best nba 3 point defenses

Donovan Mitchell has buried the most threes this season, with 119 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:
best NBA 3 point by a player defenses this regular season
NAME3PMSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
119
2025-26
30
33.9
30.2
4.5
5.4
1.4
0.3
10.6
21.3
49.7
10.2
39.0
5.0
5.9
84.8
63.1
0.8
3.7
3.1
1,017
906
136
163
43
9
94
75
+161
2Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
113
2025-26
31
33.1
19.3
5.1
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.7
14.0
47.8
8.5
42.8
2.3
2.5
89.7
63.9
0.9
4.3
2.4
1,027
597
159
107
22
7
75
70
-42
3Jamal Murray
J. Murray
106
2025-26
30
35.1
25.4
4.4
6.8
1.0
0.3
9.0
18.3
48.9
7.7
45.7
3.9
4.4
88.7
62.6
0.3
4.0
2.3
1,054
762
131
205
31
8
69
48
+224
4Stephen Curry
S. Curry
105
2025-26
22
31.7
28.4
4.2
4.3
1.3
0.5
9.3
19.9
46.7
12.2
39.0
5.1
5.5
91.8
63.7
0.5
3.7
3.0
697
625
92
94
28
10
67
45
+32
5Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
100
2025-26
27
39.8
30.8
4.4
7.0
1.7
0.9
10.5
23.0
45.8
9.4
39.4
6.1
6.8
89.1
59.3
0.3
4.2
2.6
1,075
832
120
188
46
24
71
64
+50
6James Harden
J. Harden
99
2025-26
28
35.7
26.3
5.0
8.0
1.3
0.4
7.6
17.2
44.1
9.5
37.2
7.6
8.5
88.7
62.7
0.5
4.5
3.9
999
735
141
225
37
10
108
59
-6
7Derrick White
D. White
97
2025-26
29
33.3
18.3
4.2
5.1
1.3
1.3
6.3
15.8
39.8
9.4
35.7
2.4
2.9
85.5
53.9
0.7
3.5
1.9
967
532
122
149
37
38
55
53
+171
8Donte DiVincenzo
D. DiVincenzo
97
2025-26
32
31.8
13.6
4.4
4.0
1.3
0.5
4.4
10.7
41.4
8.0
37.7
1.7
2.2
76.1
58.1
1.0
3.4
1.3
1,017
435
142
129
41
15
41
81
+154
9Michael Porter Jr.
M. Porter Jr.
93
2025-26
25
32.8
25.8
7.4
3.2
0.8
0.2
9.2
18.6
49.4
9.2
40.4
3.7
4.5
82.3
62.7
1.2
6.2
2.3
821
644
186
81
21
5
58
56
-11
10AJ Green
AJ Green
90
2025-26
29
28.7
10.7
2.7
2.0
0.7
0.1
3.4
7.5
45.6
6.8
45.5
0.7
0.9
80.8
67.6
0.2
2.5
0.9
832
309
78
59
19
3
26
78
-9
11Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
90
2025-26
31
28.3
13.5
4.0
5.1
1.4
0.3
4.7
10.9
43.6
6.8
42.5
1.1
1.3
87.5
59.1
1.0
3.0
1.9
876
419
124
158
42
10
59
47
+111
12Royce O'Neale
R. O'Neale
89
2025-26
31
29.4
10.3
5.0
2.8
1.3
0.2
3.6
8.4
42.9
6.8
42.0
0.3
0.4
66.7
60.4
0.7
4.3
1.5
910
319
156
87
39
7
47
75
-46
13Nickeil Alexander-Walker
N. Alexander-Walker
88
2025-26
31
32.5
20.3
3.4
3.2
0.9
0.6
7.0
15.5
45.1
7.5
37.6
3.5
4.1
85.9
58.8
0.7
2.7
2.1
1,009
630
106
99
29
20
65
67
-5
14Duncan Robinson
D. Robinson
85
2025-26
29
30.1
12.1
2.9
2.0
0.8
0.3
4.0
9.2
42.9
7.4
39.4
1.2
1.6
77.8
60.8
0.3
2.6
0.6
872
350
83
58
24
9
18
72
+162
15Tim Hardaway Jr.
T. Hardaway Jr.
84
2025-26
31
26.5
13.2
2.3
1.4
0.5
0.1
4.5
9.6
46.5
6.6
41.2
1.5
1.7
90.6
63.7
0.2
2.1
0.4
822
408
70
43
15
3
12
36
+109
16Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
84
2025-26
28
35.5
29.5
3.3
6.4
0.8
0.1
10.4
21.7
48.0
7.9
38.0
5.6
6.6
84.4
59.8
0.6
2.6
2.2
993
825
92
180
22
2
62
71
+173
17Devin Vassell
D. Vassell
84
2025-26
31
32.0
15.3
4.0
2.5
0.9
0.5
5.3
12.5
42.5
7.0
38.5
1.9
2.2
86.8
56.6
0.5
3.5
0.9
991
473
125
77
29
15
29
65
+147
18CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
83
2025-26
29
30.9
18.7
3.4
3.6
0.7
0.2
6.8
15.3
44.1
7.3
39.3
2.3
3.0
79.1
56.3
0.6
2.8
1.5
897
543
98
103
21
7
43
64
-163
19Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
83
2025-26
25
35.2
29.3
5.2
3.7
1.4
0.8
9.9
20.2
49.2
8.4
39.7
6.2
7.6
81.1
62.4
0.7
4.4
3.0
879
733
129
92
35
20
74
49
+33
20Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
82
2025-26
30
22.1
11.1
2.6
1.3
0.4
0.3
3.9
10.6
37.0
7.7
35.7
0.5
0.7
71.4
50.7
0.3
2.3
0.9
663
333
78
39
12
10
26
31
-62
21Lauri Markkanen
L. Markkanen
81
2025-26
27
35.4
27.9
6.9
2.1
1.0
0.4
9.3
19.6
47.6
8.2
36.7
6.2
6.9
90.3
61.6
2.0
4.9
1.4
957
753
186
57
27
11
38
54
-34
22Trey Murphy III
T. Murphy III
81
2025-26
31
35.4
20.6
6.1
3.5
1.7
0.2
7.2
14.6
49.4
6.9
37.9
3.6
3.9
91.0
63.2
1.4
4.7
1.9
1,096
640
189
107
53
6
58
68
-164
23Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
80
2025-26
30
32.6
17.2
4.5
5.2
0.8
0.1
6.3
14.2
44.5
8.0
33.5
1.9
2.2
85.1
56.7
1.1
3.4
1.3
978
515
134
155
23
2
38
50
+118
24Keyonte George
K. George
79
2025-26
31
34.3
24.2
4.2
6.8
0.9
0.3
7.5
16.6
45.0
6.9
36.7
6.7
7.4
90.4
60.9
0.5
3.8
3.4
1,062
751
131
211
29
10
105
80
-152
25Vít Krejčí
V. Krejčí
78
2025-26
29
23.6
10.6
2.3
1.5
0.7
0.3
3.6
7.1
50.7
5.7
47.0
0.6
0.8
75.0
70.3
0.4
1.9
0.8
684
306
67
44
20
8
24
66
-22
StatMuse has season-level data for three-pointers going back to the 1979-80 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.2

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.1

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

6.7

Garland

Darius Garland
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.3

10th

DRTG

115.6

16th

NETRTG

1.8

11th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
6
16
13
.552
7.0
7
17
15
.531
7.5
8
Cavaliers Cavaliers
17
16
.515
8.0
9
15
16
.484
9.0
10
15
18
.455
10.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
3:30 PM
Fri
1/2
@
7:30 PM
Sun
1/4
@
2:00 PM
Tue
1/6
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

17 - 16

100

Final

117

HOU Rockets

19 - 10

Sat 27 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
24
7
.774
2
22
9
.710
2.0
3
19
11
.633
4.5
4
18
14
.563
6.5
5
18
14
.563
6.5
6
16
13
.552
7.0
7
17
15
.531
7.5
8
17
16
.515
8.0
9
15
16
.484
9.0
10
15
18
.455
10.0
11
13
19
.406
11.5
12
11
20
.355
13.0
13
10
19
.345
13.0
14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
6
26
.188
18.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
5
.839
2
23
8
.742
3.0
3
22
9
.710
4.0
4
19
10
.655
6.0
5
19
10
.655
6.0
6
20
12
.625
6.5
7
18
13
.581
8.0
8
16
15
.516
10.0
9
15
16
.484
11.0
10
12
19
.387
14.0
11
12
19
.387
14.0
12
12
21
.364
15.0
13
9
21
.300
16.5
14
8
23
.258
18.0
15
8
25
.242
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/25
@
105-113
Tue
11/25
@
133-128
Tue
11/25
@
112-100
Tue
11/25
@
115-102
Tue
11/25
@
104-100

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
9:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
9:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM