nba leaders in defensive ratings by player

Chris Mañon has the best defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 this season, with a 100.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
NBA leaders in defensive ratings by player this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chris Mañon
C. Mañon
100.3
2025-26
5
4.2
0.4
0.8
0.2
0.6
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.4
100.0
53.2
0.2
0.6
0.2
21
2
4
1
3
2
1
3
+7
2Colby Jones
C. Jones
100.8
2025-26
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
3N'Faly Dante
N. Dante
101.9
2025-26
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
4Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
102.0
2025-26
46
29.2
23.7
11.2
2.9
1.0
2.9
8.1
16.2
50.1
1.7
5.0
34.1
5.8
7.1
81.7
61.5
2.0
9.2
2.6
1,341
1,091
515
135
44
132
121
125
+392
5Paul Reed
P. Reed
103.3
2025-26
44
13.5
6.8
4.5
1.2
0.9
0.8
2.9
4.8
59.7
0.2
0.7
34.5
0.9
1.4
63.3
63.2
2.0
2.5
0.9
596
300
200
51
39
36
41
76
+106
6Riley Minix
R. Minix
103.4
2025-26
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
7Matisse Thybulle
M. Thybulle
103.8
2025-26
10
12.2
5.5
1.7
0.8
1.8
0.7
1.7
3.4
50.0
1.1
2.2
50.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
71.6
0.5
1.2
0.6
122
55
17
8
18
7
6
14
-2
8Isaiah Hartenstein
I. Hartenstein
103.9
2025-26
35
25.6
10.5
9.3
3.5
1.0
0.8
4.5
7.0
63.7
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.6
2.6
60.9
64.5
3.3
6.1
1.9
897
368
327
124
36
28
67
95
+261
9Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.2
2025-26
54
29.4
17.2
9.0
1.7
0.6
2.0
6.3
11.4
55.3
1.2
3.5
34.9
3.3
4.2
78.8
64.7
1.9
7.1
1.6
1,585
928
487
94
30
106
85
123
+468
10Enrique Freeman
E. Freeman
104.5
2025-26
2
4.0
0.0
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
0.0
8
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
+8
11Stanley Umude
S. Umude
104.8
2025-26
2
3.5
1.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
50.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
-17
12Jaylin Williams
J. Williams
105.1
2025-26
47
19.6
6.8
5.0
2.5
0.6
0.7
2.1
5.4
40.1
1.3
3.8
34.1
1.2
1.5
79.2
56.4
0.5
4.6
1.1
922
320
237
118
26
33
50
93
+207
13Ausar Thompson
A. Thompson
105.3
2025-26
55
25.9
10.3
6.0
2.9
1.9
0.9
4.3
8.2
51.9
0.1
0.4
28.6
1.7
2.9
58.0
54.3
2.2
3.8
1.5
1,427
565
328
161
105
47
80
152
+253
14Alex Caruso
A. Caruso
105.4
2025-26
41
18.6
6.5
2.6
2.0
1.3
0.3
2.4
5.5
43.2
1.0
3.3
31.4
0.7
0.8
79.4
55.0
0.5
2.1
0.9
762
266
107
84
55
14
36
49
+298
15Chris Boucher
C. Boucher
106.1
2025-26
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
16David Jones Garcia
D. Jones Garcia
106.4
2025-26
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
17Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.6
2025-26
59
27.3
8.8
3.2
2.7
2.0
0.3
3.4
7.9
42.9
1.4
4.0
35.0
0.7
0.9
76.9
53.4
0.9
2.3
1.0
1,613
520
190
158
119
18
61
122
+404
18Tolu Smith
T. Smith
106.7
2025-26
7
12.6
4.7
4.7
0.9
0.3
0.7
1.4
3.0
47.6
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.6
72.2
57.1
1.9
2.9
0.7
88
33
33
6
2
5
5
14
+1
19Jalen Duren
J. Duren
106.7
2025-26
49
28.2
18.5
10.7
1.8
0.9
0.8
7.2
11.4
63.1
0.0
0.0
4.0
5.5
73.1
66.6
3.9
6.9
1.8
1,383
906
526
86
46
39
87
136
+333
20Ronald Holland II
R. Holland II
106.8
2025-26
55
20.5
8.4
4.4
1.4
1.3
0.3
3.1
7.2
42.4
0.6
2.7
22.7
1.6
2.0
80.4
51.7
1.1
3.3
1.3
1,129
460
241
77
72
19
72
125
+173
21Trevor Keels
T. Keels
107.1
2025-26
1
2.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
-8
22Mo Bamba
M. Bamba
107.1
2025-26
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
23Mitchell Robinson
M. Robinson
107.3
2025-26
44
19.4
5.1
8.6
1.0
0.8
1.2
2.2
3.1
69.9
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.9
39.3
64.5
4.4
4.2
0.6
852
223
380
42
35
51
28
100
+100
24Kel'el Ware
K. Ware
107.5
2025-26
57
22.1
11.3
9.4
0.5
0.7
1.0
4.6
8.6
52.7
1.2
2.9
40.2
1.1
1.4
77.9
61.3
3.1
6.3
0.8
1,259
646
536
31
41
55
47
88
-58
25Clint Capela
C. Capela
107.7
2025-26
53
11.9
3.6
4.4
0.6
0.5
0.8
1.5
3.0
50.9
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.8
62.2
53.1
2.0
2.4
0.4
629
192
234
31
25
43
22
42
+92
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