best nba rookies defensive rating

Cooper Flagg has the lowest defensive rating by a rookie this season, with a 113.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
best NBA rookies defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
113.8
2025-26
32
34.5
19.5
6.4
3.9
1.2
0.8
7.4
15.1
49.4
1.0
3.4
28.7
3.7
4.6
80.3
57.2
1.2
5.2
2.2
1,105
625
205
124
37
26
69
74
-149
2Cedric Coward
C. Coward
115.0
2025-26
31
26.9
13.5
6.2
2.9
0.5
0.3
4.8
10.4
46.6
1.5
4.5
32.4
2.4
2.8
83.0
57.9
1.5
4.7
1.5
835
418
192
90
17
10
48
61
+15
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
116.7
2025-26
26
35.0
15.5
5.4
4.0
1.2
0.4
5.8
13.8
41.7
2.0
5.6
36.6
2.0
2.5
77.3
51.9
1.9
3.5
1.7
910
404
141
103
31
11
44
86
+56
4Derik Queen
D. Queen
117.1
2025-26
33
25.8
13.5
7.0
4.0
1.0
0.8
5.1
10.0
50.9
0.2
0.9
22.6
3.1
3.9
78.3
57.4
1.6
5.3
2.4
850
444
230
132
33
26
78
106
-93
5Sion James
S. James
120.0
2025-26
31
25.7
6.8
3.2
1.6
0.7
0.4
2.1
5.2
40.4
1.2
3.2
36.4
1.5
1.7
86.5
57.4
0.5
2.7
0.9
797
211
100
50
21
13
27
53
-80
6Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
120.4
2025-26
31
33.1
19.3
5.1
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.7
14.0
47.8
3.6
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
7Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
121.0
2025-26
33
27.0
14.8
3.6
3.1
1.3
0.2
5.5
12.7
43.6
1.0
3.1
33.7
2.6
3.4
78.4
51.9
0.8
2.8
2.3
890
487
119
101
42
5
76
63
-232
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

19.5

Flagg

Cooper Flagg

RPG

7.9

Washington

P.J. Washington

APG

5.3

Nembhard

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Team Rankings

ORTG

110.0

28th

DRTG

113.9

10th

NETRTG

-3.9

24th

3P%

33.7

28th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
13
19
.406
14.0
11
12
19
.387
14.5
12
Mavericks Mavericks
12
21
.364
15.5
13
10
21
.323
16.5
14
8
24
.250
19.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
10:30 PM
Thu
1/1
@
8:30 PM
Sat
1/3
@
8:30 PM
Tue
1/6
@
11:00 PM
Thu
1/8
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Mavericks

12 - 21

107

Final

113

SAC Kings

8 - 23

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
8
.750
2
22
9
.710
1.5
3
19
12
.613
4.5
4
19
14
.576
5.5
5
18
14
.563
6.0
6
16
14
.533
7.0
7
17
15
.531
7.0
8
17
16
.515
7.5
9
15
16
.484
8.5
10
15
18
.455
9.5
11
13
19
.406
11.0
12
11
20
.355
12.5
13
10
19
.345
12.5
14
7
23
.233
16.0
15
6
26
.188
18.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
27
5
.844
2
23
8
.742
3.5
3
22
9
.710
4.5
4
20
10
.667
6.0
5
19
10
.655
6.5
6
20
12
.625
7.0
7
18
13
.581
8.5
8
16
16
.500
11.0
9
15
17
.469
12.0
10
13
19
.406
14.0
11
12
19
.387
14.5
12
12
21
.364
15.5
13
10
21
.323
16.5
14
8
24
.250
19.0
15
8
25
.242
19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/27
@
116-123
Thu
11/27
@
86-119
Thu
11/27
@
123-130
Thu
11/27
@
109-118
Thu
11/27
@
115-103

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:30 PM