best defensive rating small forwards in nba 90s

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Anthony Bonner had the lowest defensive rating by a small forward, with a 96.3 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games small forwards in NBA 90s

	NAME	DRTG	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	Anthony Bonner A. Bonner	96.3	73	19.2	5.1	4.7	1.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	3.9	56.3	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.4	47.6	56.0	2.1	2.7	1.2	1,402	374	344	88	76	13	89	175
2	Alan Henderson A. Henderson	97.3	38	30.1	12.5	6.6	0.7	0.9	0.5	4.9	11.1	44.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.9	67.1	48.5	2.6	3.9	1.5	1,142	474	250	28	33	19	58	96	-69
3	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	99.6	37	33.3	16.4	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	5.8	14.0	41.5	0.6	2.1	27.3	4.2	5.2	81.2	50.3	1.1	3.1	2.1	1,233	606	156	91	46	2	79	65	-50
4	Matt Harpring M. Harpring	100.1	50	22.3	8.2	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.1	3.0	6.4	46.3	0.2	0.5	40.0	2.0	2.9	71.3	53.3	1.8	2.5	1.5	1,114	408	214	45	30	6	73	112	-4
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	100.7	48	34.0	16.5	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	5.9	13.5	43.9	1.8	4.3	41.2	2.9	4.1	71.3	54.0	2.4	4.0	2.4	1,632	791	309	115	82	50	113	139	-64
6	Brian Grant B. Grant	100.9	61	31.5	12.1	9.1	1.4	0.7	0.7	4.6	9.1	50.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.7	75.0	56.1	3.2	5.9	1.8	1,921	737	555	86	44	45	110	184	+107
7	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	100.9	164	31.2	8.5	11.1	1.0	0.7	0.7	3.4	6.4	53.4	0.0	0.2	17.9	1.5	2.4	64.4	56.5	4.3	6.8	1.1	5,124	1,388	1,818	157	117	115	184	557
8	Bo Outlaw B. Outlaw	101.0	150	31.2	8.3	6.8	2.1	1.2	1.7	3.2	5.8	55.9	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.8	3.3	55.5	57.4	2.6	4.2	1.8	4,675	1,243	1,016	308	183	261	264	433	-24
9	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	101.2	731	38.0	19.2	7.2	5.9	2.2	0.9	7.6	15.7	48.1	1.0	2.9	33.3	3.1	4.5	70.3	54.4	2.0	5.1	3.0	27,805	14,040	5,238	4,312	1,639	689	2,201	2,139	+1193
10	Cedric Henderson C. Henderson	101.2	132	30.6	9.7	4.0	2.1	1.2	0.5	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.0	0.1	12.5	1.6	2.1	74.7	49.4	0.9	3.1	2.0	4,044	1,286	522	281	154	69	262	374	+21
11	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	101.2	66	27.9	11.7	2.8	3.4	1.3	0.2	3.6	8.9	40.8	0.3	1.3	20.2	4.2	4.8	87.3	53.1	0.8	2.0	1.9	1,839	770	187	227	86	13	128	136	+106
12	Eddie Jones E. Jones	101.2	50	37.6	15.6	3.9	3.7	2.5	1.2	5.2	11.9	43.7	1.0	2.8	33.8	4.2	5.4	78.2	54.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	1,881	780	194	186	125	58	93	128	+198
13	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	102.3	666	25.1	9.7	5.7	1.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	8.7	44.6	0.1	0.3	22.9	1.8	2.7	68.0	48.9	2.1	3.6	1.3	16,695	6,432	3,788	1,224	838	457	870	1,996	+380
14	Grant Hill G. Hill	102.5	361	39.4	20.7	8.1	6.5	1.6	0.7	7.5	15.8	47.2	0.1	0.3	18.2	5.7	7.8	73.6	53.9	1.5	6.6	3.3	14,231	7,487	2,927	2,335	591	238	1,193	941	+818
15	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	102.7	331	28.4	13.4	4.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	5.1	11.2	45.3	0.8	2.4	34.0	2.4	3.3	74.7	53.1	1.5	3.1	2.0	9,410	4,445	1,518	1,344	330	138	647	600	+780
16	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	102.7	195	34.2	13.6	5.5	2.3	0.7	0.3	5.2	10.7	48.9	0.4	1.3	31.5	2.8	3.7	74.6	55.3	2.2	3.3	1.8	6,664	2,650	1,078	443	138	59	352	589	+354
17	Charles Smith C. Smith	103.0	323	29.2	14.3	5.7	1.6	0.8	1.5	5.2	11.2	46.6	0.0	0.2	24.2	3.8	4.8	78.3	53.6	2.1	3.5	1.9	9,440	4,610	1,830	502	245	479	600	1,110
18	Bryon Russell B. Russell	103.2	402	22.6	7.5	3.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	2.6	5.7	45.6	0.7	1.8	35.8	1.7	2.4	72.5	56.2	0.9	2.4	1.0	9,072	3,024	1,335	415	440	111	384	925	+1221
19	Malik Sealy M. Sealy	103.3	151	19.8	7.5	2.8	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.8	6.7	41.8	0.1	0.5	23.8	1.7	2.2	80.0	48.8	0.8	2.1	1.1	2,995	1,127	429	184	126	33	163	308	+64
20	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	103.7	136	20.6	5.1	5.8	1.5	0.9	0.4	2.0	4.0	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.6	67.0	54.3	1.7	4.1	1.1	2,804	688	791	199	125	48	149	315
21	Jalen Rose J. Rose	103.7	197	21.0	9.1	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.2	3.4	7.5	44.7	0.3	1.1	30.0	2.1	2.8	75.3	52.2	0.5	1.9	1.6	4,132	1,795	470	403	163	47	311	435	+156
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	104.0	50	35.2	18.3	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	6.9	15.3	45.0	0.4	1.3	28.8	4.1	5.4	76.1	51.6	1.9	3.8	2.2	1,760	913	283	149	55	77	110	140	+47
23	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	104.1	528	32.1	15.9	4.9	2.3	1.1	1.0	5.9	13.0	45.1	1.0	2.8	36.6	3.2	4.7	67.8	52.9	1.6	3.3	2.0	16,945	8,394	2,589	1,235	594	548	1,039	1,678	+638
24	Robert Horry R. Horry	104.2	349	31.0	10.1	5.2	2.9	1.4	1.1	3.8	8.6	44.5	1.0	2.7	35.0	1.5	2.0	73.3	53.2	1.4	3.8	1.9	10,803	3,532	1,805	1,029	475	398	647	907	+92
25	Anthony Mason A. Mason	104.2	82	42.2	14.6	9.3	4.4	0.8	0.4	5.5	9.7	56.3	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.0	72.0	61.0	2.7	6.6	2.6	3,457	1,196	764	363	69	34	211	246

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.8

Brunson

RPG

10.3

Towns

APG

6.7

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Sun 5/31	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

3 - 0

121

Final

108

Cavaliers

0 - 3

Sat 23 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.8

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

8.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.8

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Thompson

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

125.2

124.1

117.1

113.7

112.6

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

105.4

106.9

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

18.7

14.1

10.2

3.0

1.7

-1.1

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

668.4

Wembanyama

661.6

Mobley

649.6

Mitchell

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

674.8

Mitchell

660

Wembanyama

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.62

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.60

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-40

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

53-42

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-58

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