center with best defensive rating since 1980

Since 1979-80, David Robinson has the lowest defensive rating by a center, with a 95.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
center with best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games since 1980
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1David Robinson
D. Robinson
95.6
987
34.7
21.1
10.6
2.5
1.4
3.0
7.5
14.4
51.8
0.0
0.1
25.0
6.1
8.3
73.6
58.3
3.1
7.5
2.4
34,271
20,790
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
2Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
95.6
951
30.3
6.0
9.9
1.4
1.3
2.0
2.5
5.2
47.3
0.0
0.1
13.7
1.1
2.6
41.1
47.2
3.3
6.7
1.0
28,812
5,699
9,455
1,326
1,249
1,932
960
1,834
+1643
3Arvydas Sabonis
A. Sabonis
96.6
470
24.2
12.0
7.3
2.1
0.8
1.1
4.4
8.9
50.0
0.3
0.9
32.8
2.8
3.6
78.6
57.4
1.6
5.7
1.8
11,375
5,629
3,436
964
370
494
837
1,290
+1559
4Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
97.7
726
30.5
16.3
9.7
2.9
0.7
1.9
6.4
12.7
50.7
0.0
0.1
12.7
3.4
4.8
71.3
55.0
2.4
7.4
2.0
22,128
11,807
7,071
2,133
496
1,370
1,453
1,471
+4069
5Marcus Camby
M. Camby
97.7
790
29.6
9.6
10.0
1.9
1.0
2.4
3.9
8.3
47.0
0.0
0.1
20.3
1.8
2.6
68.5
50.9
2.6
7.4
1.4
23,423
7,612
7,923
1,528
775
1,881
1,098
2,195
+280
6Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
97.9
1,238
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
44,222
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
7Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
98.1
229
26.0
11.5
7.4
2.2
1.0
0.8
4.9
10.0
48.6
0.0
0.2
17.1
1.7
2.1
81.7
52.5
1.1
6.3
1.4
5,947
2,626
1,693
493
223
180
332
527
+328
8Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
98.5
1,120
34.3
20.9
9.9
1.9
0.9
2.5
8.2
16.2
50.4
0.0
0.1
16.1
4.6
6.1
74.1
55.3
2.3
7.6
3.0
38,388
23,459
11,052
2,111
1,047
2,747
3,308
3,786
+412
9Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
98.6
59
31.9
17.5
9.6
2.5
0.8
0.3
7.3
14.3
51.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
4.1
70.1
54.2
2.2
7.4
2.5
1,882
1,033
565
145
45
18
149
186
+275
10Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
99.1
1,196
30.8
9.8
10.3
1.0
0.4
2.8
3.5
6.7
51.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
4.1
68.4
57.3
3.2
7.1
1.8
36,791
11,729
12,359
1,240
494
3,289
2,173
3,383
+1607
11Yao Ming
Y. Ming
99.1
486
32.5
19.0
9.2
1.6
0.4
1.9
7.0
13.3
52.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
5.1
6.1
83.3
59.6
2.5
6.7
2.7
15,818
9,247
4,494
769
189
920
1,311
1,596
+1491
12Eddie Griffin
E. Griffin
99.1
70
19.4
4.6
5.6
0.6
0.2
2.1
1.9
5.3
35.1
0.2
1.2
19.5
0.6
1.1
59.5
39.7
1.5
4.0
0.6
1,359
320
389
40
13
148
43
125
-155
13Dwight Howard
D. Howard
99.3
1,078
31.3
16.0
11.9
1.4
0.9
1.8
5.8
9.7
59.6
0.0
0.1
22.2
4.4
7.8
56.0
60.7
3.3
8.5
2.7
33,744
17,212
12,782
1,476
939
1,977
2,920
3,403
+3033
14Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
99.4
801
31.6
17.5
8.7
1.2
0.5
2.8
6.3
11.8
52.9
0.0
0.1
24.7
5.0
7.1
69.5
58.4
2.7
6.0
2.7
25,273
14,029
6,939
928
406
2,282
2,152
2,728
+1695
15Len Elmore
L. Elmore
99.5
285
17.2
5.1
4.0
1.0
0.8
0.8
2.0
4.7
42.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.4
73.0
47.4
1.4
2.6
1.2
4,915
1,448
1,144
272
214
221
330
737
16Shawn Marion
S. Marion
99.7
81
40.3
21.8
11.8
1.8
2.0
1.7
8.8
16.9
52.5
1.2
3.6
33.1
3.0
3.7
80.9
59.1
3.1
8.8
1.5
3,263
1,769
959
143
160
137
125
223
+412
17Robert Traylor
R. Traylor
99.8
333
15.4
5.1
4.0
0.8
0.7
0.7
2.1
4.3
48.1
0.0
0.1
15.8
0.9
1.6
56.6
50.4
1.7
2.4
1.0
5,118
1,700
1,338
255
231
244
328
873
-38
18Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
100.0
106
29.9
11.9
7.6
2.7
0.9
0.7
5.3
11.7
45.1
0.0
0.1
7.1
1.4
1.7
79.5
47.9
1.9
5.7
1.4
3,173
1,264
808
288
99
76
152
353
19Greg Ostertag
G. Ostertag
100.1
756
19.5
4.6
5.5
0.6
0.3
1.7
1.8
3.6
48.6
0.0
0.0
10.0
1.1
1.9
56.9
51.6
2.0
3.5
0.9
14,753
3,512
4,145
443
189
1,293
684
1,873
+1544
20Keon Clark
K. Clark
100.1
270
23.1
8.3
6.1
0.9
0.6
1.5
3.4
6.8
50.6
0.0
0.1
5.6
1.4
2.1
66.7
53.7
1.9
4.2
1.4
6,224
2,238
1,655
249
151
417
380
768
+19
21Joakim Noah
J. Noah
100.2
672
27.7
8.8
9.0
2.8
0.8
1.3
3.3
6.8
49.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.9
70.0
54.0
3.2
5.8
1.7
18,646
5,881
6,058
1,907
534
874
1,133
1,874
+589
22Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
100.4
318
28.2
11.2
6.1
1.4
1.0
1.3
4.3
10.1
42.0
1.4
4.1
33.6
1.3
1.7
77.1
51.4
0.9
5.2
1.0
8,964
3,556
1,952
441
321
418
312
897
+820
23Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
100.4
511
24.7
12.6
10.8
0.6
0.5
2.2
5.3
9.0
58.6
0.0
0.1
30.8
2.1
3.5
60.5
60.2
3.1
7.7
1.5
12,645
6,450
5,523
326
271
1,143
756
1,341
+313
24Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
100.4
279
23.4
6.2
5.6
3.8
0.9
1.0
2.6
5.8
44.0
0.0
0.1
18.8
1.0
1.3
75.8
48.0
1.4
4.2
2.0
6,542
1,724
1,567
1,054
257
292
547
957
25George Johnson
G. Johnson
100.4
381
18.8
3.7
5.3
1.0
0.4
2.5
1.5
3.3
46.8
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.7
0.9
71.7
50.8
1.8
3.5
1.2
7,157
1,424
2,020
396
155
944
473
1,110
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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RPG

11.1

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APG

7.0

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ORTG

117.3

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DRTG

111.8

3rd

NETRTG

5.4

5th

3P%

34.9

21st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
41
13
.759
2
Spurs Spurs
36
16
.692
4.0
3
34
20
.630
7.0
4
32
19
.627
7.5
5
32
20
.615
8.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
2/10
@
10:30 PM
Wed
2/11
@
10:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
8:30 PM
Sat
2/21
@
8:00 PM
Mon
2/23
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Mavericks

19 - 33

125

Final

138

SAS Spurs

36 - 16

Sat 7 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
39
13
.750
2
34
19
.642
5.5
3
34
19
.642
5.5
4
33
21
.611
7.0
5
32
22
.593
8.0
6
30
23
.566
9.5
7
28
24
.538
11.0
8
28
27
.509
12.5
9
26
29
.473
14.5
10
25
29
.463
15.0
11
24
30
.444
16.0
12
21
30
.412
17.5
13
15
37
.288
24.0
14
14
38
.269
25.0
15
13
40
.245
26.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
41
13
.759
2
36
16
.692
4.0
3
34
20
.630
7.0
4
32
19
.627
7.5
5
32
20
.615
8.0
6
33
22
.600
8.5
7
31
22
.585
9.5
8
29
25
.537
12.0
9
26
28
.481
15.0
10
25
27
.481
15.0
11
20
32
.385
20.0
12
19
33
.365
21.0
13
17
37
.315
24.0
14
15
40
.273
26.5
15
12
43
.218
29.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
1/13
@
126-128
Tue
1/13
@
118-109
Tue
1/13
@
101-112
Tue
1/13
@
105-119
Wed
1/14
@
111-118

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
2/10
@
7:30 PM
Tue
2/10
@
8:00 PM
Tue
2/10
@
9:00 PM
Tue
2/10
@
10:30 PM
Wed
2/11
@
7:00 PM