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

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LeBron James defensive rating in a regular season best in his career

	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	117.2	2025-26	LAL	36	33.3	22.0	5.8	7.1	1.1	0.6	8.2	16.3	50.2	1.4	4.6	30.5	4.2	5.6	74.6	58.5	0.7	5.1	3.1	1,200	791	209	254	39	21	111	49	-23

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

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PPG

23.0

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RPG

9.9

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APG

7.0

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Team Rankings

ORTG

114.7

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DRTG

112.4

4th

NETRTG

2.3

10th

3P%

36.0

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 2/20	MIA	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Sat 2/21	MEM	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Tue 2/24	MIA	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Thu 2/26	MIA	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 2/28	HOU	@	MIA	3:30 PM

Last Game

Heat

29 - 27

123

Final

111

Pelicans

15 - 41

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