best defensive ratings nba 2026

Chet Holmgren has the best defensive rating this season, with a 103.7 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player NBA 2026
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
103.7
2025-26
38
29.0
18.0
8.5
1.6
0.6
2.0
6.8
11.8
57.7
1.4
3.6
38.4
3.0
3.9
76.5
66.6
1.8
6.7
1.7
1,103
685
322
60
22
76
65
105
+357
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
105.8
2025-26
42
26.4
7.3
3.1
2.1
2.0
0.2
2.7
6.6
41.4
1.3
3.7
35.7
0.5
0.6
76.9
52.9
0.8
2.2
1.0
1,109
306
129
89
86
9
40
85
+355
3Ajay Mitchell
A. Mitchell
107.4
2025-26
42
26.3
14.0
3.5
3.7
1.4
0.3
5.1
10.6
48.2
1.1
3.2
34.1
2.7
3.1
87.7
58.7
0.7
2.8
1.6
1,103
588
146
155
59
14
66
92
+388
4Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.0
2025-26
42
33.4
31.8
4.3
6.2
1.3
0.8
10.8
19.7
54.8
1.9
4.9
39.3
8.2
9.2
89.1
66.8
0.5
3.9
2.0
1,401
1,334
182
259
56
34
83
87
+492
5Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
110.0
2025-26
36
35.4
25.7
5.9
9.8
1.4
0.8
8.9
19.6
45.2
1.9
5.9
32.7
6.0
7.3
82.4
56.3
1.0
4.9
3.8
1,276
924
214
351
52
30
138
117
+295
6Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
110.3
2025-26
41
31.7
11.0
11.4
1.8
0.7
1.7
4.5
6.4
71.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
3.8
50.6
68.4
3.9
7.5
1.4
1,300
450
467
74
27
68
56
118
+186
7Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
110.4
2025-26
43
34.5
19.6
8.3
5.4
1.3
1.4
7.6
15.3
50.0
1.0
3.3
32.1
3.3
4.0
82.0
57.5
2.1
6.1
2.6
1,485
842
355
232
57
59
111
123
+67
8Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.9
2025-26
35
30.8
17.0
9.7
2.8
0.9
0.7
6.2
13.9
44.3
1.5
4.2
34.5
3.2
4.1
77.1
53.9
1.9
7.7
1.8
1,077
594
338
97
32
26
62
61
+91
9Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.0
2025-26
33
34.2
21.6
9.2
6.3
1.5
1.0
8.4
16.5
51.0
0.6
2.2
29.6
4.1
5.8
69.9
56.5
3.0
6.2
3.3
1,130
712
302
209
49
32
109
112
+189
10Naz Reid
N. Reid
111.2
2025-26
43
26.2
14.5
6.1
2.4
0.9
0.9
5.4
11.4
47.4
2.4
6.2
39.0
1.3
1.6
78.3
59.7
1.1
5.0
1.6
1,125
624
264
102
39
37
67
105
+114
11Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
112.2
2025-26
43
28.4
11.2
6.2
1.4
0.8
0.4
3.6
8.6
42.0
2.4
6.5
36.7
1.6
1.9
81.9
59.3
1.0
5.2
1.0
1,222
483
268
62
36
17
45
66
+227
12Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
112.4
2025-26
39
30.5
18.8
5.5
1.8
0.9
1.5
7.0
14.5
48.1
1.7
4.6
37.1
3.1
4.0
76.9
57.6
0.9
4.6
2.2
1,188
732
215
72
36
59
87
148
-102
13Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
112.7
2025-26
32
34.6
29.6
12.2
11.0
1.4
0.8
10.6
17.5
60.5
2.1
4.8
43.5
6.3
7.4
85.3
71.3
3.0
9.1
3.5
1,106
948
389
351
44
25
113
89
+304
14Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.8
2025-26
40
24.9
12.8
2.6
3.2
1.4
0.5
4.7
10.6
44.3
2.5
6.1
41.0
0.9
1.1
77.3
57.5
0.3
2.3
1.2
996
510
103
126
57
21
47
83
+185
15Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
112.9
2025-26
41
33.9
18.8
6.3
4.1
1.3
0.8
7.2
15.0
47.8
1.0
3.4
28.6
3.5
4.3
80.7
55.6
1.1
5.1
2.2
1,391
770
257
170
52
32
91
93
-135
16Santi Aldama
S. Aldama
112.9
2025-26
41
28.0
14.0
6.7
3.0
0.9
0.7
5.3
11.1
47.8
1.6
4.7
34.9
1.8
2.6
67.3
57.2
1.5
5.1
1.3
1,147
573
274
124
36
29
53
65
-57
17Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
113.0
2025-26
38
33.2
17.8
8.6
4.2
1.0
1.9
6.8
13.2
51.7
1.2
3.7
32.6
2.9
4.6
63.6
58.4
2.3
6.2
2.2
1,262
676
325
158
37
72
83
97
+99
18Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
113.3
2025-26
40
32.3
21.0
11.6
3.0
0.9
0.7
6.8
14.6
46.7
1.7
4.8
35.8
5.6
6.6
85.9
59.9
3.0
8.6
2.7
1,293
839
465
118
37
27
106
146
+142
19Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
113.5
2025-26
41
35.5
23.0
10.2
8.0
1.2
0.5
8.6
16.7
51.2
1.6
4.6
35.8
4.2
5.4
78.2
60.1
1.5
8.7
3.4
1,454
941
418
326
51
21
141
83
-33
20De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
113.5
2025-26
34
32.4
20.4
4.2
6.0
1.3
0.3
7.5
15.8
47.4
2.0
5.9
34.2
3.3
4.2
79.6
57.6
0.7
3.4
2.5
1,103
692
142
204
45
9
84
78
+107
21Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
113.5
2025-26
32
33.9
20.9
8.8
5.0
0.7
0.7
7.1
15.8
45.2
1.0
3.7
26.9
5.7
7.4
76.1
55.0
1.0
7.8
2.9
1,085
669
281
160
22
22
92
69
-30
22Royce O'Neale
R. O'Neale
113.6
2025-26
43
29.5
10.5
5.1
3.0
1.2
0.3
3.7
8.5
43.1
2.9
7.0
41.8
0.3
0.4
63.2
60.6
0.7
4.3
1.5
1,267
451
218
127
51
13
65
95
+5
23Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
113.7
2025-26
34
35.1
29.6
4.9
3.7
1.3
0.8
10.2
20.3
50.4
3.5
8.4
41.8
5.7
7.2
78.8
63.1
0.6
4.4
2.7
1,192
1,008
168
127
44
28
92
65
+90
24Brandin Podziemski
B. Podziemski
113.7
2025-26
44
26.8
12.3
4.5
3.3
1.1
0.2
4.4
9.3
46.9
1.9
4.5
41.0
1.7
2.3
75.8
59.8
0.7
3.8
1.4
1,178
541
197
143
48
7
60
84
+119
25Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
113.7
2025-26
40
27.4
11.3
10.9
1.9
0.5
1.3
4.3
8.1
53.7
0.9
2.9
31.0
1.8
2.7
67.0
61.4
4.4
6.5
1.0
1,095
453
435
77
18
51
40
96
+10
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Team Leaders

PPG

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.4

Hartenstein

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APG

6.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Team Rankings

ORTG

119.9

4th

DRTG

106.6

1st

NETRTG

13.3

1st

3P%

36.2

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
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9:30 PM
Fri
1/23
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/25
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/27
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
9:30 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

36 - 8

136

Final

104

CLE Cavaliers

24 - 20

Mon 19 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
18
.561
8.0
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
22
21
.512
10.0
9
20
22
.476
11.5
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
6
25
16
.610
9.5
7
26
17
.605
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
23
.452
16.0
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
14
29
.326
21.5
14
12
31
.279
23.5
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
12/22
@
136-127
Mon
12/22
@
108-128
Wed
12/24
@
124-126
Wed
12/24
@
117-102
Wed
12/24
@
116-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/20
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
9:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
10:00 PM