defensive rating leaders in playoffs this year

Tolu Smith has the best defensive rating in the 2026 playoffs, with a 93.1 rating.

	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	Tolu Smith T. Smith	93.1	2025-26	DET	3	2.3	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	7	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	+4
2	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	97.4	2025-26	SAS	9	3.9	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.7	53.3	0.6	0.9	62.5	0.4	0.8	57.1	69.1	0.0	0.8	0.4	35	25	7	3	4	0	4	3	+5
3	Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	98.0	2025-26	NYK	8	8.8	2.1	3.9	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	45.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.9	46.7	48.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	70	17	31	2	2	5	5	17	+7
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	98.6	2025-26	SAS	17	32.5	23.2	10.8	2.7	0.9	3.5	7.8	15.2	51.0	1.8	4.8	37.0	5.9	6.8	87.0	63.6	2.2	8.6	2.7	552	394	183	46	16	60	46	44	+188
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	98.6	2025-26	NYK	14	30.2	16.9	10.6	5.9	1.2	1.4	5.6	9.9	57.2	1.6	3.2	48.9	4.1	4.6	89.1	71.3	2.6	8.0	2.6	423	237	148	82	17	19	37	54	+214
6	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	99.8	2025-26	SAS	6	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		66.7	0.0	0.7	0.2	18	4	4	2	0	3	1	4	-2
7	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	100.3	2025-26	NYK	13	8.5	4.2	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	3.3	48.8	0.7	1.7	40.9	0.2	0.2	100.0	60.9	0.0	0.9	0.6	110	54	12	14	9	2	8	10	+65
8	Joan Beringer J. Beringer	100.6	2025-26	MIN	5	4.6	3.2	2.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.8	55.6	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.6	75.0	63.9	1.0	1.2	0.6	23	16	11	0	2	2	3	0	+1
9	Josh Hart J. Hart	100.8	2025-26	NYK	14	33.0	11.4	8.6	4.6	1.8	0.1	4.4	10.0	44.3	1.4	4.7	30.3	1.1	1.9	61.5	52.8	1.0	7.6	2.1	462	160	121	64	25	2	29	34	+163
10	Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	101.1	2025-26	NYK	5	4.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	87.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	1.0	1.6	62.5	86.8	0.2	0.8	0.2	23	20	5	2	1	1	1	2	-14
11	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	101.1	2025-26	NYK	13	14.2	5.3	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	73.7	0.0	0.0		1.0	3.3	30.2	60.6	2.5	3.0	0.5	184	69	71	4	6	8	6	21	+67
12	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	101.4	2025-26	DET	9	6.4	1.4	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.4	30.8	0.2	0.9	25.0	0.3	0.6	60.0	42.8	0.1	1.4	0.3	58	13	14	1	4	2	3	9	+15
13	Ron Harper Jr. R. Harper Jr.	101.6	2025-26	BOS	6	4.2	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.5	44.4	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		61.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	25	11	4	1	3	0	0	1	+8
14	OG Anunoby	101.8	2025-26	NYK	12	33.8	19.7	6.9	1.9	1.6	1.0	6.6	11.4	57.7	2.3	4.8	48.3	4.2	4.9	84.7	72.4	1.2	5.8	0.6	406	236	83	23	19	12	7	32	+180
15	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	102.7	2025-26	ORL	4	30.5	16.8	5.5	3.5	2.8	0.3	6.3	14.3	43.9	0.8	2.3	33.3	3.5	3.8	93.3	52.7	1.0	4.5	1.5	122	67	22	14	11	1	6	8	+23
16	Luke Kornet L. Kornet	103.3	2025-26	SAS	18	14.1	4.5	4.4	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.8	3.1	58.9	0.1	0.1	100.0	0.8	1.0	77.8	63.4	2.0	2.4	0.6	254	81	79	14	10	16	11	31	-13
17	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	103.4	2025-26	DET	14	30.5	8.2	7.9	3.1	2.0	1.8	3.5	6.9	50.5	0.1	0.5	14.3	1.1	2.2	51.6	52.0	3.2	4.6	1.6	427	115	110	44	28	25	23	41	+4
18	Tari Eason T. Eason	104.3	2025-26	HOU	6	32.5	13.8	6.7	1.7	2.5	0.7	5.2	10.8	47.7	1.7	5.0	33.3	1.8	2.2	84.6	58.7	2.0	4.7	0.8	195	83	40	10	15	4	5	22	+10
19	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	104.6	2025-26	ORL	6	13.8	2.8	4.0	0.3	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	71.4	47.0	2.2	1.8	0.7	83	17	24	2	2	10	4	14	-25
20	Sidy Cissoko S. Cissoko	104.7	2025-26	POR	4	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.5	1.3	40.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	52.7	0.5	0.8	0.3	26	11	5	1	4	0	1	4	+6
21	Pacôme Dadiet P. Dadiet	104.8	2025-26	NYK	7	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.3	50.0	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.1	0.3	50.0	59.2	0.3	0.7	0.3	40	20	7	3	2	0	2	1	-3
22	Joe Ingles J. Ingles	104.9	2025-26	MIN	3	4.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.3	0.7	50.0	90.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	14	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	+5
23	Anthony Black A. Black	104.9	2025-26	ORL	7	28.0	8.6	3.1	1.4	2.1	0.7	2.9	7.7	37.0	1.0	3.1	31.8	1.9	3.0	61.9	47.4	0.3	2.9	0.7	196	60	22	10	15	5	5	19	-61
24	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	105.6	2025-26	SAS	18	30.4	11.3	5.8	1.5	1.3	0.6	3.8	8.4	45.4	2.6	6.5	39.3	1.1	1.3	79.2	62.4	0.9	4.9	0.5	547	203	104	27	24	10	9	42	+149
25	Mohamed Diawara M. Diawara	105.9	2025-26	NYK	6	7.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	2.2	23.1	0.2	1.0	16.7	0.0	0.0		26.9	0.2	1.3	0.5	43	7	9	6	1	0	3	3	-12

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.1

Cunningham

RPG

8.5

Duren

APG

7.5

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
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

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Cavaliers

4 - 3

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Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.8

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

119.3

116.5

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

106.1

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.1

10.4

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

864.6

Wembanyama

695.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

691

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

852.3

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

700.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.57

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

59-41

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

54-42

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