nba league average defensive rating 2022 per position

Point guards had a PER of 14.9 in 2021-22.

POSITIONPERDRTGSEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
14.9
112.8
2021-22
4,981
24.5
11.4
3.3
4.2
0.9
0.3
4.1
9.6
43.2
1.4
4.1
35.3
1.7
2.1
81.0
54.4
0.5
2.7
1.6
121,917
57,030
16,191
20,830
4,643
1,312
8,179
8,730
+1111
2
Shooting Guard
13.3
114.0
2021-22
6,986
23.5
10.9
3.1
2.3
0.7
0.3
3.9
9.0
43.4
1.5
4.3
36.0
1.5
1.9
81.2
55.4
0.6
2.5
1.2
164,231
76,024
21,438
15,956
5,104
1,903
8,237
11,899
-3170
3
Small Forward
13.9
112.4
2021-22
5,100
23.1
10.2
3.9
1.9
0.7
0.4
3.7
8.2
45.3
1.3
3.7
35.4
1.5
1.9
78.8
56.6
0.8
3.1
1.1
117,837
52,232
20,064
9,581
3,751
1,928
5,497
8,946
+1553
4
Power Forward
15.6
111.0
2021-22
4,800
21.2
9.5
5.0
1.6
0.6
0.6
3.5
7.3
48.5
0.9
2.5
34.6
1.5
2.0
73.8
57.7
1.3
3.7
1.0
101,985
45,471
24,006
7,569
2,832
2,701
4,983
9,425
-1037
5
Center
19.3
108.7
2021-22
4,136
21.0
9.9
6.7
1.6
0.6
0.9
3.9
7.0
55.1
0.4
1.3
33.5
1.8
2.5
71.4
61.3
2.1
4.6
1.2
86,961
41,036
27,551
6,599
2,413
3,737
5,161
9,238
+1798
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
5
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
4
0
1.000
0.5
3
Warriors Warriors
4
1
.800
1.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
2
1
.667
2.0
5
Jazz Jazz
2
1
.667
2.0
6
Clippers Clippers
2
2
.500
2.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
76ers 76ers
4
0
1.000
2
Bulls Bulls
3
0
1.000
0.5
3
Heat Heat
3
1
.750
1.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
3
1
.750
1.0
5
Bucks Bucks
3
1
.750
1.0
6
Knicks Knicks
2
2
.500
2.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
121-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
10/29
HOU HOU
@
TOR TOR
6:30 PM
Wed
10/29
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Wed
10/29
ORL ORL
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Wed
10/29
ATL ATL
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM
Wed
10/29
SAC SAC
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM