cavs worst players defensive rating

Sam Merrill has the highest defensive rating for the Cavaliers this season, with a 119.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
cavs worst players defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Sam Merrill
S. Merrill
119.2
2025-26
50
26.4
12.7
2.6
2.4
0.6
0.1
4.3
9.3
46.0
3.0
7.2
42.1
1.1
1.3
86.2
64.4
0.6
2.1
0.8
1,322
636
131
120
29
7
42
122
+247
2De'Andre Hunter
D. Hunter
116.9
2025-26
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
3Jaylon Tyson
J. Tyson
116.5
2025-26
64
27.0
13.1
5.1
2.2
0.8
0.4
5.0
10.0
49.6
2.0
4.5
45.5
1.2
1.6
74.3
61.4
1.8
3.3
1.5
1,727
839
328
141
50
26
94
161
+123
4Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
115.5
2025-26
68
33.5
27.7
4.5
5.7
1.5
0.3
9.6
20.0
47.9
3.3
8.9
36.5
5.3
6.2
86.4
61.1
0.7
3.8
2.8
2,275
1,883
303
388
103
19
193
158
+342
5Dean Wade
D. Wade
115.1
2025-26
57
22.4
5.8
4.2
1.5
0.8
0.4
2.1
4.8
43.2
1.2
3.4
35.4
0.5
0.7
71.1
57.1
0.9
3.3
0.3
1,279
331
240
86
43
22
16
89
+157
6Craig Porter Jr.
C. Porter Jr.
113.4
2025-26
60
17.6
4.3
3.3
3.2
0.9
0.6
1.8
4.0
43.9
0.5
1.5
34.5
0.3
0.6
55.6
51.0
1.3
2.0
0.9
1,054
260
196
191
55
33
56
66
+80
7Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
112.2
2025-26
62
32.1
18.1
9.0
3.6
0.8
1.8
7.2
13.2
54.4
1.0
3.3
29.9
2.7
4.5
60.6
59.5
2.4
6.6
1.8
1,991
1,124
555
226
48
109
114
155
+222
8Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
112.0
2025-26
54
27.1
15.4
8.5
1.8
1.0
0.8
6.1
9.5
64.1
0.0
0.2
10.0
3.2
4.5
71.0
67.0
2.6
5.9
1.3
1,465
831
459
99
52
45
70
95
+199
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

6th

DRTG

114.9

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
51
25
.671
4.5
3
49
28
.636
7.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48
29
.623
8.0
5
44
33
.571
12.0
6
42
34
.553
13.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/5
@
6:00 PM
Mon
4/6
@
8:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

48 - 29

118

Final

111

GSW Warriors

36 - 41

Thu 2 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
56
21
.727
2
51
25
.671
4.5
3
49
28
.636
7.0
4
48
29
.623
8.0
5
44
33
.571
12.0
6
42
34
.553
13.5
7
42
34
.553
13.5
8
41
36
.532
15.0
9
40
36
.526
15.5
10
40
37
.519
16.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
30
46
.395
25.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
47
.382
26.5
13
18
58
.237
37.5
14
Nets Nets - e
18
58
.237
37.5
15
17
59
.224
38.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
61
16
.792
2
Spurs Spurs - x
59
18
.766
2.0
3
50
27
.649
11.0
4
49
28
.636
12.0
5
47
29
.618
13.5
6
46
30
.605
14.5
7
42
35
.545
19.0
8
40
38
.513
21.5
9
39
38
.506
22.0
10
36
41
.468
25.0
11
25
51
.329
35.5
12
25
52
.325
36.0
13
24
52
.316
36.5
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
56
.273
40.0
15
Kings Kings - e
20
57
.260
41.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
3/7
@
97-110
Sat
3/7
@
92-122
Sat
3/7
@
110-121
Sat
3/7
@
118-138
Sat
3/7
@
120-145

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/3
@
7:00 PM
Fri
4/3
@
7:00 PM
Fri
4/3
@
7:30 PM
Fri
4/3
@
7:30 PM
Fri
4/3
@
8:00 PM