nba best defensive ratings guards

Cason Wallace has the lowest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 104.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
NBA best defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games guards this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
104.9
2025-26
31
27.4
7.8
3.0
2.3
2.2
0.2
3.0
7.2
41.4
1.4
4.0
34.7
0.5
0.6
80.0
52.6
0.8
2.2
0.9
850
243
93
70
69
7
27
64
+296
2Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
106.5
2025-26
31
33.3
32.0
4.8
6.4
1.5
0.7
10.9
19.6
55.6
2.1
5.0
41.9
8.1
9.2
88.0
67.6
0.5
4.3
1.9
1,033
991
148
199
46
23
60
63
+376
3Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
111.3
2025-26
28
35.9
26.5
6.3
9.6
1.6
0.8
9.3
20.2
46.1
2.0
6.2
32.8
5.8
7.1
81.8
56.7
1.2
5.1
3.9
1,006
741
177
270
44
22
110
94
+212
4Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.2
2025-26
29
25.8
13.4
3.0
3.5
1.6
0.6
4.9
10.7
45.3
2.7
6.3
42.9
1.0
1.3
78.9
59.5
0.3
2.7
1.2
748
390
86
101
46
17
34
60
+211
5Josh Hart
J. Hart
112.6
2025-26
28
30.3
12.3
8.0
5.1
1.4
0.3
4.6
9.3
49.8
1.6
4.0
38.9
1.5
1.8
83.7
61.1
1.8
6.3
2.1
849
343
225
142
38
8
60
71
+90
6Norman Powell
N. Powell
113.4
2025-26
27
31.3
23.7
4.1
2.7
1.3
0.3
7.9
16.5
47.6
2.8
7.0
39.9
5.3
6.1
86.1
61.9
0.4
3.7
1.9
846
641
110
73
36
7
51
63
+77
7Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
113.5
2025-26
25
35.2
29.3
5.2
3.7
1.4
0.8
9.9
20.2
49.2
3.3
8.4
39.7
6.2
7.6
81.1
62.4
0.7
4.4
3.0
879
733
129
92
35
20
74
49
+33
8Brandin Podziemski
B. Podziemski
113.6
2025-26
32
27.8
12.4
4.6
3.3
1.1
0.2
4.4
9.6
45.9
1.9
4.8
39.6
1.7
2.3
76.4
58.8
0.8
3.8
1.6
890
398
146
105
35
6
50
70
+30
9Anthony Black
A. Black
114.0
2025-26
32
29.6
15.1
4.2
3.5
1.3
0.6
5.5
12.0
45.7
1.5
4.2
35.6
2.7
3.9
68.5
55.2
0.9
3.3
2.2
948
483
135
111
42
20
69
87
+27
10Donte DiVincenzo
D. DiVincenzo
114.4
2025-26
32
31.8
13.6
4.4
4.0
1.3
0.5
4.4
10.7
41.4
3.0
8.0
37.7
1.7
2.2
76.1
58.1
1.0
3.4
1.3
1,017
435
142
129
41
15
41
81
+154
11Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
114.8
2025-26
32
32.4
16.5
4.3
6.4
1.2
0.1
5.8
13.0
44.3
2.5
6.8
36.9
2.5
3.0
81.4
57.6
0.5
3.8
1.8
1,038
527
138
205
37
4
59
67
+59
12Derrick White
D. White
115.0
2025-26
29
33.3
18.3
4.2
5.1
1.3
1.3
6.3
15.8
39.8
3.3
9.4
35.7
2.4
2.9
85.5
53.9
0.7
3.5
1.9
967
532
122
149
37
38
55
53
+171
13Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
115.0
2025-26
28
39.7
30.7
4.4
6.9
1.8
0.9
10.5
22.8
46.1
3.6
9.3
39.1
6.1
6.8
89.0
59.6
0.3
4.1
2.7
1,111
860
122
193
50
24
75
66
+28
14Devin Vassell
D. Vassell
115.1
2025-26
31
32.0
15.3
4.0
2.5
0.9
0.5
5.3
12.5
42.5
2.7
7.0
38.5
1.9
2.2
86.8
56.6
0.5
3.5
0.9
991
473
125
77
29
15
29
65
+147
15Cedric Coward
C. Coward
115.1
2025-26
30
27.1
13.6
6.2
2.9
0.6
0.3
4.9
10.4
46.6
1.5
4.5
33.1
2.3
2.8
82.4
58.1
1.5
4.7
1.5
812
407
186
87
17
10
46
60
+28
16Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
115.2
2025-26
30
29.9
9.3
2.5
7.4
1.3
0.1
3.8
7.8
48.3
1.0
2.7
36.6
0.8
1.2
63.9
55.8
0.4
2.1
1.5
897
279
75
221
38
2
45
87
+99
17Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
115.4
2025-26
31
28.3
13.5
4.0
5.1
1.4
0.3
4.7
10.9
43.6
2.9
6.8
42.5
1.1
1.3
87.5
59.1
1.0
3.0
1.9
876
419
124
158
42
10
59
47
+111
18Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.6
2025-26
22
36.5
33.7
8.5
8.7
1.5
0.6
10.4
22.6
46.1
3.4
10.5
32.2
9.5
11.9
80.1
60.6
0.8
7.6
4.3
802
741
186
191
34
13
94
55
+29
19Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
115.7
2025-26
32
34.1
11.5
6.5
5.7
2.0
0.3
5.0
10.3
48.8
0.2
1.7
13.0
1.2
1.9
61.3
51.4
2.2
4.3
2.3
1,092
367
207
183
63
11
74
70
+3
20Ryan Rollins
R. Rollins
115.8
2025-26
32
31.2
17.2
4.2
5.8
1.6
0.4
6.7
13.9
48.0
2.3
5.8
39.8
1.6
2.1
74.6
58.1
0.8
3.4
2.4
998
550
134
185
51
12
77
90
-25
21Jaylen Wells
J. Wells
116.2
2025-26
31
27.5
12.5
3.5
1.8
1.0
0.1
4.2
9.8
43.1
1.7
5.0
34.6
2.3
2.8
79.5
56.3
0.9
2.6
1.0
854
386
109
55
32
3
32
65
-13
22Josh Giddey
J. Giddey
116.3
2025-26
29
33.3
19.5
9.1
9.2
1.0
0.4
6.8
14.4
47.0
1.9
4.9
39.0
4.0
5.3
75.5
58.1
1.2
7.9
3.7
966
566
264
267
28
11
106
54
-20
23Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
116.6
2025-26
30
33.9
30.2
4.5
5.4
1.4
0.3
10.6
21.3
49.7
4.0
10.2
39.0
5.0
5.9
84.8
63.1
0.8
3.7
3.1
1,017
906
136
163
43
9
94
75
+161
24VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
116.7
2025-26
26
35.0
15.5
5.4
4.0
1.2
0.4
5.8
13.8
41.7
2.0
5.6
36.6
2.0
2.5
77.3
51.9
1.9
3.5
1.7
910
404
141
103
31
11
44
86
+56
25Bruce Brown
B. Brown
117.0
2025-26
31
24.6
7.2
4.2
2.1
1.0
0.3
2.8
6.1
46.3
0.5
1.5
33.3
1.0
1.3
80.0
53.9
1.1
3.0
1.0
764
224
129
66
31
8
32
75
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32.0

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RPG

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APG

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Team Rankings

ORTG

120.3

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DRTG

106.2

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NETRTG

14.1

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36.8

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
27
5
.844
2
23
8
.742
3.5
3
22
9
.710
4.5
4
19
10
.655
6.5
5
19
10
.655
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/2
@
10:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
8:00 PM
Mon
1/5
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
PHI 76ers

16 - 14

104

Final

129

OKC Thunder

27 - 5

Sun 28 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
24
7
.774
2
22
9
.710
2.0
3
19
11
.633
4.5
4
19
14
.576
6.0
5
18
14
.563
6.5
6
16
14
.533
7.5
7
17
15
.531
7.5
8
17
16
.515
8.0
9
15
16
.484
9.0
10
15
18
.455
10.0
11
13
19
.406
11.5
12
11
20
.355
13.0
13
10
19
.345
13.0
14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
6
26
.188
18.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
27
5
.844
2
23
8
.742
3.5
3
22
9
.710
4.5
4
19
10
.655
6.5
5
19
10
.655
6.5
6
20
12
.625
7.0
7
18
13
.581
8.5
8
16
16
.500
11.0
9
15
16
.484
11.5
10
12
19
.387
14.5
11
12
19
.387
14.5
12
12
21
.364
15.5
13
9
21
.300
17.0
14
8
23
.258
18.5
15
8
25
.242
19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/25
@
112-100
Tue
11/25
@
115-102
Tue
11/25
@
104-100
Thu
11/27
@
112-109
Thu
11/27
@
116-123

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
9:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
9:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:30 PM