best nba player defensive rating this season

Chet Holmgren has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 104.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
best NBA player defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.3
2025-26
56
29.3
17.3
9.0
1.8
0.5
1.9
6.4
11.6
55.2
1.3
3.6
35.6
3.3
4.1
78.4
64.6
1.9
7.1
1.6
1,643
968
506
98
30
108
90
128
+487
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.6
2025-26
63
27.3
8.8
3.1
2.7
2.0
0.3
3.4
7.9
42.9
1.3
3.9
34.4
0.7
0.9
78.6
53.1
0.8
2.3
1.0
1,719
554
197
169
129
19
65
131
+380
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.6
2025-26
54
33.5
31.7
4.5
6.6
1.4
0.8
10.9
19.7
55.1
1.7
4.5
38.3
8.2
9.2
89.5
66.7
0.5
4.0
2.1
1,809
1,712
242
356
73
42
114
110
+589
4Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.2
2025-26
62
31.3
20.0
11.9
2.9
0.9
0.6
6.8
13.8
49.1
1.6
4.3
36.7
4.9
5.7
85.4
61.2
3.1
8.9
2.5
1,939
1,242
740
177
54
36
155
223
+342
5Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
109.6
2025-26
57
31.5
18.9
9.8
2.9
1.1
0.7
6.8
15.2
44.7
1.6
5.0
33.0
3.7
4.8
77.4
54.7
2.1
7.7
1.7
1,795
1,078
560
166
62
39
96
98
+319
6Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
109.7
2025-26
61
34.2
18.9
7.9
5.4
1.4
1.6
7.4
14.7
50.2
0.9
3.0
30.2
3.2
3.9
83.1
57.6
2.0
5.9
2.7
2,089
1,152
484
330
83
96
162
174
+198
7Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.7
2025-26
61
31.5
11.0
11.4
1.7
0.8
1.6
4.5
6.3
70.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.1
50.0
67.7
3.9
7.6
1.3
1,924
670
698
106
48
100
82
164
+273
8Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
110.2
2025-26
56
35.2
25.2
5.7
9.8
1.4
0.9
8.9
19.6
45.6
2.1
6.0
34.3
5.3
6.5
81.3
56.1
0.9
4.8
3.8
1,969
1,412
319
551
81
51
212
180
+399
9Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.4
2025-26
63
26.1
13.8
6.4
2.4
1.0
1.0
5.2
11.2
46.7
2.3
6.1
37.7
1.1
1.5
70.1
58.2
1.2
5.2
1.6
1,646
872
402
150
63
60
101
157
+175
10Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.1
2025-26
56
33.6
20.4
9.0
6.1
1.3
1.1
8.0
15.9
50.4
0.5
1.8
28.4
3.9
5.6
69.2
55.6
3.1
6.0
3.4
1,884
1,145
505
344
72
59
188
180
+134
11Josh Hart
J. Hart
111.2
2025-26
54
30.0
11.8
7.6
5.1
1.1
0.3
4.5
9.2
49.5
1.4
3.8
37.7
1.3
1.9
70.6
59.2
1.5
6.1
2.0
1,622
639
408
273
60
17
106
134
+176
12OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
111.3
2025-26
52
33.2
16.5
5.3
2.2
1.7
0.7
5.8
12.2
47.9
2.2
5.9
36.7
2.6
3.3
80.1
60.3
1.4
3.9
1.9
1,727
857
276
114
90
38
101
130
+277
13Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
111.3
2025-26
64
27.8
11.4
5.8
1.5
0.8
0.4
3.7
8.4
43.8
2.5
6.4
39.0
1.6
1.9
83.3
61.9
0.9
5.0
0.9
1,780
730
374
98
51
28
56
100
+455
14Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
111.4
2025-26
50
32.5
17.7
8.6
3.7
0.8
1.9
6.9
13.2
51.8
1.2
3.7
31.2
2.8
4.5
63.4
58.2
2.2
6.4
2.0
1,625
886
432
183
42
94
98
122
+187
15Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.6
2025-26
54
29.7
16.4
4.9
6.9
1.3
0.3
5.6
12.0
46.8
1.0
3.4
30.1
4.1
5.6
72.5
56.4
1.2
3.6
3.2
1,602
883
262
374
69
18
171
179
+273
16Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
111.7
2025-26
57
35.2
22.9
10.5
7.9
1.3
0.5
8.5
17.1
49.4
1.5
4.5
34.4
4.5
5.7
78.4
58.4
1.5
9.0
3.4
2,005
1,306
596
453
76
27
194
124
+64
17Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
112.3
2025-26
57
34.3
28.7
7.2
5.1
1.0
0.4
10.6
22.0
48.0
2.0
5.8
34.8
5.5
7.1
78.0
57.1
1.2
6.1
3.6
1,955
1,635
412
291
56
24
204
155
+205
18Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.4
2025-26
63
25.8
13.6
2.7
3.3
1.4
0.7
5.0
11.5
43.3
2.7
6.7
39.6
1.0
1.2
80.0
56.5
0.3
2.4
1.5
1,628
854
173
205
90
41
93
130
+229
19Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
112.4
2025-26
49
34.7
28.9
12.5
10.3
1.3
0.8
10.2
17.7
57.5
1.9
4.8
39.4
6.6
7.9
83.2
68.1
3.0
9.5
3.8
1,699
1,416
614
507
65
38
184
131
+396
20Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
112.6
2025-26
60
27.3
11.8
11.5
2.1
0.5
1.5
4.5
8.6
52.6
1.1
3.1
33.5
1.7
2.6
65.0
60.5
4.6
6.9
1.2
1,636
709
691
128
31
89
72
139
-46
21Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.6
2025-26
58
31.4
16.1
7.8
3.3
1.2
1.0
5.9
12.2
48.7
2.1
5.4
38.8
2.1
2.7
76.9
59.9
1.9
5.9
1.9
1,819
931
454
190
67
59
108
197
-57
22Derrick White
D. White
112.7
2025-26
62
34.2
17.2
4.4
5.7
1.2
1.5
5.9
15.1
39.2
2.9
8.7
32.8
2.5
2.7
90.5
52.6
1.1
3.4
1.8
2,123
1,066
275
353
73
90
109
94
+495
23Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
112.7
2025-26
50
32.5
27.9
6.4
3.7
2.0
0.5
9.7
19.5
49.8
2.5
6.8
37.2
6.0
6.6
90.6
62.4
1.0
5.4
2.1
1,623
1,396
320
187
100
23
104
63
+213
24Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
112.9
2025-26
60
29.4
11.5
7.5
2.1
0.8
0.7
4.1
8.2
50.2
1.0
3.1
32.1
2.3
2.8
79.9
60.7
2.1
5.4
1.2
1,764
690
452
124
48
39
74
209
+71
25De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
112.9
2025-26
55
31.4
18.9
3.7
6.3
1.2
0.3
7.1
14.7
48.6
1.9
5.6
34.1
2.7
3.5
76.3
58.1
0.5
3.2
2.3
1,727
1,037
205
344
67
14
127
123
+277
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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31.7

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RPG

9.2

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APG

6.6

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Team Rankings

ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

107.5

1st

NETRTG

10.9

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3P%

36.1

12th

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Thunder Thunder
51
15
.773
2
47
17
.734
3.0
3
40
24
.625
10.0
4
39
24
.619
10.5
5
39
25
.609
11.0
Schedule
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3/12
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Sun
3/15
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1:00 PM
Tue
3/17
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7:00 PM
Wed
3/18
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7:30 PM
Sat
3/21
@
5:00 PM
Last Game
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18
.714
2
43
21
.672
2.5
3
41
25
.621
5.5
4
40
25
.615
6.0
5
36
27
.571
9.0
6
35
28
.556
10.0
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29
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10.0
8
34
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11.5
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12.5
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14.0
11
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.429
18.0
12
26
38
.406
19.5
13
17
47
.266
28.5
14
16
47
.254
29.0
15
15
49
.234
30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
51
15
.773
2
47
17
.734
3.0
3
40
24
.625
10.0
4
39
24
.619
10.5
5
39
25
.609
11.0
6
39
26
.600
11.5
7
37
27
.578
13.0
8
32
32
.500
18.0
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.500
18.0
10
31
34
.477
19.5
11
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40
.365
26.5
12
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43
.328
29.0
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.318
30.0
14
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.308
30.5
15
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.231
35.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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2/4
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107-123
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2/4
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109-99
Wed
2/4
@
135-123
Wed
2/4
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101-97
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115-119

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/10
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7:00 PM
Tue
3/10
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7:30 PM
Tue
3/10
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7:30 PM
Tue
3/10
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/10
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8:00 PM