Amen Thompson had the lowest defensive rating by a forward in 2024-25, with a 108.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

best forward defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2025

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	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	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	108.1	2024-25	HOU	69	32.2	14.1	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	5.6	10.1	55.7	0.4	1.3	27.5	2.4	3.6	68.4	60.2	2.8	5.4	2.0	2,225	970	564	265	97	89	138	167	+268
2	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.3	2024-25	CLE	71	30.5	18.5	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	7.1	12.8	55.7	1.2	3.2	37.0	3.1	4.3	72.5	63.3	2.3	7.0	2.0	2,167	1,316	659	226	61	113	145	141	+546
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	109.3	2024-25	MIL	67	34.2	30.4	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	19.7	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
4	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.5	2024-25	BOS	72	36.4	26.8	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.2	3.5	10.1	34.3	5.0	6.1	81.4	58.2	0.7	8.0	2.9	2,624	1,932	623	431	76	38	209	157	+534
5	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	109.9	2024-25	OKC	71	29.2	10.1	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.5	2.4	5.8	41.2	0.5	0.6	71.7	58.6	1.3	2.9	0.7	2,073	719	293	115	79	39	51	208	+549
6	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	110.3	2024-25	ORL	60	33.7	24.2	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	9.0	19.4	46.3	1.7	5.9	29.5	4.5	5.2	87.1	55.8	0.9	4.8	2.3	2,023	1,449	342	284	75	21	138	147	+248
7	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	110.3	2024-25	MIN	82	31.9	12.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	4.9	10.2	47.7	1.2	3.7	33.0	1.3	1.6	81.3	56.2	1.6	4.2	1.2	2,614	1,000	470	163	110	74	95	225	+172
8	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.7	2024-25	TOR	65	32.8	19.3	7.7	5.8	1.4	1.0	7.3	16.4	44.6	1.2	4.3	27.1	3.5	4.6	75.5	52.3	1.7	6.0	2.8	2,134	1,252	502	378	93	63	185	113	-130
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.0	2024-25	BOS	63	34.3	22.2	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	8.2	17.7	46.3	1.8	5.7	32.4	3.9	5.1	76.4	55.5	1.3	4.5	2.6	2,158	1,398	368	286	73	19	162	154	+402
10	Tobias Harris T. Harris	112.6	2024-25	DET	73	31.6	13.7	5.9	2.2	1.0	0.8	5.3	11.0	47.7	1.2	3.6	34.5	2.0	2.3	86.1	57.1	0.9	5.0	1.2	2,306	1,002	432	162	74	57	85	138	+187
11	Julius Randle J. Randle	113.2	2024-25	MIN	69	32.3	18.7	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	6.6	13.6	48.5	1.6	4.6	34.4	3.9	4.9	80.6	59.3	2.1	5.0	2.8	2,226	1,288	487	323	47	16	196	175	+166
12	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	113.5	2024-25	POR	72	30.0	16.9	7.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	5.6	11.7	47.6	1.7	4.8	36.5	4.0	5.2	78.0	60.5	1.5	5.7	2.7	2,161	1,219	522	281	71	35	196	171	-78
13	LeBron James L. James	113.6	2024-25	LAL	70	34.9	24.4	7.8	8.2	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.1	51.3	2.1	5.7	37.6	3.7	4.7	78.2	60.4	1.0	6.8	3.7	2,444	1,710	546	575	70	39	260	99	-54
14	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	114.5	2024-25	HOU	75	31.8	14.0	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	5.1	11.9	42.9	2.5	6.3	39.7	1.3	1.6	81.8	55.5	1.0	2.7	1.0	2,388	1,053	275	128	60	16	76	242	+207
15	OG Anunoby	114.5	2024-25	NYK	74	36.6	18.0	4.8	2.2	1.5	0.9	6.6	13.9	47.6	2.3	6.2	37.2	2.5	3.1	81.0	59.1	1.3	3.5	1.4	2,706	1,332	358	164	110	65	102	172	+301
16	Toumani Camara T. Camara	114.6	2024-25	POR	78	32.7	11.3	5.8	2.2	1.5	0.6	4.2	9.2	45.8	1.7	4.6	37.5	1.2	1.6	72.2	57.2	2.2	3.6	1.4	2,548	882	450	175	116	50	109	230	-114
17	Taurean Prince T. Prince	114.8	2024-25	MIL	80	27.1	8.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	6.4	45.7	1.8	4.2	43.9	0.5	0.6	81.3	61.3	0.4	3.2	1.0	2,166	656	287	155	76	15	82	165	-22
18	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	114.9	2024-25	IND	78	32.7	20.2	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	7.9	15.2	51.9	1.6	4.2	38.9	2.9	3.9	73.4	59.9	1.7	5.2	1.4	2,548	1,578	540	263	70	42	109	189	+312
19	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.7	2024-25	CHA	64	31.7	20.3	7.5	3.9	0.7	0.7	7.3	17.0	43.1	2.2	7.0	31.3	3.5	4.0	87.0	54.1	1.1	6.4	2.1	2,029	1,300	481	248	44	45	136	93	-259
20	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	116.5	2024-25	IND	72	29.8	16.1	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	5.4	11.8	45.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	3.8	4.6	83.1	57.9	1.2	4.1	1.9	2,149	1,156	383	136	47	24	135	162	+94
21	Keegan Murray K. Murray	116.7	2024-25	SAC	76	34.3	12.4	6.7	1.4	0.8	0.9	4.8	10.8	44.4	2.0	5.9	34.3	0.8	0.9	83.3	55.3	1.9	4.8	0.8	2,610	942	507	109	61	69	60	186	+46
22	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	117.7	2024-25	PHI	60	34.6	15.1	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.5	5.8	12.4	47.0	1.2	4.0	29.3	2.3	3.1	75.1	55.1	1.6	4.5	1.3	2,078	906	368	108	92	30	80	180	-258
23	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	117.7	2024-25	DEN	77	33.7	18.2	7.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	6.9	13.6	50.4	2.5	6.4	39.5	1.9	2.5	76.8	61.7	1.8	5.2	1.4	2,593	1,398	540	165	50	38	104	157	+265
24	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	118.0	2024-25	NYK	82	37.0	17.6	3.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	7.2	14.4	50.0	2.0	5.6	35.4	1.2	1.4	81.4	58.5	0.9	2.3	1.6	3,036	1,444	259	306	75	43	132	127	+334
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	118.9	2024-25	PHX	62	36.5	26.6	6.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	9.5	18.1	52.7	2.6	6.0	43.0	4.9	5.8	83.9	64.2	0.4	5.7	3.1	2,265	1,647	374	263	50	77	190	104	-39

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8.9

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APG

6.2

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118.6

8th

DRTG

113.2

6th

NETRTG

5.4

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3P%

36.4

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

4 - 2

Final

Rockets

2 - 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

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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

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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

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33.4

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MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

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DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

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1.71

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1.52

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50-37-1

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Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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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

Amen Thompson had the lowest defensive rating by a forward in 2024-25, with a 108.1 rating.

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