best defensive rating over last 9 seasons centers

Since 2017-18, Pau Gasol has the best defensive rating by a center, with a 102.8 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games over last 9 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	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	102.8	107	20.3	8.3	7.1	2.7	0.3	0.9	3.1	6.7	45.6	0.5	1.2	36.8	1.7	2.3	74.7	53.8	1.4	5.7	1.2	2,172	893	756	290	29	94	124	150	+24
2	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	103.1	294	23.0	11.9	10.4	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.0	8.6	58.8	0.0	0.1	30.8	1.9	3.1	60.0	60.2	3.1	7.3	1.4	6,754	3,508	3,049	234	140	575	402	771	+182
3	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	103.1	565	24.2	11.5	11.4	1.5	1.2	1.1	4.7	8.8	53.4	0.1	0.3	19.0	2.0	3.5	58.6	55.6	3.8	7.6	1.9	13,686	6,484	6,433	874	686	606	1,073	1,508	-449
4	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	103.5	167	23.6	14.9	8.4	3.1	1.1	1.0	5.2	11.2	46.3	1.3	3.9	33.1	3.3	4.5	74.5	56.9	1.6	6.7	2.8	3,938	2,494	1,397	511	188	165	463	538	+121
5	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	103.7	87	28.6	16.3	8.7	1.8	0.6	2.1	5.9	11.1	52.9	1.3	3.5	35.8	3.3	4.2	77.3	62.8	1.8	6.9	1.6	2,488	1,419	755	159	53	179	143	197	+772
6	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	104.4	619	32.3	13.9	12.5	1.5	0.7	2.0	5.3	7.8	67.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.3	64.0	68.5	3.5	9.0	1.6	20,018	8,614	7,745	920	455	1,235	1,014	1,728	+3162
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	104.5	288	21.4	9.8	8.8	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.7	6.2	59.8	0.1	0.2	36.2	2.4	4.2	57.5	61.4	2.6	6.2	1.6	6,165	2,833	2,538	250	150	312	467	820	+7
8	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	104.7	93	31.1	23.8	11.1	3.3	1.1	3.4	8.4	17.3	48.8	2.4	6.8	34.9	4.6	5.6	82.2	60.4	1.9	9.2	2.9	2,892	2,217	1,029	307	99	314	273	230	+535
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	105.0	56	33.0	25.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	9.5	18.3	51.7	0.9	2.6	33.1	6.1	7.7	79.4	59.7	3.1	8.9	2.0	1,850	1,452	672	218	88	135	112	132	+133
10	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
11	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	105.9	248	28.2	11.8	6.9	3.7	0.8	1.1	4.2	9.6	43.4	1.3	3.5	36.5	2.2	2.8	79.1	54.5	0.9	6.0	1.9	6,998	2,922	1,709	910	198	283	461	641	+203
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	106.2	454	32.3	28.1	11.0	3.8	0.9	1.5	9.3	18.5	50.3	1.2	3.5	33.6	8.4	10.1	83.2	61.4	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,651	12,774	4,993	1,722	405	697	1,528	1,327	+2550
13	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	106.9	414	20.0	7.1	6.6	2.1	0.7	0.9	3.0	5.0	59.7	0.1	0.3	24.1	1.1	1.6	67.6	62.5	2.3	4.3	1.2	8,273	2,952	2,750	881	308	379	479	1,057	+1482
14	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	107.1	382	23.5	7.5	7.9	0.7	0.9	1.8	3.2	4.6	70.0	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.1	50.9	67.9	3.7	4.2	0.7	8,992	2,861	3,029	254	343	671	263	1,034	-87
15	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	107.4	446	21.0	7.6	9.0	1.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	4.6	66.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.3	2.3	59.5	67.0	2.5	6.5	1.4	9,376	3,368	4,023	610	165	368	606	883	-828
16	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
17	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	107.7	557	30.4	15.7	8.9	3.3	1.1	0.8	6.0	11.5	52.1	0.3	1.0	32.6	3.4	4.5	75.1	58.3	2.2	6.7	2.1	16,909	8,735	4,983	1,852	591	459	1,142	1,313	+1012
18	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	107.7	122	22.2	10.3	8.4	0.8	0.7	1.0	4.3	7.9	54.1	0.8	2.3	36.7	0.9	1.2	73.6	60.9	2.5	5.9	0.9	2,710	1,252	1,022	92	85	126	107	204	-7
19	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
20	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
21	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	107.9	198	33.2	15.6	8.8	2.8	0.8	1.5	6.4	11.8	54.4	0.3	1.3	26.5	2.5	3.7	68.1	58.4	2.2	6.6	1.9	6,578	3,096	1,749	558	161	306	369	499	+466
22	Al Horford A. Horford	108.0	464	28.4	10.7	6.6	3.3	0.7	1.1	4.2	8.7	48.0	1.6	4.1	38.9	0.8	1.0	82.1	59.0	1.4	5.3	1.1	13,188	4,987	3,072	1,531	309	499	496	784	+2021
23	Steven Adams S. Adams	108.0	485	27.0	9.5	9.1	1.9	0.9	0.9	4.0	6.7	59.2	0.0	0.0	7.1	1.5	2.9	51.4	59.1	4.3	4.8	1.5	13,095	4,587	4,390	936	459	413	718	1,020	+1835
24	Marcin Gortat M. Gortat	108.1	129	21.9	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.4	0.7	3.0	5.8	52.1	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.6	68.7	55.0	1.9	4.9	1.2	2,825	923	884	216	46	85	149	267	+5
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.2	638	33.6	24.3	11.7	8.3	1.4	0.7	9.2	16.5	56.2	1.3	3.5	36.7	4.5	5.5	82.5	64.4	2.7	8.9	3.2	21,458	15,511	7,443	5,311	871	467	2,071	1,700	+4087

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.4

Wembanyama

RPG

11.1

Wembanyama

APG

6.8

Castle

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.7

8th

DRTG

110.9

3rd

NETRTG

6.8

4th

3P%

35.2

20th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	48	15	.762
2	Spurs	44	17	.721	3.0
3	Rockets	38	22	.633	8.5
4	Timberwolves	39	23	.629	8.5
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	9.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/5	DET	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Fri 3/6	LAC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sun 3/8	HOU	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Tue 3/10	BOS	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Thu 3/12	DEN	@	SAS	9:00 PM

Last Game

Spurs

44 - 17

131

Final

76ers

33 - 28

Tue 3 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.4

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.7

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.6

Jokić

67.5

Ayton

67.1

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.9

119.4

118.6

118.5

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.1

110.9

112.2

112.6

112.7

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

8.3

7.7

6.8

6.4

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-49

15-46

16-45

18-43

19-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,956.4

Maxey

2,853

Jokić

2,752.1

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,039

Jokić

2,983.3

Maxey

2,927

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

36.9

Thompson

36.6

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

40-22

37-23-1

36-25

36-26

35-26

33-27-1

Worst Record ATS

24-39

26-36

25-34-1

26-35

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	15	.750
2	Celtics	41	20	.672	4.5
3	Knicks	40	22	.645	6.0
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.5
5	Raptors	35	26	.574	10.5
6	76ers	33	28	.541	12.5
7	Magic	32	28	.533	13.0
8	Heat	33	29	.532	13.0
9	Hornets	31	31	.500	15.0
10	Hawks	31	31	.500	15.0
11	Bucks	26	34	.433	19.0
12	Bulls	25	37	.403	21.0
13	Wizards	16	45	.262	29.5
14	Nets	15	46	.246	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	30.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	48	15	.762
2	Spurs	44	17	.721	3.0
3	Rockets	38	22	.633	8.5
4	Timberwolves	39	23	.629	8.5
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	9.5
6	Lakers	37	24	.607	10.0
7	Suns	35	26	.574	12.0
8	Warriors	31	30	.508	16.0
9	Clippers	29	31	.483	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	29	33	.468	18.5
11	Grizzlies	23	37	.383	23.5
12	Mavericks	21	40	.344	26.0
13	Pelicans	19	44	.302	29.0
14	Jazz	18	43	.295	29.0
15	Kings	14	49	.222	34.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 1/29	LAC	@	DEN	109-122
Thu 1/29	BKN	@	UTA	109-99
Thu 1/29	DET	@	GSW	131-124
Fri 1/30	SAS	@	CHA	106-111
Fri 1/30	ATL	@	IND	124-129

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 3/4	OKC	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Wed 3/4	CHA	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 3/4	UTA	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 3/4	POR	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Wed 3/4	ATL	@	MIL	9:30 PM

Since 2017-18, Pau Gasol has the best defensive rating by a center, with a 102.8 rating.

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