best defensive rating season in the last 10 seasons

Since 2017-18, Giannis Antetokounmpo has the best defensive rating in a season, with a 97.0 rating in 2019-20.

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	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	97.0	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
2	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.0	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	10.9	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	99.3	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
4	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	100.1	2019-20	MIL	68	26.7	12.0	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	4.3	9.9	43.5	1.5	4.8	31.4	1.9	2.2	83.6	55.1	0.9	3.7	1.0	1,817	813	312	99	46	163	70	163	+526
5	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.3	2018-19	UTA	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	5.9	8.8	66.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.4	63.6	68.2	3.8	9.0	1.6	2,577	1,284	1,041	161	66	187	130	231	+384
6	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	100.3	2018-19	DET	79	33.5	17.3	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	7.1	13.3	53.3	0.1	0.5	13.2	3.1	5.2	59.0	55.5	5.4	10.2	2.2	2,647	1,370	1,232	112	136	138	175	272	+176
7	Clint Capela C. Capela	100.5	2017-18	HOU	74	27.5	13.9	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	6.0	9.1	65.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.5	56.0	65.0	3.3	7.6	1.4	2,034	1,026	802	68	58	137	103	185	+372
8	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.5	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
9	Myles Turner M. Turner	101.4	2018-19	IND	74	28.6	13.3	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.5	48.7	1.0	2.6	38.8	2.0	2.7	73.6	56.7	1.4	5.8	1.4	2,119	984	531	115	60	199	100	195	+121
10	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	101.5	2017-18	POR	79	26.4	14.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	6.1	12.0	50.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.5	63.0	52.8	2.4	6.6	2.3	2,088	1,132	708	143	64	111	183	247	+159
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	101.8	2019-20	LAL	62	34.4	26.1	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	8.9	17.7	50.3	1.2	3.5	33.0	7.2	8.5	84.6	61.0	2.3	7.0	2.5	2,131	1,618	577	200	91	143	154	156	+241
12	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	+389
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	102.3	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
14	Robert Covington R. Covington	102.5	2017-18	PHI	80	31.6	12.6	5.4	2.0	1.7	0.9	4.3	10.5	41.3	2.5	6.9	36.9	1.5	1.7	85.3	56.3	0.7	4.7	1.6	2,527	1,009	433	156	137	72	126	238	+540
15	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	103.0	2019-20	TOT	57	33.0	17.7	15.2	2.7	1.9	1.6	7.3	13.8	53.3	0.1	0.6	14.3	3.0	5.2	57.5	55.3	4.4	10.8	3.6	1,879	1,010	864	152	109	93	203	201	-191
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	103.0	2018-19	OKC	73	36.0	22.9	11.1	10.7	1.9	0.5	8.6	20.2	42.8	1.6	5.6	29.0	4.1	6.2	65.6	50.1	1.5	9.6	4.5	2,630	1,675	807	784	142	33	325	245	+292
17	Al Horford A. Horford	103.2	2017-18	BOS	72	31.6	12.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	5.1	10.5	48.9	1.3	3.1	42.9	1.3	1.7	78.3	57.5	1.4	5.9	1.8	2,277	927	530	339	43	78	132	138	+348
18	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.2	2021-22	UTA	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	5.5	7.7	71.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.7	69.0	73.2	3.7	11.0	1.8	2,120	1,027	968	72	45	137	119	176	+417
19	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
20	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	103.3	2018-19	MIL	81	28.7	12.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	4.4	9.7	45.2	2.3	6.3	36.5	1.4	1.6	84.2	59.7	0.4	4.5	1.0	2,322	1,009	396	98	51	179	82	189	+583
21	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	103.3	2018-19	ORL	80	31.4	20.8	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	8.8	16.9	51.8	1.1	2.9	36.4	2.2	2.8	78.9	57.3	2.8	9.2	2.0	2,510	1,665	960	307	81	89	159	157	+218
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	103.4	2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	13.9	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.4	47.5	1.3	3.0	43.4	2.7	3.2	82.6	58.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	2,443	1,112	402	128	83	58	114	170	+344
23	Derrick Favors D. Favors	103.5	2017-18	UTA	77	28.0	12.3	7.2	1.3	0.7	1.1	5.1	9.1	56.3	0.2	0.8	22.2	1.8	2.8	65.1	59.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	2,153	944	552	102	54	82	88	164	+143
24	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
25	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.9	2019-20	UTA	68	34.3	15.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	5.7	8.2	69.3	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.9	63.0	69.9	3.4	10.1	1.9	2,333	1,026	916	101	51	135	130	215	+293

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PPG

17.3

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RPG

6.4

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APG

5.6

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Team Rankings

ORTG

112.9

24th

DRTG

119.3

27th

NETRTG

-6.3

25th

3P%

38.7

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
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
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	IND	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bucks

32 - 50

106

Final

126

76ers

45 - 37

Sun 12 Apr 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

Since 2017-18, Giannis Antetokounmpo has the best defensive rating in a season, with a 97.0 rating in 2019-20.

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37.4

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