Darius Garland had the worst defensive rating in 2019-20, with a 119.4 rating in his rookie season.

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highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games players 2020

	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	Darius Garland D. Garland	119.4	2019-20	CLE	59	30.9	12.3	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	4.7	11.8	40.1	1.8	5.0	35.5	1.1	1.2	87.5	49.8	0.5	1.4	2.6	1,824	728	111	229	42	4	151	92	-295
2	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	118.0	2019-20	CLE	65	33.0	20.8	3.1	3.0	1.0	0.1	7.9	16.7	47.2	1.5	3.9	38.0	3.5	4.1	84.6	56.0	0.9	2.2	2.4	2,143	1,349	204	192	65	7	158	142	-397
3	CJ McCollum	117.5	2019-20	POR	70	36.5	22.2	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	8.7	19.4	45.1	2.8	7.3	37.9	2.0	2.6	75.7	54.1	0.7	3.6	1.8	2,556	1,556	297	310	54	42	127	183	+13
4	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	117.3	2019-20	ATL	63	32.0	12.3	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	4.4	10.8	41.0	1.7	4.8	35.5	1.7	2.3	76.4	52.1	0.7	3.8	1.6	2,018	778	286	112	44	18	103	182	-261
5	Trae Young T. Young	117.2	2019-20	ATL	60	35.3	29.6	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	9.1	20.8	43.7	3.4	9.5	36.1	8.0	9.3	86.0	59.5	0.5	3.7	4.8	2,120	1,778	255	560	65	8	289	104	-228
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	117.1	2019-20	POR	66	37.5	30.0	4.3	8.0	1.1	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	4.1	10.2	40.1	7.0	7.8	88.8	62.8	0.5	3.8	2.9	2,474	1,978	284	530	70	22	194	114	+84
7	Bradley Beal B. Beal	117.0	2019-20	WAS	57	36.0	30.5	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	10.4	22.9	45.5	3.0	8.4	35.3	6.8	8.0	84.2	57.9	0.9	3.3	3.4	2,053	1,741	242	347	71	23	194	126	-201
8	Cedi Osman C. Osman	117.0	2019-20	CLE	65	29.4	11.0	3.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	9.4	43.7	1.9	4.9	38.3	1.0	1.4	67.0	55.2	0.6	3.0	1.4	1,910	718	231	154	54	16	91	160	-350
9	Tony Snell T. Snell	116.8	2019-20	DET	59	27.8	8.0	1.9	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.9	6.5	44.5	1.7	4.3	40.2	0.5	0.5	100.0	59.8	0.2	1.7	0.5	1,641	474	111	127	32	15	31	101	-173
10	Eric Paschall E. Paschall	116.7	2019-20	GSW	60	27.6	14.0	4.6	2.1	0.5	0.2	5.3	10.7	49.7	0.6	2.2	28.7	2.7	3.5	77.4	57.1	1.4	3.2	1.6	1,654	837	275	127	32	13	94	125	-374
11	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	116.5	2019-20	ATL	56	31.4	12.2	4.1	3.8	0.9	0.5	4.5	10.9	41.3	2.3	6.0	38.0	0.9	1.1	82.8	53.6	0.6	3.4	1.6	1,760	684	228	213	51	27	87	139	-242
12	Ish Smith I. Smith	116.5	2019-20	WAS	68	26.3	10.9	3.2	4.9	0.9	0.4	4.5	10.1	44.7	0.9	2.5	36.7	0.9	1.3	72.1	50.9	0.4	2.8	1.4	1,787	740	219	334	59	30	95	106	-140
13	Langston Galloway L. Galloway	115.9	2019-20	DET	66	25.8	10.2	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	3.6	8.2	43.5	2.0	5.0	39.9	1.1	1.3	85.7	58.4	0.5	1.8	0.6	1,702	676	149	101	48	11	40	96	-143
14	Devonte' Graham D. Graham	115.8	2019-20	CHA	63	35.1	18.2	3.4	7.5	1.0	0.2	5.8	15.3	38.2	3.5	9.3	37.3	3.0	3.7	82.0	53.7	0.7	2.7	2.9	2,211	1,145	212	471	62	15	181	115	-185
15	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	115.5	2019-20	SAC	72	34.5	14.5	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.2	5.1	11.0	46.0	1.4	3.7	38.1	3.0	3.7	80.1	57.4	1.1	3.9	1.2	2,482	1,046	355	159	43	12	88	93	-124
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	115.3	2019-20	POR	58	32.8	15.4	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	5.8	13.5	43.0	1.5	3.9	38.5	2.3	2.8	84.5	52.5	1.2	5.1	1.7	1,902	895	368	85	49	27	100	171	+19
17	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	115.2	2019-20	DAL	71	29.5	15.8	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	5.4	12.5	43.4	2.9	7.2	39.8	2.1	2.6	81.9	58.1	0.4	2.9	1.0	2,091	1,121	232	137	41	5	69	125	+290
18	Glenn Robinson III G. Robinson III	115.1	2019-20	TOT	62	28.8	11.7	4.4	1.5	0.9	0.3	4.6	9.5	48.6	1.2	3.2	39.1	1.2	1.4	86.0	57.7	1.3	3.0	0.9	1,786	727	270	96	54	16	55	100	-296
19	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	115.0	2019-20	CHA	63	34.3	18.0	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.2	6.3	14.9	42.3	2.7	6.7	40.7	2.6	3.0	87.4	55.3	0.8	3.6	2.2	2,164	1,134	276	259	61	10	141	126	-397
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	114.6	2019-20	SAS	68	34.1	22.1	5.5	5.6	1.0	0.3	8.2	15.4	53.1	0.1	0.5	25.7	5.6	6.6	84.5	60.3	0.6	4.9	2.4	2,316	1,504	375	380	70	20	164	180	-118
21	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	114.4	2019-20	TOT	54	34.4	21.8	5.1	3.7	0.8	1.0	8.1	18.1	44.7	2.1	6.2	33.2	3.5	5.0	70.9	53.6	1.2	3.9	2.4	1,858	1,175	274	198	45	53	132	127	-201
22	Cory Joseph C. Joseph	114.3	2019-20	SAC	72	24.4	6.4	2.6	3.5	0.7	0.3	2.4	5.7	41.5	0.8	2.2	35.2	0.8	1.0	85.7	51.7	0.6	2.0	1.1	1,759	458	188	251	53	21	80	133	-45
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	114.1	2019-20	PHX	70	35.9	26.6	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	9.0	18.3	48.9	2.0	5.7	35.4	6.7	7.3	91.9	61.8	0.4	3.8	3.8	2,511	1,863	297	456	49	18	264	213	+130
24	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	114.1	2019-20	CLE	57	30.2	12.0	10.1	2.1	0.6	0.9	5.1	9.9	51.2	0.2	0.4	39.1	1.7	2.8	61.5	54.0	4.0	6.2	1.8	1,721	684	577	120	33	50	103	124	-377
25	RJ Barrett	113.9	2019-20	NYK	56	30.4	14.3	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	5.2	13.0	40.2	1.1	3.5	32.0	2.8	4.5	61.4	47.9	0.9	4.1	2.2	1,704	803	279	143	55	17	124	122	-325

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	PHX	@	CLE	3:30 PM

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132

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139

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PPG Leaders

34.1

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32.5

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31.7

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RPG Leaders

12.1

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11.6

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11.1

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APG Leaders

10.8

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9.2

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8.9

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SPG Leaders

2.4

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2.0

Daniels

1.9

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BPG Leaders

2.4

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2.0

Stewart

1.8

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3PM Leaders

4.9

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4.1

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3.8

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TS% Leaders

71.1

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71.0

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70.2

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DRtg Rankings

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NetRtg Rankings

15.8

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,757

Jokić

1,487.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,371.3

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DraftKings Points Leaders

1,869

Jokić

1,492.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,450.5

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USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.2

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33.4

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MPG Leaders

39.8

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36.9

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1.81

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1.63

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1.60

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1.93

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Worst Record ATS

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	23	6	.793
2	Knicks	20	8	.714	2.5
3	Celtics	18	11	.621	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	6.0
5	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	16	14	.533	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	8.0
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.5
10	Bulls	13	15	.464	9.5
11	Bucks	11	18	.379	12.0
12	Hornets	9	20	.310	14.0
13	Nets	8	19	.296	14.0
14	Pacers	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Wizards	5	22	.185	17.0

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1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	7	.750	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	19	10	.655	7.0
6	Rockets	17	9	.654	7.5
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.5
8	Warriors	15	15	.500	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	16	.448	13.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	17	.414	14.0
11	Mavericks	11	19	.367	15.5
12	Jazz	10	18	.357	15.5
13	Pelicans	8	22	.267	18.5
14	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	22	.241	19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 11/20	NOP	@	DAL	115-118
Thu 11/20	MIN	@	PHX	113-114
Thu 11/20	DEN	@	HOU	112-109
Thu 11/20	POR	@	GSW	127-123
Thu 11/20	OKC	@	UTA	144-112

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/23	BKN	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Tue 12/23	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Tue 12/23	MIL	@	IND	7:30 PM
Tue 12/23	CHI	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Darius Garland had the worst defensive rating in 2019-20, with a 119.4 rating in his rookie season.

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