nba guards with best defensive rating in the last 30 years

Between October 13, 1996 and October 13, 2026, Zach Lofton has the lowest defensive rating by a guard, with a 78.7 rating.

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	NAME	DRTG	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	Zach Lofton Z. Lofton	78.7	1	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2	M.J. Walker	80.9	2	4.2	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	-3
3	Pete Myers P. Myers	88.0	9	4.4	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.7	66.7	55.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	40	14	10	3	4	0	4	7	-1
4	Tito Maddox T. Maddox	90.0	9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.9	62.5	35.4	0.1	0.7	0.3	35	11	7	5	3	1	3	4	-8
5	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell D. Akoon-Purcell	90.6	7	3.1	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.4	30.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.3	50.0	32.2	0.1	0.4	0.3	22	7	4	6	2	0	2	4	+1
6	Jason Miskiri J. Miskiri	93.1	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	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	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	-11
7	Shea Seals S. Seals	93.5	4	2.3	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	12.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	20.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	-4
8	Yuri Collins Y. Collins	93.8	2	8.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	16	2	3	4	2	0	0	5	-5
9	Melvin Sanders M. Sanders	94.4	16	7.1	2.6	1.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.1	48.5	0.1	0.2	66.7	0.4	0.6	70.0	54.8	0.3	1.2	0.5	113	41	23	3	5	0	8	20	-19
10	Miles Simon M. Simon	94.9	5	3.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	20.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0		20.0	0.2	0.2	0.6	19	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	-12
11	Yuta Tabuse Y. Tabuse	95.2	4	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	16.7	0.3	0.3	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	45.1	0.5	0.5	0.3	17	7	4	3	0	0	1	1	-2
12	Matt Mooney M. Mooney	95.7	5	4.1	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	20.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0		20.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	21	2	3	1	3	1	1	1	+2
13	Darius Brown D. Brown	95.9	1	2.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4
14	Andrew Gaze A. Gaze	96.3	19	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3	32.0	0.3	0.8	31.3	0.0	0.0		42.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	58	21	5	6	2	1	4	7	+32
15	Coby Karl C. Karl	97.1	20	3.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.3	34.6	0.2	0.7	30.8	0.4	0.5	80.0	49.3	0.2	0.7	0.5	76	30	16	9	4	2	9	4	+3
16	Will Cherry W. Cherry	97.4	8	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.1	0.6	2.4	26.3	0.3	1.1	22.2	0.4	0.8	50.0	34.7	0.1	0.5	0.5	69	15	5	8	6	1	4	10	-7
17	Horace Jenkins H. Jenkins	98.3	15	6.9	2.8	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.9	92.3	41.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	104	42	9	9	5	1	7	6	-16
18	Ndudi Ebi N. Ebi	98.4	2	27.0	13.5	8.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	5.5	10.5	52.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	4.5	55.6	54.1	3.0	5.0	1.5	54	27	16	1	1	1	3	7	+14
19	Kalin Lucas K. Lucas	98.5	2	5.6	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	34.7	0.0	1.5	0.0	11	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	-10
20	Trey McKinney-Jones T. McKinney-Jones	98.5	1	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Joseph Forte J. Forte	98.5	25	5.0	1.2	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.9	23.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	80.0	29.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	125	30	17	17	6	0	13	7	-31
22	Ben Hansbrough B. Hansbrough	98.6	28	7.2	2.0	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.6	33.3	0.2	0.8	26.1	0.8	1.0	77.8	50.1	0.1	0.6	0.6	200	57	18	21	7	2	18	23	-31
23	Ruben Nembhard R. Nembhard	98.8	10	11.3	4.0	0.8	1.7	0.9	0.0	1.6	3.7	43.2	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.0	80.0	48.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	113	40	8	17	9	0	8	12	+3
24	Marcus Paige M. Paige	99.3	5	5.6	2.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.8	28.6	0.4	1.6	25.0	0.4	0.4	100.0	40.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	28	12	4	3	0	0	0	0	+8
25	Derrick Dial D. Dial	99.5	82	8.4	3.1	1.6	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.3	3.4	37.2	0.1	0.5	19.0	0.5	0.7	67.2	41.8	0.5	1.1	0.4	687	253	133	63	21	11	35	51	+82

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.9

Cunningham

RPG

10.5

Duren

APG

9.9

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

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	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

125

Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 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