best defensive rating point guards in 2018

Ben Simmons had the lowest defensive rating by a point guard in 2017-18, with a 101.9 rating in his rookie season.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games point guards in 2018

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	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	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	101.9	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
2	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	103.3	2017-18	UTA	77	29.3	13.1	4.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	4.5	10.7	41.8	1.2	3.5	35.2	2.9	3.3	86.6	53.7	0.6	4.0	2.7	2,254	1,008	351	410	121	11	207	206	+212
3	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	103.7	2017-18	BOS	80	25.9	11.3	4.7	2.9	1.0	0.2	4.0	10.0	39.5	1.9	5.0	38.1	1.4	1.9	77.2	52.0	0.8	3.9	1.0	2,068	900	376	232	80	19	80	123	+117
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	104.3	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	25.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	4.8	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
5	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	106.8	2017-18	TOR	78	32.2	16.2	5.6	6.9	1.1	0.2	5.2	12.1	42.7	3.1	7.6	39.9	2.9	3.3	85.4	59.8	0.8	4.7	2.3	2,510	1,267	434	537	85	19	183	192	+399
6	Tyler Johnson T. Johnson	108.1	2017-18	MIA	72	28.5	11.7	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.3	9.9	43.5	1.7	4.5	36.7	1.5	1.8	82.2	54.9	0.5	3.0	1.1	2,052	843	248	165	60	34	81	148	+45
7	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	108.4	2017-18	TOT	74	31.4	17.7	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	6.3	13.4	47.3	1.7	4.9	34.7	3.4	4.3	79.5	58.2	0.7	3.1	2.9	2,322	1,313	284	370	149	42	216	185	+124
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	108.8	2017-18	POR	73	36.6	26.9	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	8.5	19.4	43.9	3.1	8.6	36.1	6.8	7.4	91.6	59.4	0.8	3.6	2.8	2,670	1,962	325	481	77	27	206	117	+349
9	Patty Mills P. Mills	109.0	2017-18	SAS	82	25.7	10.0	1.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.4	8.3	41.1	1.9	5.0	37.2	1.3	1.4	89.0	55.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	2,107	819	154	229	55	11	106	128	+113
10	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	109.1	2017-18	MIA	75	31.7	17.3	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	6.5	14.3	45.0	1.5	4.0	37.0	2.9	3.6	80.1	54.3	0.7	3.4	2.2	2,378	1,296	306	359	63	12	166	180	+18
11	Ish Smith I. Smith	109.1	2017-18	DET	82	24.9	10.9	2.7	4.4	0.8	0.2	4.7	9.8	48.6	0.4	1.2	34.7	1.0	1.4	69.8	52.5	0.3	2.4	1.3	2,043	894	224	360	64	20	108	140	+42
12	Darren Collison D. Collison	109.7	2017-18	IND	69	29.2	12.4	2.6	5.3	1.3	0.2	4.6	9.2	49.5	1.4	3.0	46.8	1.8	2.1	88.2	61.0	0.5	2.0	1.2	2,018	855	178	368	92	15	86	122	+128
13	Cory Joseph C. Joseph	109.8	2017-18	IND	82	27.0	7.9	3.2	3.2	1.0	0.2	3.1	7.4	42.4	0.8	2.3	35.3	0.9	1.1	74.5	50.3	0.5	2.7	1.1	2,210	649	263	260	80	18	87	141	-49
14	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	110.5	2017-18	DAL	69	29.7	15.2	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	5.9	14.8	39.5	1.5	4.9	31.3	1.9	2.8	69.4	47.3	0.7	3.0	2.8	2,049	1,048	260	358	71	18	194	152	-329
15	Kemba Walker K. Walker	111.1	2017-18	CHA	80	34.2	22.1	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	7.4	17.0	43.1	2.9	7.5	38.4	4.5	5.3	86.4	57.2	0.4	2.7	2.2	2,736	1,770	248	444	91	24	179	98	+203
16	Jeff Teague J. Teague	112.1	2017-18	MIN	70	33.0	14.2	3.0	7.0	1.5	0.3	5.1	11.3	44.6	1.2	3.3	36.8	2.9	3.4	84.5	55.3	0.3	2.6	2.5	2,311	994	209	492	102	23	177	171	+138
17	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	112.4	2017-18	BKN	80	28.8	12.6	3.2	6.6	0.9	0.3	4.1	10.5	38.7	1.8	5.4	32.6	2.7	3.4	81.3	52.7	0.5	2.7	1.6	2,306	1,007	259	524	68	23	128	186	-88
18	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	113.0	2017-18	SAC	73	27.8	11.6	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	4.5	10.9	41.2	0.6	2.1	30.7	1.9	2.7	72.3	47.8	0.5	2.3	2.4	2,026	844	204	320	70	20	173	163	-414
19	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	113.1	2017-18	ATL	67	30.9	19.4	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	7.5	17.1	43.6	1.1	3.9	29.0	3.4	4.0	84.9	51.5	0.7	2.4	2.7	2,072	1,301	208	417	72	6	183	147	-281
20	Austin Rivers A. Rivers	113.2	2017-18	LAC	61	33.7	15.1	2.4	4.0	1.2	0.3	5.6	13.2	42.4	2.2	5.9	37.8	1.7	2.6	64.2	52.6	0.4	1.9	1.8	2,057	920	145	242	74	16	109	152	-67
21	Jamal Murray J. Murray	113.3	2017-18	DEN	81	31.7	16.7	3.7	3.4	1.0	0.3	5.9	13.1	45.1	2.0	5.4	37.8	2.8	3.1	90.5	57.6	1.0	2.7	2.1	2,568	1,352	297	274	79	28	172	173	+223

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PPG

28.3

Maxey

RPG

8.4

Drummond

APG

6.6

Maxey

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

17th

DRTG

115.5

16th

NETRTG

-0.2

18th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

144

Final

114

76ers

0 - 4

Sun 10 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Ben Simmons had the lowest defensive rating by a point guard in 2017-18, with a 101.9 rating in his rookie season.

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