James Harden had a defensive rating of 117.2 for the Cavaliers this season.

Interpreted as:

cavs roster player defensive rating this regular season

	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	James Harden J. Harden	117.2	2025-26	CLE	26	33.8	20.5	4.8	7.7	0.8	0.5	6.3	13.5	46.6	3.1	7.1	43.5	4.8	5.8	84.0	63.9	0.5	4.3	3.2	879	534	124	199	22	12	83	54	+79
2	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	117.5	2025-26	CLE	30	21.4	8.2	2.3	4.3	0.8	0.2	2.8	6.9	40.1	0.6	2.1	29.0	2.1	2.4	86.1	51.5	0.4	1.9	1.5	641	246	68	130	23	5	45	43	+21
3	Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	114.2	2025-26	CLE	35	12.8	3.7	2.7	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	3.5	41.9	0.6	1.8	33.3	0.2	0.4	46.2	50.5	0.8	1.8	0.6	449	131	93	34	21	6	20	55	-17
4	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	112.2	2025-26	CLE	35	20.8	4.6	4.0	3.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	5.0	30.1	1.1	4.2	27.2	0.4	0.6	66.7	43.2	0.7	3.3	1.5	728	160	140	136	45	9	52	46	+32
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	115.7	2025-26	CLE	70	33.5	27.9	4.5	5.7	1.5	0.3	9.7	20.0	48.3	3.2	8.8	36.4	5.3	6.1	86.5	61.3	0.7	3.8	2.8	2,342	1,952	316	398	104	20	198	163	+370
6	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	112.1	2025-26	CLE	56	27.1	15.4	8.5	1.8	1.0	0.8	6.0	9.4	63.8	0.0	0.2	10.0	3.3	4.7	70.9	66.9	2.6	5.9	1.3	1,519	860	476	100	55	47	75	95	+213
7	Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	113.6	2025-26	CLE	60	12.2	6.2	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.4	2.3	4.5	50.6	0.8	2.2	35.9	0.9	1.1	80.3	62.5	1.0	2.4	0.5	732	370	205	33	18	26	28	75	+39
8	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	117.1	2025-26	CLE	43	26.2	14.0	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.1	4.7	11.2	42.3	1.7	5.5	30.8	2.8	3.2	86.9	55.3	0.7	3.6	1.7	1,125	600	182	89	30	6	71	107	-20
9	Darius Garland D. Garland	119.5	2025-26	CLE	26	30.5	18.0	2.4	6.9	0.8	0.1	6.5	14.5	45.1	2.3	6.3	36.0	2.6	3.0	86.1	56.7	0.5	2.0	2.8	792	467	63	180	21	3	73	48	-40
10	Dean Wade D. Wade	115.4	2025-26	CLE	59	22.3	5.8	4.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	2.1	4.7	43.9	1.2	3.3	36.2	0.5	0.6	71.1	58.0	0.9	3.3	0.3	1,318	342	247	88	44	23	16	90	+151
11	Max Strus M. Strus	117.3	2025-26	CLE	12	24.0	11.2	5.4	2.0	0.3	0.0	3.9	8.8	44.3	2.8	6.8	40.2	0.6	0.8	77.8	60.9	0.8	4.7	0.8	288	134	65	24	3	0	9	34	-3
12	Sam Merrill S. Merrill	119.3	2025-26	CLE	52	26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	4.3	9.3	46.1	3.0	7.2	42.1	1.1	1.3	85.5	64.4	0.5	2.0	0.8	1,377	663	133	125	33	7	42	127	+242
13	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	112.5	2025-26	CLE	65	31.9	18.2	9.0	3.6	0.7	1.7	7.2	13.2	54.6	1.0	3.2	29.7	2.8	4.6	60.6	59.6	2.4	6.6	1.9	2,074	1,180	586	234	48	113	122	159	+224
14	Olivier Sarr O. Sarr	107.0	2025-26	CLE	4	9.8	3.5	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.8	71.4	0.5	0.8	66.7	0.5	1.3	40.0	76.1	0.5	2.3	0.5	39	14	11	5	2	3	2	9	+26
15	Luke Travers L. Travers	110.4	2025-26	CLE	12	8.6	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.8	3.0	25.0	0.1	1.3	6.3	0.8	0.8	100.0	35.0	0.8	1.3	0.3	103	28	24	9	7	4	3	6	-32
16	Keon Ellis K. Ellis	114.6	2025-26	CLE	29	24.8	8.3	2.8	1.6	1.3	0.8	3.0	6.0	49.1	1.3	3.7	35.5	1.1	1.3	81.6	62.9	0.8	2.0	0.7	720	241	80	46	37	24	20	65	+68
17	Chris Livingston C. Livingston	112.3	2025-26	CLE	3	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	57.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	60.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	17	9	3	1	1	0	0	4	+8
18	Craig Porter Jr. C. Porter Jr.	113.6	2025-26	CLE	64	17.9	4.5	3.4	3.2	0.9	0.6	1.8	4.0	45.0	0.5	1.5	35.5	0.4	0.6	60.0	52.4	1.3	2.1	0.9	1,148	289	220	205	57	38	59	70	+103
19	Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	116.5	2025-26	CLE	66	26.9	13.2	5.1	2.2	0.8	0.4	5.0	10.2	49.3	2.0	4.5	44.6	1.2	1.6	73.8	60.8	1.8	3.3	1.5	1,777	872	338	147	54	28	99	164	+110
20	Riley Minix R. Minix	119.4	2025-26	CLE	6	8.3	4.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.7	2.8	58.8	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.5	0.5	100.0	71.0	0.2	0.5	0.5	50	26	4	4	1	1	3	4	+19
21	Tristan Enaruna T. Enaruna	115.7	2025-26	CLE	9	9.4	4.1	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.0	1.6	3.1	50.0	0.3	1.1	30.0	0.7	0.9	75.0	58.7	0.8	0.8	0.3	85	37	14	7	5	0	3	3	+43
22	Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	115.0	2025-26	CLE	64	15.7	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.5	2.3	4.9	47.8	0.4	1.8	23.5	0.7	1.0	77.0	54.9	1.3	1.6	0.5	1,004	374	186	53	41	34	29	125	+60
23	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	116.5	2025-26	CLE	50	10.9	5.4	1.3	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.9	4.5	41.3	0.9	2.6	35.1	0.8	0.9	88.9	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.8	545	272	64	74	25	0	40	59	-7
24	Darius Brown D. Brown	114.4	2025-26	CLE	1	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

23.3

Mitchell

RPG

8.8

Mobley

APG

6.7

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
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
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/3	TOR	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

3 - 3

110

Final

112

Raptors

3 - 3

Fri 1 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

33.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

32.5

Cunningham

28.0

Embiid

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.3

Towns

10.8

Ayton

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

9.0

Barnes

8.3

James

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.7

Smart

2.5

Eason

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

2.3

Thompson

2.2

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.7

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Maxey

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

129.0

122.0

117.3

113.7

113.1

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

102.3

103.9

104.2

104.3

105.8

108.5

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

18.1

12.9

4.6

3.0

2.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

345.3

Jokić

321.8

Maxey

302.8

Barnes

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

368.3

Jokić

331.5

Maxey

313.8

Cunningham

Playoffs USG% Leaders

42.6

Smith

40.1

Williams

36.0

Cunningham

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.17

McLaughlin

2.00

Richardson

1.90

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.83

McLaughlin

1.81

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

51-36

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

49-39

Worst Record ATS

33-49

36-52

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