best defensive rating nba rookies minimum 750 minutes

Hugo González had the best defensive rating by a rookie with 750+ minutes played this season, with a 110.9 rating.

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best defensive rating NBA rookies minimum 750 minutes this regular season

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hugo González H. González	110.9	1,084	2025-26	BOS	74	14.6	3.9	3.3	0.5	0.6	0.3	1.6	3.3	47.6	0.6	1.6	36.2	0.2	0.4	50.0	56.1	0.8	2.5	0.5	289	246	40	42	21	38	124	+246
2	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	111.6	1,246	2025-26	TOR	57	21.9	8.5	5.0	1.9	0.9	0.9	3.5	6.0	57.9	0.3	0.9	34.0	1.2	1.9	65.7	62.1	2.3	2.7	1.0	484	285	106	52	53	59	147	+47
3	Carter Bryant C. Bryant	111.8	818	2025-26	SAS	71	11.5	4.2	2.5	0.7	0.2	0.3	1.5	3.7	40.8	0.7	2.2	33.5	0.4	0.6	71.4	52.6	0.5	2.0	0.5	298	178	47	16	23	33	94	-4
4	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	112.4	1,479	2025-26	CHA	69	21.4	7.6	5.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.2	4.2	75.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.7	71.6	76.2	2.4	3.0	0.9	521	377	54	32	101	62	107	+46
5	Dylan Harper D. Harper	112.5	1,558	2025-26	SAS	69	22.6	11.8	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	4.8	9.5	50.5	0.9	2.6	34.3	1.3	1.7	75.6	57.4	0.8	2.6	1.4	813	234	266	54	24	99	139	+303
6	Noah Penda N. Penda	113.1	757	2025-26	ORL	59	12.8	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.4	3.4	40.4	0.5	1.6	32.3	0.6	0.8	68.8	50.6	1.1	2.0	0.7	227	187	70	30	18	42	70	-55
7	Derik Queen D. Queen	114.9	2,023	2025-26	NOP	81	25.0	11.7	7.1	3.7	1.0	0.9	4.4	9.2	47.3	0.3	1.1	26.1	2.7	3.4	79.5	54.6	1.7	5.4	2.3	948	572	298	84	74	190	215	-304
8	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	115.3	2,344	2025-26	DAL	70	33.5	21.0	6.7	4.5	1.2	0.9	8.0	17.1	46.8	1.0	3.5	29.5	4.0	4.9	82.7	54.8	1.2	5.4	2.3	1,473	466	316	84	64	161	142	-266
9	Sion James S. James	115.6	1,843	2025-26	CHA	82	22.5	5.4	3.5	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.7	4.5	37.1	1.0	2.9	35.2	1.0	1.2	83.7	53.1	0.6	2.9	0.8	441	287	163	52	20	65	148	+65
10	Dylan Cardwell D. Cardwell	115.9	907	2025-26	SAC	44	20.6	5.4	7.5	1.4	0.7	1.5	2.4	4.1	58.7	0.0	0.1	50.0	0.6	1.2	51.0	59.1	3.3	4.2	0.9	238	332	62	30	67	39	161	-66
11	Will Richard W. Richard	116.1	1,377	2025-26	GSW	69	20.0	6.4	2.5	1.3	1.2	0.1	2.3	5.0	46.8	1.0	3.1	33.5	0.7	0.8	85.2	59.6	1.0	1.5	0.8	441	172	93	80	9	53	131	-97
12	VJ Edgecombe	116.4	2,623	2025-26	PHI	75	35.0	16.0	5.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	6.0	13.7	43.8	2.0	5.6	35.4	2.0	2.4	81.8	54.0	1.6	4.0	1.8	1,199	423	315	107	39	137	214	+57
13	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	116.4	2,551	2025-26	CHA	81	31.5	18.5	5.3	3.4	0.7	0.2	6.4	13.4	47.5	3.4	7.9	42.5	2.4	2.8	86.3	63.3	1.2	4.1	2.0	1,498	432	274	57	19	161	169	+322
14	Kasparas Jakučionis K. Jakučionis	116.6	945	2025-26	MIA	53	17.8	6.2	2.6	2.6	0.6	0.1	1.9	4.5	42.9	1.2	2.9	42.3	1.1	1.2	87.9	61.4	0.8	1.8	0.9	328	138	137	33	7	50	99	+72
15	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	117.5	1,187	2025-26	BKN	57	20.8	8.9	4.9	2.2	0.5	0.6	3.1	7.7	40.5	1.2	3.7	32.2	1.5	1.9	77.1	52.1	1.0	3.9	1.3	508	281	127	30	32	73	126	-231
16	Caleb Love C. Love	118.3	1,013	2025-26	POR	49	20.7	10.4	2.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	3.9	10.0	38.8	1.9	6.0	31.8	0.7	1.0	73.5	49.7	0.5	1.8	1.3	509	114	123	27	4	62	48	-127
17	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	118.4	1,351	2025-26	LAC	68	19.9	7.3	2.3	1.6	0.7	0.1	2.6	5.6	46.6	1.2	2.9	40.8	0.8	1.0	82.6	59.7	0.4	1.8	1.2	495	153	109	49	10	81	146	+32
18	Cedric Coward C. Coward	118.9	1,598	2025-26	MEM	62	25.8	13.6	5.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	4.9	10.5	47.1	1.5	4.4	33.8	2.3	2.7	84.3	58.5	1.3	4.5	1.7	843	364	171	40	27	105	126	+23
19	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	119.1	2,112	2025-26	NOP	82	25.8	14.3	3.7	3.4	1.2	0.4	5.3	12.3	43.4	1.2	3.7	33.0	2.4	3.0	78.9	52.5	0.7	2.9	2.2	1,169	300	279	97	30	178	151	-287
20	Javon Small J. Small	119.7	830	2025-26	MEM	41	20.2	9.7	3.1	3.7	0.8	0.2	3.3	7.0	46.5	1.5	3.5	42.3	1.7	2.0	82.9	61.1	0.9	2.2	1.4	396	128	151	34	9	56	65	-108
21	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	120.0	1,308	2025-26	BKN	52	25.2	10.3	3.2	3.3	0.8	0.3	3.4	8.6	39.9	2.4	6.2	38.5	1.0	1.3	83.1	56.1	0.4	2.8	1.7	536	165	173	42	17	86	93	-161
22	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	120.0	1,171	2025-26	DAL	60	19.5	6.6	2.2	5.3	0.4	0.0	2.7	6.5	41.5	0.8	2.3	35.6	0.4	0.5	80.6	49.2	0.2	2.0	1.4	397	133	316	25	2	85	86	-24
23	Ben Saraf B. Saraf	120.1	916	2025-26	BKN	44	20.8	7.5	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.2	2.7	6.9	39.6	0.4	2.0	21.1	1.7	2.0	83.0	48.6	0.5	1.6	2.3	332	92	145	38	8	99	81	-237
24	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	120.3	913	2025-26	NOP	61	15.0	4.3	1.9	1.0	0.7	0.1	1.7	4.5	38.5	0.5	1.8	25.9	0.4	0.5	75.9	45.5	0.8	1.2	0.3	262	117	61	43	9	20	96	-104
25	Nolan Traore N. Traore	120.4	1,243	2025-26	BKN	56	22.2	8.9	1.8	3.8	0.8	0.4	3.3	8.6	38.0	1.1	3.4	31.8	1.3	1.7	78.7	47.9	0.3	1.5	2.3	499	99	213	45	23	129	119	-280

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Team Leaders

PPG

31.0

Brown

RPG

12.5

Tatum

APG

8.0

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Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

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)
Fri 4/24	BOS	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sun 4/26	BOS	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Tue 4/28	PHI	@	BOS	1:00 PM
Thu 4/30	BOS	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Sat 5/2	PHI	@	BOS	1:00 PM

Last Game

76ers

1 - 1

111

Final

Celtics

1 - 1

Tue 21 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

39.0

Cunningham

31.0

Mitchell

31.0

Brown

Playoffs RPG Leaders

14.0

Jokić

13.5

Hart

12.5

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

13.0

James

10.0

Holiday

9.5

Jokić

Playoffs SPG Leaders

4.0

Williams

3.5

Harden

3.0

Thompson

Playoffs BPG Leaders

2.5

Edwards

2.5

Towns

2.0

Alexander-Walker

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

5.0

Kennard

5.0

Sheppard

4.0

Mitchell

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Conley

150.0

LeVert

150.0

Fleming

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

130.7

122.6

116.1

115.9

114.2

113.9

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

92.2

103.0

106.2

106.3

106.6

108.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

38.4

11.7

11.2

9.8

9.5

5.2

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

109.1

Jokić

103

Tatum

101.3

Edwards

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

120

Jokić

107.8

Tatum

102.8

Edwards

Playoffs USG% Leaders

69.0

Risacher

44.7

Tomlin

43.6

Cissoko

Playoffs MPG Leaders

43.0

Thompson

43.0

Smith

42.0

Hachimura

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

4.20

González

2.78

LeVert

2.40

Risacher

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

3.25

González

2.69

LeVert

2.50

Risacher

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

48-36-1

47-36

48-36

46-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

36-48

36-47

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