best defensive rating point guard

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the best defensive rating by a point guard this season, with a 108.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games point guard this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.9
2025-26
50
33.3
31.9
4.4
6.5
1.3
0.8
10.9
19.9
55.0
1.7
4.5
38.5
8.3
9.3
89.2
66.5
0.5
3.9
2.1
1,666
1,594
221
323
66
40
104
101
+565
2Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
109.5
2025-26
52
35.0
25.4
5.8
9.8
1.5
1.0
9.0
19.5
46.1
2.0
5.9
33.6
5.5
6.8
80.9
56.5
1.0
4.8
3.7
1,818
1,321
302
508
78
50
194
167
+419
3Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.4
2025-26
49
29.7
16.6
4.9
6.8
1.3
0.3
5.7
12.1
46.7
1.0
3.6
29.3
4.2
5.8
72.5
56.5
1.2
3.7
3.3
1,456
813
241
335
65
17
162
161
+196
4Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.1
2025-26
59
25.1
13.1
2.7
3.1
1.4
0.6
4.8
11.1
43.1
2.6
6.5
39.7
0.9
1.1
79.1
56.2
0.4
2.3
1.3
1,478
771
157
180
82
35
79
116
+210
5De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
112.9
2025-26
50
31.6
19.0
3.8
6.2
1.3
0.3
7.1
14.7
48.4
1.9
5.5
35.1
2.9
3.8
76.6
58.2
0.5
3.2
2.4
1,580
951
188
309
63
13
120
112
+224
6Anthony Black
A. Black
114.1
2025-26
58
31.3
15.7
3.9
3.9
1.4
0.7
5.7
12.5
45.4
1.7
4.8
34.3
2.7
3.6
73.5
55.6
0.7
3.2
2.2
1,815
909
228
226
83
41
125
156
+1
7Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
114.6
2025-26
59
28.7
13.5
4.1
4.7
1.3
0.2
4.7
10.9
43.3
3.1
7.3
42.3
1.0
1.2
84.5
59.2
1.0
3.1
1.7
1,694
799
241
276
79
13
100
96
+135
8Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
114.7
2025-26
57
32.5
17.5
4.2
6.0
1.2
0.1
6.1
13.4
45.3
2.7
7.1
38.1
2.6
3.2
80.9
58.8
0.5
3.7
1.6
1,855
995
241
342
68
5
90
118
+110
9Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
115.0
2025-26
57
38.4
29.1
4.1
6.8
2.1
0.8
10.1
21.7
46.5
3.4
8.9
37.6
5.5
6.2
89.2
59.4
0.3
3.8
2.5
2,190
1,657
236
388
117
44
141
128
+133
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.1
2025-26
47
35.5
32.6
7.7
8.6
1.4
0.5
10.3
22.0
47.1
3.7
10.3
35.8
8.2
10.6
77.5
61.2
0.7
7.0
4.0
1,669
1,531
363
405
67
23
190
115
+50
11Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
116.7
2025-26
58
32.6
17.3
4.1
5.4
0.8
0.1
6.5
13.9
46.6
2.6
7.2
36.9
1.7
1.9
86.6
58.5
0.9
3.3
1.3
1,893
1,002
240
311
46
5
75
83
+264
12Bruce Brown
B. Brown
116.7
2025-26
60
25.0
7.7
4.0
2.2
1.1
0.3
3.0
6.4
46.3
0.6
1.7
36.3
1.2
1.5
76.1
54.6
1.2
2.8
1.1
1,502
461
240
131
67
15
67
144
-72
13Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
116.9
2025-26
58
27.8
7.9
3.1
3.6
1.5
0.1
3.0
6.1
48.3
1.0
2.7
36.9
1.0
1.3
78.1
59.1
0.8
2.3
1.4
1,613
459
180
208
85
8
82
140
-41
14Ryan Rollins
R. Rollins
117.0
2025-26
56
32.2
17.1
4.6
5.4
1.5
0.4
6.6
14.0
47.1
2.5
5.9
41.8
1.5
2.0
76.1
57.7
0.8
3.8
2.5
1,804
960
257
303
82
24
142
150
-59
15James Harden
J. Harden
117.2
2025-26
TOT
51
35.0
24.5
4.8
8.1
1.2
0.4
7.2
16.8
42.7
3.0
8.4
36.0
7.1
7.9
89.9
60.3
0.6
4.1
3.6
1,784
1,250
244
414
63
21
185
103
+58
16Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
117.6
2025-26
55
34.6
26.7
3.4
6.1
0.7
0.1
9.5
20.2
47.1
2.9
7.6
37.6
4.9
5.8
84.2
58.8
0.5
2.9
2.3
1,904
1,470
188
335
38
7
124
131
+261
17Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
118.5
2025-26
61
25.7
13.1
3.8
3.2
1.2
0.3
5.0
11.7
42.3
1.0
3.3
31.5
2.2
2.7
79.0
50.8
0.7
3.1
2.3
1,566
802
233
196
75
21
138
110
-244
18Jamal Murray
J. Murray
118.6
2025-26
55
35.1
25.3
4.4
7.3
1.0
0.4
8.9
18.4
48.2
3.2
7.5
42.4
4.5
5.1
88.1
61.5
0.4
4.0
2.3
1,929
1,393
243
403
54
21
128
88
+271
19Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
120.4
2025-26
56
28.9
15.3
5.5
6.3
1.3
0.2
5.7
13.1
43.1
2.0
6.0
33.8
1.9
2.7
70.6
53.2
1.3
4.1
3.4
1,617
855
306
355
71
9
191
133
-403
20CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
122.1
2025-26
TOT
56
29.9
18.7
3.4
3.5
0.8
0.4
6.9
15.2
45.2
2.6
6.8
37.9
2.4
3.1
77.8
56.6
0.7
2.7
1.7
1,676
1,049
193
197
43
21
96
103
-124
21Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
123.8
2025-26
59
27.7
9.8
3.7
4.6
0.7
0.2
3.4
8.7
39.3
2.0
5.2
38.2
1.0
1.3
74.0
52.7
0.4
3.2
2.3
1,632
580
217
271
39
13
138
130
-488
22Keyonte George
K. George
124.0
2025-26
49
33.7
23.6
3.9
6.5
1.1
0.3
7.4
16.2
45.6
2.5
6.7
37.1
6.4
7.2
89.2
61.1
0.5
3.4
3.2
1,652
1,158
189
317
52
14
158
113
-326
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

9.5

Hartenstein

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APG

6.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.9

4th

DRTG

107.7

1st

NETRTG

11.2

1st

3P%

36.5

9th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
46
15
.754
2
43
16
.729
2.0
3
37
22
.627
8.0
4
37
23
.617
8.5
5
37
23
.617
8.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/1
@
8:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
8:00 PM
Wed
3/4
@
7:00 PM
Sat
3/7
@
8:30 PM
Mon
3/9
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

37 - 23

121

Final

127

OKC Thunder

46 - 15

Fri 27 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
44
14
.759
2
39
20
.661
5.5
3
38
22
.633
7.0
4
37
24
.607
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.0
6
33
26
.559
11.5
7
31
27
.534
13.0
8
32
29
.525
13.5
9
30
31
.492
15.5
10
30
31
.492
15.5
11
26
32
.448
18.0
12
24
36
.400
21.0
13
16
43
.271
28.5
14
15
44
.254
29.5
15
15
45
.250
30.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
46
15
.754
2
43
16
.729
2.0
3
37
22
.627
8.0
4
37
23
.617
8.5
5
37
23
.617
8.5
6
35
24
.593
10.0
7
34
26
.567
11.5
8
31
29
.517
14.5
9
29
32
.475
17.0
10
27
31
.466
17.5
11
22
36
.379
22.5
12
21
38
.356
24.0
13
19
42
.311
27.0
14
18
42
.300
27.5
15
14
47
.230
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
1/26
@
102-106
Mon
1/26
@
115-103
Tue
1/27
@
110-113
Tue
1/27
@
99-129
Tue
1/27
@
133-124

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/1
@
1:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
5:00 PM