50	109	230	-114
17	Taurean Prince T. Prince	114.8	2024-25	MIL	80	27.1	8.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	6.4	45.7	1.8	4.2	43.9	0.5	0.6	81.3	61.3	0.4	3.2	1.0	2,166	656	287	155	76	15	82	165	-22
18	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	114.9	2024-25	IND	78	32.7	20.2	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	7.9	15.2	51.9	1.6	4.2	38.9	2.9	3.9	73.4	59.9	1.7	5.2	1.4	2,548	1,578	540	263	70	42	109	189	+312
19	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.7	2024-25	CHA	64	31.7	20.3	7.5	3.9	0.7	0.7	7.3	17.0	43.1	2.2	7.0	31.3	3.5	4.0	87.0	54.1	1.1	6.4	2.1	2,029	1,300	481	248	44	45	136	93	-259
20	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	116.5	2024-25	IND	72	29.8	16.1	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	5.4	11.8	45.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	3.8	4.6	83.1	57.9	1.2	4.1	1.9	2,149	1,156	383	136	47	24	135	162	+94
21	Keegan Murray K. Murray	116.7	2024-25	SAC	76	34.3	12.4	6.7	1.4	0.8	0.9	4.8	10.8	44.4	2.0	5.9	34.3	0.8	0.9	83.3	55.3	1.9	4.8	0.8	2,610	942	507	109	61	69	60	186	+46
22	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	117.7	2024-25	PHI	60	34.6	15.1	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.5	5.8	12.4	47.0	1.2	4.0	29.3	2.3	3.1	75.1	55.1	1.6	4.5	1.3	2,078	906	368	108	92	30	80	180	-258
23	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	117.7	2024-25	DEN	77	33.7	18.2	7.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	6.9	13.6	50.4	2.5	6.4	39.5	1.9	2.5	76.8	61.7	1.8	5.2	1.4	2,593	1,398	540	165	50	38	104	157	+265
24	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	118.0	2024-25	NYK	82	37.0	17.6	3.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	7.2	14.4	50.0	2.0	5.6	35.4	1.2	1.4	81.4	58.5	0.9	2.3	1.6	3,036	1,444	259	306	75	43	132	127	+334
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	118.9	2024-25	PHX	62	36.5	26.6	6.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	9.5	18.1	52.7	2.6	6.0	43.0	4.9	5.8	83.9	64.2	0.4	5.7	3.1	2,265	1,647	374	263	50	77	190	104	-39

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PPG

26.1

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RPG

9.0

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APG

6.1

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

8th

DRTG

113.0

8th

NETRTG

4.9

6th

3P%

36.8

7th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	47	17	.734	3.0
3	Timberwolves	40	24	.625	10.0
4	Rockets	39	24	.619	10.5
5	Lakers	39	25	.609	11.0
6	Nuggets	39	26	.600	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/10	TOR	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Wed 3/11	HOU	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Fri 3/13	NOP	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 3/16	LAL	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Wed 3/18	LAL	@	HOU	9:30 PM

Last Game

Rockets

39 - 24

120

Final

145

Spurs

47 - 17

Sun 8 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.4

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

2.0

Huff

1.9

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

3.8

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Edwards

TS% Leaders

68.1

Jokić

67.7

Gobert

67.4

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.4

120.5

119.2

118.7

118.4

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.7

111.2

112.3

112.5

112.7

NetRtg Rankings

10.9

8.0

7.1

6.9

6.2

4.9

Tank Leaderboard

15-50

15-49

16-47

17-47

20-45

21-45

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,051.7

Maxey

3,038.3

Jokić

2,936.7

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,239.5

Jokić

3,117

Dončić

3,076.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-24

38-25-1

39-26

38-26

37-27

37-29

Worst Record ATS

25-40

26-37

27-37

28-37

27-35-1

28-36

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	18	.714
2	Celtics	43	21	.672	2.5
3	Knicks	41	25	.621	5.5
4	Cavaliers	40	25	.615	6.0
5	Raptors	36	27	.571	9.0
6	Magic	35	28	.556	10.0
7	Heat	36	29	.554	10.0
8	76ers	34	30	.531	11.5
9	Hawks	33	31	.516	12.5
10	Hornets	32	33	.492	14.0
11	Bucks	27	36	.429	18.0
12	Bulls	26	38	.406	19.5
13	Nets	17	47	.266	28.5
14	Wizards	16	47	.254	29.0
15	Pacers	15	49	.234	30.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	51	15	.773
2	Spurs	47	17	.734	3.0
3	Timberwolves	40	24	.625	10.0
4	Rockets	39	24	.619	10.5
5	Lakers	39	25	.609	11.0
6	Nuggets	39	26	.600	11.5
7	Suns	37	27	.578	13.0
8	Clippers	32	32	.500	18.0
9	Warriors	32	32	.500	18.0
10	Trail Blazers	31	34	.477	19.5
11	Grizzlies	23	40	.365	26.5
12	Mavericks	21	43	.328	29.0
13	Pelicans	21	45	.318	30.0
14	Jazz	20	45	.308	30.5
15	Kings	15	50	.231	35.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 2/4	CHI	@	TOR	107-123
Wed 2/4	CHA	@	HOU	109-99
Wed 2/4	SAS	@	DAL	135-123
Wed 2/4	GSW	@	PHX	101-97
Wed 2/4	PHI	@	LAL	115-119

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/10	MEM	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Tue 3/10	DET	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Tue 3/10	WAS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Tue 3/10	DAL	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Tue 3/10	PHX	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Amen Thompson had the best defensive rating by a forward in 2024-25, with a 108.1 rating.

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3,051.7

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