highest defensive rating by year

Bub Carrington has the worst defensive rating in a season, with a 124.3 rating this season.

Interpreted as:
highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player by year
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
124.3
2025-26
64
27.6
9.8
3.6
4.6
0.7
0.2
3.5
8.6
40.0
2.0
5.0
39.1
1.0
1.3
72.9
53.4
0.5
3.2
2.3
1,767
630
233
292
43
14
150
143
-560
2Keyonte George
K. George
124.1
2025-26
54
33.1
23.6
3.7
6.1
1.1
0.3
7.4
16.3
45.6
2.5
6.7
37.1
6.2
7.0
89.2
60.9
0.4
3.3
3.1
1,786
1,275
199
332
58
14
166
120
-335
3Keyonte George
K. George
124.0
2023-24
75
27.0
13.0
2.8
4.4
0.5
0.1
4.3
10.9
39.1
2.0
5.9
33.4
2.5
3.0
84.8
53.3
0.2
2.6
2.5
2,023
974
211
332
36
7
188
91
-374
4Keyonte George
K. George
123.2
2024-25
67
31.5
16.8
3.8
5.6
0.7
0.1
5.4
13.7
39.1
2.6
7.6
34.3
3.5
4.3
81.8
53.9
0.4
3.4
2.7
2,109
1,125
253
377
46
9
183
111
-512
5Collin Sexton
C. Sexton
123.2
2023-24
78
26.6
18.7
2.6
4.9
0.8
0.2
6.5
13.3
48.7
1.6
4.2
39.4
4.1
4.7
86.2
60.7
0.9
1.7
2.1
2,075
1,458
205
383
62
18
165
154
-143
6Corey Kispert
C. Kispert
122.8
2023-24
80
25.8
13.4
2.8
2.0
0.5
0.2
4.8
9.9
48.6
2.3
6.0
38.3
1.4
2.0
72.6
62.0
0.4
2.4
1.2
2,067
1,070
225
156
41
16
98
141
-445
7Devin Booker
D. Booker
122.6
2024-25
75
37.3
25.6
4.1
7.1
0.9
0.2
8.7
18.9
46.1
2.4
7.3
33.2
5.8
6.4
89.4
58.9
1.0
3.1
2.9
2,795
1,923
305
529
67
16
220
198
-175
8DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
122.6
2025-26
65
31.6
18.1
3.0
3.8
1.1
0.3
6.3
12.9
48.5
0.6
2.0
32.6
4.9
5.6
86.3
58.6
0.4
2.6
1.1
2,052
1,174
197
250
72
20
72
127
-524
9Anfernee Simons
A. Simons
122.6
2022-23
62
35.0
21.1
2.6
4.1
0.7
0.2
7.5
16.9
44.7
3.4
9.1
37.7
2.6
2.9
89.4
58.1
0.3
2.3
2.1
2,170
1,306
161
253
42
14
128
142
-75
10AJ Green
AJ Green
122.6
2025-26
60
29.5
9.8
2.5
1.9
0.5
0.1
3.2
7.7
41.6
2.8
7.0
40.7
0.6
0.7
80.5
61.1
0.3
2.2
0.8
1,767
589
150
115
30
5
50
144
-49
11Jalen Green
J. Green
122.5
2022-23
76
34.2
22.1
3.7
3.7
0.8
0.2
7.4
17.9
41.6
2.5
7.3
33.8
4.8
6.1
78.6
53.8
0.6
3.2
2.6
2,602
1,683
284
281
59
18
200
131
-447
12Tyus Jones
T. Jones
122.3
2024-25
81
26.8
10.2
2.4
5.3
0.9
0.1
3.8
8.4
44.8
2.0
5.0
41.4
0.6
0.7
89.5
58.5
0.5
1.9
1.1
2,174
829
196
429
69
8
91
63
-92
13CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
122.1
2025-26
TOT
60
29.9
18.6
3.5
3.7
0.8
0.4
6.8
15.0
45.0
2.5
6.7
37.5
2.6
3.3
77.7
56.4
0.8
2.7
1.8
1,792
1,116
209
221
45
23
106
109
-60
14Keldon Johnson
K. Johnson
121.8
2022-23
63
32.7
22.0
5.0
2.9
0.7
0.2
8.0
17.7
45.2
2.1
6.5
32.9
3.9
5.2
74.9
55.1
0.9
4.2
2.1
2,063
1,385
318
183
46
11
134
125
-491
15Harrison Barnes
H. Barnes
121.6
2024-25
82
27.2
12.3
3.8
1.7
0.5
0.2
4.2
8.3
50.8
1.9
4.4
43.3
2.0
2.4
80.9
65.6
1.2
2.6
0.6
2,230
1,011
310
136
39
14
50
75
-25
16Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
121.5
2024-25
82
30.0
9.8
4.2
4.4
0.7
0.3
3.7
9.1
40.1
1.7
5.0
33.9
0.8
1.0
81.2
51.4
0.4
3.8
1.7
2,458
807
341
364
54
21
141
190
-798
17Saddiq Bey
S. Bey
121.5
2023-24
63
32.7
13.7
6.5
1.5
0.8
0.2
4.6
11.1
41.6
1.8
5.7
31.6
2.7
3.2
83.7
54.9
2.7
3.9
0.9
2,062
863
411
92
51
11
54
88
-19
18Tim Hardaway Jr.
T. Hardaway Jr.
121.4
2025-26
64
27.4
14.0
2.6
1.3
0.5
0.1
4.5
9.9
45.8
2.8
6.9
40.9
2.1
2.5
81.0
63.2
0.2
2.4
0.5
1,752
894
167
84
32
9
34
76
+110
19Jordan Poole
J. Poole
121.4
2023-24
78
30.1
17.4
2.7
4.4
1.1
0.3
6.3
15.2
41.3
2.4
7.2
32.6
2.5
2.8
87.7
52.9
0.4
2.3
2.4
2,346
1,356
212
343
86
25
188
244
-552
20KJ Martin
KJ Martin
121.2
2022-23
82
28.0
12.7
5.5
1.5
0.5
0.4
5.0
8.8
56.9
0.8
2.6
31.5
1.8
2.7
68.0
63.5
1.5
4.0
1.1
2,292
1,039
452
123
41
30
91
147
-368
21Collin Sexton
C. Sexton
121.0
2018-19
82
31.8
16.7
2.9
3.0
0.5
0.1
6.3
14.7
43.0
1.5
3.6
40.2
2.6
3.1
83.9
52.0
0.7
2.2
2.3
2,605
1,371
236
243
44
6
185
186
-672
22Bennedict Mathurin
B. Mathurin
121.0
2022-23
78
28.5
16.7
4.1
1.5
0.6
0.2
5.3
12.2
43.4
1.3
4.0
32.3
4.8
5.8
82.8
56.6
1.1
3.0
1.9
2,222
1,302
318
116
48
13
152
162
-179
23Dennis Schröder
D. Schröder
120.9
2023-24
TOT
80
31.1
14.0
3.0
6.1
0.8
0.2
5.0
11.6
43.5
1.7
4.6
37.5
2.2
2.7
83.6
55.0
0.5
2.5
1.9
2,486
1,122
242
488
63
17
153
164
-126
24Jaden Ivey
J. Ivey
120.9
2022-23
74
31.1
16.3
3.9
5.2
0.8
0.2
5.5
13.3
41.6
1.6
4.7
34.3
3.6
4.8
74.7
52.8
1.0
2.9
3.2
2,304
1,204
288
387
61
17
237
242
-642
25Saddiq Bey
S. Bey
120.8
2025-26
60
30.9
17.3
5.8
2.5
0.9
0.1
5.9
13.1
45.2
2.0
5.6
34.6
3.6
4.2
83.9
57.9
1.7
4.1
0.9
1,851
1,040
345
151
55
5
54
71
-154
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Wizards Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

18.8

McCollum

CJ McCollum

RPG

7.7

Sarr

Alex Sarr

APG

4.6

Carrington

Bub Carrington
Team Rankings

ORTG

110.9

26th

DRTG

121.8

29th

NETRTG

-11.0

30th

3P%

35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
27
37
.422
19.0
12
27
38
.415
19.5
13
17
48
.262
29.5
14
Wizards Wizards
16
48
.250
30.0
15
15
50
.231
31.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/12
@
7:00 PM
Sat
3/14
@
6:00 PM
Mon
3/16
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/17
@
7:00 PM
Thu
3/19
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Wizards

16 - 48

129

Final

150

MIA Heat

37 - 29

Tue 10 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
46
18
.719
2
43
22
.662
3.5
3
42
25
.627
5.5
4
40
26
.606
7.0
5
36
28
.563
10.0
6
37
29
.561
10.0
7
36
29
.554
10.5
8
35
30
.538
11.5
9
34
31
.523
12.5
10
33
33
.500
14.0
11
27
37
.422
19.0
12
27
38
.415
19.5
13
17
48
.262
29.5
14
16
48
.250
30.0
15
15
50
.231
31.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
51
15
.773
2
48
17
.738
2.5
3
40
24
.625
10.0
4
40
25
.615
10.5
5
40
25
.615
10.5
6
39
26
.600
11.5
7
38
27
.585
12.5
8
32
32
.500
18.0
9
32
33
.492
18.5
10
31
35
.470
20.0
11
23
41
.359
27.0
12
22
45
.328
29.5
13
21
44
.323
29.5
14
20
46
.303
31.0
15
16
50
.242
35.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
2/6
@
117-120
Fri
2/6
@
126-119
Fri
2/6
@
136-120
Fri
2/6
@
99-105
Fri
2/6
@
109-103

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/12
@
7:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
7:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
7:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/12
@
7:30 PM