Jayson Tatum had the best defensive rating by a small forward in 2023-24, with a 110.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

NBA sf 2024 best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	110.8	2023-24	BOS	74	35.7	26.9	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	9.1	19.3	47.1	3.1	8.2	37.6	5.6	6.7	83.3	60.4	0.9	7.2	2.5	2,645	1,987	601	364	76	43	188	145	+608
2	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	111.8	2023-24	ORL	80	35.0	22.6	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	8.0	17.6	45.5	1.5	4.4	33.9	5.1	7.0	72.5	54.6	1.0	5.9	3.1	2,799	1,804	554	431	71	47	247	153	+1
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.2	2023-24	BOS	70	33.5	23.0	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	9.0	17.9	49.9	2.1	5.9	35.4	3.0	4.3	70.3	58.0	1.2	4.3	2.4	2,343	1,610	387	249	83	37	166	185	+413
4	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	112.2	2023-24	ORL	72	32.5	19.7	5.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	7.3	15.2	48.2	1.3	4.6	28.1	3.8	4.4	85.0	57.5	1.0	4.3	1.9	2,337	1,421	381	269	76	28	137	168	+204
5	Herbert Jones H. Jones	112.9	2023-24	NOP	76	30.5	11.0	3.6	2.6	1.4	0.8	3.9	7.7	49.8	1.5	3.6	41.8	1.8	2.1	86.7	63.6	1.0	2.6	1.2	2,321	837	272	199	105	62	93	224	+231
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	112.9	2023-24	MIA	60	34.0	20.8	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	6.6	13.2	49.9	1.0	2.4	41.4	6.6	7.7	85.8	62.6	1.8	3.6	1.7	2,042	1,246	318	298	79	17	102	68	+215
7	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	113.2	2023-24	MIA	75	28.2	11.9	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	4.5	9.3	48.9	0.9	2.7	32.2	1.9	2.3	81.1	57.4	1.1	2.7	1.5	2,113	889	285	195	77	20	110	167	+108
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	113.5	2023-24	LAC	68	34.3	23.7	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	9.0	17.1	52.5	2.1	4.9	41.7	3.7	4.2	88.5	62.6	1.2	4.9	1.8	2,330	1,613	416	244	111	59	119	97	+392
9	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	113.8	2023-24	DEN	81	31.7	16.7	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.7	6.4	13.3	48.4	2.7	6.8	39.7	1.1	1.4	83.6	60.1	1.3	5.7	1.1	2,565	1,356	565	122	42	53	92	148	+470
10	Max Strus M. Strus	114.0	2023-24	CLE	70	32.0	12.2	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	4.3	10.4	41.8	2.4	6.8	35.1	1.1	1.4	79.4	55.3	0.9	3.9	1.6	2,239	853	338	283	64	29	112	170	+254
11	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	114.2	2023-24	PHI	68	30.2	15.4	5.0	1.5	1.1	0.7	5.7	12.9	44.1	1.5	4.8	31.1	2.6	3.4	75.0	53.5	1.4	3.6	1.3	2,055	1,049	341	101	77	47	87	194	-25
12	Paul George P. George	114.3	2023-24	LAC	74	33.8	22.6	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.1	3.3	7.9	41.3	3.6	3.9	90.7	61.3	0.5	4.7	2.1	2,502	1,671	388	262	113	37	153	202	+461
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	114.4	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	27.1	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	62.6	0.5	6.1	3.2	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
14	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	114.4	2023-24	NOP	64	32.9	20.8	5.1	5.7	0.8	0.6	7.8	15.9	49.2	1.3	3.8	35.5	3.8	4.8	80.1	57.8	0.7	4.4	2.5	2,103	1,332	324	363	50	40	163	145	+175
15	LeBron James L. James	114.5	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	25.7	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
16	Keegan Murray K. Murray	115.6	2023-24	SAC	77	33.6	15.2	5.5	1.7	1.0	0.8	5.8	12.7	45.4	2.4	6.6	35.8	1.3	1.6	83.1	56.9	1.4	4.1	0.8	2,589	1,172	420	129	79	59	64	205	+140
17	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	116.2	2023-24	TOR	60	34.9	19.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	7.5	15.7	47.5	1.7	4.9	34.1	3.3	4.2	78.1	56.6	2.4	5.9	2.8	2,094	1,191	494	363	75	88	165	118	-144
18	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	117.9	2023-24	BKN	82	34.8	19.6	4.5	3.6	1.0	0.4	6.9	15.8	43.6	2.7	7.2	37.2	3.1	3.9	81.4	56.0	0.8	3.7	2.0	2,854	1,606	372	299	81	30	164	116	-185
19	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	118.0	2023-24	SAS	69	29.5	15.7	5.5	2.8	0.7	0.3	5.7	12.5	45.4	1.8	5.3	34.6	2.5	3.2	79.2	56.5	1.4	4.1	1.4	2,038	1,084	377	195	51	20	100	149	-347
20	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	118.5	2023-24	WAS	75	30.1	14.7	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	5.4	10.7	50.6	1.2	3.1	37.4	2.7	3.6	74.0	59.7	1.1	6.1	2.1	2,257	1,102	540	286	60	36	160	185	-329
21	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	118.8	2023-24	SAC	82	29.0	12.2	3.0	1.2	0.7	0.1	4.2	8.9	47.4	1.8	4.7	38.7	1.9	2.4	80.1	61.1	0.8	2.2	0.7	2,381	1,000	249	99	54	12	58	98	-80
22	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	119.6	2023-24	CHA	69	37.4	21.0	7.3	3.3	0.9	0.5	8.1	17.5	46.2	2.3	6.5	34.9	2.5	3.1	82.5	55.6	1.0	6.3	2.0	2,581	1,449	505	231	65	33	138	118	-633
23	Brandon Miller B. Miller	120.7	2023-24	CHA	74	32.2	17.3	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	6.4	14.6	44.0	2.5	6.7	37.3	1.9	2.3	82.7	55.2	0.8	3.4	1.8	2,383	1,279	315	175	66	42	132	184	-510
24	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	121.5	2023-24	ATL	63	32.7	13.7	6.5	1.5	0.8	0.2	4.6	11.1	41.6	1.8	5.7	31.6	2.7	3.2	83.7	54.9	2.7	3.9	0.9	2,062	863	411	92	51	11	54	88	-19
25	Corey Kispert C. Kispert	122.8	2023-24	WAS	80	25.8	13.4	2.8	2.0	0.5	0.2	4.8	9.9	48.6	2.3	6.0	38.3	1.4	2.0	72.6	62.0	0.4	2.4	1.2	2,067	1,070	225	156	41	16	98	141	-445

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

APG

5.5

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.7

2nd

DRTG

112.8

4th

NETRTG

7.9

4th

3P%

36.5

9th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	57	21	.731
2	Celtics	52	25	.675	4.5
3	Knicks	50	28	.641	7.0
4	Cavaliers	48	29	.623	8.5
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/5	TOR	@	BOS	3:30 PM
Tue 4/7	CHA	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Thu 4/9	BOS	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Fri 4/10	NOP	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sun 4/12	ORL	@	BOS	6:00 PM

Last Game

Celtics

52 - 25

133

Final

101

Bucks

30 - 47

Fri 3 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.9

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.1

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.8

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.4

Duren

67.8

Ayton

67.2

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.7

120.0

119.5

119.4

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.5

111.1

112.8

112.9

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.4

8.3

8.1

7.9

6.7

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

17-60

18-59

21-57

24-53

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,864.1

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,372.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,117

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,572.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.2

Maxey

37.3

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

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-29

46-30-1

45-32

44-34

43-35

Worst Record ATS

31-46

33-45

33-44

33-43-1

34-43

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	57	21	.731
2	Celtics - x	52	25	.675	4.5
3	Knicks - x	50	28	.641	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	48	29	.623	8.5
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	12.0
6	Raptors	43	34	.558	13.5
7	76ers	43	35	.551	14.0
8	Hornets	42	36	.538	15.0
9	Magic	41	36	.532	15.5
10	Heat	41	37	.526	16.0
11	Bucks - e	30	47	.390	26.5
12	Bulls - e	29	48	.377	27.5
13	Pacers - e	18	59	.234	38.5
14	Nets - e	18	59	.234	38.5
15	Wizards - e	17	60	.221	39.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	61	16	.792
2	Spurs - x	59	19	.756	2.5
3	Lakers - x	50	27	.649	11.0
4	Nuggets - x	50	28	.641	11.5
5	Rockets - x	48	29	.623	13.0
6	Timberwolves	46	31	.597	15.0
7	Suns	42	35	.545	19.0
8	Trail Blazers	40	38	.513	21.5
9	Clippers	39	38	.506	22.0
10	Warriors	36	41	.468	25.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	52	.325	36.0
12	Pelicans - e	25	53	.321	36.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	53	.312	37.0
14	Kings - e	21	57	.269	40.5
15	Jazz - e	21	57	.269	40.5