nba defensive rating starters leaders this season postseason

Ron Harper Jr. had the best defensive rating by a player as a starter in the 2026 Eastern Conference First Round, with a 63.7 rating.

	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	Ron Harper Jr. R. Harper Jr.	63.7	2025-26	BOS	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-7
2	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	96.3	2025-26	ORL	4	30.4	16.8	5.5	3.5	2.8	0.3	6.3	14.3	43.9	0.8	2.3	33.3	3.5	3.8	93.3	52.7	1.0	4.5	1.5	122	67	22	14	11	1	6	8	+23
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	98.9	2025-26	NYK	19	30.4	15.9	10.6	4.9	1.3	1.3	5.4	9.8	55.1	1.4	3.0	45.6	3.7	4.1	90.9	68.4	2.5	8.1	2.6	578	302	201	94	24	24	50	77	+259
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	100.2	2025-26	SAS	22	34.1	23.8	10.9	2.7	1.0	3.5	8.0	16.5	48.5	1.8	5.2	34.2	6.0	7.1	84.7	60.6	2.5	8.4	2.7	750	524	239	59	21	78	59	55	+196
5	Josh Hart J. Hart	101.7	2025-26	NYK	19	32.3	10.4	8.9	4.6	1.7	0.2	3.9	9.2	43.1	1.5	4.5	32.6	1.1	1.7	60.6	52.5	1.2	7.8	1.9	614	198	170	87	32	4	36	51	+201
6	Tari Eason T. Eason	102.1	2025-26	HOU	4	36.0	14.3	5.5	1.8	3.0	0.8	5.0	11.0	45.5	1.5	5.5	27.3	2.8	3.0	91.7	57.8	1.0	4.5	0.8	144	57	22	7	12	3	3	16	+20
7	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	103.1	2025-26	DET	14	30.5	8.2	7.9	3.1	2.0	1.8	3.5	6.9	50.5	0.1	0.5	14.3	1.1	2.2	51.6	52.0	3.2	4.6	1.6	427	115	110	44	28	25	23	41	+4
8	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	103.1	2025-26	MIN	4	24.0	10.8	3.8	4.0	1.8	0.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	2.8	5.8	47.8	0.0	0.5	0.0	65.4	0.0	3.8	1.0	96	43	15	16	7	0	4	10	+45
9	OG Anunoby	103.2	2025-26	NYK	17	34.5	20.1	6.3	1.6	1.5	1.1	6.5	11.6	56.1	2.6	5.3	48.9	4.5	5.2	85.4	72.1	0.9	5.4	0.6	586	342	107	28	26	19	10	45	+163
10	Dylan Harper D. Harper	105.1	2025-26	SAS	2	35.9	18.0	6.5	4.5	3.5	0.0	6.5	15.0	43.3	0.5	3.5	14.3	4.5	4.5	100.0	53.0	0.5	6.0	1.0	72	36	13	9	7	0	2	4	+20
11	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	105.7	2025-26	HOU	6	38.7	20.3	10.2	4.7	1.8	1.3	7.7	16.5	46.5	0.2	1.3	12.5	4.8	7.0	69.0	51.9	3.5	6.7	3.0	232	122	61	28	11	8	18	21	-3
12	Jalen Williams J. Williams	105.9	2025-26	OKC	4	24.2	17.8	4.0	3.3	1.3	0.5	7.3	13.8	52.7	1.3	2.8	45.5	2.0	2.5	80.0	59.8	1.3	2.8	1.0	97	71	16	13	5	2	4	4	+38
13	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	106.8	2025-26	ORL	7	39.0	26.3	9.0	6.3	1.4	0.7	8.6	20.4	42.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	7.1	10.6	67.6	52.4	1.3	7.7	3.4	273	184	63	44	10	5	24	18	-17
14	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	106.9	2025-26	SAS	23	30.6	11.2	5.7	1.6	1.3	0.5	3.8	8.5	44.4	2.7	6.7	39.6	1.0	1.3	76.7	61.7	0.9	4.8	0.6	705	258	131	36	30	12	13	51	+127
15	Tobias Harris T. Harris	106.9	2025-26	DET	14	34.6	18.1	7.2	1.6	1.5	0.8	6.5	15.3	42.5	1.4	4.6	29.2	3.7	4.5	82.5	52.3	1.1	6.1	1.1	485	253	101	23	21	11	15	36	+10
16	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	107.2	2025-26	PHI	1	14.7	6.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	104.2	2.0	6.0	0.0	15	6	8	1	1	0	0	4	-3
17	Neemias Queta N. Queta	107.7	2025-26	BOS	6	19.9	8.0	8.0	0.5	0.2	1.0	3.0	4.3	69.2	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.7	75.0	72.6	1.8	6.2	0.8	120	48	48	3	1	6	5	24	-6
18	Jalen Duren J. Duren	107.9	2025-26	DET	14	30.2	10.2	8.5	2.1	0.6	1.2	4.0	7.8	51.4	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.3	67.4	55.3	3.3	5.2	2.3	422	143	119	30	9	17	32	48	-6
19	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	108.1	2025-26	NYK	19	32.0	13.5	3.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	5.5	9.9	55.9	1.2	3.3	36.5	1.2	1.3	92.0	64.3	0.4	2.8	0.9	608	256	61	52	19	6	17	36	+195
20	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	108.3	2025-26	ORL	7	35.4	11.1	4.0	4.1	1.9	0.6	3.7	12.4	29.9	1.9	7.7	24.1	1.9	2.0	92.9	41.9	0.7	3.3	3.0	248	78	28	29	13	4	21	27	-34
21	Devin Vassell D. Vassell	108.4	2025-26	SAS	23	34.8	13.0	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.6	10.6	43.2	2.4	6.4	37.8	1.4	1.7	82.1	57.3	0.8	4.5	1.0	801	298	122	62	29	17	22	46	+141
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	108.6	2025-26	BOS	6	36.3	23.3	10.7	6.8	1.2	0.0	8.0	16.8	47.5	3.2	8.7	36.5	4.2	5.3	78.1	60.8	1.0	9.7	2.8	218	140	64	41	7	0	17	11	+28
23	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	108.6	2025-26	HOU	5	36.4	14.6	1.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	5.4	16.8	32.1	3.2	10.2	31.4	0.6	0.8	75.0	42.6	0.2	1.0	2.4	182	73	6	25	12	5	12	14	-9
24	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	108.9	2025-26	MIN	12	31.0	7.2	9.3	2.3	1.2	1.1	2.8	5.8	49.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.5	3.2	47.4	50.2	3.5	5.8	1.3	372	86	112	28	14	13	15	33	-66
25	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	108.9	2025-26	HOU	6	44.1	19.2	7.0	5.7	2.0	1.2	7.0	14.3	48.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	4.8	6.8	70.7	55.3	2.5	4.5	2.5	264	115	42	34	12	7	15	19	+7

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

APG

5.4

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

4 - 3

109

Final

100

Celtics

3 - 4

Sat 2 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0