best defensive ratings nba finals players

Gerald Henderson has the best career defensive rating in the NBA Finals, with a 0.8 rating.

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Data note: Defensive Rating: player game data complete from 1973-74 · postseason

	NAME	DRTG	SERIES	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	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	0.8	NBA Finals	15	18.4	8.7	1.9	2.5	0.9	0.1	3.8	7.7	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.1	1.6	70.8	51.8	1.0	0.9	1.2	276	131	28	38	14	2	18	28
2	Earl Cureton E. Cureton	5.2	NBA Finals	6	7.2	1.7	2.7	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	2.3	28.6	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	100.0	33.6	1.2	1.5	0.5	43	10	16	1	3	0	3	7
3	M.L. Carr	6.6	NBA Finals	13	11.2	4.6	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.8	4.3	42.9	0.1	0.2	33.3	0.8	1.1	78.6	48.3	0.6	0.5	0.3	146	60	14	8	6	4	4	17
4	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	12.0	NBA Finals	18	29.1	11.7	5.6	2.3	0.6	0.4	3.7	7.1	52.3	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.9	62.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	523	210	101	41	11	8	34	49
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	28.0	NBA Finals	20	23.5	12.2	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.0	10.7	46.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	2.1	3.1	67.7	50.8	1.2	3.6	2.2	470	244	95	15	13	27	44	75
6	Mike McGee M. McGee	35.7	NBA Finals	12	7.8	4.8	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.8	4.5	40.7	0.3	0.6	42.9	0.9	1.3	68.8	47.5	1.2	0.6	0.5	93	58	21	3	2	1	6	17
7	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	40.3	NBA Finals	11	7.9	2.4	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.0	1.1	2.6	41.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	42.3	0.6	0.5	0.5	87	26	12	12	2	0	6	20
8	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	40.6	NBA Finals	16	14.8	7.1	3.8	0.8	0.1	0.3	2.8	5.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	2.3	67.6	56.9	1.6	2.2	0.8	237	113	60	13	1	4	13	40
9	Bill Walton B. Walton	40.7	NBA Finals	17	21.6	9.7	9.4	2.5	0.5	1.6	4.4	7.6	56.9	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	73.9	58.9	2.2	7.2	1.0	367	165	159	42	9	27	11	48
10	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	41.2	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	36	92
11	Carlos Clark C. Clark	42.2	NBA Finals	5	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	42.9	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.4	100.0	50.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	18	8	2	3	1	1	0	4
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42.5	NBA Finals	52	36.8	23.3	8.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	9.6	18.5	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.9	69.6	55.0	2.4	5.9	2.7	1,914	1,209	433	170	45	116	121	184
13	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	54.9	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	59	20	60	159
14	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	56.8	NBA Finals	11	13.2	5.4	1.1	3.2	0.6	0.3	2.1	6.1	34.3	0.4	0.7	50.0	0.8	1.1	75.0	40.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	145	59	12	35	7	3	8	13
15	Robert Reid R. Reid	56.9	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	5.9	5.9	1.7	0.4	6.1	15.3	39.7	0.1	0.8	11.1	2.3	2.9	77.1	43.6	2.4	3.5	1.9	485	174	71	71	20	5	23	41
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	57.4	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	48	39	100	106
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	58.0	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	63.1	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
19	Chuck Nevitt C. Nevitt	63.8	NBA Finals	2	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	50.0	52.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	1
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	65.2	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	65	108
21	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	66.3	NBA Finals	11	16.4	8.5	3.7	1.8	0.5	0.0	3.5	6.7	52.7	0.9	1.5	58.8	0.5	0.8	55.6	59.6	1.5	2.2	0.9	180	93	41	20	5	0	10	25
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	79.1	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	43	10	44	70	95
23	Jared Dudley J. Dudley	79.2	NBA Finals	3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-3
24	Dickey Simpkins D. Simpkins	80.6	NBA Finals	2	6.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0	34.7	0.5	1.0	0.5	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	+1
25	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	83.6	NBA Finals	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Tatum

RPG

6.3

Tatum

APG

8.0

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

5th

DRTG

108.2

6th

NETRTG

10.0

3rd

3P%

37.6

6th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	9	2	.818
2	Celtics	7	2	.778	1.0
3	Pistons	6	2	.750	1.5
4	Hawks	7	4	.636	2.0
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/8	BOS	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Tue 11/10	BOS	@	PHI	8:00 PM
Wed 11/11	BOS	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Sun 11/15	DAL	@	BOS	6:00 PM
Mon 11/16	ORL	@	BOS	7:00 PM

Last Game

Celtics

7 - 2

119

Final

Hornets

3 - 7

Fri 6 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

40.1

Dončić

31.3

Curry

29.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

14.6

Sabonis

13.6

Towns

12.7

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.1

Jokić

8.9

Young

8.8

Wagner

SPG Leaders

2.9

Daniels

2.8

Dunn

2.4

Williamson

BPG Leaders

3.9

Wembanyama

2.7

Turner

2.4

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.8

Dončić

4.8

Curry

4.4

Robinson

TS% Leaders

78.5

Stewart

76.3

Matković

73.0

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

119.4

118.5

118.2

118.0

DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.5

106.6

107.8

108.1

108.2

NetRtg Rankings

10.6

10.3

10.0

9.5

9.3

8.1

Tank Leaderboard

1-8

1-7

2-7

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

611

Wembanyama

567.5

Dončić

479.2

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

602.5

Dončić

597

Wembanyama

501

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.6

Dončić

36.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

36.1

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

36.9

Acuff

36.6

Murray

36.5

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.02

Wembanyama

1.75

Dončić

1.63

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.97

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

9-1

6-2

7-3

Worst Record ATS

1-8

2-7

2-6

3-7

3-6

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	9	2	.818
2	Celtics	7	2	.778	1.0
3	Pistons	6	2	.750	1.5
4	Hawks	7	4	.636	2.0
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0
6	Raptors	5	4	.556	3.0
7	Cavaliers	5	5	.500	3.5
8	Wizards	4	6	.400	4.5
9	Heat	3	6	.333	5.0
10	Hornets	3	7	.300	5.5
11	Pacers	3	7	.300	5.5
12	Magic	2	7	.222	6.0
13	Nets	2	7	.222	6.0
14	Bulls	1	8	.111	7.0
15	Bucks	1	8	.111	7.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	8	2	.800
2	Spurs	8	2	.800
3	Lakers	8	2	.800
4	Warriors	7	3	.700	1.0
5	Timberwolves	7	3	.700	1.0
6	Rockets	7	3	.700	1.0
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	1.5
8	Trail Blazers	6	3	.667	1.5
9	Nuggets	5	3	.625	2.0
10	Mavericks	5	4	.556	2.5
11	Pelicans	4	5	.444	3.5
12	Suns	3	5	.375	4.0
13	Clippers	1	7	.125	6.0
14	Kings	1	8	.111	6.5
15	Jazz	1	8	.111	6.5