lebron james best defensive rating season

LeBron James had his best defensive rating in a season in 2011-12, with a 97.3 rating.

	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	LeBron James L. James	97.3	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
2	LeBron James L. James	99.0	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
3	LeBron James L. James	100.3	2006-07	CLE	78	40.9	27.3	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	9.9	20.8	47.6	1.3	4.0	31.9	6.3	9.0	69.8	55.2	1.1	5.7	3.2	3,190	2,132	526	470	125	55	250	171	+377
4	LeBron James L. James	100.9	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	64.0	1.3	6.8	3.0	2,877	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
5	LeBron James L. James	101.5	2010-11	MIA	79	38.8	26.7	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	9.6	18.8	51.0	1.2	3.5	33.0	6.4	8.4	75.9	59.4	1.0	6.5	3.6	3,063	2,111	590	554	124	50	284	163	+619
6	LeBron James L. James	101.7	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
7	LeBron James L. James	102.6	2015-16	CLE	76	35.6	25.3	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	9.7	18.6	52.0	1.1	3.7	30.9	4.7	6.5	73.1	58.8	1.5	6.0	3.3	2,709	1,920	565	514	104	49	249	143	+618
8	LeBron James L. James	103.4	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
9	LeBron James L. James	103.6	2007-08	CLE	75	40.4	30.0	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	10.6	21.9	48.4	1.5	4.8	31.5	7.3	10.3	71.2	56.8	1.8	6.1	3.4	3,027	2,250	592	539	138	81	255	165	+139
10	LeBron James L. James	104.2	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	31.4	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
11	LeBron James L. James	104.5	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
12	LeBron James L. James	104.6	2014-15	CLE	69	36.1	25.3	6.0	7.4	1.6	0.7	9.0	18.5	48.8	1.7	4.9	35.4	5.4	7.7	71.0	57.7	0.7	5.3	3.9	2,493	1,743	416	511	109	49	272	135	+539
13	LeBron James L. James	104.8	2013-14	MIA	77	37.7	27.1	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.3	10.0	17.6	56.7	1.5	4.0	37.9	5.7	7.6	75.0	64.9	1.1	5.9	3.5	2,902	2,089	533	488	121	26	270	126	+410
14	LeBron James L. James	106.1	2020-21	LAL	45	33.4	25.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	9.4	18.3	51.3	2.3	6.3	36.5	4.0	5.7	69.8	60.2	0.6	7.0	3.7	1,504	1,126	346	350	48	25	168	70	+287
15	LeBron James L. James	106.2	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	25.3	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
16	LeBron James L. James	107.9	2018-19	LAL	55	35.2	27.4	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	10.1	19.9	51.0	2.0	5.9	33.9	5.1	7.6	66.5	58.8	1.0	7.4	3.6	1,937	1,505	465	454	72	33	197	94	+115
17	LeBron James L. James	108.4	2016-17	CLE	74	37.8	26.4	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	18.2	54.8	1.7	4.6	36.3	4.8	7.2	67.4	61.9	1.3	7.3	4.1	2,795	1,954	639	646	92	44	303	134	+483
18	LeBron James L. James	109.0	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	27.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
19	LeBron James L. James	111.4	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	30.3	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
20	LeBron James L. James	113.0	2022-23	LAL	55	35.5	28.9	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	58.3	1.2	7.1	3.2	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
21	LeBron James L. James	113.6	2024-25	LAL	70	34.9	24.4	7.8	8.2	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.1	51.3	2.1	5.7	37.6	3.7	4.7	78.2	60.4	1.0	6.8	3.7	2,444	1,710	546	575	70	39	260	99	-54
22	LeBron James L. James	114.5	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	25.7	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
23	LeBron James L. James	116.3	2025-26	LAL	56	33.4	20.6	6.0	6.9	1.1	0.6	7.8	15.2	51.1	1.3	4.1	31.3	3.8	5.2	74.4	59.1	0.8	5.3	2.9	1,870	1,154	337	388	62	34	165	78	+58

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

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.1

Powell

RPG

10.0

Adebayo

APG

6.5

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.1

14th

DRTG

114.0

10th

NETRTG

2.1

13th

3P%

35.8

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Hornets	42	36	.538	14.5
9	Magic	41	36	.532	15.0
10	Heat	40	37	.519	16.0
11	Bucks	30	47	.390	26.0
12	Bulls	29	48	.377	27.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/4	WAS	@	MIA	3:00 PM
Tue 4/7	MIA	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Thu 4/9	MIA	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Fri 4/10	MIA	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sun 4/12	ATL	@	MIA	6:00 PM

Last Game

Celtics

51 - 25

147

Final

129

Heat

40 - 37

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.9

Edwards

RPG Leaders

13.0

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.1

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.8

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.3

Duren

67.8

Ayton

67.3

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.7

120.0

119.5

119.4

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.6

110.9

112.8

112.9

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.4

8.5

7.9

6.7

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

17-59

18-59

21-57

24-53

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,786

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,372.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,039.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,572.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

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

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-29

46-30-1

45-32

44-33

43-35

Worst Record ATS

31-46

32-44

33-45

33-44

33-43-1

34-43

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	56	21	.727
2	Celtics - x	52	25	.675	4.0
3	Knicks - x	50	28	.641	6.5
4	Cavaliers - x	48	29	.623	8.0
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	11.5
6	76ers	43	34	.558	13.0
7	Raptors	43	34	.558	13.0
8	Hornets	42	36	.538	14.5
9	Magic	41	36	.532	15.0
10	Heat	40	37	.519	16.0
11	Bucks - e	30	47	.390	26.0
12	Bulls - e	29	48	.377	27.0
13	Pacers - e	18	59	.234	38.0
14	Nets - e	18	59	.234	38.0
15	Wizards - e	17	59	.224	38.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	61	16	.792
2	Spurs - x	59	18	.766	2.0
3	Lakers - x	50	27	.649	11.0
4	Nuggets - x	49	28	.636	12.0
5	Rockets - x	48	29	.623	13.0
6	Timberwolves	46	31	.597	15.0
7	Suns	42	35	.545	19.0
8	Trail Blazers	40	38	.513	21.5
9	Clippers	39	38	.506	22.0
10	Warriors	36	41	.468	25.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	52	.325	36.0
12	Pelicans - e	25	53	.321	36.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	53	.312	37.0
14	Kings - e	21	57	.269	40.5
15	Jazz - e	21	57	.269	40.5