highest defensive rating in a career by an nba player since 2000 minimum 500 games played

Since 1999-00, Malik Monk has the highest defensive rating when playing 500+ games, with a 116.9 rating.

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	NAME	DRTG	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	Malik Monk M. Monk	116.9	585	22.7	12.3	2.6	3.1	0.6	0.3	4.4	10.2	43.4	1.8	5.1	35.5	1.6	1.9	85.1	55.7	0.4	2.2	1.6	13,305	7,216	1,494	1,842	354	198	935	963	-442
2	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	116.2	551	27.4	11.4	3.4	2.9	0.9	0.4	4.3	9.8	44.2	2.0	5.5	36.8	0.7	1.0	76.2	56.0	0.6	2.8	1.2	15,114	6,294	1,878	1,592	507	199	655	1,196	+362
3	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	115.9	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	13,739	6,738	1,612	789	387	67	474	779	+378
4	Doug McDermott D. McDermott	115.9	726	19.3	8.5	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	3.2	6.8	46.8	1.4	3.5	41.0	0.7	0.9	80.6	59.2	0.4	1.7	0.6	14,011	6,162	1,492	686	152	67	449	1,014	-522
5	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	115.8	561	30.0	19.2	3.2	5.3	0.7	0.1	7.0	14.4	48.5	1.7	4.5	38.5	3.4	4.1	82.6	58.9	0.5	2.7	1.8	16,830	10,748	1,796	2,952	408	56	1,025	1,065	+1645
6	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	115.8	825	26.8	15.3	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.2	5.7	13.1	43.7	1.8	5.3	33.6	2.1	2.5	82.9	53.9	0.9	2.4	1.8	22,107	12,651	2,650	2,307	644	125	1,479	1,389	-1253
7	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	115.6	526	28.0	14.0	3.3	3.2	1.0	0.2	5.1	11.6	43.6	2.4	6.3	38.1	1.4	1.7	84.5	56.4	0.5	2.8	1.4	14,750	7,344	1,738	1,667	515	131	746	1,116	+124
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	115.6	737	34.3	24.6	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.3	2.1	6.0	35.2	5.4	6.2	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	25,294	18,120	2,966	3,908	628	208	2,236	2,140	+231
9	Buddy Hield B. Hield	115.3	765	27.4	14.5	4.0	2.4	0.9	0.3	5.3	12.2	43.3	2.9	7.3	39.5	1.1	1.3	85.6	57.0	0.7	3.3	1.6	20,999	11,122	3,052	1,846	653	236	1,203	1,503	-660
10	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	115.2	893	27.3	13.7	2.8	1.8	0.6	0.1	4.7	11.2	41.9	2.3	6.3	36.5	2.0	2.4	81.5	55.7	0.3	2.5	0.9	24,389	12,230	2,544	1,594	537	118	842	1,410	+62
11	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	115.2	693	32.7	20.7	4.0	3.9	0.9	0.3	7.4	15.7	47.0	2.4	6.0	39.1	3.6	4.3	83.5	58.8	0.4	3.6	2.6	22,685	14,338	2,773	2,684	599	193	1,799	1,457	-2104
12	Tyus Jones T. Jones	115.1	749	20.6	7.3	1.9	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.8	6.4	44.1	1.0	2.6	37.2	0.7	0.8	82.0	54.0	0.3	1.7	0.8	15,402	5,448	1,450	3,181	704	68	582	552	-404
13	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	115.1	621	27.7	13.0	3.0	5.1	0.7	0.3	4.2	10.2	41.4	1.6	4.7	33.3	3.0	3.8	79.6	54.9	0.4	2.6	1.6	17,219	8,078	1,851	3,153	448	167	1,007	1,345	-551
14	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.0	501	30.9	15.9	6.1	2.8	0.7	0.7	5.9	12.9	46.1	1.8	5.2	33.8	2.3	2.7	82.5	56.5	1.1	5.1	1.6	15,457	7,956	3,077	1,381	368	328	782	921	-1136
15	Jamal Murray J. Murray	114.9	611	31.8	18.9	3.8	5.0	1.0	0.4	6.9	15.0	45.9	2.3	5.8	39.0	2.8	3.2	87.4	57.5	0.7	3.1	2.1	19,451	11,528	2,348	3,044	608	226	1,257	1,113	+2463
16	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	114.6	603	33.0	21.1	3.9	6.1	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.6	47.2	1.6	4.7	33.1	3.9	5.2	74.7	55.9	0.6	3.3	2.7	19,891	12,735	2,352	3,707	845	240	1,613	1,545	-61
17	Luke Kennard L. Kennard	114.6	538	23.1	9.6	2.8	2.3	0.6	0.1	3.4	7.3	46.6	1.9	4.3	44.2	0.9	1.0	88.5	61.8	0.3	2.4	0.9	12,440	5,169	1,483	1,219	304	64	509	716	+492
18	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	114.6	931	31.1	15.2	2.3	2.7	0.8	0.3	5.2	12.1	43.0	2.2	6.0	37.3	2.6	3.2	80.9	56.5	0.4	1.9	1.8	28,957	14,167	2,115	2,511	780	325	1,679	1,613	-150
19	CJ McCollum	114.6	863	31.9	19.5	3.6	3.8	0.9	0.4	7.4	16.4	45.3	2.5	6.4	39.5	2.2	2.7	79.6	55.6	0.7	3.0	1.8	27,528	16,838	3,119	3,298	768	362	1,561	1,801	+995
20	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	114.5	655	29.4	17.0	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.3	6.1	14.3	42.7	2.5	6.8	36.3	2.3	2.9	79.3	54.4	0.5	2.9	2.6	19,239	11,132	2,177	3,690	678	209	1,695	1,231	-1074
21	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	114.5	500	26.2	11.5	2.6	1.9	0.5	0.2	3.9	8.9	43.7	2.8	7.1	39.9	0.8	1.0	84.8	61.4	0.2	2.4	1.0	13,122	5,737	1,318	936	269	97	478	1,129	+1127
22	Seth Curry S. Curry	114.4	560	22.3	9.9	2.0	1.9	0.6	0.1	3.6	7.7	47.1	1.7	3.9	43.3	0.9	1.1	86.4	60.6	0.3	1.7	0.9	12,511	5,547	1,136	1,045	362	73	531	824	+546
23	Bruce Brown B. Brown	114.3	539	24.8	8.7	4.2	2.4	0.9	0.5	3.4	7.1	47.6	0.6	1.8	34.4	1.3	1.7	76.7	55.3	1.0	3.1	1.1	13,373	4,694	2,247	1,291	503	243	595	1,265	-615
24	Joe Harris J. Harris	114.3	504	24.4	10.3	3.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	3.8	7.8	47.9	2.0	4.7	43.6	0.7	1.0	77.1	62.3	0.5	2.5	1.0	12,297	5,185	1,521	790	241	95	522	1,009	-231
25	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	114.2	548	29.6	14.8	3.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	5.5	13.0	42.1	1.9	5.3	35.3	2.0	2.4	81.0	52.5	0.8	2.5	1.5	16,198	8,101	1,797	1,081	506	133	802	1,809	+400

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.2

Miller

RPG

8.7

Diabaté

APG

7.1

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.4

5th

DRTG

114.4

12th

NETRTG

5.0

8th

3P%

37.8

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIA	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 10/26	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hornets

1 - 1

Final

121

Magic

1 - 1

Fri 17 Apr 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