best player defensive rating for centers this season

Chet Holmgren has the lowest defensive rating by a center this season, with a 104.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
best player defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games for centers this season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.2
2025-26
61
29.3
17.2
9.0
1.7
0.6
1.9
6.3
11.5
55.4
1.2
3.5
34.4
3.3
4.2
79.7
64.8
1.9
7.1
1.6
1,786
1,052
548
102
34
113
95
138
+564
2Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.0
2025-26
66
31.2
20.1
11.9
2.9
0.9
0.6
6.8
13.9
49.1
1.6
4.3
36.5
4.9
5.7
85.1
61.1
3.1
8.8
2.5
2,060
1,328
785
189
59
38
165
233
+389
3Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.2
2025-26
62
32.2
20.4
9.9
2.9
1.2
0.7
7.1
15.8
44.7
1.7
5.3
32.6
4.5
5.8
77.1
55.4
2.1
7.8
1.7
1,994
1,262
615
178
72
43
106
111
+341
4Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
110.4
2025-26
68
31.6
11.0
11.4
1.7
0.8
1.6
4.4
6.3
69.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
4.2
52.1
67.5
3.9
7.5
1.4
2,146
750
777
118
53
108
94
175
+244
5Naz Reid
N. Reid
111.1
2025-26
68
26.0
13.7
6.2
2.4
1.0
1.0
5.2
11.1
46.9
2.2
5.8
37.3
1.1
1.6
72.2
58.3
1.2
5.0
1.6
1,770
932
421
160
66
67
109
169
+163
6Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.3
2025-26
55
34.8
28.1
12.6
10.5
1.5
0.8
10.0
17.4
57.4
1.8
4.7
38.9
6.3
7.6
83.1
67.7
2.9
9.6
3.9
1,912
1,546
691
578
80
46
213
151
+445
7Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
111.4
2025-26
66
27.4
12.3
11.6
2.2
0.6
1.6
4.7
8.9
52.6
1.0
3.2
33.2
1.9
2.8
68.1
60.8
4.6
7.0
1.2
1,806
815
768
146
37
106
79
154
-15
8Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.6
2025-26
61
33.4
20.2
8.9
6.1
1.2
1.0
8.0
15.7
51.0
0.5
1.8
28.0
3.7
5.4
68.5
55.9
3.0
5.9
3.3
2,039
1,230
544
374
75
62
204
194
+144
9Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.1
2025-26
65
31.2
15.5
7.8
3.3
1.1
1.1
5.7
11.9
48.1
2.0
5.3
37.6
2.0
2.6
76.0
59.0
1.8
5.9
1.8
2,025
1,005
505
212
72
71
114
215
+22
10Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
113.4
2025-26
66
29.6
11.8
7.6
2.1
0.8
0.6
4.2
8.3
50.8
1.0
3.1
32.5
2.3
2.9
79.2
61.2
2.1
5.4
1.2
1,954
776
499
139
53
42
81
227
+89
11Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
115.6
2025-26
TOT
60
29.0
15.6
8.6
3.4
0.6
0.7
6.4
12.8
49.6
1.6
4.3
37.3
1.3
1.5
83.5
57.7
2.0
6.6
1.3
1,740
935
517
203
37
40
80
119
-45
12Myles Turner
M. Turner
116.2
2025-26
65
27.2
12.0
5.3
1.5
0.7
1.5
4.0
9.1
44.2
2.1
5.4
38.6
1.8
2.5
75.0
58.8
1.1
4.3
1.2
1,769
778
347
97
45
99
79
168
-181
13Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
117.4
2025-26
63
28.3
11.8
7.1
3.8
0.7
1.2
4.9
8.5
57.1
0.0
0.3
17.6
2.1
3.5
60.1
59.0
2.5
4.6
1.4
1,786
746
447
238
43
73
87
143
-472
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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118.4

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107.3

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11.1

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36.0

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1
Thunder Thunder
56
15
.789
2
53
18
.746
3.0
3
46
25
.648
10.0
4
43
27
.614
12.5
5
43
28
.606
13.0
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3/23
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3/25
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7:30 PM
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3/27
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8:00 PM
Sun
3/29
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7:30 PM
Mon
3/30
@
9:30 PM
Last Game
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Final

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
51
19
.729
2
47
23
.671
4.0
3
46
25
.648
5.5
4
44
27
.620
7.5
5
39
30
.565
11.5
6
39
32
.549
12.5
7
39
32
.549
12.5
8
38
32
.543
13.0
9
38
33
.535
13.5
10
37
34
.521
14.5
11
29
41
.414
22.0
12
28
42
.400
23.0
13
Nets Nets - e
17
53
.243
34.0
14
16
54
.229
35.0
15
15
56
.211
36.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
56
15
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - x
53
18
.746
3.0
3
46
25
.648
10.0
4
43
27
.614
12.5
5
43
28
.606
13.0
6
43
28
.606
13.0
7
39
32
.549
17.0
8
35
36
.493
21.0
9
35
36
.493
21.0
10
33
38
.465
23.0
11
25
47
.347
31.5
12
24
46
.343
31.5
13
23
48
.324
33.0
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Jazz Jazz - e
21
50
.296
35.0
15
Kings Kings - e
18
53
.254
38.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
2/23
@
116-107
Mon
2/23
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123-114
Mon
2/23
@
94-109
Mon
2/23
@
109-113
Mon
2/23
@
117-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/22
@
5:00 PM
Sun
3/22
@
6:00 PM
Sun
3/22
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7:30 PM
Sun
3/22
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3/22
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9:00 PM