best guard defensive rating nba playoffs 2021

Sam Merrill had the lowest defensive rating by a guard in the 2021 playoffs in his rookie season, with a 98.0 rating.

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

	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	Sam Merrill S. Merrill	98.0	2020-21	MIL	8	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.9	28.6	0.1	0.6	20.0	0.0	0.0		35.7	0.1	0.5	0.1	30	5	5	1	4	0	1	2	-8
2	John Konchar J. Konchar	102.8	2020-21	MEM	1	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	+4
3	Skylar Mays S. Mays	103.5	2020-21	ATL	7	2.4	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.7	80.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		80.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	17	8	2	1	2	0	1	1	0
4	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	104.5	2020-21	MIL	3	23.3	2.7	6.3	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	5.3	18.8	0.7	4.0	16.7	0.0	0.0		25.0	0.7	5.7	2.0	70	8	19	8	3	1	6	4	+12
5	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	104.8	2020-21	ATL	5	6.6	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	20.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.8	100.0	44.4	0.0	1.0	0.8	33	6	5	5	2	2	4	5	+9
6	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	105.4	2020-21	PHI	12	18.3	5.3	1.4	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	4.3	48.1	0.9	2.8	32.4	0.2	0.4	40.0	58.1	0.3	1.1	0.2	220	63	17	3	16	11	2	29	-43
7	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	105.6	2020-21	MIL	11	4.5	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.8	35.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0		35.0	0.2	0.9	0.2	50	14	12	4	2	1	2	1	-21
8	James Harden J. Harden	107.3	2020-21	BKN	9	35.8	20.2	6.3	8.6	1.7	0.7	5.7	12.0	47.2	2.7	7.3	36.4	6.2	6.9	90.3	67.3	0.8	5.6	2.9	322	182	57	77	15	6	26	23	+55
9	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	107.7	2020-21	PHI	12	33.5	11.9	7.9	8.8	1.3	0.8	4.9	7.9	62.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	6.1	34.2	56.2	2.1	5.8	2.3	402	143	95	106	15	10	27	39	+113
10	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	108.1	2020-21	MIL	23	39.7	17.3	5.7	8.7	1.7	0.4	6.9	16.9	40.6	1.9	6.2	30.3	1.7	2.4	71.4	48.2	1.4	4.3	2.4	912	399	132	199	38	10	56	48	+160
11	Cameron Payne C. Payne	108.9	2020-21	PHX	22	19.0	9.3	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.5	3.7	8.8	42.5	1.1	3.1	36.2	0.7	0.8	88.9	51.0	0.3	2.2	1.1	418	205	55	70	17	11	24	39	+47
12	Danny Green D. Green	109.0	2020-21	PHI	8	24.9	7.0	2.6	2.6	1.1	1.0	2.6	6.0	43.8	1.8	4.6	37.8	0.0	0.0		58.3	1.1	1.5	0.6	199	56	21	21	9	8	5	13	+79
13	E'Twaun Moore E. Moore	109.5	2020-21	PHX	7	6.6	2.4	1.4	1.3	0.1	0.0	1.1	2.6	44.4	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.0	0.0		47.2	0.0	1.4	0.4	46	17	10	9	1	0	3	3	+3
14	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	109.7	2020-21	NYK	2	6.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	50.0	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	13	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	-9
15	RJ Barrett	109.8	2020-21	NYK	5	32.4	14.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.4	5.2	13.4	38.8	1.6	5.6	28.6	2.4	3.0	80.0	48.9	0.8	6.4	0.4	162	72	36	15	4	2	2	11	-37
16	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	109.8	2020-21	PHI	12	13.0	6.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	2.4	5.5	43.9	0.3	1.0	33.3	1.2	1.8	63.6	50.2	0.1	1.8	0.4	156	76	22	16	3	6	5	16	+11
17	Bruce Brown B. Brown	109.8	2020-21	BKN	12	23.1	7.9	5.1	2.1	0.7	0.4	3.3	6.6	50.6	0.2	0.9	18.2	1.1	1.3	81.3	55.2	1.9	3.2	0.9	277	95	61	25	8	5	11	31	+12
18	LeBron James L. James	109.9	2020-21	LAL	6	37.3	23.3	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.0	47.4	3.0	8.0	37.5	2.3	3.8	60.9	56.4	1.2	6.0	4.2	224	140	43	48	9	2	25	7	+10
19	Pat Connaughton P. Connaughton	110.2	2020-21	MIL	23	23.7	6.9	4.4	0.9	0.4	0.3	2.4	5.2	46.2	1.6	4.1	38.9	0.5	0.6	84.6	63.3	1.3	3.1	0.5	546	158	101	20	10	6	12	38	+41
20	Furkan Korkmaz F. Korkmaz	110.4	2020-21	PHI	12	16.2	7.0	2.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	2.5	6.1	41.1	1.2	3.7	31.8	0.8	1.2	71.4	53.1	0.3	1.7	0.4	194	84	24	7	7	3	5	9	+39
21	Talen Horton-Tucker T. Horton-Tucker	110.4	2020-21	LAL	4	12.0	6.5	3.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	2.8	6.0	45.8	0.3	1.3	20.0	0.8	1.3	60.0	49.6	0.5	3.0	0.8	48	26	14	2	1	0	3	3	-14
22	Langston Galloway L. Galloway	110.7	2020-21	PHX	2	7.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	14.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	13.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	15	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	-5
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	110.8	2020-21	BKN	9	36.1	22.7	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	8.6	18.1	47.2	2.7	7.2	36.9	2.9	3.1	92.9	58.2	1.3	4.4	1.2	325	204	52	31	9	5	11	19	+103
24	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	110.8	2020-21	ATL	18	33.2	14.1	4.2	2.9	1.6	0.3	5.4	13.8	39.0	2.6	7.9	32.9	0.7	0.9	70.6	49.3	0.6	3.6	1.5	598	253	75	52	29	5	27	50	+33
25	Chris Chiozza C. Chiozza	111.1	2020-21	BKN	6	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.2	28.6	0.2	0.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		35.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	19	5	1	1	1	0	1	2	+7

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RPG

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APG

4.6

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108.4

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DRTG

120.7

28th

NETRTG

-12.3

27th

3P%

33.3

20th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Pacers	3	7	.300	5.0
12	Magic	2	7	.222	5.5
13	Nets	2	7	.222	5.5
14	Bulls	1	7	.125	6.0
15	Bucks	1	8	.111	6.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/8	BOS	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Tue 11/10	MIL	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 11/11	LAL	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	MIL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sun 11/15	ATL	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Raptors

5 - 4

121

Final

107

Bucks

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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

108.2

NetRtg Rankings

10.6

10.3

10.0

9.5

9.3

8.1

Tank Leaderboard

1-8

1-7

2-7

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FanDuel Points Leaders

611

Wembanyama

567.5

Dončić

477.8

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

602.5

Dončić

597

Wembanyama

501

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.6

Dončić

36.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

36.1

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MPG Leaders

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Murray

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2.02

Wembanyama

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Dončić

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Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.97

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

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6-2

7-3

Worst Record ATS

1-8

2-7

2-6

3-7

3-6

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	8	2	.800
2	Celtics	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Pistons	6	2	.750	1.0
4	Hawks	7	4	.636	1.5
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	2.5
6	Raptors	5	4	.556	2.5
7	Cavaliers	5	5	.500	3.0
8	Wizards	4	6	.400	4.0
9	Heat	3	6	.333	4.5
10	Hornets	3	7	.300	5.0
11	Pacers	3	7	.300	5.0
12	Magic	2	7	.222	5.5
13	Nets	2	7	.222	5.5
14	Bulls	1	7	.125	6.0
15	Bucks	1	8	.111	6.5

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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