best defensive rating over last 10 seasons centers

Since 2016-17, Hassan Whiteside had the lowest defensive rating by a center, with a 102.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games over last 10 seasons centers

	NAME	DRTG	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	102.2	371	25.0	13.0	11.2	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.4	9.4	57.9	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.4	60.8	59.5	3.3	7.9	1.5	9,267	4,817	4,137	291	197	736	556	997	+280
2	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	102.3	171	22.2	9.9	7.4	2.6	0.3	1.0	3.7	7.7	47.7	0.6	1.4	44.3	1.8	2.5	73.0	55.6	1.5	5.8	1.2	3,799	1,685	1,257	440	53	164	205	260	+251
3	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	102.7	663	24.8	11.6	11.6	1.5	1.2	1.1	4.8	9.0	53.1	0.1	0.3	21.6	2.0	3.5	55.6	55.0	3.8	7.8	1.9	16,421	7,681	7,683	1,000	819	706	1,241	1,777	-691
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	102.9	131	34.8	27.1	11.9	2.9	1.4	2.3	9.9	19.5	50.9	0.7	2.1	31.5	6.6	8.2	79.9	58.7	2.6	9.2	2.2	4,558	3,551	1,556	375	182	302	293	300	+184
5	Dwight Howard D. Howard	103.4	362	23.1	10.6	9.6	1.0	0.6	1.1	4.0	6.6	60.7	0.0	0.1	34.7	2.5	4.5	56.4	61.7	2.9	6.7	1.8	8,364	3,835	3,478	354	214	404	637	1,023	-101
6	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	103.8	101	28.5	16.4	8.6	1.8	0.7	2.0	6.0	11.1	53.7	1.3	3.6	36.8	3.2	4.1	78.0	63.7	1.8	6.9	1.6	2,874	1,660	872	178	66	202	163	230	+972
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.9	717	32.5	13.9	12.5	1.5	0.7	2.1	5.2	7.8	67.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.3	64.1	68.4	3.6	8.9	1.7	23,286	9,940	8,974	1,044	517	1,477	1,187	2,013	+3563
8	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	103.9	239	26.8	18.6	9.2	3.5	1.2	1.1	6.3	13.8	45.8	1.4	4.2	34.2	4.5	5.9	75.7	56.6	1.8	7.4	3.1	6,403	4,436	2,191	843	288	258	732	816	+96
9	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	104.0	207	15.1	5.1	4.8	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	3.7	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	78.7	58.3	1.6	3.2	1.0	3,118	1,066	996	332	128	67	216	439	+518
10	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	104.0	110	30.8	24.7	11.3	3.3	1.1	3.4	8.7	17.6	49.6	2.4	6.8	35.1	4.8	5.8	82.9	61.2	1.9	9.4	2.8	3,393	2,716	1,242	368	118	373	304	261	+784
11	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	105.8	170	26.2	14.2	7.8	1.5	0.4	1.2	5.8	11.2	51.9	0.9	2.7	33.9	1.6	2.1	75.4	58.3	2.0	5.8	1.6	4,449	2,411	1,328	250	66	196	267	440	+506
12	Dewayne Dedmon D. Dedmon	105.8	367	19.0	7.3	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.9	5.5	52.3	0.5	1.5	33.6	1.0	1.4	75.8	59.9	1.5	4.8	1.1	6,963	2,687	2,320	331	213	291	396	974	-178
13	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	105.9	322	29.6	13.6	6.7	3.9	0.8	1.2	4.9	11.0	44.2	1.3	3.5	37.0	2.6	3.2	80.6	54.8	0.9	5.9	1.9	9,529	4,368	2,173	1,248	265	382	627	812	+267
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	106.1	490	31.9	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	9.9	83.0	61.3	2.2	8.6	3.4	15,609	13,544	5,280	1,808	432	784	1,656	1,451	+2645
15	Marreese Speights M. Speights	106.4	82	15.7	8.7	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	3.0	6.7	44.5	1.3	3.4	37.2	1.5	1.7	87.6	58.4	1.1	3.5	0.8	1,286	711	373	65	23	41	69	229	-37
16	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	106.4	531	22.6	8.3	9.7	1.3	0.4	1.0	3.4	5.0	67.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	1.5	2.7	56.3	67.0	2.7	7.1	1.4	12,015	4,414	5,158	712	217	505	721	1,100	-363
17	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	106.7	426	20.0	7.1	6.7	2.2	0.8	0.9	3.0	5.0	59.6	0.1	0.3	23.9	1.1	1.6	67.5	62.3	2.3	4.4	1.2	8,513	3,016	2,866	923	320	387	494	1,080	+1586
18	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	107.0	397	23.4	7.5	8.0	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.2	4.6	70.2	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.1	50.8	68.1	3.7	4.2	0.7	9,294	2,976	3,164	264	362	690	275	1,060	-30
19	John Henson J. Henson	107.1	188	20.6	7.2	5.5	1.3	0.6	1.3	3.0	5.6	54.5	0.1	0.4	26.7	1.0	1.7	60.1	57.0	1.6	3.9	1.0	3,881	1,357	1,041	239	105	240	184	447	+98
20	Julius Randle J. Randle	107.4	82	26.7	16.1	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	6.1	11.0	55.8	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.7	5.2	71.8	60.6	2.2	5.8	2.6	2,190	1,323	654	210	43	45	213	274	-80
21	Richaun Holmes R. Holmes	107.7	101	24.1	10.9	6.6	1.0	0.8	1.1	4.5	7.5	59.9	0.3	0.8	35.1	1.6	2.2	74.7	64.3	2.2	4.4	1.1	2,435	1,098	669	100	83	111	107	305	-212
22	Patrick Patterson P. Patterson	107.8	82	15.5	3.9	2.4	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.3	3.2	39.8	0.8	2.1	38.6	0.5	0.6	87.0	55.5	0.4	2.0	0.4	1,270	318	193	57	48	23	33	87	-79
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	107.8	77	24.7	12.0	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.6	4.5	9.8	45.6	1.8	4.4	40.9	1.3	1.4	89.8	57.5	0.3	5.4	0.7	1,900	927	438	120	43	45	51	146	-55
24	Steven Adams S. Adams	107.8	565	27.4	9.7	8.9	1.8	1.0	0.9	4.1	6.9	58.8	0.0	0.0	6.7	1.6	3.0	52.9	59.0	4.2	4.7	1.5	15,484	5,492	5,003	1,022	548	491	864	1,215	+2030
25	Aron Baynes A. Baynes	107.9	302	17.8	6.4	5.0	1.0	0.3	0.6	2.6	5.4	47.5	0.4	1.2	31.2	0.9	1.2	78.9	54.2	1.6	3.4	0.9	5,383	1,936	1,517	296	78	169	266	751	+332

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.7

Powell

RPG

10.0

Adebayo

APG

6.5

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.7

13th

DRTG

114.5

13th

NETRTG

2.2

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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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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.4

Brunson

28.1

Cunningham

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

12.3

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

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

125.0

124.1

117.5

113.7

113.2

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.8

105.4

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.3

14.0

12.1

3.0

1.7

0.8

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

626.1

Wembanyama

598.7

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

618.5

Wembanyama

604.5

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.65

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-39

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-56

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