nba team best defensive rating in a month

The Chicago Bulls have the lowest defensive rating by a team in a month, with a 71.9 rating in October 2006.

	TEAM	DRTG	MONTH	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	Bulls	71.9	October 2006	1	240.0	108.0	49.0	22.0	10.0	5.0	39.0	79.0	49.4	7.0	13.0	53.8	23.0	32.0	71.9	58.0	13.0	36.0	16.0	240	108	49	22	10	5	16	21
2	Mavericks	74.7	October 1986	1	240.0	103.0	60.0	14.0	7.0	5.0	32.0	76.0	42.1	2.0	3.0	66.7	37.0	47.0	78.7	53.3	16.0	44.0	22.0	240	103	60	14	7	5	22	31
3	Warriors	75.6	October 2014	1	240.0	95.0	44.0	21.0	12.0	8.0	33.0	75.0	44.0	6.0	27.0	22.2	23.0	32.0	71.9	53.3	7.0	37.0	22.0	240	95	44	21	12	8	22	32
4	Kings	75.9	October 2002	2	240.0	97.0	46.5	21.0	9.0	7.5	36.5	81.0	45.1	5.5	15.5	35.5	18.5	25.0	74.0	52.7	11.5	35.0	14.5	480	194	93	42	18	15	29	40
5	Raptors	76.0	October 2002	1	240.0	74.0	53.0	20.0	8.0	4.0	27.0	76.0	35.5	3.0	15.0	20.0	17.0	25.0	68.0	42.5	13.0	40.0	20.0	240	74	53	20	8	4	20	24
6	Wizards	79.2	October 2002	2	240.0	91.0	54.0	20.5	8.0	6.5	33.5	81.5	41.1	3.0	10.0	30.0	21.0	26.5	79.2	48.8	14.5	39.5	14.5	480	182	108	41	16	13	29	44
7	76ers	80.8	October 2012	1	240.0	84.0	47.0	18.0	13.0	11.0	30.0	85.0	35.3	7.0	25.0	28.0	17.0	21.0	81.0	44.6	14.0	33.0	16.0	240	84	47	18	13	11	16	14
8	Nuggets	82.0	October 2014	1	240.0	89.0	51.0	17.0	7.0	4.0	30.0	85.0	35.3	6.0	24.0	25.0	23.0	31.0	74.2	45.1	14.0	37.0	15.0	240	89	51	17	7	4	15	21
9	Timberwolves	82.3	October 2002	1	240.0	83.0	37.0	22.0	9.0	5.0	34.0	82.0	41.5	4.0	10.0	40.0	11.0	17.0	64.7	46.4	6.0	31.0	16.0	240	83	37	22	9	5	16	19
10	Knicks	83.1	October 2003	1	265.0	83.0	48.0	20.0	8.0	6.0	32.0	80.0	40.0	5.0	16.0	31.3	14.0	17.0	82.4	47.4	8.0	40.0	27.0	265	83	48	20	8	6	27	22
11	Lakers	84.8	October 2008	2	240.0	106.5	50.0	23.5	7.5	5.0	39.0	79.5	49.1	8.5	14.5	58.6	20.0	25.5	78.4	58.7	11.5	38.5	15.5	480	213	100	47	15	10	31	36
12	76ers	85.1	October 2000	1	240.0	101.0	37.0	27.0	10.0	5.0	38.0	66.0	57.6	3.0	8.0	37.5	22.0	30.0	73.3	63.8	8.0	29.0	14.0	240	101	37	27	10	5	14	24
13	Cavaliers	85.3	October 2000	1	240.0	86.0	52.0	16.0	5.0	8.0	32.0	78.0	41.0	2.0	7.0	28.6	20.0	32.0	62.5	46.7	11.0	41.0	19.0	240	86	52	16	5	8	19	27
14	Nets	85.3	October 2003	2	240.0	85.5	41.5	27.5	10.0	3.5	34.5	80.0	43.1	3.0	13.0	23.1	13.5	19.5	69.2	48.3	11.0	30.5	13.5	480	171	83	55	20	7	27	45
15	Celtics	85.7	October 2008	2	240.0	93.0	42.5	15.5	9.0	3.5	32.5	73.5	44.2	2.5	11.0	22.7	25.5	36.5	69.9	51.9	9.5	33.0	18.5	480	186	85	31	18	7	37	55
16	Rockets	86.1	October 2001	1	265.0	89.0	52.0	17.0	10.0	5.0	33.0	84.0	39.3	4.0	18.0	22.2	19.0	28.0	67.9	46.2	14.0	38.0	18.0	265	89	52	17	10	5	18	21
17	Mavericks	86.1	October 2007	1	240.0	92.0	36.0	23.0	6.0	8.0	33.0	69.0	47.8	9.0	18.0	50.0	17.0	20.0	85.0	59.1	5.0	31.0	16.0	240	92	36	23	6	8	16	17
18	Spurs	86.6	October 2003	2	240.0	77.5	49.0	17.0	9.5	13.5	28.5	85.0	33.5	1.5	11.5	13.0	19.0	24.5	77.6	40.5	15.0	34.0	19.5	480	155	98	34	19	27	39	52
19	SuperSonics	86.9	October 2002	1	240.0	86.0	36.0	22.0	10.0	8.0	34.0	74.0	45.9	6.0	13.0	46.2	12.0	20.0	60.0	51.9	10.0	26.0	15.0	240	86	36	22	10	8	15	19
20	Hornets	87.3	October 2002	1	240.0	100.0	41.0	22.0	12.0	3.0	35.0	80.0	43.8	6.0	10.0	60.0	24.0	33.0	72.7	52.9	16.0	25.0	12.0	240	100	41	22	12	3	12	26
21	Magic	87.8	October 2000	1	240.0	97.0	37.0	20.0	10.0	9.0	34.0	79.0	43.0	6.0	16.0	37.5	23.0	33.0	69.7	51.9	8.0	29.0	15.0	240	97	37	20	10	9	15	24
22	Jazz	87.9	October 2015	3	240.0	94.3	45.3	16.3	9.0	6.0	36.7	83.7	43.8	5.0	13.3	37.5	16.0	21.3	75.0	50.7	10.7	34.7	12.3	720	283	136	49	27	18	37	71
23	Wizards	88.2	October 2003	2	240.0	89.0	42.5	21.0	11.0	6.0	34.0	73.0	46.6	3.0	9.5	31.6	18.0	25.5	70.6	52.8	9.0	33.5	15.0	480	178	85	42	22	12	30	40
24	Pistons	88.2	October 2002	1	240.0	86.0	50.0	15.0	5.0	6.0	27.0	68.0	39.7	5.0	18.0	27.8	27.0	33.0	81.8	52.1	14.0	36.0	21.0	240	86	50	15	5	6	21	25
25	Pelicans	88.2	October 2014	1	240.0	101.0	62.0	20.0	10.0	17.0	41.0	101.0	40.6	4.0	17.0	23.5	15.0	31.0	48.4	44.1	26.0	36.0	9.0	240	101	62	20	10	17	9	17

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More Bulls Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

Giddey

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

23rd

DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

-5.1

22nd

3P%

35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 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