current centers with best defensive rating by year

Nikola Vučević has the best defensive rating by an active center in a season, with a 96.8 rating in his rookie season in 2011-12.

Interpreted as:

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

	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	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	96.8	2011-12	PHI	51	15.9	5.5	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	2.6	5.7	45.0	0.1	0.2	37.5	0.4	0.7	52.9	46.2	1.7	3.1	0.6	812	283	246	31	20	34	33	111	+28
2	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	97.6	2015-16	LAC	77	33.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	4.6	6.6	70.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	8.0	43.0	62.8	3.5	10.3	1.4	2,598	980	1,059	90	51	177	107	207	+440
3	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	97.9	2014-15	UTA	82	26.3	8.4	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.2	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.3	62.3	62.7	3.2	6.2	1.4	2,158	686	775	109	64	189	111	175	+5
4	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	98.1	2015-16	DET	81	32.9	16.2	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	6.8	13.1	52.1	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.6	7.2	35.5	49.9	4.9	9.9	1.9	2,665	1,314	1,198	67	119	112	155	245	+126
5	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	98.4	2013-14	LAC	82	35.0	10.4	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	4.2	6.3	67.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.6	42.8	63.0	4.0	9.5	1.5	2,870	856	1,114	74	80	203	123	264	+492
6	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	98.5	2014-15	LAC	82	34.4	11.5	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	4.6	6.5	71.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.3	5.7	39.7	63.8	4.8	10.1	1.3	2,820	946	1,226	61	81	183	109	245	+621
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	98.7	2015-16	UTA	61	31.7	9.1	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	5.8	55.9	0.0	0.0		2.6	4.6	56.9	58.2	3.4	7.5	1.9	1,932	557	668	91	45	135	114	163	+150
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.0	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	10.9	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
9	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	99.1	2013-14	CHA	77	13.9	2.9	4.8	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.9	61.1	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.2	51.7	60.6	1.4	3.4	0.5	1,072	222	366	8	7	86	40	124	-42
10	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.1	2016-17	DET	81	29.7	13.6	13.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	6.0	11.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	1.7	4.4	38.6	51.8	4.3	9.5	1.9	2,409	1,105	1,115	90	124	89	152	237	-274
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	99.2	2016-17	UTA	81	33.9	14.0	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.9	65.3	68.1	3.9	8.9	1.8	2,744	1,137	1,035	97	49	214	147	246	+436
12	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.3	2012-13	DET	60	20.7	7.9	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.6	3.5	5.7	60.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.0	2.7	37.1	57.8	2.8	4.8	1.0	1,243	476	457	30	59	95	57	144	-51
13	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	99.4	2017-18	UTA	56	32.4	13.5	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	4.9	7.9	62.2	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.3	68.2	65.7	2.9	7.8	1.9	1,816	756	601	80	44	129	107	153	+341
14	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	99.4	2014-15	CHA	64	19.4	4.8	6.4	0.3	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	54.3	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.7	58.3	57.8	2.5	3.9	0.8	1,243	304	407	16	18	99	52	140	-33
15	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	100.1	2014-15	DET	82	30.5	13.8	13.5	0.7	0.9	1.9	6.0	11.7	51.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	4.5	38.9	50.4	5.3	8.1	1.5	2,502	1,130	1,104	55	73	153	120	285	-54
16	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	100.1	2019-20	MIL	68	26.7	12.0	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	4.3	9.9	43.5	1.5	4.8	31.4	1.9	2.2	83.6	55.1	0.9	3.7	1.0	1,817	813	312	99	46	163	70	163	+526
17	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.3	2018-19	UTA	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	5.9	8.8	66.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.4	63.6	68.2	3.8	9.0	1.6	2,577	1,284	1,041	161	66	187	130	231	+384
18	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	100.3	2018-19	DET	79	33.5	17.3	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	7.1	13.3	53.3	0.1	0.5	13.2	3.1	5.2	59.0	55.5	5.4	10.2	2.2	2,647	1,370	1,232	112	136	138	175	272	+176
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	100.4	2017-18	PHI	63	30.4	22.9	11.0	3.2	0.6	1.8	8.1	16.8	48.3	1.0	3.4	30.8	5.7	7.4	76.9	57.3	2.3	8.7	3.7	1,914	1,445	690	199	40	111	234	209	+483
20	Clint Capela C. Capela	100.5	2017-18	HOU	74	27.5	13.9	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	6.0	9.1	65.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.5	56.0	65.0	3.3	7.6	1.4	2,034	1,026	802	68	58	137	103	185	+372
21	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.5	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
22	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	100.7	2015-16	TOR	82	22.0	5.5	8.0	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.5	54.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.8	62.8	58.6	2.2	5.8	0.9	1,808	454	655	29	19	133	71	225	+85
23	Al Horford A. Horford	100.8	2015-16	ATL	82	32.1	15.2	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	6.5	12.8	50.5	1.1	3.1	34.4	1.3	1.6	79.8	56.5	1.8	5.5	1.3	2,631	1,249	596	263	68	121	107	163	+231
24	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	100.9	2014-15	DEN	62	17.8	6.9	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	2.8	6.2	44.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.1	63.6	48.3	2.0	4.1	1.4	1,103	426	382	50	52	68	86	207	-6
25	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	101.0	2025-26	SAS	64	29.2	25.0	11.5	3.1	1.0	3.1	8.6	16.9	51.2	1.9	5.5	34.9	5.8	7.0	82.7	62.6	2.0	9.5	2.4	1,866	1,600	736	199	66	197	155	156	+682

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Maxey

RPG

8.4

Drummond

APG

6.6

Maxey

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

17th

DRTG

115.5

16th

NETRTG

-0.2

18th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

144

Final

114

76ers

0 - 4

Sun 10 May 2026

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

Queta

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

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

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

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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