nba top defensive ratings for players

Chet Holmgren has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 104.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
NBA top defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games for players this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.5
2025-26
53
29.4
17.2
9.0
1.8
0.5
2.0
6.3
11.4
55.3
1.2
3.5
35.3
3.3
4.2
78.6
64.7
1.9
7.2
1.6
1,558
909
478
93
28
104
83
122
+455
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.9
2025-26
58
27.3
8.9
3.2
2.6
2.0
0.3
3.4
7.9
43.1
1.4
4.0
35.5
0.7
0.9
76.9
53.8
0.9
2.3
1.0
1,583
516
184
150
118
17
60
120
+396
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.9
2025-26
50
33.3
31.9
4.4
6.5
1.3
0.8
10.9
19.9
55.0
1.7
4.5
38.5
8.3
9.3
89.2
66.5
0.5
3.9
2.1
1,666
1,594
221
323
66
40
104
101
+565
4Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
109.2
2025-26
53
35.0
25.5
5.8
9.8
1.5
0.9
9.0
19.6
46.0
2.0
6.0
33.2
5.5
6.7
81.0
56.4
0.9
4.9
3.8
1,856
1,350
308
519
80
50
199
167
+433
5Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.5
2025-26
57
31.2
19.8
11.8
2.8
0.9
0.6
6.6
13.8
47.8
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.0
5.8
85.5
60.4
3.1
8.7
2.6
1,780
1,127
670
159
51
33
146
200
+355
6Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
109.7
2025-26
58
34.2
19.1
8.2
5.5
1.4
1.6
7.4
14.9
50.1
0.9
3.0
29.1
3.3
4.0
82.7
57.3
2.1
6.1
2.7
1,983
1,105
474
321
79
93
158
166
+172
7Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.8
2025-26
58
31.5
10.9
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.7
4.4
6.3
70.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.1
50.2
67.2
3.9
7.6
1.4
1,829
635
666
100
45
96
79
156
+264
8Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.0
2025-26
53
31.4
18.6
9.9
2.8
1.0
0.7
6.6
14.8
44.9
1.7
4.9
34.4
3.7
4.8
76.5
55.1
2.1
7.8
1.8
1,663
986
523
150
53
35
93
87
+265
9Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.3
2025-26
60
26.3
14.1
6.4
2.5
1.0
1.0
5.3
11.3
47.1
2.4
6.2
38.5
1.1
1.5
71.9
58.9
1.1
5.2
1.6
1,577
844
382
147
62
58
97
151
+169
10Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
110.4
2025-26
52
33.8
20.2
9.1
6.3
1.3
1.1
7.9
15.9
49.9
0.5
1.8
29.2
3.8
5.6
69.2
55.2
3.1
6.0
3.2
1,755
1,052
473
330
70
57
164
166
+176
11Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
111.4
2025-26
47
32.6
17.6
8.7
3.8
0.9
1.9
6.8
13.2
51.6
1.1
3.7
31.0
2.8
4.5
62.7
57.9
2.2
6.5
2.0
1,534
829
411
177
40
88
95
117
+186
12Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
111.5
2025-26
60
27.8
11.2
5.8
1.5
0.8
0.5
3.6
8.4
43.1
2.5
6.4
38.2
1.5
1.8
85.2
61.1
0.9
4.9
0.9
1,670
673
346
90
49
27
53
95
+367
13Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.5
2025-26
45
34.5
28.8
12.6
10.5
1.4
0.8
10.2
17.8
57.0
2.0
4.9
40.1
6.5
7.8
82.4
67.6
3.1
9.5
3.7
1,554
1,296
568
471
62
34
166
121
+404
14Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.6
2025-26
50
29.7
16.5
4.9
6.8
1.3
0.3
5.7
12.2
46.5
1.0
3.5
29.4
4.2
5.8
72.2
56.2
1.2
3.7
3.2
1,486
826
245
339
66
17
162
164
+191
15Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
111.6
2025-26
55
35.1
22.7
10.6
7.9
1.3
0.5
8.4
17.1
49.3
1.5
4.5
34.0
4.4
5.6
77.9
58.2
1.5
9.1
3.4
1,932
1,251
581
437
72
27
186
120
+36
16OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
111.6
2025-26
47
33.1
16.1
5.3
2.3
1.7
0.7
5.7
12.1
47.3
2.0
5.7
36.0
2.6
3.3
79.4
59.4
1.4
3.9
1.9
1,556
757
247
106
80
35
90
116
+268
17Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.1
2025-26
59
25.1
13.1
2.7
3.1
1.4
0.6
4.8
11.1
43.1
2.6
6.5
39.7
0.9
1.1
79.1
56.2
0.4
2.3
1.3
1,478
771
157
180
82
35
79
116
+210
18Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
112.6
2025-26
53
34.2
29.1
7.1
4.9
1.0
0.5
10.8
22.3
48.1
2.1
5.9
34.9
5.5
7.1
77.4
57.1
1.1
6.0
3.6
1,812
1,541
377
261
54
24
189
147
+181
19Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
112.7
2025-26
44
32.8
28.0
6.4
3.7
2.0
0.5
9.8
19.8
49.4
2.7
7.0
38.1
5.8
6.5
90.5
62.0
1.0
5.3
2.2
1,441
1,234
280
163
89
23
98
55
+123
20Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.7
2025-26
56
31.4
16.1
7.9
3.3
1.1
1.0
5.9
12.3
48.3
2.1
5.4
38.5
2.1
2.7
78.3
59.6
1.9
6.0
1.9
1,760
900
440
184
62
57
105
190
-90
21Amen Thompson
A. Thompson
113.0
2025-26
57
37.1
17.3
7.6
5.3
1.5
0.6
6.6
13.1
50.8
0.3
1.6
19.1
3.7
4.8
77.0
56.9
2.8
4.8
2.6
2,112
987
434
300
85
36
148
126
+271
22De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
113.1
2025-26
51
31.6
18.8
3.7
6.2
1.2
0.3
7.0
14.6
48.1
1.9
5.5
34.8
2.8
3.7
76.6
57.9
0.5
3.2
2.4
1,611
958
191
315
63
13
122
114
+210
23Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
113.1
2025-26
57
27.6
11.8
11.5
2.2
0.5
1.5
4.6
8.7
52.6
1.1
3.2
34.1
1.6
2.5
66.0
60.7
4.6
7.0
1.2
1,575
675
658
124
29
83
66
130
-18
24Derrick White
D. White
113.1
2025-26
57
34.3
17.1
4.5
5.7
1.2
1.5
5.9
15.1
39.2
2.9
8.7
32.7
2.3
2.6
89.3
52.3
1.1
3.4
1.8
1,954
972
255
324
67
86
102
86
+444
25Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
113.2
2025-26
55
31.2
16.1
5.1
2.8
1.1
1.0
6.1
12.8
47.4
2.0
5.0
40.6
1.9
2.5
78.5
58.1
1.8
3.3
1.6
1,715
884
280
154
62
56
90
123
+41
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Team Leaders

PPG

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

9.5

Hartenstein

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APG

6.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Team Rankings

ORTG

118.9

4th

DRTG

107.7

1st

NETRTG

11.2

1st

3P%

36.5

9th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
46
15
.754
2
43
17
.717
2.5
3
37
22
.627
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.0
5
37
24
.607
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/3
@
8:00 PM
Wed
3/4
@
7:00 PM
Sat
3/7
@
8:30 PM
Mon
3/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/12
@
9:30 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

37 - 23

121

Final

127

OKC Thunder

46 - 15

Fri 27 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
44
14
.759
2
39
20
.661
5.5
3
39
22
.639
6.5
4
38
24
.613
8.0
5
35
25
.583
10.0
6
33
26
.559
11.5
7
31
27
.534
13.0
8
32
29
.525
13.5
9
31
31
.500
15.0
10
30
31
.492
15.5
11
26
33
.441
18.5
12
25
36
.410
20.5
13
16
43
.271
28.5
14
15
45
.250
30.0
15
15
46
.246
30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
46
15
.754
2
43
17
.717
2.5
3
37
22
.627
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.0
5
37
24
.607
9.0
6
35
24
.593
10.0
7
34
26
.567
11.5
8
31
29
.517
14.5
9
29
33
.468
17.5
10
27
31
.466
17.5
11
23
36
.390
22.0
12
21
38
.356
24.0
13
19
42
.311
27.0
14
18
42
.300
27.5
15
14
47
.230
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
1/27
@
112-97
Tue
1/27
@
118-105
Tue
1/27
@
140-124
Tue
1/27
@
111-99
Wed
1/28
@
99-109

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/1
@
9:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
9:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
9:00 PM