nba best defensive ratings guards

Cason Wallace has the best defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 106.8 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
106.8
2025-26
57
27.1
8.9
3.2
2.6
2.1
0.3
3.4
7.8
43.4
1.4
4.0
36.0
0.6
0.8
75.0
54.0
0.9
2.3
1.0
1,547
506
180
147
117
15
56
117
+406
2Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
109.0
2025-26
49
33.3
31.8
4.4
6.4
1.3
0.8
10.9
19.7
55.4
1.8
4.6
39.0
8.2
9.2
89.2
67.0
0.6
3.9
2.1
1,632
1,558
218
314
64
38
103
101
+549
3Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
109.5
2025-26
51
34.9
25.4
5.7
9.8
1.5
1.0
8.9
19.5
45.9
2.0
6.0
33.9
5.5
6.8
81.2
56.6
0.9
4.8
3.7
1,782
1,296
292
501
76
50
190
161
+417
4Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.4
2025-26
49
29.7
16.6
4.9
6.8
1.3
0.3
5.7
12.1
46.7
1.0
3.6
29.3
4.2
5.8
72.5
56.5
1.2
3.7
3.3
1,456
813
241
335
65
17
162
161
+196
5Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
111.9
2025-26
58
24.9
13.1
2.6
3.0
1.4
0.6
4.8
11.1
43.2
2.6
6.4
39.8
0.9
1.2
79.1
56.3
0.4
2.3
1.4
1,442
757
153
175
81
35
79
113
+213
6De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
112.9
2025-26
50
31.6
19.0
3.8
6.2
1.3
0.3
7.1
14.7
48.4
1.9
5.5
35.1
2.9
3.8
76.6
58.2
0.5
3.2
2.4
1,580
951
188
309
63
13
120
112
+224
7Derrick White
D. White
113.0
2025-26
56
34.3
17.1
4.5
5.7
1.2
1.5
6.0
15.3
39.1
2.8
8.8
32.4
2.4
2.7
89.3
52.2
1.1
3.4
1.8
1,922
960
252
317
66
84
101
85
+413
8Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
113.5
2025-26
50
35.6
29.6
5.2
3.7
1.4
0.8
10.3
20.8
49.3
3.4
8.5
39.9
5.7
7.2
78.9
61.8
0.7
4.6
2.8
1,778
1,481
262
184
68
40
142
90
+163
9Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
113.7
2025-26
58
33.4
11.4
6.5
6.2
1.9
0.4
5.1
10.2
49.7
0.2
1.5
12.9
1.0
1.7
59.8
51.8
2.2
4.3
1.9
1,937
659
378
358
111
23
110
127
+71
10Donte DiVincenzo
D. DiVincenzo
113.8
2025-26
60
31.1
12.9
4.4
4.2
1.4
0.4
4.4
10.4
41.9
3.1
7.9
39.1
1.1
1.4
75.9
58.4
1.0
3.4
1.5
1,867
773
266
254
84
25
91
153
+335
11Brandin Podziemski
B. Podziemski
113.9
2025-26
59
27.2
12.3
5.0
3.7
1.1
0.2
4.4
9.8
44.8
1.7
4.6
36.7
1.8
2.4
77.1
56.7
0.9
4.2
1.5
1,605
725
297
218
66
11
91
105
+100
12Anthony Black
A. Black
114.1
2025-26
58
31.3
15.7
3.9
3.9
1.4
0.7
5.7
12.5
45.4
1.7
4.8
34.3
2.7
3.6
73.5
55.6
0.7
3.2
2.2
1,815
909
228
226
83
41
125
156
+1
13Norman Powell
N. Powell
114.2
2025-26
49
30.0
22.5
3.6
2.6
1.2
0.2
7.5
15.8
47.3
2.8
7.3
39.0
4.7
5.7
82.7
61.4
0.4
3.3
2.0
1,470
1,103
178
126
59
11
100
105
+121
14Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
114.3
2025-26
56
32.5
17.3
4.3
5.9
1.2
0.1
6.0
13.4
44.9
2.7
7.1
38.2
2.6
3.2
80.3
58.4
0.6
3.7
1.6
1,818
968
239
331
68
5
89
117
+103
15Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
114.6
2025-26
59
28.7
13.5
4.1
4.7
1.3
0.2
4.7
10.9
43.3
3.1
7.3
42.3
1.0
1.2
84.5
59.2
1.0
3.1
1.7
1,694
799
241
276
79
13
100
96
+135
16Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
114.8
2025-26
55
33.5
28.5
4.5
5.8
1.6
0.3
9.9
20.6
48.3
3.5
9.4
36.9
5.2
6.1
85.2
61.4
0.7
3.7
3.1
1,840
1,570
247
320
86
15
170
132
+357
17Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
115.0
2025-26
57
38.4
29.1
4.1
6.8
2.1
0.8
10.1
21.7
46.5
3.4
8.9
37.6
5.5
6.2
89.2
59.4
0.3
3.8
2.5
2,190
1,657
236
388
117
44
141
128
+133
18Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.3
2025-26
46
35.7
32.7
7.8
8.6
1.4
0.5
10.4
22.1
47.0
3.7
10.3
35.7
8.3
10.7
77.3
61.1
0.7
7.0
4.1
1,640
1,505
357
397
66
22
188
113
+24
19Moses Moody
M. Moody
115.4
2025-26
57
25.5
12.0
3.4
1.6
0.9
0.6
4.0
9.0
44.6
2.5
6.1
40.5
1.5
1.9
77.1
60.8
0.9
2.5
0.9
1,451
683
191
91
52
32
52
114
+99
20Jaylon Tyson
J. Tyson
115.7
2025-26
55
27.4
13.5
5.4
2.2
0.9
0.4
5.1
10.2
50.3
2.0
4.3
45.6
1.3
1.7
77.2
61.9
1.9
3.5
1.5
1,507
742
298
122
47
22
82
139
+121
21VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
116.1
2025-26
55
35.3
15.3
5.6
4.0
1.5
0.5
5.7
13.2
43.1
2.1
5.7
36.0
1.9
2.4
80.8
53.9
1.5
4.0
1.9
1,943
844
306
218
81
27
102
166
+45
22Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
116.5
2025-26
57
32.7
17.2
4.2
5.4
0.8
0.1
6.4
13.9
46.2
2.6
7.2
36.3
1.7
2.0
86.6
58.0
0.9
3.3
1.3
1,865
980
240
306
45
5
74
82
+224
23Ryan Rollins
R. Rollins
116.6
2025-26
55
32.2
17.2
4.6
5.4
1.5
0.4
6.6
14.1
47.0
2.5
5.9
41.8
1.5
2.0
76.6
57.6
0.8
3.8
2.5
1,772
947
253
299
82
24
137
148
-29
24Bruce Brown
B. Brown
116.8
2025-26
59
25.0
7.7
4.0
2.2
1.1
0.3
2.9
6.4
46.4
0.6
1.7
36.0
1.2
1.6
76.1
54.6
1.2
2.8
1.1
1,473
454
237
130
64
15
65
143
-71
25Nickeil Alexander-Walker
N. Alexander-Walker
116.9
2025-26
58
33.2
19.8
3.6
3.8
1.2
0.6
6.7
15.5
43.1
3.0
8.1
37.3
3.4
3.9
88.8
57.6
0.6
3.0
2.1
1,925
1,151
207
218
70
33
121
124
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31.8

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RPG

9.5

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APG

6.4

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Team Rankings

ORTG

119.1

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DRTG

107.8

1st

NETRTG

11.3

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3P%

36.5

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
45
15
.750
2
43
16
.729
1.5
3
37
21
.638
7.0
4
37
22
.627
7.5
5
37
23
.617
8.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
2/27
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9:30 PM
Sun
3/1
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8:00 PM
Tue
3/3
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8:00 PM
Wed
3/4
@
7:00 PM
Sat
3/7
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
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45 - 15

116

Final

124

DET Pistons

43 - 14

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
43
14
.754
2
38
20
.655
5.5
3
37
22
.627
7.0
4
37
23
.617
7.5
5
34
25
.576
10.0
6
33
26
.559
11.0
7
31
27
.534
12.5
8
31
29
.517
13.5
9
30
31
.492
15.0
10
29
31
.483
15.5
11
26
31
.456
17.0
12
24
36
.400
20.5
13
16
42
.276
27.5
14
15
43
.259
28.5
15
15
45
.250
29.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
45
15
.750
2
43
16
.729
1.5
3
37
21
.638
7.0
4
37
22
.627
7.5
5
37
23
.617
8.0
6
34
24
.586
10.0
7
34
26
.567
11.0
8
31
28
.525
13.5
9
29
31
.483
16.0
10
27
31
.466
17.0
11
21
36
.368
22.5
12
21
37
.362
23.0
13
18
41
.305
26.5
14
18
42
.300
27.0
15
14
47
.230
31.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
1/25
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116-132
Sun
1/25
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94-102
Sun
1/25
@
129-118
Sun
1/25
@
99-108
Sun
1/25
@
83-108

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
2/27
@
7:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
7:30 PM
Fri
2/27
@
8:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
8:30 PM
Fri
2/27
@
9:30 PM