best defensive rating player for lakers

Deandre Ayton has the best defensive rating for the Lakers this season, with a 115.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games player for lakers this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
115.8
2025-26
36
29.5
14.2
8.8
0.9
0.7
1.0
6.5
9.5
68.9
0.0
0.0
1.2
1.8
63.6
69.2
2.5
6.3
1.6
1,061
512
317
32
26
36
57
86
+15
2Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.8
2025-26
33
36.3
33.3
7.5
8.6
1.5
0.5
10.5
22.5
46.4
3.5
10.2
33.7
9.0
11.5
78.3
60.5
0.9
6.6
4.5
1,198
1,100
249
285
51
18
147
90
+30
3Jarred Vanderbilt
J. Vanderbilt
115.8
2025-26
32
19.8
5.0
5.3
1.3
0.8
0.4
1.9
3.9
48.8
0.5
1.6
30.8
0.7
1.0
71.0
57.7
1.7
3.6
1.2
635
160
168
41
26
12
38
62
-42
4LeBron James
L. James
117.4
2025-26
24
33.1
22.6
5.9
6.9
1.1
0.7
8.3
16.3
50.9
1.6
5.0
32.8
4.4
5.8
75.7
60.0
0.7
5.2
2.7
795
543
141
166
26
17
65
33
-17
5Jake LaRavia
J. LaRavia
117.7
2025-26
41
27.3
9.6
4.3
2.0
1.3
0.4
3.4
7.5
46.1
1.2
3.5
34.0
1.5
2.0
75.6
57.4
1.6
2.7
1.0
1,121
393
175
84
55
15
42
91
-88
6Marcus Smart
M. Smart
118.0
2025-26
32
28.3
9.8
3.2
2.9
1.4
0.3
3.2
7.9
40.6
1.6
5.1
32.1
1.8
2.0
89.1
55.8
0.7
2.5
1.8
907
315
101
92
45
11
58
90
+68
7Jaxson Hayes
J. Hayes
118.3
2025-26
33
17.5
6.2
4.0
0.8
0.4
0.5
2.5
3.3
76.9
0.0
0.0
100.0
1.2
1.8
65.0
76.6
1.5
2.5
0.6
576
206
133
28
12
18
19
68
-61
8Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
119.7
2025-26
23
35.3
26.6
5.2
6.3
1.0
0.2
8.2
16.2
50.7
2.7
7.4
36.5
7.5
8.6
87.3
66.6
0.7
4.5
3.3
812
612
120
144
22
5
75
52
+57
9Rui Hachimura
R. Hachimura
121.7
2025-26
31
30.7
12.1
3.4
0.8
0.6
0.3
4.7
9.2
51.2
1.7
4.1
42.9
0.9
1.2
76.3
62.1
0.7
2.7
0.8
953
375
106
26
18
8
25
55
-16
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

33.3

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

8.8

Ayton

Deandre Ayton

APG

8.6

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

7th

DRTG

118.3

26th

NETRTG

-0.4

17th

3P%

34.8

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
6
Lakers Lakers
25
16
.610
9.5
7
26
17
.605
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/20
@
10:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
10:00 PM
Sat
1/24
@
8:30 PM
Mon
1/26
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/28
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
TOR Raptors

25 - 19

93

Final

110

LAL Lakers

25 - 16

Sun 18 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
18
.561
8.0
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
22
21
.512
10.0
9
20
22
.476
11.5
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
6
25
16
.610
9.5
7
26
17
.605
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
23
.452
16.0
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
14
29
.326
21.5
14
12
31
.279
23.5
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
12/22
@
136-127
Mon
12/22
@
108-128
Wed
12/24
@
124-126
Wed
12/24
@
117-102
Wed
12/24
@
116-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/20
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
9:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
10:00 PM