best defensive rating starting point guards

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the lowest defensive rating by a point guard this season, with a 108.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games starting point guards 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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	108.6	2025-26	OKC	54	33.5	31.7	4.5	6.6	1.4	0.8	10.9	19.7	55.1	1.7	4.5	38.3	8.2	9.2	89.5	66.7	0.5	4.0	2.1	1,809	1,712	242	356	73	42	114	110	+589
2	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	110.1	2025-26	DET	58	34.9	24.8	5.6	10.0	1.4	0.9	8.8	19.2	45.9	2.1	5.9	34.8	5.1	6.3	81.0	56.4	0.9	4.8	3.8	2,023	1,441	327	579	84	52	218	184	+463
3	Stephon Castle S. Castle	111.7	2025-26	SAS	55	29.7	16.4	4.9	6.9	1.3	0.3	5.6	12.0	46.8	1.1	3.5	30.4	4.1	5.6	72.5	56.6	1.2	3.7	3.1	1,636	901	271	380	69	18	173	182	+285
4	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	112.4	2025-26	HOU	65	25.8	13.4	2.8	3.2	1.4	0.7	4.9	11.5	42.8	2.6	6.7	38.8	1.0	1.2	80.5	55.8	0.3	2.5	1.5	1,679	870	182	209	92	43	100	135	+214
5	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	113.0	2025-26	SAS	56	31.5	19.0	3.7	6.3	1.2	0.3	7.2	14.7	49.1	1.9	5.6	34.4	2.7	3.5	75.6	58.5	0.6	3.2	2.3	1,762	1,062	208	353	68	14	128	126	+279
6	Anthony Black A. Black	113.4	2025-26	ORL	60	30.7	15.3	3.9	3.8	1.4	0.7	5.5	12.3	45.1	1.6	4.7	33.9	2.6	3.6	73.0	55.2	0.7	3.1	2.1	1,841	917	232	229	86	41	125	159	+5
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	114.0	2025-26	LAL	53	35.5	32.5	7.9	8.5	1.5	0.5	10.4	22.0	47.3	3.8	10.4	36.0	7.9	10.2	77.4	61.3	0.7	7.2	4.0	1,881	1,723	417	448	79	28	214	125	+123
8	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	114.6	2025-26	TOR	62	32.5	17.3	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.1	6.0	13.3	45.0	2.6	7.0	37.6	2.7	3.2	82.1	58.6	0.5	3.6	1.6	2,017	1,073	259	378	77	5	97	130	+80
9	Collin Gillespie C. Gillespie	114.7	2025-26	PHX	65	28.9	13.4	4.2	4.8	1.3	0.2	4.7	10.8	43.3	3.1	7.3	42.3	1.0	1.2	85.5	59.4	1.1	3.1	1.7	1,879	873	275	314	84	13	109	107	+164
10	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	115.6	2025-26	PHI	61	38.3	29.0	4.1	6.7	2.0	0.8	10.1	21.9	46.1	3.3	8.9	37.3	5.5	6.1	89.3	58.9	0.3	3.8	2.4	2,334	1,767	251	407	124	50	149	132	+86
11	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	116.4	2025-26	LAC	65	27.5	7.8	3.3	3.7	1.5	0.1	2.9	6.0	49.2	1.0	2.6	37.8	0.9	1.1	78.1	60.0	0.7	2.6	1.4	1,790	504	215	239	100	8	91	153	+5
12	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	116.5	2025-26	BOS	63	32.5	16.9	4.1	5.4	0.8	0.1	6.4	13.8	46.1	2.6	7.1	36.2	1.6	1.8	86.8	57.8	0.9	3.2	1.3	2,047	1,063	259	338	48	7	83	89	+309
13	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	117.1	2025-26	NYK	62	34.8	26.2	3.5	6.5	0.7	0.1	9.3	20.0	46.4	2.8	7.4	38.0	4.8	5.8	84.0	58.2	0.5	3.0	2.3	2,159	1,625	214	405	45	7	145	143	+286
14	Ryan Rollins R. Rollins	117.1	2025-26	MIL	63	32.3	16.6	4.7	5.6	1.5	0.4	6.3	13.6	46.4	2.4	5.9	40.6	1.5	2.0	77.6	57.3	0.8	3.9	2.7	2,033	1,047	295	350	95	26	167	171	-123
15	Bruce Brown B. Brown	117.3	2025-26	DEN	66	25.0	7.5	3.9	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.9	6.3	46.1	0.6	1.7	36.9	1.1	1.5	74.7	54.3	1.2	2.8	1.1	1,650	497	259	143	71	15	74	160	-101
16	James Harden J. Harden	117.5	2025-26	TOT	56	35.0	24.3	4.9	8.1	1.1	0.4	7.1	16.6	43.0	3.1	8.4	36.5	7.0	7.9	88.6	60.7	0.6	4.2	3.6	1,960	1,360	272	452	63	22	201	107	+52
17	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	118.8	2025-26	NOP	67	25.3	13.1	3.7	3.3	1.1	0.4	5.0	11.6	42.6	1.1	3.3	33.0	2.1	2.7	79.9	51.4	0.7	3.0	2.3	1,694	881	249	218	77	24	151	124	-251
18	Jamal Murray J. Murray	119.1	2025-26	DEN	61	34.9	25.5	4.3	7.1	0.9	0.4	8.9	18.4	48.3	3.2	7.4	43.0	4.5	5.2	87.7	61.6	0.4	3.9	2.3	2,130	1,554	265	435	57	23	141	98	+299
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	120.0	2025-26	SAC	61	28.9	15.5	5.4	6.5	1.3	0.2	5.7	13.2	43.1	2.0	5.9	34.3	2.0	2.8	71.1	53.3	1.3	4.2	3.3	1,765	943	332	398	78	10	201	144	-418
20	CJ McCollum	122.0	2025-26	TOT	61	29.9	18.5	3.5	3.7	0.8	0.4	6.8	15.1	44.8	2.5	6.7	36.8	2.5	3.3	77.9	56.1	0.8	2.7	1.8	1,822	1,130	213	223	46	23	109	111	-59
21	Keyonte George K. George	124.1	2025-26	UTA	54	33.1	23.6	3.7	6.1	1.1	0.3	7.4	16.3	45.6	2.5	6.7	37.1	6.2	7.0	89.2	60.9	0.4	3.3	3.1	1,786	1,275	199	332	58	14	166	120	-335
22	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	124.3	2025-26	WAS	65	27.6	9.9	3.7	4.6	0.7	0.2	3.5	8.6	40.4	1.9	5.0	38.9	1.0	1.3	73.6	53.7	0.5	3.2	2.3	1,794	642	238	297	44	14	151	146	-549

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

More Thunder Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

9.2

Hartenstein

APG

6.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.4

6th

DRTG

107.5

1st

NETRTG

10.9

1st

3P%

36.1

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	51	15	.773
2	Spurs	48	17	.738	2.5
3	Rockets	40	25	.615	10.5
4	Lakers	40	25	.615	10.5
5	Nuggets	40	26	.606	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/15	MIN	@	OKC	1:00 PM
Tue 3/17	OKC	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 3/18	OKC	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Sat 3/21	OKC	@	WAS	5:00 PM
Mon 3/23	OKC	@	PHI	7:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

39 - 26

126

Final

129

Thunder

51 - 15

Mon 9 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.4

Jokić

10.0

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

3.8

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.9

Jokić

67.7

Gobert

67.2

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.5

119.5

118.6

118.4

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.6

111.3

112.1

112.8

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

10.9

7.7

7.6

7.2

6.4

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-51

16-51

16-49

17-49

20-46

21-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,101.2

Jokić

3,051.7

Maxey

3,002.4

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,304

Jokić

3,188.8

Dončić

3,080

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.70

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

40-25-1

41-26

38-27

38-29

Worst Record ATS

27-40

27-39

27-38

28-38

28-37

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	47	18	.723
2	Celtics	43	22	.662	4.0
3	Knicks	42	25	.627	6.0
4	Cavaliers	40	26	.606	7.5
5	Magic	37	28	.569	10.0
6	Heat	38	29	.567	10.0
7	Raptors	36	29	.554	11.0
8	Hawks	35	31	.530	12.5
9	76ers	35	31	.530	12.5
10	Hornets	34	33	.507	14.0
11	Bucks	27	38	.415	20.0
12	Bulls	27	38	.415	20.0
13	Nets	17	49	.258	30.5
14	Wizards	16	49	.246	31.0
15	Pacers - e	15	51	.227	32.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	51	15	.773
2	Spurs	48	17	.738	2.5
3	Rockets	40	25	.615	10.5
4	Lakers	40	25	.615	10.5
5	Nuggets	40	26	.606	11.0
6	Timberwolves	40	26	.606	11.0
7	Suns	39	27	.591	12.0
8	Clippers	33	32	.508	17.5
9	Warriors	32	33	.492	18.5
10	Trail Blazers	31	35	.470	20.0
11	Grizzlies	23	41	.359	27.0
12	Pelicans	22	45	.328	29.5
13	Mavericks	21	44	.323	29.5
14	Jazz	20	46	.303	31.0
15	Kings - e	16	51	.239	35.5