knicks guards with best defensive rating in history

Walt Frazier has the lowest career defensive rating by a Knicks guard, with a 97.5 rating.

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knicks guards with best defensive rating with a minimum of 5000 minutes played in history

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	97.5	11,656	293	39.8	19.7	5.8	6.1	2.0	0.2	8.0	16.6	48.1				3.7	4.5	81.5	52.8	1.2	4.6		5,767	1,694	1,779	589	47		774
2	Charlie Ward C. Ward	99.9	13,295	580	22.9	6.5	2.7	4.2	1.3	0.2	2.3	5.6	41.3	1.0	2.8	36.6	0.9	1.1	77.0	53.6	0.4	2.3	1.7	3,753	1,561	2,451	744	125	993	1,221	+761
3	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	101.4	6,146	293	21.0	6.5	1.9	4.2	1.1	0.1	2.3	5.9	40.0	0.4	1.4	29.0	1.4	1.9	73.8	48.5	0.4	1.5	1.3	1,906	559	1,237	336	41	386	573
4	Chris Childs C. Childs	102.0	7,956	303	26.3	6.5	2.5	4.6	0.8	0.1	2.4	5.6	41.7	0.6	1.7	35.8	1.2	1.5	80.1	51.9	0.3	2.2	1.9	1,983	771	1,380	251	29	571	948	+108
5	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	102.9	13,948	463	30.1	16.9	2.7	3.6	1.0	0.3	6.9	14.4	48.1	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.7	82.4	52.7	0.6	2.1	1.6	7,832	1,236	1,667	473	121	305	1,061
6	John Starks J. Starks	103.6	17,271	602	28.7	14.1	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.1	5.1	12.0	42.3	1.6	4.7	34.5	2.4	3.1	76.9	53.0	0.5	2.1	2.0	8,489	1,602	2,394	711	84	1,198	1,677	+300
7	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	103.7	9,279	243	38.2	16.5	6.8	8.4	2.9	0.5	6.8	14.5	46.7	0.3	1.3	22.0	2.7	4.0	67.3	50.8	2.1	4.7	3.9	4,016	1,649	2,031	710	111	952	835
8	Ray Williams R. Williams	104.0	11,474	399	28.8	16.4	3.8	5.7	1.9	0.3	6.5	14.0	46.4	0.2	0.8	25.8	3.3	4.1	79.4	51.8	1.3	2.4	3.1	6,555	1,500	2,260	750	121	1,237	1,324
9	Darrell Walker D. Walker	104.8	5,836	245	23.8	10.6	2.7	4.2	1.8	0.3	4.0	9.2	42.9	0.0	0.2	9.5	2.6	3.6	72.3	48.8	1.2	1.5	2.4	2,585	665	1,029	440	72	590	662
10	Derek Harper D. Harper	105.0	6,920	216	32.0	11.7	2.2	4.8	1.3	0.1	4.4	9.7	45.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	1.8	2.4	74.2	54.6	0.3	1.9	1.9	2,534	482	1,046	290	19	410	537
11	Allan Houston A. Houston	106.0	21,724	602	36.1	18.5	3.1	2.5	0.7	0.2	6.8	15.4	44.4	1.5	3.8	39.9	3.4	3.9	87.2	54.3	0.4	2.7	2.2	11,165	1,847	1,476	410	96	1,315	1,482	+183
12	Hubert Davis H. Davis	106.7	5,618	262	21.4	9.5	1.4	1.9	0.5	0.1	3.5	7.4	47.4	1.2	2.7	44.9	1.3	1.5	83.0	58.8	0.4	1.0	1.0	2,492	356	501	128	27	271	455
13	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	106.9	15,363	500	30.7	11.1	4.0	8.0	1.4	0.1	4.4	9.6	45.6	0.5	1.7	31.9	1.8	2.4	74.3	51.9	1.1	2.8	2.5	5,544	1,986	4,005	720	40	1,249	980	-336
14	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	108.3	14,347	663	21.6	8.6	2.1	2.1	1.0	0.1	3.6	7.9	45.9	0.8	1.9	40.9	0.7	0.9	75.0	52.4	0.7	1.4	0.8	5,725	1,412	1,423	634	79	561	1,490
15	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	109.0	9,955	347	28.7	9.6	2.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	8.7	46.8	0.1	0.4	25.0	1.3	1.7	81.0	50.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	3,334	734	2,164	374	41	731	872
16	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	109.8	17,017	555	30.7	14.9	3.2	3.5	1.1	0.2	6.1	13.3	46.1	0.4	1.2	30.9	2.2	3.0	73.4	50.8	1.3	2.0	2.2	8,258	1,800	1,939	614	132	1,220	1,233
17	Raymond Felton R. Felton	109.9	6,404	187	34.2	13.4	3.1	6.6	1.4	0.3	5.1	12.3	41.7	1.3	3.9	33.7	1.9	2.3	80.3	50.4	0.8	2.4	2.5	2,501	585	1,225	269	52	460	400	+275
18	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	111.3	10,866	287	37.9	18.2	2.9	7.0	1.2	0.1	6.3	14.2	44.0	1.2	3.5	34.8	4.5	5.7	79.4	54.6	0.6	2.3	2.7	5,232	841	2,004	342	26	769	669	-645
19	Nate Robinson N. Robinson	111.9	7,725	312	24.8	12.5	2.9	2.8	0.9	0.1	4.5	10.4	42.9	1.3	3.8	35.3	2.3	2.8	79.5	53.8	0.9	2.0	1.5	3,897	903	862	291	19	481	819	-270
20	Josh Hart J. Hart	112.2	8,348	249	33.5	11.5	8.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	4.4	8.8	49.7	1.2	3.2	36.2	1.5	2.0	76.7	59.1	1.7	6.6	1.8	2,860	2,074	1,191	303	79	442	599	+950
21	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	112.8	11,023	299	36.9	17.6	2.9	4.4	1.1	0.2	6.0	14.8	40.7	2.0	5.7	35.3	3.6	4.3	84.0	52.9	0.5	2.4	2.4	5,269	864	1,308	326	59	703	556	-951
22	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	113.8	6,109	253	24.1	12.9	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.1	4.3	10.2	42.1	1.9	5.2	37.0	2.4	2.8	86.1	56.6	0.5	2.7	1.1	3,272	798	755	180	32	288	491	+885
23	RJ Barrett	113.9	9,873	297	33.2	18.1	5.3	2.8	0.7	0.3	6.5	15.3	42.2	1.6	4.8	34.2	3.5	4.9	72.0	51.8	0.9	4.4	2.1	5,374	1,580	832	194	77	625	676	-413
24	Miles McBride M. McBride	115.6	5,133	277	18.5	7.1	1.6	1.9	0.7	0.2	2.6	6.2	40.9	1.4	3.8	37.4	0.6	0.8	78.1	54.2	0.4	1.2	0.5	1,975	453	520	203	42	134	391	+573
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	117.3	9,996	284	35.2	26.3	3.4	6.8	0.9	0.2	9.3	19.4	48.0	2.4	6.2	39.0	5.2	6.2	83.5	59.3	0.5	2.9	2.3	7,462	953	1,918	248	44	667	604	+1163

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

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More Knicks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 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