nba players best defensive ratings in career minimum 7 seasons since 2000

Since 1999-00, Ben Wallace has the best defensive rating when playing 7+ seasons, with a 95.6 rating.

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	NAME	DRTG	SEAS	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	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	95.6	13	941	31.4	6.1	10.3	1.5	1.3	2.1	2.5	5.3	46.9	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	42.0	47.1	3.4	7.0	1.0	29,533	5,734	9,716	1,399	1,250	1,964	979	1,824	+1962
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	95.7	17	1,260	33.5	18.8	10.7	3.1	0.7	2.1	7.3	14.4	50.3	0.0	0.1	19.2	4.2	6.1	69.9	54.9	2.7	8.0	2.3	42,201	23,681	13,543	3,880	925	2,688	2,956	2,903	+8110
3	Marcus Camby M. Camby	97.4	14	801	29.8	9.0	10.5	2.0	1.0	2.4	3.7	7.9	46.9	0.0	0.1	22.2	1.6	2.4	68.1	50.6	2.7	7.8	1.3	23,840	7,233	8,400	1,617	804	1,897	1,055	2,142	+419
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	98.0	17	1,176	34.1	18.2	10.4	3.8	1.2	1.3	7.3	14.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	27.7	3.6	4.4	80.0	55.2	2.1	8.3	2.2	40,128	21,432	12,268	4,514	1,451	1,510	2,567	2,797	+4569
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	98.0	8	383	25.3	12.5	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.6	4.7	8.6	53.9	0.0	0.0	11.1	3.1	4.8	65.0	57.8	2.0	4.5	1.9	9,689	4,770	2,513	284	111	984	727	1,156	+417
6	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	98.1	10	593	24.7	6.7	8.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	4.6	50.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.7	72.7	57.2	2.6	5.9	1.2	14,661	3,967	5,077	340	172	1,115	709	1,374	+529
7	Scot Pollard S. Pollard	98.4	9	457	17.1	4.5	4.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	70.5	53.9	1.8	3.0	0.6	7,796	2,051	2,195	207	283	324	287	1,089	+885
8	Robert Horry R. Horry	98.8	9	648	20.6	5.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.9	4.7	39.5	0.7	1.9	34.1	0.9	1.3	72.7	50.3	1.4	2.9	0.9	13,330	3,459	2,770	1,095	535	504	583	1,432	+1966
9	Yao Ming Y. Ming	99.1	8	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,818	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
10	Samaki Walker S. Walker	99.8	7	322	16.8	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.9	4.1	45.9	0.0	0.0	16.7	1.1	1.6	66.0	50.2	1.4	3.3	0.8	5,415	1,568	1,497	205	80	238	266	610	-140
11	Dwight Howard D. Howard	99.9	18	1,242	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	5.7	9.7	58.7	0.0	0.1	21.4	4.3	7.6	56.7	60.2	3.3	8.4	2.7	39,435	19,485	14,627	1,676	1,081	2,228	3,302	3,912	+2878
12	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	100.0	15	870	29.6	14.7	7.9	1.5	0.5	2.0	5.7	12.1	46.7	0.0	0.1	15.4	3.3	4.6	72.3	51.8	2.1	5.8	2.0	25,787	12,765	6,839	1,331	449	1,722	1,776	2,708	+869
13	Chris Webber C. Webber	100.1	9	501	36.8	21.1	9.7	4.3	1.4	1.2	8.7	18.9	46.1	0.2	0.6	26.7	3.5	4.8	71.4	50.1	2.3	7.3	2.7	18,450	10,569	4,836	2,146	701	592	1,328	1,544	+1310
14	Malik Rose M. Rose	100.2	10	659	18.0	6.7	4.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	2.4	5.5	43.4	0.0	0.1	17.8	1.9	2.5	75.8	50.5	1.5	3.0	1.4	11,842	4,401	2,935	604	398	247	918	1,583	+331
15	Joakim Noah J. Noah	100.2	13	672	27.7	8.8	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	6.8	49.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.9	70.0	54.0	3.2	5.8	1.7	18,646	5,881	6,058	1,907	534	874	1,133	1,874	+589
16	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	100.3	12	856	33.0	14.8	7.0	1.8	1.0	1.4	5.8	12.8	45.3	1.2	3.6	33.8	2.0	2.7	74.1	53.0	1.4	5.6	1.4	28,253	12,661	5,963	1,580	877	1,205	1,229	2,412	+3515
17	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	100.4	16	1,057	25.4	13.3	3.5	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.3	9.7	44.7	1.4	3.8	36.9	3.2	3.9	82.7	58.2	0.6	2.8	2.0	26,859	14,043	3,697	4,001	1,392	319	2,116	2,212	+5468
18	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	100.4	10	511	24.7	12.6	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.2	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	60.2	3.1	7.7	1.5	12,645	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
19	Brian Grant B. Grant	100.5	7	465	27.3	9.1	7.1	1.1	0.6	0.5	3.7	7.6	48.3	0.0	0.0	16.7	1.7	2.2	77.1	52.8	2.2	4.9	1.4	12,677	4,216	3,312	516	282	238	637	1,469	-237
20	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	100.6	7	511	18.9	4.3	5.3	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.6	3.4	48.2	0.0	0.0	16.7	1.0	1.8	54.6	50.9	2.0	3.3	0.9	9,646	2,175	2,683	363	120	815	466	1,243	+502
21	Bo Outlaw B. Outlaw	100.7	9	521	21.6	4.6	4.7	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	3.3	56.9	0.0	0.0	15.4	0.8	1.5	53.9	57.6	1.8	3.0	1.1	11,230	2,394	2,454	842	444	548	562	1,150	+744
22	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	100.7	14	1,044	35.7	12.3	6.4	8.5	1.9	0.3	4.3	10.8	39.9	1.5	4.3	35.5	2.1	2.6	81.2	51.3	1.1	5.3	2.8	37,267	12,860	6,644	8,921	1,958	335	2,872	1,907	+3269
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	100.9	12	752	33.2	21.6	10.1	2.5	0.5	2.0	8.5	14.5	58.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	8.9	52.2	58.7	3.2	6.9	2.6	24,933	16,253	7,562	1,895	375	1,535	1,979	2,565	+3745
24	Cole Aldrich C. Aldrich	101.0	8	339	10.0	3.1	3.3	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.4	52.7	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.7	73.8	56.3	1.0	2.4	0.6	3,389	1,050	1,131	183	137	233	199	509	-370
25	Kelvin Cato K. Cato	101.0	8	424	21.4	6.0	5.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.3	4.4	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	64.8	55.9	1.8	4.1	0.9	9,065	2,527	2,472	202	240	535	377	1,083	-4

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More Pistons Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

23.9

Cunningham

RPG

10.5

Duren

APG

9.9

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

125

Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0