best nba defensive ratings among forwards

Scottie Barnes has the best defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 110.6 rating.

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best NBA defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games among forwards this regular season

	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	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	110.6	2025-26	TOR	49	34.5	19.4	8.3	5.6	1.3	1.5	7.6	15.1	50.1	1.0	3.1	30.5	3.4	4.1	82.5	57.6	2.2	6.1	2.7	1,690	952	408	273	62	74	131	140	+101
2	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	112.1	2025-26	CLE	42	33.4	17.9	8.8	4.0	0.9	2.0	6.9	13.5	51.2	1.1	3.8	30.4	2.9	4.6	63.5	57.6	2.3	6.5	2.1	1,402	752	368	170	38	82	88	106	+145
3	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	112.1	2025-26	SAS	48	28.5	11.6	6.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	3.7	8.7	42.6	2.5	6.7	37.6	1.6	1.9	83.9	60.5	0.9	5.1	1.0	1,369	555	291	69	39	20	47	73	+255
4	OG Anunoby	112.6	2025-26	NYK	38	32.7	16.2	5.4	2.3	1.8	0.7	5.7	12.0	47.6	1.9	5.4	35.7	2.8	3.5	79.9	59.7	1.4	4.0	2.2	1,244	615	205	88	67	27	83	96	+173
5	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	112.8	2025-26	ATL	46	35.6	23.1	10.5	8.0	1.3	0.5	8.6	17.2	49.9	1.7	4.7	36.0	4.3	5.5	78.0	59.0	1.6	8.9	3.5	1,636	1,063	484	366	59	22	161	94	0
6	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	112.9	2025-26	DAL	45	34.0	19.8	6.6	4.1	1.2	0.8	7.6	15.7	48.4	1.0	3.5	28.9	3.6	4.5	79.6	55.9	1.2	5.4	2.2	1,532	890	297	186	55	34	99	102	-113
7	Julius Randle J. Randle	113.0	2025-26	MIN	50	33.3	22.3	6.9	5.4	1.2	0.2	7.8	15.8	49.3	1.6	4.7	33.5	5.2	6.3	81.9	60.1	1.6	5.3	2.6	1,664	1,115	344	269	59	11	130	138	+207
8	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	113.2	2025-26	PHX	49	29.3	10.2	4.8	3.0	1.2	0.3	3.6	8.4	42.3	2.8	6.8	40.4	0.4	0.5	73.1	59.4	0.7	4.2	1.5	1,437	502	237	145	59	15	75	111	-8
9	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	113.3	2025-26	HOU	47	37.4	18.2	7.7	5.5	1.4	0.6	7.0	13.9	50.7	0.3	1.8	19.3	3.8	4.8	79.1	56.9	2.9	4.8	2.4	1,759	854	362	257	68	28	113	102	+289
10	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	113.5	2025-26	HOU	46	34.9	15.0	7.0	1.9	0.8	1.0	5.4	12.6	43.2	2.2	6.3	35.1	2.0	2.6	75.6	54.7	1.6	5.4	1.3	1,605	691	320	87	37	44	61	122	+207
11	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	113.8	2025-26	MIN	48	32.1	14.9	4.4	2.9	1.0	1.0	5.6	11.0	51.2	1.5	3.4	44.5	2.1	2.5	84.9	61.6	1.1	3.3	1.8	1,540	714	212	137	48	46	86	161	+183
12	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	113.8	2025-26	MEM	42	28.0	14.0	6.7	3.0	0.9	0.7	5.3	11.1	48.1	1.6	4.6	35.1	1.8	2.6	67.3	57.3	1.6	5.1	1.3	1,174	590	281	126	36	29	54	66	-62
13	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	114.2	2025-26	MIA	46	31.3	15.7	4.9	2.8	1.2	0.9	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.8	4.8	38.6	1.8	2.2	78.6	56.6	1.8	3.2	1.8	1,442	720	226	130	55	43	83	106	-27
14	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	114.2	2025-26	TOR	48	34.1	21.9	5.9	3.7	0.8	0.8	8.1	17.3	47.2	1.8	5.0	36.1	3.9	4.6	83.3	56.9	0.9	5.0	2.6	1,636	1,053	282	178	40	37	124	93	+32
15	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	114.5	2025-26	NYK	48	34.6	15.9	4.3	4.2	1.5	0.8	6.4	12.7	50.2	2.2	5.6	39.8	0.9	1.1	81.5	60.2	1.1	3.2	1.1	1,661	761	206	201	74	40	51	91	+219
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	114.5	2025-26	BOS	44	34.4	29.4	6.8	4.9	1.0	0.4	10.8	22.4	48.3	2.1	6.0	35.5	5.6	7.3	77.7	57.4	1.2	5.6	3.6	1,514	1,293	299	214	46	18	158	125	+139
17	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	114.6	2025-26	ORL	37	34.4	21.8	8.8	4.9	0.7	0.6	7.3	15.8	46.2	1.1	3.7	29.7	6.1	8.0	76.4	56.4	1.2	7.6	2.8	1,272	807	324	181	26	24	104	76	-30
18	Naji Marshall N. Marshall	114.6	2025-26	DAL	48	29.3	14.6	5.0	2.9	1.0	0.1	5.4	10.0	53.8	0.9	2.8	30.4	3.0	3.9	77.2	62.5	0.9	4.1	1.4	1,407	701	238	141	49	5	66	96	-77
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	114.8	2025-26	HOU	45	36.8	26.2	5.4	4.6	0.7	0.9	9.2	18.1	51.0	2.3	5.8	40.5	5.4	6.0	88.6	63.0	0.5	4.9	3.0	1,657	1,178	244	207	32	41	136	95	+259
20	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	115.0	2025-26	DET	45	28.7	11.9	2.6	1.8	0.7	0.3	4.0	9.3	43.2	2.9	7.3	39.3	1.0	1.4	73.4	60.2	0.4	2.3	0.7	1,290	536	119	83	30	15	32	99	+234
21	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	115.2	2025-26	MIA	45	29.0	15.4	5.4	4.8	0.8	0.2	6.3	12.0	52.2	0.5	1.8	28.4	2.4	3.2	75.0	57.6	1.3	4.0	2.3	1,306	695	241	215	38	10	102	92	+145
22	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	115.6	2025-26	PHX	43	30.9	21.1	3.6	1.8	1.1	0.2	7.7	17.1	44.8	2.4	6.9	35.4	3.3	3.9	86.1	56.1	0.7	2.9	1.9	1,330	908	154	78	47	8	80	144	+3
23	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	116.1	2025-26	SAS	48	28.0	10.6	2.9	2.1	0.7	0.1	3.6	8.3	43.7	1.8	5.0	36.5	1.5	1.7	87.7	58.5	0.8	2.1	0.9	1,344	507	139	102	33	7	44	61	+139
24	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	116.1	2025-26	CHI	49	28.1	15.1	5.4	2.0	0.7	1.3	5.4	11.3	47.7	2.0	5.3	36.8	2.3	2.9	78.3	59.6	1.1	4.3	1.8	1,379	738	265	100	33	66	88	121	-10
25	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	116.2	2025-26	POR	44	34.6	25.5	7.2	6.7	0.8	0.6	7.8	16.7	46.7	2.3	6.4	35.6	7.6	9.5	80.0	61.0	1.1	6.1	3.9	1,523	1,121	315	294	35	27	172	117	+2

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.9

Ingram

RPG

8.3

Barnes

APG

6.1

Quickley

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.6

19th

DRTG

113.3

9th

NETRTG

1.3

14th

3P%

34.0

28th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Knicks	30	18	.625	5.5
3	Celtics	30	18	.625	5.5
4	Raptors	29	21	.580	7.5
5	Cavaliers	29	21	.580	7.5
6	76ers	27	21	.563	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 2/1	UTA	@	TOR	6:00 PM
Wed 2/4	MIN	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Thu 2/5	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Sun 2/8	IND	@	TOR	3:00 PM
Wed 2/11	DET	@	TOR	7:30 PM

Last Game

Raptors

29 - 21

120

Final

130

Magic

25 - 22

Fri 30 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

11.8

Towns

11.3

Gobert

11.1

Wembanyama

APG Leaders

9.7

Cunningham

8.8

Dončić

8.1

Harden

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.6

Wembanyama

2.1

Sarr

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Porter

3.8

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

71.6

Jokić

69.5

Williams

67.9

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

121.2

120.0

119.4

118.8

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.2

109.8

112.2

112.5

112.7

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

12.2

6.8

6.6

6.2

5.5

5.1

Tank Leaderboard

12-38

13-38

12-35

13-36

13-34

15-34

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,386.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,328.1

Maxey

2,274.8

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,411.5

Dončić

2,409

Johnson

2,396.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.8

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.41

Cunningham

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.47

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-16

29-20

29-21

27-20-1

28-22

27-22

Worst Record ATS

19-31

19-28

19-27

20-27

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	35	12	.745
2	Knicks	30	18	.625	5.5
3	Celtics	30	18	.625	5.5
4	Raptors	29	21	.580	7.5
5	Cavaliers	29	21	.580	7.5
6	76ers	27	21	.563	8.5
7	Magic	25	22	.532	10.0
8	Heat	26	24	.520	10.5
9	Bulls	24	25	.490	12.0
10	Hawks	24	27	.471	13.0
11	Hornets	22	28	.440	14.5
12	Bucks	18	28	.391	16.5
13	Nets	13	34	.277	22.0
14	Pacers	13	36	.265	23.0
15	Wizards	12	35	.255	23.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	38	11	.776
2	Nuggets	33	16	.673	5.0
3	Spurs	32	16	.667	5.5
4	Rockets	30	17	.638	7.0
5	Timberwolves	31	19	.620	7.5
6	Lakers	29	18	.617	8.0
7	Suns	30	19	.612	8.0
8	Warriors	27	23	.540	11.5
9	Trail Blazers	23	26	.469	15.0
10	Clippers	22	25	.468	15.0
11	Mavericks	19	30	.388	19.0
12	Grizzlies	18	29	.383	19.0
13	Jazz	15	34	.306	23.0
14	Pelicans	13	38	.255	26.0
15	Kings	12	38	.240	26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 1/4	ATL	@	TOR	100-118
Sun 1/4	CHA	@	OKC	124-97
Sun 1/4	PHX	@	HOU	97-100
Sun 1/4	DEN	@	PHI	125-124
Sun 1/4	UTA	@	POR	117-137

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 2/1	SAC	@	WAS	6:00 PM
Sun 2/1	UTA	@	TOR	6:00 PM
Sun 2/1	CHI	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Sun 2/1	BKN	@	DET	6:00 PM
Sun 2/1	LAL	@	NYK	7:00 PM

Scottie Barnes has the best defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 110.6 rating.

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