nba highest player defensive rating

Bub Carrington has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 125.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
NBA highest player defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
125.4
2025-26
79
27.5
10.3
3.4
4.6
0.6
0.2
3.7
8.8
41.8
2.0
5.0
39.3
1.0
1.3
72.6
54.8
0.4
3.0
2.3
2,175
816
272
364
49
16
182
176
-734
2DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
123.5
2025-26
77
31.2
18.4
2.9
4.1
1.0
0.3
6.5
13.1
49.7
0.6
1.9
32.0
4.9
5.6
86.8
59.4
0.5
2.5
1.2
2,406
1,419
226
316
80
23
96
149
-588
3AJ Green
AJ Green
123.3
2025-26
75
28.8
9.9
2.7
1.9
0.5
0.1
3.2
7.7
41.7
2.8
6.9
41.1
0.7
0.8
84.7
61.7
0.3
2.3
1.0
2,162
742
199
145
36
8
72
170
-136
4CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
121.0
2025-26
TOT
74
29.8
18.7
3.3
3.9
0.8
0.4
6.9
15.2
45.3
2.5
6.7
37.1
2.5
3.2
77.4
56.4
0.8
2.5
1.8
2,207
1,383
244
285
60
33
131
140
+74
5Tim Hardaway Jr.
T. Hardaway Jr.
121.0
2025-26
78
26.7
13.5
2.6
1.3
0.5
0.1
4.3
9.7
44.8
2.8
6.8
40.9
2.0
2.5
81.3
62.5
0.2
2.4
0.6
2,080
1,053
201
103
41
10
43
98
+182
6Saddiq Bey
S. Bey
120.8
2025-26
72
31.2
17.7
5.6
2.5
0.9
0.1
6.1
13.4
45.1
2.1
5.7
36.7
3.4
4.1
84.1
57.9
1.7
3.9
0.9
2,246
1,271
400
182
68
7
68
95
-187
7Max Christie
M. Christie
119.3
2025-26
73
29.3
12.2
3.3
2.0
0.6
0.3
4.2
9.4
44.3
2.3
5.8
40.4
1.5
1.7
89.3
59.9
0.2
3.1
1.3
2,139
887
240
145
44
24
93
96
-347
8Jamal Murray
J. Murray
119.3
2025-26
74
35.4
25.4
4.4
7.2
0.9
0.4
8.8
18.1
48.3
3.2
7.5
43.4
4.6
5.2
88.6
62.1
0.4
3.9
2.3
2,617
1,879
323
530
66
29
168
131
+413
9Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
118.8
2025-26
80
25.3
13.7
3.6
3.4
1.2
0.4
5.2
11.9
43.4
1.2
3.6
33.7
2.2
2.8
79.2
52.4
0.7
2.9
2.2
2,027
1,097
287
268
92
29
175
144
-255
10Pascal Siakam
P. Siakam
118.8
2025-26
62
33.2
24.0
6.6
3.8
1.1
0.4
9.0
18.6
48.4
1.7
4.7
35.8
4.2
6.1
69.3
56.2
1.4
5.2
2.2
2,057
1,485
411
236
69
25
138
147
-230
11Trey Murphy III
T. Murphy III
118.7
2025-26
66
35.5
21.5
5.7
3.8
1.5
0.4
7.5
15.9
47.0
3.2
8.6
37.9
3.3
3.7
88.6
61.3
1.0
4.8
1.8
2,341
1,420
377
250
99
24
120
138
-169
12Quentin Grimes
Q. Grimes
118.6
2025-26
72
29.7
13.4
3.7
3.3
0.9
0.4
4.5
10.0
45.1
1.7
5.1
33.1
2.6
3.2
83.7
58.6
0.6
3.1
1.8
2,135
962
265
238
62
28
129
148
-2
13Ryan Rollins
R. Rollins
118.1
2025-26
73
32.1
17.2
4.6
5.6
1.5
0.4
6.5
13.8
47.3
2.5
6.1
40.9
1.6
2.1
78.8
58.4
0.7
3.9
2.7
2,343
1,258
336
408
108
30
198
191
-163
14Devin Booker
D. Booker
117.4
2025-26
62
33.4
25.8
3.9
6.0
0.8
0.3
8.5
18.6
45.5
1.9
5.8
33.0
6.9
8.0
86.9
58.3
0.7
3.1
3.1
2,071
1,600
239
369
51
18
194
165
+188
15Naji Marshall
N. Marshall
117.3
2025-26
73
29.6
15.4
4.7
3.3
1.1
0.1
5.7
11.1
51.3
0.8
2.9
29.2
3.1
4.1
76.0
59.5
0.9
3.8
1.6
2,164
1,122
346
241
79
6
118
140
-205
16James Harden
J. Harden
117.3
2025-26
TOT
68
35.0
23.7
4.9
8.1
1.1
0.4
7.0
16.0
43.7
3.1
8.2
37.5
6.6
7.5
88.1
61.4
0.6
4.3
3.5
2,379
1,611
331
548
77
28
238
134
+132
17Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
117.2
2025-26
68
28.5
9.2
2.7
6.5
1.0
0.2
3.7
7.6
48.1
1.3
3.3
39.1
0.6
0.9
67.2
57.5
0.5
2.2
1.5
1,937
627
181
441
67
11
104
177
+207
18Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
117.2
2025-26
72
35.0
26.0
3.4
6.8
0.8
0.1
9.3
20.0
46.4
2.7
7.2
37.0
4.8
5.8
84.1
57.8
0.4
2.9
2.4
2,522
1,873
243
491
55
8
171
166
+341
19VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
116.9
2025-26
72
34.9
16.0
5.6
4.0
1.4
0.5
6.0
13.7
43.8
2.0
5.6
35.7
2.0
2.4
82.7
54.2
1.6
3.9
1.8
2,512
1,154
401
291
101
38
131
208
+21
20Desmond Bane
D. Bane
116.9
2025-26
79
34.1
20.5
4.2
4.1
1.0
0.5
7.2
14.9
48.5
2.1
5.3
39.4
3.9
4.3
90.9
60.9
1.2
3.0
2.0
2,691
1,619
331
327
82
36
159
246
+100
21Matas Buzelis
M. Buzelis
116.5
2025-26
76
29.2
16.3
5.8
2.0
0.7
1.5
5.8
12.4
46.5
2.3
6.4
35.6
2.4
3.1
78.7
59.0
1.0
4.8
2.1
2,222
1,238
440
155
54
113
157
177
-288
22Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
116.5
2025-26
79
31.5
18.7
5.3
3.4
0.7
0.2
6.4
13.4
47.8
3.4
7.9
42.9
2.5
2.8
86.2
63.7
1.2
4.1
2.0
2,490
1,474
422
268
55
18
156
166
+308
23LeBron James
L. James
116.4
2025-26
57
33.5
20.8
6.1
7.1
1.1
0.6
7.8
15.3
51.2
1.3
4.1
30.9
3.9
5.2
73.8
59.1
0.8
5.3
3.0
1,909
1,184
346
403
63
34
169
79
+59
24Toumani Camara
T. Camara
116.4
2025-26
79
33.2
13.4
5.2
2.4
1.1
0.4
4.8
10.8
44.2
2.7
7.2
37.1
1.2
1.7
70.8
58.2
1.6
3.6
1.8
2,625
1,062
412
190
90
33
142
231
+22
25Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
116.4
2025-26
77
32.3
16.9
4.0
5.1
0.7
0.1
6.4
13.7
46.3
2.6
7.1
37.4
1.5
1.7
88.8
58.3
0.9
3.1
1.4
2,490
1,301
306
392
57
10
106
114
+393
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

16.3

Sarr

Alex Sarr

RPG

7.4

Sarr

Alex Sarr

APG

4.6

Carrington

Bub Carrington
Team Rankings

ORTG

110.9

28th

DRTG

122.6

29th

NETRTG

-11.6

30th

3P%

35.8

16th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
31
48
.392
26.0
12
30
49
.380
27.0
13
20
59
.253
37.0
14
18
61
.228
39.0
15
Wizards Wizards
17
62
.215
40.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
4/9
@
7:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

30 - 49

129

Final

98

WAS Wizards

17 - 62

Tue 7 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
57
22
.722
2
54
25
.684
3.0
3
51
28
.646
6.0
4
50
29
.633
7.0
5
45
34
.570
12.0
6
44
35
.557
13.0
7
43
36
.544
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.0
9
43
37
.538
14.5
10
41
38
.519
16.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
48
.392
26.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
30
49
.380
27.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
59
.253
37.0
14
18
61
.228
39.0
15
17
62
.215
40.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
62
16
.795
2
Spurs Spurs - x
60
19
.759
2.5
3
51
28
.646
11.5
4
50
28
.641
12.0
5
49
29
.628
13.0
6
47
32
.595
15.5
7
43
35
.551
19.0
8
40
38
.513
22.0
9
40
39
.506
22.5
10
37
42
.468
25.5
11
26
54
.325
37.0
12
25
53
.321
37.0
13
25
54
.316
37.5
14
Kings Kings - e
21
59
.263
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
59
.263
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/11
@
105-112
Wed
3/11
@
120-112
Wed
3/11
@
136-131
Wed
3/11
@
102-104
Wed
3/11
@
130-142

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:30 PM