nba league average defensive rating 2024 per position

Point guards had a PER of 15.4 in 2023-24.

POSITIONPERDRTGSEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
15.4
116.6
2023-24
4,557
23.9
11.8
3.0
4.2
0.9
0.3
4.3
9.6
44.9
1.5
4.1
37.2
1.7
2.1
82.5
56.4
0.6
2.5
1.5
108,721
53,935
13,788
19,364
3,948
1,284
6,790
7,376
+1089
2
Shooting Guard
13.5
116.7
2023-24
7,164
22.8
10.8
3.0
2.5
0.7
0.3
3.9
8.6
44.9
1.5
4.1
37.1
1.5
1.8
82.2
57.1
0.6
2.4
1.1
163,404
77,058
21,197
18,039
5,079
2,356
8,209
11,773
+153
3
Small Forward
13.9
115.8
2023-24
5,543
22.9
10.6
3.9
2.1
0.7
0.4
3.9
8.4
46.4
1.3
3.6
36.2
1.6
2.0
78.4
57.4
0.9
3.0
1.1
126,836
58,800
21,452
11,743
4,001
2,197
6,336
9,199
-1428
4
Power Forward
15.5
114.6
2023-24
5,217
21.0
9.9
4.7
1.7
0.6
0.6
3.7
7.5
49.5
0.9
2.7
35.7
1.5
2.0
74.8
58.8
1.3
3.5
1.1
109,690
51,529
24,730
9,064
3,088
3,283
5,553
9,309
-814
5
Center
18.4
112.1
2023-24
3,920
21.7
10.1
6.6
1.9
0.6
0.9
4.0
7.1
55.8
0.4
1.2
35.1
1.7
2.3
72.9
61.9
2.0
4.6
1.2
85,087
39,638
25,945
7,399
2,270
3,530
4,849
8,417
+1000
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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
7
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
1.5
3
Lakers Lakers
5
2
.714
2.0
4
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
4
2
.667
2.5
5
Nuggets Nuggets
3
2
.600
3.0
6
Clippers Clippers
3
2
.600
3.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
76ers 76ers
5
1
.833
2
Bulls Bulls
5
1
.833
3
Bucks Bucks
5
2
.714
0.5
4
Pistons Pistons
4
2
.667
1.0
5
Knicks Knicks
4
3
.571
1.5
6
Cavaliers Cavaliers
4
3
.571
1.5

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)
Tue
11/4
MIL MIL
@
TOR TOR
7:30 PM
Tue
11/4
CHA CHA
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Tue
11/4
ORL ORL
@
ATL ATL
8:00 PM
Tue
11/4
PHI PHI
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Tue
11/4
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
10:00 PM