best defensive rating small forward player

Jalen Johnson has the lowest defensive rating by a small forward this season, with a 111.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games small forward player this regular season

	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	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	111.4	2025-26	ATL	64	35.3	22.8	10.3	8.1	1.3	0.5	8.5	17.1	49.3	1.6	4.7	34.9	4.3	5.5	78.2	58.3	1.5	8.9	3.4	2,261	1,459	661	519	83	29	217	135	+104
2	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	111.4	2025-26	SAS	73	27.7	11.1	5.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	3.6	8.3	43.5	2.4	6.3	38.2	1.5	1.8	84.4	61.1	0.9	4.9	0.9	2,023	811	421	109	57	33	66	120	+531
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.5	2025-26	BOS	65	34.3	28.6	7.0	5.2	1.0	0.4	10.3	21.6	47.7	1.9	5.6	34.2	6.0	7.5	80.2	57.3	1.2	5.9	3.6	2,228	1,856	458	337	65	26	233	174	+244
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	112.9	2025-26	LAC	57	32.2	28.3	6.3	3.6	2.0	0.5	9.8	19.5	50.4	2.6	6.9	38.4	6.1	6.7	90.1	63.1	1.0	5.2	2.1	1,833	1,614	357	206	112	26	121	71	+300
5	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	113.2	2025-26	NYK	73	33.4	14.7	4.1	3.9	1.3	0.8	5.9	12.1	48.5	2.0	5.3	37.5	1.0	1.2	82.6	58.2	1.0	3.1	1.0	2,437	1,071	296	285	97	60	75	144	+290
6	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	113.6	2025-26	MIA	59	30.6	15.7	5.0	2.7	1.2	1.0	5.9	12.5	47.6	2.0	4.9	39.9	1.8	2.3	78.8	58.1	1.7	3.3	1.5	1,808	926	297	162	68	60	91	135	+30
7	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	113.7	2025-26	HOU	70	37.3	17.9	7.9	5.3	1.4	0.6	6.9	13.2	52.4	0.3	1.5	22.4	3.8	4.9	77.7	58.6	3.0	4.9	2.5	2,610	1,255	550	368	101	44	173	159	+275
8	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	114.0	2025-26	PHX	70	29.1	10.0	4.8	2.8	1.1	0.4	3.5	8.3	41.9	2.8	6.9	40.6	0.3	0.5	71.9	59.3	0.7	4.1	1.4	2,035	702	339	195	80	29	97	162	-102
9	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	114.9	2025-26	TOR	69	34.1	21.5	5.6	3.7	0.8	0.7	8.0	17.0	47.2	1.8	4.7	37.8	3.7	4.6	81.8	56.7	0.8	4.8	2.5	2,350	1,486	387	255	53	51	175	135	+8
10	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	115.2	2025-26	DET	70	27.7	11.9	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	4.0	9.1	44.3	2.8	7.1	40.3	1.0	1.4	76.0	61.6	0.4	2.3	0.7	1,936	836	190	144	40	22	48	154	+442
11	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	115.2	2025-26	MIA	66	28.3	14.8	5.0	4.8	0.8	0.3	5.9	11.9	49.9	0.6	2.2	29.2	2.3	3.1	76.2	56.0	1.3	3.8	2.0	1,869	980	333	316	50	19	135	125	+175
12	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	115.3	2025-26	DAL	61	33.8	20.4	6.6	4.7	1.1	0.9	7.8	16.5	47.3	1.0	3.4	28.7	3.8	4.7	81.1	54.9	1.2	5.4	2.4	2,064	1,243	405	284	70	57	145	129	-225
13	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.6	2025-26	CHA	67	31.4	17.2	5.9	3.3	0.6	0.4	6.2	13.8	45.0	2.0	6.0	32.9	2.8	3.4	82.4	56.2	0.9	4.9	1.5	2,107	1,154	393	219	41	30	99	116	+129
14	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	115.7	2025-26	POR	58	33.1	23.9	6.9	6.7	0.8	0.6	7.3	15.9	45.7	1.9	6.1	32.1	7.4	9.2	80.6	59.9	1.2	5.7	3.8	1,917	1,389	399	388	44	36	223	149	-29
15	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	116.4	2025-26	CHA	71	31.4	19.0	5.3	3.4	0.7	0.2	6.5	13.4	48.7	3.5	8.0	43.6	2.5	2.9	87.0	65.0	1.2	4.1	2.0	2,231	1,352	373	242	51	17	140	157	+280
16	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	116.6	2025-26	CHI	71	29.1	16.3	5.6	2.0	0.7	1.5	5.8	12.4	46.6	2.3	6.4	36.4	2.4	3.1	78.3	59.2	1.1	4.6	2.0	2,069	1,154	400	144	50	106	143	165	-228
17	Naji Marshall N. Marshall	117.6	2025-26	DAL	70	29.7	15.4	4.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	5.7	11.1	51.7	0.9	2.9	29.8	3.1	4.1	76.5	60.0	0.9	3.8	1.6	2,076	1,081	333	229	71	6	115	133	-191
18	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	118.5	2025-26	NOP	64	35.5	21.7	5.7	3.8	1.5	0.3	7.5	16.0	47.1	3.3	8.7	38.3	3.3	3.8	88.3	61.4	1.0	4.7	1.8	2,272	1,388	365	244	98	22	116	134	-149
19	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	120.5	2025-26	NOP	66	31.1	17.4	5.7	2.6	0.9	0.1	6.0	13.2	45.0	2.0	5.7	35.6	3.5	4.1	84.9	57.9	1.7	4.0	0.9	2,051	1,150	376	171	61	5	61	83	-138
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	123.1	2025-26	SAC	72	31.5	18.2	3.0	4.1	1.1	0.3	6.4	12.9	49.5	0.6	1.9	30.9	4.9	5.6	86.2	59.3	0.4	2.5	1.3	2,268	1,313	213	293	78	22	91	140	-581

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Hawks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

22.8

Johnson

RPG

10.3

Johnson

APG

8.1

Johnson

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.7

14th

DRTG

113.9

10th

NETRTG

1.8

12th

3P%

36.8

6th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Knicks	48	25	.658	4.5
4	Cavaliers	45	28	.616	7.5
5	Hawks	41	32	.562	11.5
6	Raptors	40	32	.556	12.0
7	76ers	40	33	.548	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/27	ATL	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sat 3/28	SAC	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Mon 3/30	BOS	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Wed 4/1	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 4/3	ATL	@	BKN	7:30 PM

Last Game

Hawks

41 - 32

130

Final

129

Pistons

52 - 20

Wed 25 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

31.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

12.0

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.7

Duren

67.5

Ayton

67.2

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.9

120.2

119.8

119.1

119.0

118.7

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.9

111.2

112.6

112.9

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

7.8

7.7

7.6

6.9

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

16-57

17-56

17-55

19-54

21-52

23-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,616.6

Jokić

3,535.6

Dončić

3,149.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,849.3

Jokić

3,744

Dončić

3,334.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.9

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

45-27

44-28-1

43-30

41-31

42-31

Worst Record ATS

29-44

30-43

30-42

31-41

32-41

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	52	20	.722
2	Celtics	48	24	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	48	25	.658	4.5
4	Cavaliers	45	28	.616	7.5
5	Hawks	41	32	.562	11.5
6	Raptors	40	32	.556	12.0
7	76ers	40	33	.548	12.5
8	Heat	39	34	.534	13.5
9	Hornets	38	34	.528	14.0
10	Magic	38	34	.528	14.0
11	Bucks	29	43	.403	23.0
12	Bulls	29	43	.403	23.0
13	Wizards - e	17	55	.236	35.0
14	Nets - e	17	56	.233	35.5
15	Pacers - e	16	57	.219	36.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	57	16	.781
2	Spurs - x	55	18	.753	2.0
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.0
4	Nuggets	46	28	.622	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	28	.616	12.0
6	Rockets	43	29	.597	13.5
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.0
8	Clippers	37	36	.507	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	37	.500	20.5
10	Warriors	35	38	.479	22.0
11	Pelicans - e	25	48	.342	32.0
12	Grizzlies - e	24	48	.333	32.5
13	Mavericks - e	23	50	.315	34.0
14	Jazz - e	21	52	.288	36.0
15	Kings - e	19	54	.260	38.0