nba player average defensive rating in 2021

Steven Adams had a defensive rating of 112.4 in 2020-21.

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	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	Steven Adams S. Adams	112.4	2020-21	NOP	58	27.7	7.6	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	3.3	5.3	61.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	2.3	44.4	59.6	3.7	5.2	1.3	1,604	438	514	111	54	38	78	113	+15
2	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	113.1	2020-21	TOT	26	25.9	13.5	4.5	1.9	0.4	1.1	5.4	11.4	47.3	1.2	3.1	38.8	1.6	1.8	87.2	55.6	0.7	3.8	1.0	674	352	118	49	11	29	27	47	-34
3	Al-Farouq Aminu A. Aminu	110.9	2020-21	TOT	23	18.9	4.4	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.7	4.3	38.4	0.3	1.6	21.6	0.8	1.0	81.8	46.9	1.0	3.8	1.2	434	102	110	31	19	9	28	29	-54
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	107.0	2020-21	MIL	61	33.0	28.1	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	10.3	18.0	56.9	1.1	3.6	30.3	6.5	9.5	68.5	63.3	1.6	9.4	3.4	2,013	1,717	671	357	72	73	207	168	+409
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	117.1	2020-21	POR	69	24.5	13.4	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.6	4.7	11.3	42.1	1.9	4.7	40.9	2.0	2.2	89.0	54.7	0.5	2.6	0.9	1,690	924	214	104	46	38	61	144	-23
6	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	110.5	2020-21	MIA	30	28.0	9.4	4.8	1.8	1.0	0.6	3.3	8.0	41.1	1.7	4.8	35.0	1.1	1.5	77.3	54.2	0.9	3.9	0.7	841	282	144	55	31	18	21	55	+40
7	D.J. Augustin	117.2	2020-21	TOT	57	19.8	7.7	1.6	3.3	0.5	0.0	2.4	6.0	39.4	1.5	3.8	38.2	1.5	1.6	90.4	57.0	0.4	1.3	1.1	1,128	438	94	188	28	1	65	56	-38
8	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	119.2	2020-21	SAC	58	36.2	16.1	6.6	3.5	0.7	0.2	5.5	11.1	49.7	1.7	4.4	39.1	3.4	4.1	83.0	62.6	1.1	5.5	1.6	2,102	933	385	201	43	11	93	75	-57
9	Will Barton W. Barton	114.1	2020-21	DEN	56	31.0	12.7	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	4.6	10.9	42.6	1.8	4.6	38.1	1.7	2.2	78.5	53.8	0.7	3.3	1.7	1,736	711	226	181	50	23	96	95	+232
10	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	110.2	2020-21	LAC	67	27.4	8.1	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.6	2.9	6.1	46.4	1.6	4.1	40.4	0.7	0.9	82.8	61.7	0.7	4.0	0.8	1,835	540	316	148	69	37	53	102	+338
11	Aron Baynes A. Baynes	113.1	2020-21	TOR	53	18.5	6.1	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.4	2.5	5.7	44.1	0.5	1.9	26.2	0.5	0.8	70.7	50.3	1.6	3.5	0.9	980	324	273	47	17	22	46	119	-81
12	Kent Bazemore K. Bazemore	107.9	2020-21	GSW	67	19.9	7.2	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.5	2.6	5.9	44.9	1.1	2.7	40.8	0.8	1.2	69.2	56.4	0.4	3.0	1.2	1,333	481	229	108	69	33	82	158	+168
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	114.7	2020-21	WAS	60	35.8	31.3	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	11.2	23.0	48.5	2.2	6.2	34.9	6.8	7.7	88.9	59.3	1.2	3.5	3.1	2,147	1,878	283	265	69	22	187	140	-3
14	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	110.4	2020-21	LAC	37	22.5	7.5	3.2	2.1	0.8	0.8	2.5	5.9	42.3	1.5	3.8	39.7	1.0	1.2	80.0	58.0	0.8	2.4	0.9	832	278	119	76	29	28	34	108	+148
15	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	112.6	2020-21	CHA	66	20.4	5.0	5.3	1.2	0.3	1.1	2.2	3.7	58.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.6	44.8	57.4	2.1	3.2	1.1	1,349	331	347	81	17	74	71	141	-276
16	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	116.2	2020-21	NOP	71	29.7	12.2	3.4	3.8	0.8	0.3	4.3	10.3	42.1	1.7	5.0	34.1	1.9	2.7	68.7	53.3	0.4	3.0	1.6	2,111	869	244	268	55	24	114	112	-66
17	Avery Bradley A. Bradley	115.9	2020-21	TOT	27	22.3	6.4	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	6.3	37.4	1.2	3.7	32.7	0.4	0.6	80.0	48.7	0.3	1.8	1.0	602	173	57	46	21	3	28	55	-132
18	Reggie Bullock Jr. R. Bullock Jr.	110.9	2020-21	NYK	65	30.0	10.9	3.4	1.5	0.8	0.2	3.8	8.6	44.2	2.5	6.1	41.0	0.8	0.8	90.9	60.6	0.2	3.2	0.7	1,949	709	223	99	52	11	45	146	+107
19	Trey Burke T. Burke	115.0	2020-21	DAL	62	14.7	6.6	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	2.4	5.7	42.8	0.9	2.6	35.4	0.8	0.9	89.5	54.4	0.2	0.7	0.5	911	411	54	81	36	7	33	64	+15
20	Alec Burks A. Burks	109.0	2020-21	NYK	49	25.6	12.7	4.6	2.2	0.6	0.3	4.3	10.2	42.0	2.1	5.0	41.5	2.1	2.4	85.6	56.4	0.4	4.2	1.0	1,254	623	227	107	31	14	49	102	+125
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	108.1	2020-21	MIA	52	33.6	21.5	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	7.0	14.2	49.7	0.5	2.0	24.5	6.9	8.0	86.3	60.7	1.8	5.1	2.1	1,745	1,116	359	369	108	18	109	71	+196
22	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	109.4	2020-21	LAL	67	28.4	9.7	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	3.3	7.6	43.1	1.8	4.4	41.0	1.4	1.7	86.6	58.8	0.4	2.3	1.0	1,902	653	179	127	62	26	66	114	+138
23	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	114.6	2020-21	ORL	31	25.8	8.8	4.5	4.2	0.8	0.5	3.4	8.7	38.9	0.5	2.0	24.6	1.6	2.6	61.3	44.9	1.3	3.2	2.2	800	274	139	129	25	17	69	81	-49
24	Mike Conley M. Conley	108.9	2020-21	UTA	51	29.4	16.2	3.5	6.0	1.4	0.2	5.6	12.5	44.4	2.7	6.6	41.2	2.4	2.8	85.2	58.9	0.7	2.8	1.9	1,498	827	177	305	70	9	99	98	+548
25	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	107.1	2020-21	TOT	41	17.4	8.9	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	3.2	7.4	42.6	1.1	3.3	34.8	1.4	2.0	72.8	53.7	1.3	5.1	1.6	713	366	263	76	34	24	64	107	-61

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PPG

21.9

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RPG

7.0

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APG

3.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

114.4

21st

DRTG

118.8

26th

NETRTG

-4.4

22nd

3P%

34.6

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Grizzlies	23	43	.348	29.0
12	Mavericks	23	45	.338	30.0
13	Pelicans	22	46	.324	31.0
14	Jazz	20	48	.294	33.0
15	Kings	18	51	.261	35.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 3/18	LAC	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Thu 3/19	LAC	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Sat 3/21	CLE	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Tue 3/24	NOP	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Thu 3/26	NOP	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Pelicans

22 - 46

105

Final

107

Rockets

41 - 25

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.7

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

10.1

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Mobley

3PM Leaders

3.9

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.9

Gobert

67.9

Jokić

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.5

120.3

119.3

118.5

118.4

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.8

111.5

112.2

112.7

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

10.8

7.6

7.5

7.1

6.4

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-53

16-51

17-50

18-51

20-48

22-46

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,264.4

Jokić

3,158.6

Dončić

3,051.7

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,472.5

Jokić

3,354

Dončić

3,137.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.0

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

40-26-1

41-27

39-28

39-29

39-28

Worst Record ATS

28-40

28-39

29-40

29-39

29-38

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	48	19	.716
2	Celtics	44	23	.657	4.0
3	Knicks	44	25	.638	5.0
4	Cavaliers	41	27	.603	7.5
5	Magic	38	28	.576	9.5
6	Raptors	38	29	.567	10.0
7	Heat	38	30	.559	10.5
8	76ers	37	31	.544	11.5
9	Hawks	36	31	.537	12.0
10	Hornets	34	34	.500	14.5
11	Bucks	28	39	.418	20.0
12	Bulls	27	40	.403	21.0
13	Nets - e	17	50	.254	31.0
14	Wizards - e	16	50	.242	31.5
15	Pacers - e	15	53	.221	33.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	53	15	.779
2	Spurs	49	18	.731	3.5
3	Lakers	42	25	.627	10.5
4	Rockets	41	25	.621	11.0
5	Nuggets	41	27	.603	12.0
6	Timberwolves	41	27	.603	12.0
7	Suns	39	28	.582	13.5
8	Clippers	34	33	.507	18.5
9	Warriors	32	35	.478	20.5
10	Trail Blazers	32	36	.471	21.0
11	Grizzlies	23	43	.348	29.0
12	Mavericks	23	45	.338	30.0
13	Pelicans	22	46	.324	31.0
14	Jazz	20	48	.294	33.0
15	Kings - e	18	51	.261	35.5