Tolu Smith has the best defensive rating with a defensive rating of 5.0 or above this season, with a 100.3 rating.

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NBA defensive rating top 5 or higher leaders this regular season

	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	Tolu Smith T. Smith	100.3	2025-26	DET	5	11.0	5.2	5.6	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	3.0	46.7	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.0	80.0	60.2	2.0	3.6	0.8	55	26	28	4	2	5	4	7	+3
2	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	101.0	2025-26	POR	4	12.3	5.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	60.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	85.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	49	20	4	3	10	0	1	7	+23
3	Colby Jones C. Jones	101.0	2025-26	DET	1	7.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		33.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	7	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	+12
4	N'Faly Dante N. Dante	102.7	2025-26	ATL	4	3.8	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	100.0	33.8	0.8	1.0	0.3	15	3	7	0	2	0	1	1	+10
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	102.9	2025-26	SAS	38	29.0	23.9	11.1	2.8	0.9	2.7	8.2	16.2	50.7	1.8	4.9	36.0	5.7	7.1	81.0	61.9	2.0	9.1	2.6	1,102	910	422	105	35	103	100	104	+276
6	Paul Reed P. Reed	103.3	2025-26	DET	37	12.2	5.9	4.2	1.2	0.9	0.6	2.5	4.2	59.1	0.2	0.6	37.5	0.7	1.2	60.0	62.7	1.8	2.4	0.9	453	218	156	45	32	22	35	58	+97
7	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	103.6	2025-26	OKC	28	26.1	10.7	9.9	3.4	1.0	0.7	4.5	7.1	63.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.5	64.8	64.9	3.3	6.6	2.1	732	300	277	95	28	20	60	79	+207
8	Riley Minix R. Minix	103.7	2025-26	SAS	3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	0.3	1.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		75.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	8	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	+13
9	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	104.5	2025-26	OKC	46	29.3	17.7	8.7	1.6	0.5	2.0	6.6	11.7	56.5	1.3	3.7	35.7	3.2	4.1	77.1	65.5	1.8	6.8	1.6	1,350	813	399	72	24	91	73	116	+407
10	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	104.7	2025-26	OKC	34	18.5	6.1	2.7	2.1	1.4	0.4	2.2	5.3	41.4	1.0	3.3	29.7	0.7	0.9	80.6	53.4	0.6	2.2	0.8	628	208	93	72	48	13	27	44	+246
11	Jaylin Williams J. Williams	104.8	2025-26	OKC	38	19.2	6.1	5.0	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.9	5.2	36.4	1.2	3.8	31.5	1.1	1.4	75.9	51.9	0.6	4.4	1.0	729	230	190	94	24	24	37	77	+206
12	Malevy Leons M. Leons	104.9	2025-26	GSW	5	4.2	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	33.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	100.0	43.6	0.4	1.4	0.4	21	6	9	1	1	1	2	1	-15
13	Chris Mañon C. Mañon	105.4	2025-26	LAL	4	3.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	14	0	3	0	1	2	0	3	+7
14	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	105.5	2025-26	DET	48	25.8	10.4	6.0	2.7	1.9	0.8	4.3	8.3	51.0	0.1	0.4	30.0	1.7	3.0	58.0	53.7	2.2	3.8	1.4	1,237	497	289	128	91	40	69	137	+173
15	Thanasis Antetokounmpo T. Antetokounmpo	106.0	2025-26	MIL	17	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.9	53.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	54.5	55.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	50	22	11	1	6	3	3	8	+21
16	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	106.2	2025-26	OKC	50	26.7	8.2	3.0	2.1	2.1	0.2	3.1	7.2	42.7	1.4	3.9	36.2	0.6	0.8	75.0	54.0	0.8	2.2	0.9	1,333	409	152	107	106	12	47	101	+377
17	David Jones Garcia D. Jones Garcia	106.7	2025-26	SAS	11	6.2	2.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.3	52.0	0.3	0.5	60.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	57.9	0.4	0.8	0.5	68	32	13	18	6	1	5	6	+38
18	Chris Boucher C. Boucher	106.8	2025-26	BOS	9	10.4	2.3	2.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.9	2.8	32.0	0.2	1.7	13.3	0.3	0.4	75.0	39.2	0.2	1.8	0.1	94	21	18	3	5	7	1	17	+5
19	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	106.9	2025-26	DET	49	20.7	8.1	4.3	1.4	1.4	0.4	3.0	7.2	41.3	0.6	2.7	22.9	1.6	2.0	78.8	50.4	1.1	3.3	1.3	1,016	398	213	70	67	18	66	109	+175
20	Jalen Duren J. Duren	107.1	2025-26	DET	44	27.7	17.7	10.4	1.8	0.9	0.8	6.9	10.9	63.1	0.0	0.0		3.9	5.3	73.7	66.7	3.7	6.7	1.9	1,218	777	458	77	40	34	83	125	+281
21	Mo Bamba M. Bamba	107.3	2025-26	TOR	2	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	-9
22	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	107.6	2025-26	MIA	50	22.4	11.3	9.2	0.6	0.8	1.0	4.5	8.5	53.4	1.1	2.8	40.1	1.1	1.4	78.9	62.2	3.0	6.3	0.9	1,120	565	462	29	38	52	44	76	-78
23	Branden Carlson B. Carlson	107.7	2025-26	OKC	34	11.0	4.9	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.5	2.0	3.8	52.3	0.6	1.7	35.6	0.3	0.5	52.9	60.4	0.6	2.0	0.4	373	166	88	19	6	18	12	30	+15
24	Clint Capela C. Capela	107.9	2025-26	HOU	45	11.7	3.8	4.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	3.2	52.8	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	55.6	53.9	2.2	2.3	0.4	526	170	205	26	24	32	19	36	+51
25	Jalen Williams J. Williams	107.9	2025-26	OKC	24	29.6	16.8	4.8	5.6	1.3	0.4	6.6	14.0	47.0	0.8	2.5	30.0	2.9	3.5	83.3	54.2	0.7	4.1	2.0	711	404	114	135	32	9	47	51	+132

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PPG

25.3

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RPG

10.4

Duren

APG

9.6

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.1

11th

DRTG

109.3

2nd

NETRTG

7.8

2nd

3P%

34.8

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	39	13	.750
2	Knicks	34	19	.642	5.5
3	Celtics	34	19	.642	5.5
4	Cavaliers	32	21	.604	7.5
5	Raptors	32	22	.593	8.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/11	DET	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Thu 2/19	DET	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Sat 2/21	DET	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 2/23	SAS	@	DET	7:00 PM
Wed 2/25	OKC	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

39 - 13

110

Final

104

Hornets

25 - 29

Mon 9 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

11.3

Gobert

APG Leaders

9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

8.2

Johnson

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

70.3

Jokić

69.5

Williams

68.2

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

120.6

119.8

119.2

118.3

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.3

111.8

112.5

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.9

7.8

7.0

5.6

5.4

5.3

Tank Leaderboard

12-42

13-40

14-40

14-38

14-37

16-37

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,510.7

Maxey

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,456.8

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,603.3

Johnson

2,535.3

Maxey

2,530.8

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

38.9

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.42

Leonard

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.49

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

34-19

32-22

30-21-1

31-22

31-23

28-23

Worst Record ATS

21-33

20-31

21-32

22-30

23-31

22-29

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	38	13	.745
2	Knicks	34	19	.642	5.0
3	Celtics	34	19	.642	5.0
4	Cavaliers	32	21	.604	7.0
5	Raptors	32	22	.593	7.5
6	76ers	30	22	.577	8.5
7	Magic	27	24	.529	11.0
8	Heat	28	26	.519	11.5
9	Hawks	26	28	.481	13.5
10	Hornets	25	28	.472	14.0
11	Bulls	24	29	.453	15.0
12	Bucks	21	29	.420	16.5
13	Nets	14	37	.275	24.0
14	Wizards	14	38	.269	24.5
15	Pacers	13	40	.245	26.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	40	13	.755
2	Spurs	36	16	.692	3.5
3	Nuggets	34	19	.642	6.0
4	Rockets	32	19	.627	7.0
5	Lakers	32	19	.627	7.0
6	Timberwolves	32	22	.593	8.5
7	Suns	31	22	.585	9.0
8	Warriors	28	25	.528	12.0
9	Clippers	25	27	.481	14.5
10	Trail Blazers	25	28	.472	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	31	.392	19.0
12	Mavericks	19	33	.365	20.5
13	Jazz	16	37	.302	24.0
14	Pelicans	14	40	.259	26.5
15	Kings	12	42	.222	28.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 1/12	DEN	@	NOP	122-116
Mon 1/12	CHI	@	HOU	113-119
Mon 1/12	SAS	@	OKC	98-119
Mon 1/12	MIN	@	MIL	139-106
Mon 1/12	ATL	@	LAL	116-141

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 2/9	OKC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Mon 2/9	MEM	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Mon 2/9	PHI	@	POR	10:00 PM
Tue 2/10	IND	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Tue 2/10	LAC	@	HOU	8:00 PM

Tolu Smith has the best defensive rating with a defensive rating of 5.0 or above this season, with a 100.3 rating.

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