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

Interpreted as:

best drtg by a player in the NBA playoffs 2026

	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	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	97.7	2025-26	SAS	9	3.9	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.7	53.3	0.6	0.9	62.5	0.4	0.8	57.1	69.1	0.0	0.8	0.4	35	25	7	3	4	0	4	3	+5
3	Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	98.6	2025-26	NYK	8	8.8	2.1	3.9	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	45.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.9	46.7	48.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	70	17	31	2	2	5	5	17	+7
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	99.3	2025-26	SAS	20	33.5	24.1	10.6	2.8	1.1	3.5	8.0	16.0	50.2	1.8	5.0	36.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	62.8	2.2	8.4	2.9	669	481	212	56	21	70	57	51	+198
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	99.6	2025-26	NYK	17	31.1	16.9	10.6	5.4	1.2	1.4	5.8	10.3	56.0	1.5	3.2	46.3	3.9	4.3	90.4	69.3	2.6	8.0	2.5	529	287	181	91	21	23	42	67	+245
6	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	100.0	2025-26	SAS	6	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		66.7	0.0	0.7	0.2	18	4	4	2	0	3	1	4	-2
7	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
8	Josh Hart J. Hart	100.6	2025-26	NYK	17	31.9	10.5	8.9	4.6	1.8	0.2	4.1	9.4	43.4	1.4	4.6	30.8	1.0	1.6	63.0	52.4	1.0	7.9	1.9	542	179	151	79	30	4	33	45	+175
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	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	101.5	2025-26	NYK	16	8.9	4.2	1.4	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.6	3.6	44.8	0.6	1.8	34.5	0.3	0.4	83.3	55.2	0.1	1.3	0.6	143	67	22	18	10	2	9	15	+85
11	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
12	Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	101.6	2025-26	NYK	6	3.8	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	87.5	0.2	0.3	50.0	0.8	1.3	62.5	86.8	0.2	0.7	0.2	23	20	5	2	1	1	1	2	-14
13	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	101.9	2025-26	NYK	16	13.6	5.2	5.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	73.3	0.0	0.0		1.1	3.3	32.7	61.1	2.4	2.9	0.4	218	83	84	4	7	9	7	25	+40
14	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
15	OG Anunoby	102.9	2025-26	NYK	15	34.1	19.9	6.3	1.8	1.5	1.1	6.5	11.5	57.0	2.4	5.1	47.4	4.4	5.1	85.7	72.4	0.9	5.4	0.5	512	298	95	27	22	17	8	38	+162
16	Luke Kornet L. Kornet	102.9	2025-26	SAS	21	13.4	4.0	4.2	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.6	2.7	57.9	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.8	1.0	77.3	63.0	1.9	2.3	0.5	282	84	88	16	13	16	11	37	-30
17	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
18	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
19	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	104.6	2025-26	ORL	6	13.8	2.8	4.0	0.3	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	71.4	47.0	2.2	1.8	0.7	83	17	24	2	2	10	4	14	-25
20	Sidy Cissoko S. Cissoko	104.7	2025-26	POR	4	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.5	1.3	40.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	52.7	0.5	0.8	0.3	26	11	5	1	4	0	1	4	+6
21	Joe Ingles J. Ingles	104.9	2025-26	MIN	3	4.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.3	0.7	50.0	90.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	14	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	+5
22	Anthony Black A. Black	104.9	2025-26	ORL	7	28.0	8.6	3.1	1.4	2.1	0.7	2.9	7.7	37.0	1.0	3.1	31.8	1.9	3.0	61.9	47.4	0.3	2.9	0.7	196	60	22	10	15	5	5	19	-61
23	Pacôme Dadiet P. Dadiet	105.4	2025-26	NYK	7	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.3	50.0	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.1	0.3	50.0	59.2	0.3	0.7	0.3	40	20	7	3	2	0	2	1	-3
24	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	106.0	2025-26	HOU	6	38.7	20.3	10.2	4.7	1.8	1.3	7.7	16.5	46.5	0.2	1.3	12.5	4.8	7.0	69.0	51.9	3.5	6.7	3.0	232	122	61	28	11	8	18	21	-3
25	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	106.2	2025-26	ORL	7	39.0	26.3	9.0	6.3	1.4	0.7	8.6	20.4	42.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	7.1	10.6	67.6	52.4	1.3	7.7	3.4	273	184	63	44	10	5	24	18	-17

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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

4 - 3

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Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Tatum

10.6

Towns

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

121.8

119.3

115.1

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.9

106.5

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

16.9

8.6

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

1,035.4

Wembanyama

734.2

Castle

730.7

Towns

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

1,019.5

Wembanyama

770

Castle

751.8

Towns

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

1.55

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

60-43

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

56-43

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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