highest defensive rating players this year

Payton Pritchard has the worst defensive rating this season, with a 131.3 rating.

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	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	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	131.3	2026-27	BOS	1	28.0	17.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	9.0	44.4	2.0	5.0	40.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	67.9	2.0	2.0	0.0	28	17	4	1	0	0	0	2	-10
2	Derrick White D. White	131.3	2026-27	BOS	1	36.0	17.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	3.0	7.0	42.9	0.0	0.0		65.4	1.0	0.0	4.0	36	17	1	8	1	0	4	2	-4
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	131.0	2026-27	BOS	1	38.0	13.0	4.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	23.0	26.1	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	27.7	1.0	3.0	2.0	38	13	4	11	0	0	2	3	-5
4	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	118.5	2026-27	DET	1	28.0	21.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	5.0	9.0	55.6	6.0	8.0	75.0	77.7	0.0	2.0	3.0	28	21	2	2	1	0	3	4	+5
5	Devin Vassell D. Vassell	118.2	2026-27	SAS	1	31.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	8.0	25.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	39.4	0.0	3.0	0.0	31	7	3	1	0	0	0	4	+8
6	Dylan Harper D. Harper	116.6	2026-27	SAS	1	32.0	18.0	7.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	17.0	41.2	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	48.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	32	18	7	5	0	0	2	5	-6
7	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	116.6	2026-27	DET	1	35.0	22.0	4.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	18.0	44.4	1.0	6.0	16.7	5.0	5.0	100.0	54.5	0.0	4.0	5.0	35	22	4	8	1	1	5	0	-1
8	Stephon Castle S. Castle	116.0	2026-27	SAS	1	28.0	24.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	21.0	42.9	5.0	12.0	41.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	56.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	28	24	7	1	0	0	3	4	-2
9	John Collins J. Collins	114.4	2026-27	DET	1	25.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		42.9	2.0	3.0	0.0	25	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	-13
10	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	113.5	2026-27	DET	1	33.0	11.0	11.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	59.0	3.0	8.0	3.0	33	11	11	5	1	0	3	3	+12
11	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	111.8	2026-27	SAS	1	32.0	14.0	7.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	67.8	0.0	7.0	2.0	32	14	7	7	1	0	2	1	+1
12	Jalen Duren J. Duren	111.8	2026-27	DET	1	28.0	22.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.0	85.7	68.4	3.0	6.0	1.0	28	22	9	1	1	1	1	2	-1
13	Landry Shamet L. Shamet	109.7	2026-27	NYK	1	25.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	28.6	1.0	4.0	25.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	31.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	25	5	2	4	0	0	2	1	+11
14	Paul George P. George	108.7	2026-27	BOS	1	31.0	38.0	5.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	12.0	21.0	57.1	7.0	12.0	58.3	7.0	8.0	87.5	77.5	0.0	5.0	3.0	31	38	5	3	5	0	3	5	+9
15	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	107.8	2026-27	NYK	1	34.0	21.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	19.0	31.6	1.0	3.0	33.3	8.0	8.0	100.0	46.6	0.0	5.0	2.0	34	21	5	3	0	0	2	1	-11
16	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	107.2	2026-27	NYK	1	33.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	25.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		25.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	33	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	-15
17	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	106.1	2026-27	SAS	1	30.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	2.0	6.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		50.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	30	8	3	1	2	3	0	3	-24
18	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	105.8	2026-27	PHI	1	25.0	13.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	0.0	0.0		65.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	25	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	-5
19	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	102.5	2026-27	PHI	1	26.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	2.0	6.0	33.3	2.0	2.0	100.0	56.3	1.0	3.0	0.0	26	10	4	1	0	1	0	3	+3
20	OG Anunoby	102.4	2026-27	NYK	1	32.0	10.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	12.0	25.0	1.0	9.0	11.1	3.0	3.0	100.0	37.5	1.0	4.0	2.0	32	10	5	0	1	1	2	5	-20
21	VJ Edgecombe	101.4	2026-27	PHI	1	35.0	9.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	10.0	40.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	41.4	0.0	4.0	1.0	35	9	4	1	1	0	1	4	0
22	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	101.1	2026-27	OKC	1	31.0	14.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	60.8	4.0	3.0	1.0	31	14	7	2	0	4	1	0	-1
23	Josh Hart J. Hart	100.1	2026-27	NYK	1	30.0	14.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	61.8	0.0	7.0	2.0	30	14	7	3	1	1	2	3	+1
24	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	99.7	2026-27	OKC	1	25.0	9.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	92.2	0.0	6.0	0.0	25	9	6	1	1	0	0	1	+16
25	Jalen Williams J. Williams	98.7	2026-27	OKC	1	30.0	12.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	16.0	31.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	35.5	0.0	7.0	0.0	30	12	7	2	1	1	0	4	-5

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

38.0

George

RPG

6.0

Walsh

APG

11.0

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

2nd

DRTG

123.5

6th

NETRTG

-8.2

5th

3P%

40.5

2nd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sun 11/1	BOS	@	ORL	3:30 PM

Last Game

Celtics

0 - 1

113

Final

121

Pistons

1 - 0

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

1-0

Embiid

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5