nba highest defensive rating since december

Since December 31, 2025, RayJ Dennis has the highest defensive rating, with a 134.0 rating.

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NBA highest defensive rating by a player since december

	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	RayJ Dennis R. Dennis	134.0	3	11.5	3.3	1.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.7	36.4	0.7	2.3	28.6	0.0	0.0		45.5	0.0	1.0	0.7	34	10	3	7	1	0	2	5	-12
2	Toby Okani T. Okani	133.0	6	36.2	10.0	3.5	1.0	0.7	0.5	4.2	11.7	35.7	1.5	5.2	29.0	0.2	1.3	12.5	40.8	1.5	2.0	0.5	217	60	21	6	4	3	3	20	-137
3	Dariq Whitehead D. Whitehead	132.8	6	30.5	16.3	4.0	1.5	0.7	0.0	6.2	15.5	39.8	3.2	10.0	31.7	0.8	1.2	71.4	51.0	0.3	3.7	1.7	183	98	24	9	4	0	10	13	-99
4	Keshon Gilbert K. Gilbert	132.3	4	18.4	4.3	1.3	3.0	0.8	1.0	1.3	3.0	41.7	0.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	100.0	56.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	74	17	5	12	3	4	8	5	-58
5	Adama Bal A. Bal	131.3	8	30.2	10.4	3.1	2.4	1.1	0.1	3.5	8.5	41.2	2.3	5.5	40.9	1.1	1.3	90.0	57.3	0.8	2.4	0.8	241	83	25	19	9	1	6	27	-166
6	Hayden Gray H. Gray	130.6	1	24.8	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	77.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	25	6	0	1	1	1	1	0	-18
7	Mouhamadou Gueye M. Gueye	130.5	2	22.7	8.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	5.5	54.5	0.5	2.5	20.0	1.5	2.0	75.0	62.7	1.0	2.0	1.5	45	16	6	6	2	1	3	4	-16
8	Josh Oduro J. Oduro	130.3	3	27.3	8.3	7.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.7	64.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	63.6	3.7	4.0	0.7	82	25	23	4	0	0	2	14	+1
9	Lucas Williamson L. Williamson	129.8	7	32.0	10.4	5.4	2.6	1.6	0.1	3.6	10.7	33.3	2.1	7.6	28.3	1.1	1.1	100.0	46.5	1.6	3.9	1.4	224	73	38	18	11	1	10	26	-125
10	DaQuan Jeffries D. Jeffries	129.6	3	20.0	10.3	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	3.7	6.3	57.9	1.3	3.0	44.4	1.7	1.7	100.0	73.1	1.0	0.7	0.0	60	31	5	1	2	0	0	9	+1
11	Payton Sandfort P. Sandfort	129.6	4	15.8	8.8	2.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.3	6.5	50.0	1.8	4.3	41.2	0.5	1.0	50.0	63.0	0.3	2.3	0.3	63	35	10	0	1	0	1	8	-19
12	Seth Curry S. Curry	129.3	8	12.6	7.1	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	2.3	5.0	45.0	1.3	2.6	47.6	1.4	1.5	91.7	62.9	0.4	0.6	0.3	101	57	8	7	1	0	2	4	-5
13	Jaden Hardy J. Hardy	128.8	33	19.1	11.6	1.6	1.3	0.3	0.1	4.1	9.5	43.0	2.4	5.8	40.4	1.1	1.5	68.6	56.9	0.2	1.4	1.3	632	383	54	43	10	4	43	62	-127
14	Alex Antetokounmpo A. Antetokounmpo	128.8	6	3.4	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	37.5	0.3	1.2	28.6	1.8	2.5	73.3	65.1	0.3	0.7	0.2	21	19	6	1	0	1	1	1	+5
15	Doug McDermott D. McDermott	128.6	24	16.2	6.0	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	2.0	5.1	38.2	1.7	4.5	38.3	0.3	0.4	88.9	56.3	0.3	1.1	0.5	389	143	33	21	6	3	11	25	-98
16	Kobe Bufkin K. Bufkin	128.6	16	7.5	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.9	3.1	30.0	0.3	1.6	19.2	0.7	0.8	91.7	41.6	0.1	0.8	0.3	119	46	13	10	2	3	5	9	-68
17	Sharife Cooper S. Cooper	128.5	37	18.7	9.0	2.3	3.4	0.4	0.1	3.4	6.6	51.6	0.8	2.0	38.7	1.4	1.6	83.3	61.1	0.5	1.8	1.6	690	333	86	124	16	5	60	60	-171
18	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	128.3	34	16.3	6.8	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.0	2.4	6.3	37.9	1.6	4.8	34.0	0.4	0.6	71.4	52.0	0.1	0.6	0.6	554	232	25	29	8	1	19	38	-204
19	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	128.2	20	20.7	9.8	2.4	1.7	0.5	0.0	3.6	7.4	48.0	2.1	4.9	41.8	0.6	0.7	85.7	63.2	0.8	1.6	0.9	413	195	47	34	9	0	17	25	-29
20	Nate Williams N. Williams	128.2	14	17.1	8.0	2.1	1.0	0.4	0.0	3.1	6.3	48.9	0.9	2.1	43.3	0.9	1.1	86.7	59.2	1.4	0.7	1.1	239	112	30	14	5	0	15	26	-79
21	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	128.2	41	23.3	8.7	2.1	4.7	0.8	0.3	2.8	7.8	36.5	1.3	4.1	31.0	1.8	2.0	88.0	50.3	0.4	1.7	2.1	957	357	85	192	31	13	85	68	-242
22	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	127.9	10	9.7	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	1.2	2.6	46.2	0.3	0.6	50.0	0.7	0.8	87.5	57.6	1.1	1.6	0.1	97	34	27	6	2	1	1	14	-7
23	Brice Sensabaugh B. Sensabaugh	127.5	44	27.1	18.9	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	6.8	14.2	47.7	2.6	6.8	38.1	2.8	3.5	80.9	60.2	0.8	2.6	2.2	1,193	831	147	99	35	7	95	86	-244
24	Malik Monk M. Monk	126.8	34	21.9	13.0	1.8	3.6	0.4	0.4	4.6	10.5	44.4	2.1	5.6	38.4	1.5	1.6	92.9	57.9	0.1	1.6	1.6	745	441	60	122	14	13	53	55	-148
25	Will Riley W. Riley	126.8	49	27.0	13.2	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.1	4.7	10.6	44.1	1.4	4.4	32.6	2.5	3.1	80.3	55.5	0.8	2.6	1.6	1,323	648	166	118	45	6	80	73	-396

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0

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Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

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28.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.1

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

8.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

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Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.7

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

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Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

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Brooks

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Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

121.8

115.9

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

106.5

107.4

108.5

109.0

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758

Wembanyama

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Mitchell

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Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

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Williams

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Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

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41.0

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2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

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Wembanyama

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2.33

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50-37-1

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	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