highest ranked defense rating in nba in 2001

Richard Hamilton had the highest defensive rating in 2000-01, with a 110.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest ranked defense rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in NBA in 2001

	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	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	110.9	2000-01	WAS	78	32.3	18.1	3.1	2.9	1.0	0.1	7.0	16.0	43.8	0.5	1.9	27.4	3.6	4.1	86.8	50.8	1.0	2.1	2.6	2,519	1,411	238	224	75	10	201	203	-328
2	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	110.2	2000-01	DEN	71	37.9	17.7	3.4	8.5	0.9	0.3	6.5	15.7	41.4	1.9	5.0	37.7	2.9	3.5	81.9	51.5	0.6	2.8	2.3	2,688	1,259	241	600	61	18	165	109	-65
3	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	110.2	2000-01	CHI	61	41.6	19.7	3.9	3.3	1.3	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.6	0.2	0.8	30.4	3.1	3.7	82.5	49.2	1.2	2.7	2.1	2,535	1,202	236	201	78	27	129	148	-504
4	Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	109.3	2000-01	DEN	80	29.1	12.2	2.9	2.4	0.8	0.2	4.2	10.6	39.7	1.8	4.8	38.5	1.9	2.4	79.7	52.2	0.6	2.3	1.3	2,331	972	231	190	65	18	102	170	-110
5	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	109.3	2000-01	NJN	67	38.2	23.9	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	8.4	19.1	44.1	1.6	5.0	32.8	5.4	6.8	79.0	54.0	0.8	2.3	2.9	2,557	1,598	205	506	79	5	197	150	-259
6	Michael Dickerson M. Dickerson	109.2	2000-01	VAN	70	37.4	16.3	3.3	3.3	0.9	0.4	6.1	14.6	41.7	1.2	3.3	37.4	2.9	3.9	76.3	50.1	1.0	2.3	2.3	2,618	1,142	229	233	62	27	162	207	-280
7	George McCloud G. McCloud	109.0	2000-01	DEN	76	26.4	9.6	2.9	3.7	0.7	0.4	3.3	8.6	38.2	1.0	3.1	32.9	2.0	2.4	84.0	49.6	0.7	2.2	1.5	2,007	729	224	279	53	27	117	165	-212
8	Johnny Newman J. Newman	108.6	2000-01	NJN	82	25.0	10.9	2.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	3.5	8.5	41.9	0.7	2.1	33.5	3.1	3.6	85.5	54.2	0.4	1.7	1.3	2,049	895	176	115	63	10	106	229	-319
9	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	108.3	2000-01	GSW	82	41.4	24.9	8.7	2.0	1.4	0.3	9.8	22.1	44.2	0.8	2.5	30.2	4.7	6.5	71.5	49.9	3.4	5.3	2.4	3,394	2,044	715	164	114	28	199	225	-554
10	Jeff McInnis J. McInnis	108.2	2000-01	LAC	81	35.0	12.9	2.7	5.5	0.9	0.1	5.3	11.5	46.3	0.6	1.8	36.1	1.6	2.0	80.7	52.1	0.5	2.2	1.4	2,831	1,046	220	447	75	7	113	199	-265
11	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	107.9	2000-01	VAN	82	38.9	15.9	3.7	8.4	1.3	0.1	6.4	14.1	45.4	1.3	3.5	37.9	1.7	2.3	76.1	52.5	0.6	3.1	3.0	3,190	1,301	304	685	107	12	248	148	-383
12	Eric Piatkowski E. Piatkowski	107.6	2000-01	LAC	81	26.5	10.6	3.0	1.2	0.6	0.2	3.6	8.3	43.3	1.5	3.7	40.4	2.0	2.2	87.3	57.2	0.7	2.3	0.9	2,144	860	241	96	46	19	76	123	-59
13	Jason Terry J. Terry	107.3	2000-01	ATL	82	37.7	19.7	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.1	7.3	16.7	43.6	1.5	3.8	39.5	3.7	4.4	84.6	53.1	0.5	2.8	2.9	3,089	1,619	269	403	104	12	239	204	-302
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	107.1	2000-01	SEA	79	41.1	23.1	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	9.2	20.1	45.6	1.3	3.4	37.5	3.4	4.5	76.6	52.2	0.9	3.6	2.6	3,244	1,823	361	642	127	26	209	184	-14
15	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	106.9	2000-01	MIL	76	35.6	18.2	3.8	7.6	1.2	0.1	7.1	14.9	47.4	0.4	1.3	30.6	3.6	4.3	85.8	54.2	0.6	3.2	2.9	2,709	1,381	290	580	88	8	220	214	+171
16	Juwan Howard J. Howard	106.9	2000-01	TOT	81	36.7	18.0	7.1	2.8	0.9	0.5	7.2	15.0	47.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	4.7	77.3	52.7	2.1	5.0	3.0	2,974	1,462	572	224	75	37	242	292	-89
17	Vin Baker V. Baker	106.9	2000-01	SEA	76	28.0	12.2	5.7	1.2	0.5	1.0	4.6	10.8	42.2	0.0	0.2	6.3	3.1	4.2	72.3	48.1	2.4	3.3	2.1	2,129	927	430	90	38	73	158	264	-41
18	Lucious Harris L. Harris	106.7	2000-01	NJN	73	28.4	9.4	3.9	1.8	1.0	0.2	3.6	8.5	42.5	0.6	1.8	34.8	1.5	1.9	77.0	49.8	1.0	3.0	0.9	2,071	683	288	135	74	16	64	127	-194
19	Fred Hoiberg F. Hoiberg	106.7	2000-01	CHI	74	30.4	9.1	4.2	3.6	1.3	0.2	2.9	6.7	43.8	1.4	3.4	41.2	1.8	2.1	86.6	59.7	0.3	3.9	1.0	2,247	673	308	263	98	12	74	155	-363
20	Wally Szczerbiak W. Szczerbiak	106.4	2000-01	MIN	82	34.8	14.0	5.5	3.2	0.7	0.4	5.7	11.2	51.0	0.3	0.9	33.8	2.2	2.5	87.0	56.6	1.6	3.8	1.7	2,856	1,145	447	260	59	33	138	226	+224
21	Steve Smith S. Smith	106.2	2000-01	POR	81	31.4	13.6	3.4	2.6	0.6	0.3	4.4	9.7	45.6	1.0	2.8	33.9	3.8	4.3	89.0	58.7	1.1	2.3	1.7	2,542	1,105	272	213	48	24	137	203	+277
22	Rick Fox R. Fox	106.2	2000-01	LAL	82	27.9	9.6	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	3.5	7.9	44.4	1.4	3.7	39.3	1.2	1.5	77.9	56.2	1.0	3.0	1.7	2,291	787	325	262	70	29	136	225	+283
23	Steve Nash S. Nash	106.0	2000-01	DAL	70	34.1	15.6	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	5.5	11.3	48.7	1.3	3.1	40.6	3.3	3.7	89.5	60.3	0.7	2.5	2.9	2,387	1,092	223	509	72	5	205	158	+320
24	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	106.0	2000-01	HOU	79	38.0	19.5	5.0	2.5	1.1	0.3	6.7	15.4	43.4	1.1	3.2	35.7	5.0	6.0	83.1	54.1	1.1	4.0	2.1	3,002	1,538	397	195	84	26	165	169	+269
25	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	106.0	2000-01	GSW	69	34.1	11.0	3.9	6.7	2.4	0.3	4.6	11.6	39.6	1.1	3.3	32.4	0.8	1.1	69.7	45.5	1.0	2.9	1.9	2,352	760	272	462	163	20	128	134	-330

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Team Leaders

PPG

18.8

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RPG

7.8

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APG

4.6

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Team Rankings

ORTG

110.7

27th

DRTG

121.4

29th

NETRTG

-10.7

29th

3P%

35.4

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Bucks	26	34	.433	19.0
12	Bulls	25	37	.403	21.0
13	Wizards	16	45	.262	29.5
14	Nets	15	46	.246	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	30.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/5	UTA	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sun 3/8	WAS	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Tue 3/10	WAS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Thu 3/12	WAS	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sat 3/14	WAS	@	BOS	6:00 PM

Last Game

Wizards

16 - 45

109

Final

126

Magic

32 - 28

Tue 3 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.4

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.7

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.6

Jokić

67.5

Ayton

67.1

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.9

119.4

118.6

118.5

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.1

110.9

112.2

112.6

112.7

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

8.3

7.7

6.8

6.4

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-49

15-46

16-45

18-43

19-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,956.4

Maxey

2,853

Jokić

2,752.1

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,039

Jokić

2,983.3

Maxey

2,927

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

36.9

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

40-22

37-23-1

36-25

36-26

35-26

33-27-1

Worst Record ATS

24-39

26-36

25-34-1

26-35

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	15	.750
2	Celtics	41	20	.672	4.5
3	Knicks	40	22	.645	6.0
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.5
5	Raptors	35	26	.574	10.5
6	76ers	33	28	.541	12.5
7	Magic	32	28	.533	13.0
8	Heat	33	29	.532	13.0
9	Hornets	31	31	.500	15.0
10	Hawks	31	31	.500	15.0
11	Bucks	26	34	.433	19.0
12	Bulls	25	37	.403	21.0
13	Wizards	16	45	.262	29.5
14	Nets	15	46	.246	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	30.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	48	15	.762
2	Spurs	44	17	.721	3.0
3	Rockets	38	22	.633	8.5
4	Timberwolves	39	23	.629	8.5
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	9.5
6	Lakers	37	24	.607	10.0
7	Suns	35	26	.574	12.0
8	Warriors	31	30	.508	16.0
9	Clippers	29	31	.483	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	29	33	.468	18.5
11	Grizzlies	23	37	.383	23.5
12	Mavericks	21	40	.344	26.0
13	Pelicans	19	44	.302	29.0
14	Jazz	18	43	.295	29.0
15	Kings	14	49	.222	34.0