guards with highest defensive rating in nba

CJ McCollum has the highest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 124.9 rating.

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guards with highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in NBA this regular season

	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	CJ McCollum	124.9	2025-26	TOT	37	30.6	18.8	3.4	3.6	0.7	0.2	6.9	15.3	45.2	2.6	6.9	38.3	2.3	2.9	78.0	56.6	0.6	2.8	1.6	1,133	695	125	133	26	9	60	76	-151
2	Keyonte George K. George	124.5	2025-26	UTA	39	34.4	23.8	4.2	6.9	1.0	0.3	7.5	16.5	45.4	2.5	6.8	36.5	6.4	7.1	90.5	60.9	0.5	3.7	3.5	1,340	930	163	270	39	11	136	94	-206
3	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	124.5	2025-26	WAS	39	27.5	9.4	3.9	4.5	0.5	0.2	3.2	8.2	39.4	1.9	4.7	40.8	1.0	1.4	73.6	53.3	0.4	3.5	2.2	1,074	366	151	176	19	8	84	92	-342
4	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	122.1	2025-26	DEN	40	27.5	13.8	2.4	1.4	0.5	0.1	4.6	10.0	45.9	2.9	7.0	41.4	1.8	2.0	88.9	63.6	0.2	2.2	0.4	1,098	553	95	56	20	4	16	49	+129
5	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	120.8	2025-26	NYK	37	34.5	28.2	3.2	6.1	0.7	0.1	10.1	20.9	48.1	3.0	7.7	38.8	5.1	6.0	85.2	60.0	0.5	2.7	2.3	1,276	1,045	120	227	26	3	85	89	+135
6	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	120.8	2025-26	NOP	43	26.8	14.2	3.7	3.2	1.2	0.2	5.4	12.4	43.4	1.0	3.2	32.4	2.3	2.9	79.4	51.7	0.8	2.9	2.4	1,152	609	158	136	52	10	105	75	-279
7	AJ Green	120.7	2025-26	MIL	37	29.5	10.3	2.6	2.1	0.6	0.1	3.4	7.6	44.0	3.0	6.9	43.1	0.6	0.8	79.3	64.6	0.2	2.4	0.9	1,093	381	97	77	24	3	32	92	+62
8	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	119.7	2025-26	IND	32	31.7	17.4	2.6	7.1	1.0	0.2	6.1	13.8	44.1	1.8	5.0	36.5	3.4	4.2	81.5	55.7	0.4	2.3	2.2	1,014	556	84	226	31	5	71	73	-262
9	Jamal Murray J. Murray	119.6	2025-26	DEN	37	35.6	25.8	4.5	7.5	1.0	0.3	9.2	18.9	48.4	3.4	7.7	44.6	4.0	4.5	89.2	61.6	0.5	4.1	2.3	1,317	954	168	276	37	11	86	60	+230
10	Sion James S. James	119.2	2025-26	CHA	40	25.6	6.5	3.4	1.9	0.6	0.4	2.0	4.9	40.5	1.1	3.0	37.8	1.4	1.6	86.2	57.9	0.5	2.9	0.8	1,024	259	135	77	25	17	33	69	-55
11	James Harden J. Harden	118.9	2025-26	LAC	37	35.6	25.6	4.8	8.0	1.3	0.3	7.4	17.4	42.5	3.2	8.9	35.6	7.7	8.6	89.6	60.7	0.6	4.2	3.5	1,316	949	177	296	48	12	131	71	+9
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	118.4	2025-26	SAC	41	29.5	14.8	6.5	7.0	1.3	0.2	5.4	12.8	42.5	1.9	5.6	34.5	2.0	3.0	67.8	52.5	1.5	4.9	3.4	1,210	607	265	286	55	7	138	104	-262
13	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	118.4	2025-26	BOS	39	32.9	17.0	4.5	5.3	0.9	0.1	6.4	14.2	44.8	2.5	7.5	33.8	1.7	2.0	87.0	56.4	1.0	3.5	1.1	1,282	662	175	207	34	4	43	58	+169
14	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	118.3	2025-26	LAC	40	27.1	7.9	2.8	3.1	1.5	0.2	3.0	6.2	48.4	1.1	3.0	36.4	0.8	1.0	77.5	59.3	0.8	2.0	1.3	1,082	315	113	122	60	6	50	93	-80
15	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	118.1	2025-26	ATL	40	33.0	20.7	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.6	7.2	16.0	44.9	3.0	8.0	37.7	3.3	3.8	86.2	58.5	0.6	3.0	2.0	1,318	828	143	131	43	23	81	85	-15
16	Bruce Brown B. Brown	117.9	2025-26	DEN	41	24.7	7.1	4.2	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.8	6.1	45.2	0.5	1.5	31.7	1.1	1.5	76.7	52.6	1.1	3.1	1.0	1,012	291	173	88	40	9	43	97	-45
17	Max Christie M. Christie	117.2	2025-26	DAL	38	29.0	12.3	3.5	2.1	0.5	0.4	4.2	8.8	47.7	2.4	5.4	44.1	1.5	1.8	85.3	64.2	0.2	3.3	1.1	1,103	466	132	81	18	14	43	57	-130
18	Shaedon Sharpe S. Sharpe	117.1	2025-26	POR	37	29.8	21.5	4.4	2.6	1.5	0.1	8.1	17.9	45.2	1.9	5.9	32.7	3.3	4.3	77.2	54.1	1.1	3.3	2.9	1,102	794	162	96	54	5	108	73	-43
19	Desmond Bane D. Bane	117.1	2025-26	ORL	40	33.8	19.2	4.6	4.5	0.8	0.5	7.0	15.4	45.2	1.7	5.0	33.8	3.6	3.9	92.9	56.1	1.3	3.3	2.2	1,353	768	182	181	32	20	89	120	+72
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	116.8	2025-26	PHX	37	34.1	25.2	4.1	6.5	0.9	0.3	8.3	18.2	45.4	1.6	5.4	30.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	57.8	0.9	3.2	3.3	1,260	934	150	240	34	12	121	100	+150
21	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	116.7	2025-26	MEM	39	27.5	12.0	3.5	1.8	0.9	0.1	4.1	10.2	40.6	1.7	5.3	32.5	2.1	2.6	77.7	53.0	0.9	2.6	1.1	1,072	469	138	71	35	3	44	82	-69
22	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	116.5	2025-26	PHI	37	31.6	14.0	3.9	3.8	1.0	0.5	4.5	10.2	43.9	2.2	6.0	36.2	2.9	3.3	87.0	60.1	0.7	3.2	2.1	1,169	519	144	139	37	18	78	76	+53
23	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	116.4	2025-26	CHI	30	32.8	19.2	8.9	9.0	0.9	0.4	6.7	14.3	46.6	1.9	4.8	38.6	4.0	5.3	76.1	57.8	1.2	7.8	3.6	984	577	268	270	28	11	107	54	-21
24	Ryan Rollins R. Rollins	116.4	2025-26	MIL	40	31.8	16.5	4.5	5.5	1.5	0.4	6.3	13.5	46.5	2.3	5.8	39.8	1.6	2.1	77.4	57.1	0.8	3.7	2.3	1,271	659	180	220	59	16	93	111	-2
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	116.0	2025-26	CLE	38	33.8	29.7	4.7	5.6	1.5	0.3	10.3	20.9	49.2	3.9	10.1	38.7	5.1	6.1	84.8	62.8	0.8	3.9	3.0	1,286	1,127	180	212	56	10	113	96	+235

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.4

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.5

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.4

Gobert

11.2

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.1

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.6

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Williams

69.3

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

122.1

121.1

120.7

119.8

118.8

DRtg Rankings

106.8

110.5

112.3

112.5

112.9

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

13.1

7.3

6.8

6.6

5.7

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

9-32

10-33

10-29

11-30

11-27

14-26

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

2,004.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,904.1

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

2,010.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,997.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.4

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

28-12

25-16

23-15-1

23-17

Worst Record ATS

14-28

15-24

16-25

16-24

17-23-1

17-22

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	28	10	.737
2	Knicks	25	15	.625	4.0
3	Celtics	24	15	.615	4.5
4	Raptors	25	17	.595	5.0
5	76ers	22	17	.564	6.5
6	Magic	22	18	.550	7.0
7	Cavaliers	23	19	.548	7.0
8	Heat	21	19	.525	8.0
9	Hawks	20	22	.476	10.0
10	Bulls	19	21	.475	10.0
11	Bucks	17	23	.425	12.0
12	Hornets	14	26	.350	15.0
13	Nets	11	27	.289	17.0
14	Wizards	10	29	.256	18.5
15	Pacers	9	32	.220	20.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	34	7	.829
2	Nuggets	28	13	.683	6.0
3	Spurs	27	13	.675	6.5
4	Timberwolves	27	14	.659	7.0
5	Lakers	24	14	.632	8.5
6	Rockets	23	14	.622	9.0
7	Suns	24	16	.600	9.5
8	Warriors	22	19	.537	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	19	22	.463	15.0
10	Grizzlies	17	22	.436	16.0
11	Clippers	17	23	.425	16.5
12	Mavericks	15	26	.366	19.0
13	Jazz	14	26	.350	19.5
14	Kings	11	30	.268	23.0
15	Pelicans	10	33	.233	25.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/18	MIA	@	BOS	116-129
Thu 12/18	SAS	@	ATL	126-98
Thu 12/18	CHI	@	CLE	136-125
Thu 12/18	OKC	@	MIN	107-112
Fri 12/19	HOU	@	DEN	115-101

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/15	MEM	@	ORL	2:00 PM
Thu 1/15	PHX	@	DET	7:00 PM
Thu 1/15	OKC	@	HOU	7:30 PM
Thu 1/15	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Thu 1/15	MIL	@	SAS	8:00 PM

CJ McCollum has the highest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 124.9 rating.

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.4

31.9

30.5

12.2

11.4

11.2

11.0

9.7

9.0

2.2

2.1

1.9

2.3

2.1

2.1

4.6

3.9

3.8

71.3

70.2

69.3

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

2,035.3

2,004.5

1,904.1

2,165.8

2,010.3

1,997.8

38.0

36.2

33.4

39.4

37.0

36.4

1.84

1.59

1.54

1.96

1.69

1.55

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule