best small forwards defensive rating with minimum 50 minutes played this season

I didn't find anything for this season, but Ausar Thompson had the best defensive rating by a small forward with 50+ minutes played in 2025-26, with a 105.5 rating.

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2025-26 season

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	105.5	1,896	2025-26	DET	73	26.0	9.9	5.7	3.1	2.0	0.9	4.2	7.9	52.5	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.5	2.6	57.1	54.5	2.1	3.7	1.5	721	418	228	146	69	110	198	+396
2	David Jones Garcia D. Jones Garcia	106.2	68	2025-26	SAS	11	6.2	2.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.3	52.0	0.3	0.5	60.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	57.9	0.4	0.8	0.5	32	13	18	6	1	5	6	+38
3	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	108.2	1,551	2025-26	DET	78	19.9	8.2	4.0	1.2	1.2	0.3	3.0	7.0	43.2	0.6	2.5	25.3	1.5	1.9	80.5	52.5	1.1	3.0	1.2	640	315	95	92	27	96	183	+133
4	Bobi Klintman B. Klintman	109.3	71	2025-26	DET	12	5.9	1.8	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.3	33.3	0.3	1.1	30.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	38.8	0.4	1.2	0.5	22	19	6	3	0	6	11	-5
5	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	110.4	1,849	2025-26	OKC	69	26.8	8.3	3.6	1.2	0.9	0.4	2.9	7.6	38.5	1.9	5.4	34.4	0.6	0.8	75.9	52.4	0.8	2.7	0.8	576	245	85	62	27	54	179	+294
6	Cody Martin C. Martin	110.5	55	2025-26	IND	4	13.8	1.8	3.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	20.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	50.0	27.7	0.3	3.3	1.0	7	14	2	4	2	4	5	-28
7	Myron Gardner M. Gardner	111.3	411	2025-26	MIA	45	9.1	3.6	2.7	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.7	48.0	0.6	1.4	40.6	0.4	0.6	73.1	60.6	0.9	1.8	0.4	163	122	44	20	8	17	78	+78
8	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	111.4	2,532	2025-26	ATL	72	35.2	22.5	10.3	7.9	1.2	0.4	8.3	17.1	48.9	1.7	4.7	35.2	4.2	5.3	78.8	58.1	1.4	8.9	3.4	1,621	740	566	89	31	244	151	+187
9	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	111.6	2,266	2025-26	SAS	82	27.6	11.1	5.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	3.7	8.4	43.7	2.4	6.2	38.1	1.4	1.6	84.4	60.9	0.9	4.9	0.8	911	473	127	62	38	69	131	+592
10	Payton Sandfort P. Sandfort	111.7	63	2025-26	OKC	4	15.8	8.8	2.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.3	6.5	50.0	1.8	4.3	41.2	0.5	1.0	50.0	63.0	0.3	2.3	0.3	35	10	0	1	0	1	8	-19
11	Thanasis Antetokounmpo T. Antetokounmpo	111.9	148	2025-26	MIL	34	4.4	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.9	46.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.9	56.7	52.0	0.4	0.5	0.3	47	30	15	13	6	10	18	+5
12	Joe Ingles J. Ingles	112.2	153	2025-26	MIN	27	5.7	1.5	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	59.3	0.3	0.6	43.8	0.1	0.1	100.0	73.5	0.0	0.7	0.5	41	19	34	9	2	14	9	-8
13	Josh Minott J. Minott	112.3	834	2025-26	TOT	49	17.0	7.4	3.2	0.9	0.9	0.5	2.6	5.1	50.0	1.3	3.1	41.8	1.0	1.2	78.7	65.3	1.0	2.2	0.9	364	158	46	44	24	43	73	-25
14	Kevin McCullar Jr. K. McCullar Jr.	112.3	155	2025-26	NYK	21	7.4	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.2	42.6	0.4	1.1	33.3	0.1	0.2	40.0	50.8	0.5	0.8	0.6	50	28	20	9	0	12	22	-48
15	Keshad Johnson K. Johnson	112.6	280	2025-26	MIA	32	8.8	4.3	1.9	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.6	3.3	49.0	0.4	1.4	29.5	0.7	0.9	72.4	58.2	0.8	1.1	0.4	136	62	8	15	8	13	28	+89
16	Ryan Dunn R. Dunn	112.6	1,355	2025-26	PHX	70	19.4	5.8	4.2	1.5	0.9	0.4	2.3	5.2	45.3	0.8	2.4	33.1	0.3	0.7	48.9	53.2	1.4	2.8	0.8	407	297	102	60	29	56	130	+4
17	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.7	2,443	2025-26	BOS	71	34.4	28.7	6.9	5.1	1.0	0.4	10.4	21.7	47.7	2.0	5.7	34.7	6.0	7.5	79.5	57.3	1.1	5.8	3.6	2,038	492	364	72	27	259	191	+321
18	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	113.1	1,911	2025-26	SAS	82	23.3	13.2	5.4	1.4	0.6	0.1	5.0	9.7	51.9	1.2	3.3	36.3	1.9	2.4	79.4	61.3	1.7	3.7	0.9	1,081	440	111	46	11	70	162	+317
19	Noah Penda N. Penda	113.1	757	2025-26	ORL	59	12.8	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.4	3.4	40.4	0.5	1.6	32.3	0.6	0.8	68.8	50.6	1.1	2.0	0.7	227	187	70	30	18	42	70	-55
20	Jalen Slawson J. Slawson	113.1	311	2025-26	IND	13	23.9	7.3	4.4	2.8	1.5	1.1	2.6	5.9	44.2	1.2	3.1	37.5	0.9	1.3	70.6	56.2	0.5	3.8	1.3	95	57	36	20	14	17	27	-26
21	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	113.3	2,085	2025-26	LAC	65	32.1	27.9	6.4	3.6	1.9	0.4	9.8	19.4	50.5	2.6	6.8	38.7	5.7	6.4	89.2	62.9	1.1	5.3	2.0	1,813	413	234	122	27	133	78	+340
22	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	113.5	2,953	2025-26	HOU	79	37.4	18.3	7.8	5.3	1.5	0.6	7.1	13.2	53.4	0.3	1.5	21.6	3.8	4.9	77.9	59.4	3.0	4.8	2.4	1,443	614	420	119	48	190	175	+368
23	Ron Harper Jr. R. Harper Jr.	113.6	318	2025-26	BOS	29	11.0	4.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.6	3.8	41.8	1.0	2.8	35.0	0.1	0.1	75.0	55.0	0.5	1.1	0.3	123	48	22	10	9	8	20	+18
24	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	113.9	2,692	2025-26	NYK	82	32.8	14.4	3.8	3.7	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.7	49.0	1.9	5.1	37.1	1.0	1.2	82.7	58.7	1.0	2.8	1.0	1,181	312	304	107	62	83	160	+298
25	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	113.9	2,213	2025-26	PHX	78	28.4	9.8	4.8	2.7	1.1	0.4	3.4	8.0	42.1	2.7	6.7	40.8	0.3	0.5	71.1	59.6	0.8	4.0	1.3	765	372	208	84	32	103	177	-113

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RPG

10.5

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APG

9.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

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Final

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3 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

I didn't find anything for this season, but Ausar Thompson had the best defensive rating by a small forward with 50+ minutes played in 2025-26, with a 105.5 rating.

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37.4

36.4

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