best team defensive rating nba 90s by a guard

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Brevin Knight had the lowest defensive rating by a guard, with a 98.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

best team defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA 90s by a guard

	NAME	DRTG	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	Brevin Knight B. Knight	98.4	119	30.8	9.2	3.2	8.1	2.2	0.2	3.3	7.6	43.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.3	78.1	50.8	0.7	2.5	2.5	3,669	1,096	384	958	266	25	299	386	+337
2	Charlie Ward C. Ward	98.4	283	22.9	6.0	2.7	4.2	1.4	0.2	2.1	5.0	41.7	0.8	2.2	34.4	1.0	1.3	75.0	53.1	0.5	2.3	1.9	6,467	1,689	774	1,199	386	66	540	593	+439
3	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	98.6	50	19.8	9.1	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.3	3.4	8.3	41.1	0.2	1.0	15.4	2.1	3.0	70.9	47.4	1.7	2.1	1.4	988	455	189	77	44	14	68	97	+13
4	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	100.0	49	22.6	9.3	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.3	3.4	7.9	43.6	0.2	0.7	22.9	2.3	3.2	72.6	50.4	2.4	3.2	1.6	1,106	458	278	113	52	66	80	94	-29
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	101.8	585	38.4	30.8	6.3	5.1	2.3	0.7	11.7	23.4	50.1	0.8	2.4	35.9	6.6	7.9	83.0	57.4	1.5	4.8	2.5	22,445	18,014	3,707	2,966	1,344	417	1,439	1,408	+1416
6	Eric Snow E. Snow	101.9	222	17.1	4.2	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.0	1.5	3.6	43.2	0.1	0.3	20.6	1.1	1.5	69.9	49.6	0.3	1.3	1.2	3,798	936	356	710	225	9	260	410	+34
7	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	102.1	38	25.7	10.8	2.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	3.3	8.3	39.8	0.6	1.8	30.4	3.6	4.3	83.6	52.9	0.5	2.3	2.2	978	409	109	145	48	4	82	73	-30
8	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	102.2	568	24.1	5.6	3.8	5.1	1.9	0.4	2.2	5.0	44.0	0.5	1.4	35.6	0.7	1.1	64.5	51.0	1.0	2.8	1.6	13,696	3,204	2,165	2,912	1,094	222	931	1,696	+280
9	Bob Sura B. Sura	102.3	257	20.2	6.5	2.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	5.4	40.2	0.4	1.4	31.1	1.7	2.7	62.5	49.0	0.6	1.9	1.8	5,202	1,658	639	946	236	75	456	555	-82
10	Aaron McKie A. McKie	103.1	340	22.0	6.4	3.0	2.1	1.1	0.2	2.5	5.8	42.6	0.3	1.0	31.6	1.1	1.5	76.2	49.5	0.7	2.3	1.2	7,483	2,162	1,025	730	369	75	397	686	+95
11	John Starks J. Starks	103.6	652	29.1	14.1	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.1	5.1	12.2	41.8	1.6	4.8	34.0	2.3	3.0	76.7	52.2	0.5	2.2	2.0	18,957	9,179	1,765	2,629	780	89	1,281	1,812	+217
12	Randy Brown R. Brown	103.7	509	16.5	4.9	1.8	2.0	1.1	0.3	2.0	4.6	42.8	0.0	0.2	18.9	0.9	1.4	69.1	47.4	0.5	1.2	1.1	8,402	2,505	904	1,027	582	128	547	974	-19
13	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	103.7	557	21.4	7.6	2.0	4.4	1.3	0.1	2.6	6.5	40.6	0.7	2.1	34.3	1.6	2.2	73.7	51.1	0.4	1.6	1.5	11,932	4,227	1,091	2,425	711	62	821	1,004	-163
14	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	104.1	712	36.0	14.4	4.3	6.9	2.4	0.4	5.6	13.6	41.3	1.5	4.6	33.7	1.6	2.2	74.1	49.4	1.2	3.1	2.5	25,616	10,261	3,065	4,907	1,742	254	1,759	1,411	+1220
15	Ron Harper R. Harper	104.3	661	30.7	13.3	4.2	3.7	1.6	0.7	5.0	11.6	43.5	0.6	2.1	29.9	2.6	3.5	72.7	50.5	1.2	3.0	2.0	20,273	8,767	2,782	2,424	1,076	455	1,324	1,462	+790
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	104.5	608	35.8	20.9	6.4	5.7	1.8	0.7	7.5	16.5	45.6	1.2	3.8	32.9	4.6	5.8	79.4	54.8	2.2	4.2	2.6	21,760	12,711	3,879	3,448	1,106	399	1,610	1,741	+434
17	Chris Childs C. Childs	104.5	312	26.9	8.6	2.6	5.2	1.1	0.1	2.9	7.0	41.3	0.9	2.4	36.1	1.9	2.3	81.5	53.2	0.4	2.1	2.2	8,401	2,672	800	1,626	331	29	674	910	+158
18	Jason Williams J. Williams	104.5	50	36.1	12.8	3.1	6.0	1.9	0.0	4.6	12.3	37.4	2.0	6.5	31.0	1.6	2.1	75.2	48.3	0.3	2.8	2.9	1,805	641	153	299	95	1	143	91	-44
19	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	104.6	423	24.5	9.0	2.5	3.8	1.6	0.3	3.3	7.7	42.4	0.7	2.0	33.5	1.8	2.3	81.1	52.0	0.5	2.1	1.4	10,379	3,815	1,078	1,627	661	144	575	1,117
20	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	104.7	543	27.9	13.1	2.8	5.4	1.5	0.3	5.1	11.4	44.6	0.6	1.6	35.2	2.4	2.8	86.4	52.1	0.6	2.3	1.9	15,175	7,135	1,545	2,931	795	169	1,037	980	+277
21	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	104.8	197	19.0	7.6	2.7	1.0	0.7	0.2	2.9	6.0	48.9	0.2	0.6	37.5	1.5	2.1	71.6	54.9	0.9	1.8	1.2	3,740	1,494	538	194	132	36	230	347	+169
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	104.9	704	35.2	16.3	3.8	6.8	2.3	0.2	6.6	13.8	47.7	0.8	2.4	30.9	2.4	3.4	71.2	53.3	1.3	2.6	2.5	24,765	11,503	2,706	4,816	1,603	151	1,734	1,919	+1272
23	Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	104.9	196	26.8	11.1	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.2	3.9	9.0	43.3	2.0	4.9	40.2	1.4	1.7	79.6	57.0	0.6	2.3	1.2	5,245	2,175	577	382	117	36	238	436	+665
24	John Stockton J. Stockton	105.0	766	35.0	14.9	2.9	11.9	2.3	0.2	5.3	10.3	51.6	0.8	2.1	39.9	3.5	4.2	82.2	61.4	0.7	2.2	3.2	26,798	11,451	2,225	9,146	1,753	174	2,420	2,021	+1460
25	Bobby Phills B. Phills	105.0	367	30.2	11.4	3.2	2.8	1.3	0.3	4.3	9.7	43.8	0.8	2.1	40.1	2.0	2.7	74.2	52.1	0.9	2.4	1.6	11,070	4,174	1,186	1,034	484	119	600	899	+302

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

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RPG

8.9

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APG

5.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

6th

DRTG

114.8

14th

NETRTG

4.2

8th

3P%

36.1

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	49	24	.671	4.5
3	Knicks	48	26	.649	6.0
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	8.0
5	Raptors	41	32	.562	12.5
6	Hawks	42	33	.560	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Tue 3/31	CLE	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 4/2	CLE	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Sun 4/5	IND	@	CLE	6:00 PM
Mon 4/6	CLE	@	MEM	8:00 PM

Last Game

Heat

39 - 35

128

Final

149

Cavaliers

46 - 28

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Thompson

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.5

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

120.2

119.7

119.2

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.5

111.0

112.6

113.1

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

8.2

8.0

7.6

6.7

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

16-58

17-57

17-56

19-56

21-54

24-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,681.6

Jokić

3,597.7

Dončić

3,244.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,923

Jokić

3,807.5

Dončić

3,436.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

46-28

45-28-1

43-31

42-31

43-32

43-31

Worst Record ATS

30-43

31-44

31-43

31-42

32-42

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	54	20	.730
2	Celtics	49	24	.671	4.5
3	Knicks	48	26	.649	6.0
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	8.0
5	Raptors	41	32	.562	12.5
6	Hawks	42	33	.560	12.5
7	76ers	41	33	.554	13.0
8	Magic	39	34	.534	14.5
9	Heat	39	35	.527	15.0
10	Hornets	39	35	.527	15.0
11	Bucks - e	29	44	.397	24.5
12	Bulls - e	29	45	.392	25.0
13	Wizards - e	17	56	.233	36.5
14	Nets - e	17	57	.230	37.0
15	Pacers - e	16	58	.216	38.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	58	16	.784
2	Spurs - x	56	18	.757	2.0
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.0
4	Nuggets	47	28	.627	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	29	.608	13.0
6	Rockets	44	29	.603	13.5
7	Suns	41	33	.554	17.0
8	Clippers	38	36	.514	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	38	.493	21.5
10	Warriors	36	38	.486	22.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	49	.338	33.0
12	Pelicans - e	25	50	.333	33.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	50	.324	34.0
14	Jazz - e	21	54	.280	37.5
15	Kings - e	19	56	.253	39.5