Trey Murphy III has the highest career defensive rating for the Pelicans, with a 116.7 rating.

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pelicans worst player defensive rating with a minimum of 5000 minutes played

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	116.7	9,197	317	29.0	15.4	4.3	2.2	1.0	0.4	5.2	11.3	45.9	2.6	6.7	38.2	2.4	2.7	87.8	61.3	0.8	3.5	1.1	4,868	1,353	712	318	141	334	535	-251
2	CJ McCollum	116.6	7,518	223	33.7	21.1	4.2	5.0	1.0	0.5	7.9	17.5	45.2	3.1	7.8	39.8	2.2	2.9	75.2	56.2	0.7	3.5	2.0	4,704	942	1,113	212	104	456	447	+21
3	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	115.4	8,555	276	31.0	23.8	6.4	4.1	1.0	0.6	9.1	15.5	59.1	0.1	0.4	32.4	5.4	7.8	69.5	63.0	2.2	4.2	2.7	6,581	1,768	1,119	279	172	734	624	+319
4	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	115.2	5,434	268	20.3	8.1	2.3	3.1	1.1	0.2	3.0	7.2	41.2	1.4	4.0	35.1	0.8	1.1	76.3	53.1	0.5	1.9	1.1	2,180	619	842	308	50	294	458	+172
5	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	114.7	10,300	305	33.8	23.0	5.5	5.2	0.8	0.6	8.3	17.6	47.2	1.8	4.9	37.2	4.6	5.4	84.7	57.6	0.7	4.8	2.9	7,017	1,669	1,580	235	170	874	728	+265
6	Darius Miller D. Miller	114.1	5,161	253	20.4	6.0	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	2.1	4.9	41.8	1.3	3.4	38.2	0.6	0.7	83.0	57.2	0.2	1.5	0.6	1,524	423	346	110	61	163	510	-21
7	Herbert Jones H. Jones	113.7	8,842	296	29.9	9.9	3.7	2.5	1.6	0.7	3.6	7.8	45.8	1.1	3.2	35.0	1.6	2.0	82.2	56.9	1.1	2.6	1.3	2,929	1,105	748	463	200	389	913	+380
8	E'Twaun Moore E. Moore	113.0	6,889	264	26.1	10.7	2.5	2.0	0.8	0.2	4.3	9.2	47.4	1.3	3.2	40.4	0.7	0.9	73.6	55.8	0.6	1.9	1.0	2,821	648	531	201	63	263	505	+6
9	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	112.0	7,130	221	32.3	15.3	2.4	3.3	1.0	0.2	5.3	12.6	42.0	1.9	4.9	39.0	2.8	3.5	81.9	54.2	0.4	2.0	2.1	3,390	525	726	225	52	470	452	-272
10	Ryan Anderson R. Anderson	111.6	6,981	230	30.4	16.1	5.9	1.1	0.5	0.4	5.7	13.6	42.1	2.3	6.3	37.1	2.3	2.7	86.8	54.4	2.2	3.7	1.2	3,702	1,352	242	123	83	269	448	-215
11	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	110.3	6,133	235	26.1	14.6	10.1	2.1	0.4	0.8	5.8	10.5	54.9	0.6	1.6	34.1	2.5	3.1	81.2	61.5	2.7	7.4	1.9	3,431	2,368	503	93	180	449	710	+215
12	Dante Cunningham D. Cunningham	110.1	6,387	263	24.3	5.7	3.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.3	5.1	46.0	0.6	1.8	34.2	0.5	0.7	63.5	53.3	0.9	2.8	0.5	1,512	962	190	154	114	120	449	-397
13	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	110.0	7,261	219	33.2	14.3	4.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	5.1	12.2	41.8	2.5	6.3	40.4	1.6	1.8	89.9	55.3	0.7	3.3	0.9	3,135	882	280	167	22	191	342	+658
14	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	109.8	13,913	415	33.5	17.6	4.2	6.8	1.5	0.6	6.9	15.0	46.2	1.5	4.4	34.6	2.3	2.9	77.5	54.2	0.8	3.3	2.8	7,321	1,728	2,833	638	267	1,164	977	+766
15	Rasual Butler R. Butler	108.8	7,587	293	25.9	9.1	2.9	0.7	0.5	0.6	3.4	8.5	40.7	1.4	3.7	37.4	0.8	1.2	72.2	50.8	0.5	2.4	0.7	2,677	859	214	139	181	201	515	-137
16	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	108.4	5,957	202	29.5	14.8	4.8	5.6	1.2	0.3	5.6	12.9	43.8	0.7	2.4	30.2	2.8	3.7	74.5	50.8	0.9	3.9	2.6	2,982	972	1,139	239	70	533	460	-127
17	David West D. West	106.0	17,160	530	32.4	16.4	7.3	2.0	0.7	0.8	6.6	13.4	49.0	0.1	0.2	26.4	3.2	3.8	83.9	54.4	2.1	5.2	1.8	8,690	3,853	1,042	396	435	931	1,386	+171
18	David Wesley D. Wesley	105.7	5,645	160	35.3	15.2	2.5	3.3	1.3	0.2	5.6	13.6	41.0	1.6	4.3	37.3	2.4	3.1	78.6	50.7	0.5	2.0	1.8	2,429	394	535	215	24	286	385	-26
19	Al-Farouq Aminu A. Aminu	105.6	5,588	222	25.2	6.9	6.3	1.3	1.0	0.6	2.7	6.0	45.7	0.1	0.5	26.3	1.3	1.7	71.6	50.7	1.6	4.6	1.3	1,526	1,389	283	233	123	295	436	-364
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	104.4	15,761	425	37.1	18.7	4.6	9.9	2.4	0.1	6.6	14.0	47.1	0.9	2.5	35.9	4.6	5.4	85.3	57.1	0.7	3.9	2.5	7,936	1,951	4,228	1,010	36	1,065	1,083	+868
21	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	104.1	5,791	207	28.0	9.5	8.5	0.6	0.6	1.5	3.9	7.2	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	56.5	55.9	2.9	5.6	1.4	1,975	1,759	129	118	305	280	551	-121
22	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	104.0	6,753	197	34.3	10.2	11.3	0.9	0.5	1.4	4.2	6.9	61.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.2	56.9	61.7	4.1	7.2	1.7	2,016	2,225	169	97	269	332	631	+607
23	P.J. Brown	103.5	10,559	315	33.5	10.3	8.5	1.8	0.8	0.8	4.0	8.4	47.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	2.6	84.7	53.5	2.9	5.5	1.2	3,231	2,675	570	265	253	390	855	-391
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	102.8	16,075	466	34.5	23.7	10.5	2.1	1.4	2.4	8.9	17.2	51.7	0.4	1.2	31.4	5.5	6.9	79.5	58.5	2.6	7.9	1.9	11,059	4,906	982	639	1,121	869	1,106	+284
25	Baron Davis B. Davis	102.6	5,168	135	38.3	20.2	4.0	7.0	2.1	0.4	7.4	18.5	39.8	2.4	7.4	32.9	3.0	4.3	69.8	49.5	1.0	3.0	2.9	2,728	540	950	280	53	393	378	+302

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.5

Murphy

RPG

7.1

Queen

APG

3.8

Murphy

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.4

21st

DRTG

118.9

25th

NETRTG

-4.5

21st

3P%

34.7

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies	25	57	.305	39.0

Last Game

Pelicans

26 - 56

126

Final

132

Timberwolves

49 - 33

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

Trey Murphy III has the highest career defensive rating for the Pelicans, with a 116.7 rating.

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