best defensive ratings in 2026 nba playoffs

Tolu Smith has the lowest defensive rating in the 2026 playoffs, with a 93.1 rating.

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best defensive ratings by a player in 2026 NBA playoffs

	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	Tolu Smith T. Smith	93.1	2025-26	DET	3	2.3	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	7	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	+4
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	93.4	2025-26	SAS	10	28.8	20.3	10.7	2.4	0.6	4.1	7.0	13.0	53.8	1.4	4.1	34.1	4.9	5.8	84.5	65.3	1.4	9.3	2.7	288	203	107	24	6	41	27	25	+126
3	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	96.9	2025-26	SAS	3	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	10	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	-4
4	Luke Kornet L. Kornet	99.7	2025-26	SAS	11	16.5	5.6	5.0	1.0	0.8	1.2	2.3	3.6	62.5	0.1	0.1	100.0	1.0	1.3	78.6	67.2	2.4	2.6	0.6	181	62	55	11	9	13	7	23	+25
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	99.8	2025-26	NYK	10	28.5	17.4	10.0	6.6	1.1	1.5	5.4	9.2	58.7	1.4	2.9	48.3	5.2	5.8	89.7	74.0	2.7	7.3	2.8	285	174	100	66	11	15	28	39	+135
6	Joan Beringer J. Beringer	100.6	2025-26	MIN	5	4.6	3.2	2.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.8	55.6	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.6	75.0	63.9	1.0	1.2	0.6	23	16	11	0	2	2	3	0	+1
7	Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	100.7	2025-26	NYK	7	9.0	2.1	3.7	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.4	40.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	2.1	46.7	45.2	1.6	2.1	0.7	63	15	26	1	1	5	5	16	+5
8	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	100.9	2025-26	NYK	9	9.0	4.9	1.1	1.2	0.8	0.1	1.8	3.7	48.5	1.0	1.9	52.9	0.3	0.3	100.0	64.1	0.0	1.1	0.6	81	44	10	11	7	1	5	8	+50
9	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	101.4	2025-26	DET	9	6.4	1.4	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.4	30.8	0.2	0.9	25.0	0.3	0.6	60.0	42.8	0.1	1.4	0.3	58	13	14	1	4	2	3	9	+15
10	Ron Harper Jr. R. Harper Jr.	101.6	2025-26	BOS	6	4.2	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.5	44.4	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		61.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	25	11	4	1	3	0	0	1	+8
11	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	101.7	2025-26	SAS	5	4.4	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.6	50.0	0.6	1.0	60.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	61.9	0.0	1.0	0.4	22	11	5	3	1	0	2	2	+2
12	OG Anunoby	101.8	2025-26	NYK	8	35.3	21.4	7.5	1.3	1.9	1.1	7.5	12.1	61.9	2.6	4.9	53.8	3.8	4.6	81.1	75.5	1.1	6.4	0.5	282	171	60	10	15	9	4	20	+118
13	Nikola Topić N. Topić	102.2	2025-26	OKC	5	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	10	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	-7
14	Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	102.3	2025-26	NYK	5	4.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	87.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	1.0	1.6	62.5	86.8	0.2	0.8	0.2	23	20	5	2	1	1	1	2	-14
15	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	102.5	2025-26	SAS	11	28.2	10.9	5.5	1.5	1.5	0.4	3.6	7.4	49.4	2.5	5.6	45.2	1.1	1.3	85.7	68.8	0.8	4.7	0.4	310	120	61	16	16	4	4	25	+114
16	Josh Hart J. Hart	102.6	2025-26	NYK	10	34.0	10.3	9.0	4.2	1.6	0.2	4.0	9.1	44.0	1.1	4.0	27.5	1.2	2.0	60.0	51.6	0.8	8.2	2.0	340	103	90	42	16	2	20	21	+145
17	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	102.6	2025-26	SAS	6	2.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	15	6	2	0	0	2	1	3	-3
18	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	102.7	2025-26	ORL	4	30.5	16.8	5.5	3.5	2.8	0.3	6.3	14.3	43.9	0.8	2.3	33.3	3.5	3.8	93.3	52.7	1.0	4.5	1.5	122	67	22	14	11	1	6	8	+23
19	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	102.9	2025-26	NYK	9	14.4	5.7	5.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.9	76.9	0.0	0.0		1.2	3.2	37.9	65.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	130	51	48	3	3	7	3	15	+66
20	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	103.4	2025-26	DET	14	30.5	8.2	7.9	3.1	2.0	1.8	3.5	6.9	50.5	0.1	0.5	14.3	1.1	2.2	51.6	52.0	3.2	4.6	1.6	427	115	110	44	28	25	23	41	+4
21	Dylan Harper D. Harper	103.7	2025-26	SAS	11	25.2	13.7	5.1	2.2	1.2	0.4	5.1	9.0	56.6	0.8	2.2	37.5	2.7	3.2	85.7	66.0	1.5	3.6	1.5	277	151	56	24	13	4	17	28	+89
22	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	103.9	2025-26	SAS	11	18.5	7.9	3.7	1.2	0.8	0.3	2.8	6.6	42.5	0.7	1.8	40.0	1.5	2.4	65.4	51.5	1.0	2.7	1.2	204	87	41	13	9	3	13	21	+18
23	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	104.2	2025-26	OKC	8	31.4	18.6	9.1	1.3	1.4	1.8	7.1	11.9	60.0	1.5	3.9	38.7	2.9	3.3	88.5	70.0	1.8	7.4	1.3	251	149	73	10	11	14	10	16	+82
24	Jordan McLaughlin J. McLaughlin	104.3	2025-26	SAS	5	4.8	1.2	0.2	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	24	6	1	6	2	0	0	2	+7
25	Tari Eason T. Eason	104.3	2025-26	HOU	6	32.5	13.8	6.7	1.7	2.5	0.7	5.2	10.8	47.7	1.7	5.0	33.3	1.8	2.2	84.6	58.7	2.0	4.7	0.8	195	83	40	10	15	4	5	22	+10

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.1

Cunningham

RPG

8.5

Duren

APG

7.5

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

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

Last Game

Cavaliers

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3 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.5

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.9

Allen

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

127.8

126.0

118.2

114.5

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

3.0

1.7

1.6

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

556.4

Mobley

540.1

Harden

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

560.8

Harden

550.8

Mitchell

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

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-55

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