nba best center defensive rating 2022 2023

Centers had their best defensive rating in 2022-23, with a 111.7 rating.

	NAME	DRTG	POSITION	SEASON	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	Steven Adams S. Adams	107.8	Center	2022-23	42	27.0	8.6	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	3.7	6.3	59.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	3.1	36.4	56.4	5.1	6.5	1.9	1,133	361	485	97	36	46	79	98	+243
2	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	107.6	Center	2022-23	61	14.3	4.3	4.3	0.9	0.3	1.4	2.0	3.4	57.8	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.1	35.7	55.5	1.5	2.8	0.8	874	263	260	56	18	88	51	114	+48
3	Gorgui Dieng G. Dieng	118.2	Center	2022-23	31	11.5	3.9	3.5	1.7	0.1	0.5	1.5	3.8	38.5	0.7	2.4	28.0	0.3	0.4	76.9	49.3	0.9	2.6	1.0	358	121	107	53	4	14	32	57	-152
4	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	103.0	Center	2022-23	67	12.7	6.0	6.6	0.5	0.7	0.4	2.5	4.1	60.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.9	53.6	60.6	2.1	4.6	1.1	849	399	444	33	45	27	75	117	+25
5	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	109.5	Center	2022-23	70	30.7	13.4	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	5.1	7.8	65.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.9	64.4	67.5	3.3	8.3	1.7	2,148	939	814	87	56	95	122	210	-7
6	Al Horford A. Horford	111.6	Center	2022-23	63	30.5	9.8	6.2	3.0	0.5	1.0	3.6	7.6	47.6	2.3	5.2	44.6	0.2	0.3	71.4	63.1	1.2	5.0	0.6	1,921	616	390	189	30	61	37	121	+309
7	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	110.9	Center	2022-23	39	15.0	5.1	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	76.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.6	1.2	45.8	73.1	1.3	3.8	1.2	586	199	202	34	12	23	48	71	-119
8	Alex Len A. Len	111.5	Center	2022-23	26	6.2	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	53.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	68.8	58.0	0.9	1.4	0.6	161	43	60	12	4	11	16	28	+19
9	Meyers Leonard M. Leonard	112.9	Center	2022-23	9	12.7	4.8	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	1.6	3.2	48.3	0.8	2.0	38.9	0.9	1.0	88.9	65.2	1.3	2.4	0.7	114	43	34	1	2	0	6	16	-27
10	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	109.4	Center	2022-23	78	30.4	15.9	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	6.1	11.5	53.1	1.7	4.7	37.4	1.9	2.4	78.4	63.0	2.0	4.7	1.4	2,372	1,239	520	99	37	193	107	203	+398
11	Robin Lopez R. Lopez	113.7	Center	2022-23	37	8.1	3.0	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.3	2.0	64.0	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.4	0.5	77.8	67.5	0.6	0.8	0.7	298	112	51	19	2	8	25	43	-60
12	JaVale McGee J. McGee	112.4	Center	2022-23	42	8.4	4.4	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.9	3.0	64.0	0.0	0.1	40.0	0.6	1.0	58.5	65.0	0.7	1.8	0.9	354	186	107	11	4	26	36	54	-57
13	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	108.6	Center	2022-23	17	11.5	2.1	2.7	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.1	36.1	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.5	0.7	66.7	42.4	0.6	2.1	0.8	195	35	46	10	16	10	13	32	-76
14	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	115.4	Center	2022-23	68	28.6	12.5	6.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	4.1	8.2	49.9	1.4	3.5	39.4	2.9	3.4	85.3	64.3	1.2	5.0	2.5	1,942	847	420	252	60	37	168	232	+14
15	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	113.5	Center	2022-23	79	26.0	10.8	8.9	3.1	0.6	0.6	4.2	6.1	68.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.0	63.6	68.9	2.9	6.0	1.5	2,053	857	700	245	46	47	117	217	-269
16	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	110.4	Center	2022-23	79	24.9	14.1	10.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	5.6	10.3	54.7	0.5	1.4	34.9	2.3	2.8	82.6	61.0	2.8	7.3	2.0	1,968	1,115	804	140	20	52	159	245	-10
17	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	109.7	Center	2022-23	82	33.5	17.6	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	7.3	14.0	52.0	1.5	4.2	34.9	1.6	1.9	83.5	59.4	1.9	9.1	1.7	2,746	1,447	903	265	60	57	139	179	-20
18	Cody Zeller C. Zeller	113.7	Center	2022-23	15	14.5	6.5	4.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	2.5	3.9	62.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	2.3	68.6	65.9	1.7	2.6	0.9	217	98	64	10	3	4	14	33	-48
19	Mike Muscala M. Muscala	113.5	Center	2022-23	63	15.0	6.1	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	2.1	4.6	44.9	1.3	3.3	39.1	0.6	0.8	76.9	60.8	0.6	2.6	0.4	945	383	203	50	15	24	23	98	+204
20	Dewayne Dedmon D. Dedmon	109.7	Center	2022-23	38	11.2	5.2	3.5	0.7	0.2	0.5	2.0	4.0	51.0	0.3	1.0	30.8	0.9	1.3	67.3	57.7	0.9	2.6	0.7	426	199	134	26	9	19	25	75	-124
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	108.8	Center	2022-23	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
22	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	114.3	Center	2022-23	52	26.8	13.3	9.1	2.9	0.8	0.8	5.0	9.7	51.9	0.8	2.3	36.1	2.4	3.7	66.1	58.9	2.2	6.9	2.3	1,391	694	471	149	43	44	119	185	+9
23	Clint Capela C. Capela	111.8	Center	2022-23	65	26.6	12.0	11.0	0.9	0.7	1.2	5.4	8.2	65.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.0	60.3	65.6	4.0	7.1	0.8	1,730	779	717	58	45	79	54	139	-30
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.6	Center	2022-23	69	33.7	24.5	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
25	Dwight Powell D. Powell	116.3	Center	2022-23	76	19.2	6.7	4.1	0.9	0.6	0.3	2.6	3.5	73.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	2.2	66.7	73.8	2.0	2.2	0.9	1,458	506	314	69	48	26	65	209	+166
	Total	111.7			4,102	21.1	9.9	6.4	1.6	0.5	0.9	3.9	6.7	57.4	0.4	1.2	34.8	1.7	2.4	71.5	63.2	2.0	4.5	1.2	86,707	40,439	26,429	6,381	2,150	3,780	4,971	9,257	+1348
	Average	111.7			48.3	21.1	9.9	6.4	1.6	0.5	0.9	3.9	6.7	57.4	0.4	1.2	34.8	1.7	2.4	71.5	63.2	2.0	4.5	1.2	1020.1	475.8	310.9	75.1	25.3	44.5	58.5	108.9	15.9

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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