current centers with best defensive rating 2024

Rudy Gobert had the best defensive rating by an active center in 2023-24, with a 104.4 rating.

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current centers with best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games 2024

	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	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	104.4	2023-24	MIN	76	34.1	14.0	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	5.3	8.1	66.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.8	67.6	3.8	9.2	1.6	2,593	1,061	982	102	52	162	119	238	+411
2	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	107.0	2023-24	CHI	79	17.1	8.4	9.0	0.5	0.9	0.6	3.4	6.1	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.8	59.2	57.6	3.4	5.6	1.0	1,351	663	708	37	73	48	81	140	+26
3	Naz Reid N. Reid	107.3	2023-24	MIN	81	24.2	13.5	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	5.0	10.5	47.7	2.1	5.0	41.4	1.3	1.8	73.6	59.5	0.9	4.3	1.4	1,964	1,090	423	106	63	73	111	172	+248
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.0	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	10.4	17.9	58.3	1.1	2.9	35.9	4.5	5.5	81.7	65.0	2.8	9.5	3.0	2,737	2,085	976	708	108	68	238	195	+684
5	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	108.1	2023-24	NYK	75	25.3	7.8	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	3.1	4.9	64.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.5	2.1	70.7	67.0	3.3	5.1	1.2	1,896	582	626	188	87	85	93	210	+406
6	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	108.2	2023-24	PHX	76	27.3	10.9	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	4.2	8.3	51.0	0.3	1.2	24.4	2.2	3.4	64.0	55.9	2.9	8.1	2.3	2,078	829	837	301	81	80	175	254	+404
7	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	108.5	2023-24	MIA	71	34.0	19.3	10.4	3.9	1.1	0.9	7.5	14.3	52.1	0.2	0.6	35.7	4.1	5.5	75.5	57.6	2.2	8.1	2.3	2,416	1,367	737	278	81	66	162	159	+50
8	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.5	2023-24	CLE	50	30.6	15.7	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	6.4	11.0	58.0	0.4	1.2	37.3	2.5	3.4	71.9	62.6	2.2	7.1	1.8	1,532	785	468	160	45	72	90	134	+33
9	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	108.7	2023-24	MIN	62	32.7	21.8	8.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.4	2.2	5.3	41.6	4.1	4.7	87.3	62.5	1.5	6.8	2.9	2,026	1,349	515	189	43	41	177	204	+321
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	108.7	2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	34.7	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
11	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	109.9	2023-24	NOP	82	23.5	12.2	8.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	4.9	8.8	55.9	0.5	1.5	30.8	2.0	2.5	78.5	61.9	2.3	6.5	1.4	1,925	1,002	721	173	32	68	111	218	+158
12	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	110.3	2023-24	CLE	77	31.7	16.5	10.5	2.7	0.7	1.1	6.7	10.6	63.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.1	74.2	66.4	3.2	7.4	1.6	2,442	1,271	811	210	53	81	121	147	+200
13	Al Horford A. Horford	110.7	2023-24	BOS	65	26.8	8.6	6.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	3.3	6.4	51.1	1.7	4.0	41.9	0.4	0.5	86.7	65.0	1.3	5.1	0.7	1,740	562	413	168	38	62	48	93	+421
14	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	111.0	2023-24	BKN	71	29.8	11.8	9.9	2.1	0.6	2.1	5.2	8.2	62.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.5	2.8	55.1	62.9	2.7	7.2	1.3	2,116	841	706	147	46	146	93	175	-278
15	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	111.0	2023-24	ORL	55	25.6	11.0	6.9	1.7	0.6	0.5	4.1	7.7	52.5	1.2	3.1	37.4	1.7	2.4	69.4	62.3	2.0	4.9	1.2	1,406	603	381	95	35	28	68	121	+52
16	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	111.0	2023-24	HOU	63	32.5	21.1	9.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	8.4	15.6	53.7	0.5	1.8	29.7	3.9	5.6	69.3	58.5	2.9	6.4	2.6	2,046	1,331	589	312	76	46	162	211	+49
17	Moritz Wagner M. Wagner	111.7	2023-24	ORL	80	17.7	10.9	4.3	1.2	0.5	0.3	4.2	6.9	60.1	0.5	1.4	33.0	2.1	2.6	81.4	67.6	1.5	2.9	1.2	1,415	868	347	96	39	21	97	160	+93
18	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	111.9	2023-24	DAL	55	23.5	8.8	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	4.0	5.4	74.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.5	50.6	72.8	2.5	4.4	0.9	1,294	483	378	60	36	77	50	144	+144
19	Drew Eubanks D. Eubanks	112.4	2023-24	PHX	75	15.6	5.1	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.4	60.1	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.0	1.2	77.4	64.5	1.4	2.9	0.8	1,169	379	322	63	28	61	61	115	-106
20	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	112.5	2023-24	SAC	82	35.7	19.4	13.7	8.2	0.9	0.6	7.7	13.0	59.4	0.4	1.1	37.9	3.6	5.1	70.4	63.7	3.6	10.1	3.3	2,928	1,593	1,120	673	74	48	272	250	+69
21	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	112.7	2023-24	MEM	66	32.2	22.5	5.5	2.3	1.2	1.6	7.8	17.6	44.4	1.8	5.5	32.0	5.1	6.3	80.8	55.2	1.3	4.2	2.4	2,124	1,486	365	154	80	106	160	235	-340
22	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	113.0	2023-24	LAC	68	26.4	11.7	9.2	1.4	0.3	1.2	5.0	7.6	64.9	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.4	72.3	67.1	2.9	6.3	1.2	1,795	794	626	93	22	83	79	180	+184
23	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	114.0	2023-24	POR	55	32.4	16.7	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	7.8	13.6	57.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	1.2	1.4	82.3	58.7	3.2	7.9	1.8	1,784	920	609	90	56	42	99	109	-318
24	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	114.1	2023-24	MIL	79	30.5	12.5	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.4	4.6	9.6	48.5	1.9	5.1	36.6	1.4	1.7	82.1	60.8	1.5	3.7	1.0	2,411	990	409	127	43	189	79	191	+278
25	Daniel Theis D. Theis	114.4	2023-24	TOT	60	16.9	6.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.6	4.9	53.2	0.4	1.2	36.6	0.6	0.8	76.0	59.7	1.4	2.7	0.7	1,015	376	244	61	21	51	42	127	+62

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.3

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RPG

11.1

Gobert

APG

5.4

Randle

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.1

6th

DRTG

113.2

7th

NETRTG

4.9

7th

3P%

37.5

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 2/20	DAL	@	MIN	7:30 PM
Sun 2/22	PHI	@	MIN	7:00 PM
Tue 2/24	MIN	@	POR	10:00 PM
Thu 2/26	MIN	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Sun 3/1	MIN	@	DEN	3:30 PM

Last Game

Trail Blazers

26 - 29

109

Final

133

Timberwolves

34 - 22

Wed 11 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.3

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Porter

3.6

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.9

Jokić

69.8

Williams

68.0

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

120.7

120.0

119.4

118.4

118.1

DRtg Rankings

107.8

109.2

111.7

112.4

112.8

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

8.0

7.2

6.3

6.0

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

12-44

14-39

15-41

15-40

15-38

18-38

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,586.3

Maxey

2,516.9

Johnson

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,662.5

Johnson

2,614

Maxey

2,587.5

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.6

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.43

Leonard

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.49

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

35-20

33-22

32-24

30-23-1

31-24

31-23

Worst Record ATS

21-35

21-32

22-31

23-32

23-30

23-30-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0
6	76ers	30	24	.556	10.5
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0
12	Bucks	23	30	.434	17.0
13	Nets	15	38	.283	25.0
14	Pacers	15	40	.273	26.0
15	Wizards	14	39	.264	26.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	42	14	.750
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/16	PHX	@	NYK	106-99
Fri 1/16	IND	@	DET	78-121
Fri 1/16	OKC	@	MIA	120-122
Fri 1/16	MIN	@	SAS	123-126
Fri 1/16	CHA	@	GSW	116-136

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	ATL	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	BKN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	IND	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	HOU	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	DET	@	NYK	7:30 PM

Rudy Gobert had the best defensive rating by an active center in 2023-24, with a 104.4 rating.

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