nba centers by lowest defensive rating

Chet Holmgren has the lowest defensive rating by a center this season, with a 104.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
NBA centers by lowest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.4
2025-26
63
29.2
17.1
8.9
1.7
0.5
1.9
6.3
11.4
55.2
1.2
3.5
35.3
3.3
4.2
79.8
64.8
1.9
7.0
1.5
1,842
1,079
562
106
34
118
97
139
+569
2Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.3
2025-26
69
30.9
20.1
11.9
2.8
0.9
0.6
6.9
13.9
49.5
1.6
4.2
36.8
4.8
5.6
85.6
61.5
3.1
8.8
2.5
2,132
1,388
818
195
60
38
170
241
+376
3Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.8
2025-26
70
31.4
11.0
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.7
4.4
6.4
69.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
4.1
52.4
67.1
4.0
7.5
1.4
2,200
773
805
120
55
117
95
182
+234
4Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.4
2025-26
64
32.1
20.3
9.8
3.0
1.2
0.7
7.0
15.9
44.2
1.7
5.5
31.7
4.5
5.8
77.5
54.9
2.1
7.7
1.7
2,055
1,297
628
189
75
43
107
112
+314
5Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.6
2025-26
70
26.1
13.7
6.3
2.3
1.0
1.0
5.2
11.1
46.6
2.2
5.8
37.2
1.2
1.6
73.2
57.9
1.2
5.1
1.6
1,826
957
441
161
68
70
114
177
+181
6Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
110.7
2025-26
69
27.2
12.4
11.8
2.2
0.6
1.7
4.7
9.0
52.6
1.1
3.2
33.8
1.9
2.8
67.7
60.8
4.6
7.2
1.2
1,880
854
811
150
41
115
85
160
+11
7Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.5
2025-26
63
33.7
20.5
8.9
6.1
1.2
1.1
8.2
15.8
51.7
0.5
1.8
27.9
3.7
5.4
68.4
56.5
3.0
6.0
3.3
2,120
1,293
563
387
77
68
207
203
+136
8Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.5
2025-26
58
34.8
27.8
12.8
10.8
1.4
0.8
9.9
17.4
57.0
1.8
4.7
38.0
6.2
7.4
83.1
67.2
2.9
9.9
3.8
2,021
1,614
743
628
83
47
221
162
+469
9Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
111.9
2025-26
67
30.9
15.4
7.6
3.2
1.1
1.1
5.7
11.8
48.4
2.0
5.2
37.7
2.0
2.7
76.0
59.5
1.8
5.8
1.7
2,069
1,032
511
216
76
72
117
223
+40
10Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
114.1
2025-26
69
29.7
11.9
7.5
2.1
0.8
0.6
4.2
8.3
51.0
1.0
3.1
32.1
2.4
3.0
79.2
61.4
2.1
5.4
1.2
2,047
818
520
143
56
44
85
238
+80
11Myles Turner
M. Turner
116.6
2025-26
66
27.1
11.9
5.3
1.5
0.7
1.5
4.0
9.1
44.0
2.1
5.4
38.4
1.8
2.5
74.8
58.6
1.0
4.2
1.2
1,789
785
347
97
46
100
81
171
-203
12Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
117.5
2025-26
65
28.1
11.8
7.0
3.7
0.7
1.2
4.8
8.5
56.7
0.0
0.3
17.6
2.1
3.4
60.8
58.8
2.5
4.5
1.4
1,828
764
455
242
45
75
91
151
-478
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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24
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14.0
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14.0
11
29
43
.403
23.5
12
29
43
.403
23.5
13
17
55
.236
35.5
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Nets Nets - e
17
56
.233
36.0
15
16
57
.219
37.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
57
16
.781
2
Spurs Spurs - x
55
18
.753
2.0
3
47
26
.644
10.0
4
46
28
.622
11.5
5
45
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.616
12.0
6
43
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.597
13.5
7
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17.0
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.507
20.0
9
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.500
20.5
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.479
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.333
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NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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115-105
Sat
2/28
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89-114
Sat
2/28
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106-102
Sat
2/28
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117-108
Sat
2/28
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97-120

Schedule

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