Collin Sexton has the highest career defensive rating, with a 120.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest career defensive efficiency with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a player

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	120.5	12,721	430	29.6	18.6	2.8	3.7	0.8	0.1	6.7	14.3	47.1	1.5	3.9	38.8	3.6	4.3	84.1	57.4	0.9	1.9	2.3	8,009	1,192	1,598	332	58	1,004	960	-1973
2	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	120.4	11,130	419	26.6	14.8	2.5	3.2	0.5	0.1	5.3	12.2	43.0	2.5	6.5	38.0	1.9	2.1	88.0	56.4	0.3	2.1	1.6	6,222	1,037	1,333	214	52	657	769	-846
3	Trae Young T. Young	118.3	16,901	493	34.3	25.2	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.4	43.2	2.6	7.5	35.1	6.6	7.6	87.3	57.9	0.6	2.8	4.2	12,413	1,702	4,837	515	75	2,077	861	-158
4	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	118.0	10,629	356	29.9	14.8	4.1	1.6	0.7	0.3	5.2	11.5	44.9	1.8	4.9	36.7	2.7	3.2	82.3	57.3	0.6	3.4	1.4	5,268	1,454	557	243	102	491	975	-179
5	Jalen Green J. Green	117.4	10,069	309	32.6	20.1	4.3	3.3	0.8	0.3	7.0	16.5	42.2	2.5	7.4	34.2	3.6	4.5	79.8	54.3	0.5	3.7	2.4	6,204	1,314	1,034	242	91	731	478	-732
6	Jordan Poole J. Poole	117.0	11,743	426	27.6	16.8	2.7	3.8	0.9	0.3	5.7	13.5	42.0	2.5	7.2	34.2	3.0	3.5	88.0	56.1	0.4	2.3	2.3	7,166	1,136	1,601	367	120	981	1,078	-1035
7	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	116.9	10,997	333	33.0	17.5	3.7	8.8	1.5	0.6	6.3	13.3	47.7	2.6	6.6	39.2	2.3	2.7	85.5	60.6	0.6	3.0	2.1	5,842	1,218	2,947	490	199	711	440	-26
8	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	116.8	11,315	401	28.2	15.4	5.5	2.1	0.7	0.2	5.7	12.0	47.4	1.5	4.3	35.5	2.5	3.2	76.0	57.2	1.3	4.2	1.3	6,174	2,193	843	277	96	521	767	-1015
9	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	116.8	10,196	363	28.1	12.8	4.8	1.3	0.6	0.3	5.0	10.1	49.8	1.2	3.0	38.7	1.6	2.1	76.3	58.2	1.0	3.8	0.9	4,650	1,736	462	223	107	325	605	-257
10	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	116.6	12,501	445	28.1	13.5	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.2	4.8	11.4	42.1	2.4	6.2	38.9	1.5	1.8	82.2	55.4	0.4	1.9	0.7	5,986	1,024	648	505	77	307	698	-269
11	Coby White C. White	116.5	13,009	437	29.8	15.4	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.2	5.4	12.5	43.3	2.3	6.4	36.8	2.2	2.5	85.9	56.3	0.4	3.3	1.8	6,712	1,590	1,691	303	72	799	929	-325
12	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	116.4	14,187	508	27.9	11.6	3.4	2.9	0.9	0.4	4.4	9.9	44.3	2.1	5.6	37.2	0.8	1.0	75.9	56.2	0.6	2.8	1.2	5,910	1,726	1,475	466	181	614	1,135	+250
13	Malik Monk M. Monk	116.3	12,529	549	22.8	12.3	2.6	3.1	0.6	0.3	4.4	10.2	43.4	1.8	5.1	35.3	1.7	1.9	84.7	55.5	0.4	2.2	1.6	6,761	1,430	1,718	339	185	875	906	-266
14	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	116.2	11,262	345	32.6	20.4	3.1	4.6	1.0	0.4	7.3	15.8	46.1	2.3	6.0	38.2	3.5	4.0	87.0	57.9	0.3	2.8	1.5	7,034	1,072	1,591	336	131	520	698	+610
15	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	115.9	13,739	578	23.8	11.7	2.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	4.2	9.9	42.6	2.5	6.4	39.1	0.7	1.0	76.9	56.7	0.4	2.4	0.8	6,738	1,612	789	387	67	474	779	+376
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	115.8	15,233	515	29.6	18.7	3.2	5.1	0.7	0.1	6.9	14.1	48.8	1.7	4.3	38.8	3.3	4.0	82.5	59.1	0.5	2.7	1.8	9,646	1,641	2,629	373	50	912	966	+1465
17	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	115.8	21,466	784	27.4	15.7	3.3	2.9	0.8	0.2	5.9	13.5	43.6	1.8	5.5	33.6	2.1	2.6	82.8	53.9	0.9	2.4	1.9	12,344	2,583	2,258	629	121	1,454	1,332	-1306
18	Cedi Osman C. Osman	115.7	10,815	476	22.7	9.3	3.0	2.0	0.7	0.1	3.4	7.8	43.2	1.5	4.2	35.7	1.1	1.5	71.1	55.0	0.5	2.5	1.0	4,427	1,411	933	312	71	483	908	-1456
19	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	115.7	14,658	519	28.2	14.1	3.3	3.2	1.0	0.2	5.1	11.7	43.6	2.4	6.4	38.1	1.4	1.7	84.6	56.4	0.5	2.8	1.4	7,301	1,725	1,659	513	129	738	1,110	+149
20	Doug McDermott D. McDermott	115.6	13,602	700	19.4	8.6	2.1	1.0	0.2	0.1	3.2	6.8	47.0	1.4	3.4	41.1	0.7	0.9	80.4	59.3	0.4	1.7	0.6	6,013	1,458	665	146	63	437	988	-415
21	Grayson Allen G. Allen	115.6	10,786	421	25.6	10.8	3.0	2.1	0.8	0.3	3.6	8.0	45.0	2.2	5.3	41.3	1.4	1.7	85.3	61.7	0.5	2.5	1.0	4,544	1,265	886	323	116	430	680	+405
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	115.5	24,107	701	34.4	24.5	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.2	5.3	6.1	87.2	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	17,163	2,836	3,703	605	201	2,134	2,052	+108
23	Buddy Hield B. Hield	115.3	20,700	743	27.9	14.7	4.0	2.4	0.9	0.3	5.3	12.4	43.2	2.9	7.4	39.5	1.1	1.3	85.9	57.0	0.7	3.3	1.6	10,955	3,008	1,819	637	229	1,187	1,484	-651
24	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.2	14,137	455	31.1	16.0	6.2	2.8	0.7	0.7	6.0	13.0	45.9	1.8	5.2	33.8	2.3	2.8	82.8	56.2	1.1	5.1	1.6	7,275	2,822	1,256	340	313	721	848	-1402
25	Darius Garland D. Garland	115.2	13,206	399	33.1	18.8	2.7	6.7	1.2	0.1	6.9	15.2	45.1	2.4	6.1	38.7	2.7	3.1	86.8	56.7	0.5	2.1	2.9	7,493	1,060	2,672	459	46	1,177	733	+835

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.2

Mitchell

RPG

9.1

Mobley

APG

6.7

Garland

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.3

10th

DRTG

115.6

16th

NETRTG

1.8

11th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	76ers	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Heat	17	15	.531	7.5
8	Cavaliers	17	16	.515	8.0
9	Bulls	15	16	.484	9.0
10	Hawks	15	18	.455	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	PHX	@	CLE	3:30 PM
Fri 1/2	DEN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sun 1/4	DET	@	CLE	2:00 PM
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

17 - 16

100

Final

117

Rockets

19 - 10

Sat 27 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.8

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.4

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.1

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.7

Murphy

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.4

Jokić

71.3

Ayton

70.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.5

122.6

122.2

121.9

120.0

119.7

DRtg Rankings

106.2

111.3

112.2

112.3

113.1

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

13.8

8.8

8.2

6.9

6.7

6.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-26

6-23

8-25

8-23

9-21

10-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,998.3

Jokić

1,572.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,526.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,127

Jokić

1,612.8

Johnson

1,579

Gilgeous-Alexander

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.5

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.62

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.72

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

21-10

20-13

17-11-1

17-12

18-13

Worst Record ATS

10-23

11-19

12-20

11-18

12-19

13-19

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	24	7	.774
2	Knicks	22	9	.710	2.0
3	Celtics	19	11	.633	4.5
4	Magic	18	14	.563	6.5
5	Raptors	18	14	.563	6.5
6	76ers	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Heat	17	15	.531	7.5
8	Cavaliers	17	16	.515	8.0
9	Bulls	15	16	.484	9.0
10	Hawks	15	18	.455	10.0
11	Bucks	13	19	.406	11.5
12	Hornets	11	20	.355	13.0
13	Nets	10	19	.345	13.0
14	Wizards	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Pacers	6	26	.188	18.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	5	.839
2	Spurs	23	8	.742	3.0
3	Nuggets	22	9	.710	4.0
4	Rockets	19	10	.655	6.0
5	Lakers	19	10	.655	6.0
6	Timberwolves	20	12	.625	6.5
7	Suns	18	13	.581	8.0
8	Warriors	16	15	.516	10.0
9	Grizzlies	15	16	.484	11.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	19	.387	14.0
11	Jazz	12	19	.387	14.0
12	Mavericks	12	21	.364	15.0
13	Clippers	9	21	.300	16.5
14	Kings	8	23	.258	18.0
15	Pelicans	8	25	.242	19.0