Kon Knueppel has the worst defensive rating for the Hornets this season, with a 117.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

hornets worst players defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season

	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	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	117.6	2025-26	CHA	54	32.1	18.9	5.5	3.6	0.7	0.2	6.5	13.4	48.4	3.4	7.9	43.1	2.6	2.8	90.2	64.6	1.2	4.3	2.2	1,734	1,021	297	192	37	13	119	116	+70
2	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	117.6	2025-26	CHA	42	22.3	14.2	1.9	3.7	0.9	0.2	4.8	9.9	48.8	1.4	3.5	39.3	3.2	3.7	87.7	61.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	938	596	80	157	36	7	89	75	-34
3	Sion James S. James	117.5	2025-26	CHA	55	23.9	5.6	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.3	1.7	4.6	37.8	1.0	2.7	36.5	1.2	1.4	85.5	54.3	0.6	2.9	0.9	1,316	309	189	107	30	17	50	100	-55
4	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	117.1	2025-26	CHA	53	32.2	18.2	6.1	3.5	0.5	0.5	6.5	14.5	44.9	2.1	6.5	32.7	3.1	3.6	84.5	56.5	1.0	5.1	1.5	1,707	963	322	184	27	26	78	98	-23
5	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	115.2	2025-26	CHA	45	27.7	19.3	4.8	7.4	1.1	0.2	6.8	17.0	40.1	3.4	9.5	36.3	2.2	2.5	88.5	53.3	0.8	4.0	3.0	1,247	867	216	332	50	10	136	117	+205
6	Brandon Miller B. Miller	115.1	2025-26	CHA	38	30.5	20.6	4.7	3.3	1.1	0.9	7.1	16.7	42.5	3.0	8.1	36.6	3.4	3.9	89.1	55.9	1.1	3.7	2.7	1,158	784	180	125	40	34	104	105	+155
7	Moussa Diabaté M. Diabaté	113.2	2025-26	CHA	50	25.2	8.2	8.6	1.6	0.7	1.0	3.2	5.1	63.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.8	2.7	66.2	65.7	3.7	5.0	0.9	1,258	411	431	78	33	49	46	121	+165
8	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	112.8	2025-26	CHA	43	22.9	8.2	6.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	3.5	4.6	75.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	67.5	75.9	2.5	3.5	1.0	986	354	257	28	27	64	45	73	-69

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Hornets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

20.6

Miller

RPG

8.6

Diabaté

APG

7.4

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.6

9th

DRTG

115.7

17th

NETRTG

1.9

11th

3P%

37.3

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	HOU	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Fri 2/20	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sun 2/22	CHA	@	WAS	6:00 PM
Tue 2/24	CHA	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Thu 2/26	CHA	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hawks

26 - 30

107

Final

110

Hornets

26 - 29

Wed 11 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.3

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Porter

3.6

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.9

Jokić

69.8

Williams

68.0

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

120.7

120.0

119.4

118.4

118.1

DRtg Rankings

107.8

109.2

111.7

112.4

112.8

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

8.0

7.2

6.3

6.0

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

12-44

14-39

15-41

15-40

15-38

18-38

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,586.3

Maxey

2,516.9

Johnson

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,662.5

Johnson

2,614

Maxey

2,587.5

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.6

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.43

Leonard

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.49

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

35-20

33-22

32-24

30-23-1

31-24

31-23

Worst Record ATS

21-35

21-32

22-31

23-32

23-30

23-30-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0
6	76ers	30	24	.556	10.5
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0
12	Bucks	23	30	.434	17.0
13	Nets	15	38	.283	25.0
14	Pacers	15	40	.273	26.0
15	Wizards	14	39	.264	26.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	42	14	.750
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0