player with highest defensive rating nba history

Collin Sexton has the highest career defensive rating, with a 120.2 rating.

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player with highest defensive rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played NBA history

	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	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	120.2	13,276	457	29.1	18.3	2.7	3.7	0.8	0.1	6.6	14.0	47.1	1.5	3.8	38.6	3.6	4.2	84.2	57.4	0.8	1.9	2.3	8,348	1,241	1,675	364	61	1,060	1,017	-1984
2	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	120.2	11,791	444	26.6	14.9	2.5	3.2	0.5	0.1	5.3	12.3	43.2	2.5	6.6	38.1	1.8	2.0	88.1	56.6	0.4	2.1	1.6	6,622	1,108	1,399	227	56	695	801	-871
3	Trae Young T. Young	118.3	16,901	493	34.3	25.2	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.4	43.2	2.6	7.5	35.1	6.6	7.6	87.3	57.9	0.6	2.8	4.2	12,413	1,702	4,837	515	75	2,077	861	-158
4	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	118.0	10,426	345	30.2	14.5	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.2	4.9	11.7	41.6	2.2	6.2	35.2	2.6	3.1	84.6	55.6	1.4	3.9	0.9	5,016	1,840	672	294	57	327	511	-1050
5	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	117.9	10,996	372	29.6	14.7	4.1	1.6	0.7	0.3	5.1	11.4	44.7	1.8	4.9	36.4	2.7	3.2	82.5	57.1	0.6	3.4	1.4	5,454	1,521	587	254	103	523	1,008	-150
6	Jalen Green J. Green	117.4	10,281	319	32.2	19.8	4.2	3.3	0.8	0.3	6.9	16.4	42.0	2.5	7.4	34.0	3.5	4.4	79.8	53.9	0.5	3.7	2.3	6,328	1,345	1,056	253	91	749	488	-771
7	Jordan Poole J. Poole	117.2	12,142	444	27.3	16.6	2.6	3.7	0.8	0.3	5.6	13.4	41.9	2.5	7.2	34.4	3.0	3.4	87.9	56.0	0.4	2.3	2.3	7,389	1,176	1,652	376	125	1,011	1,120	-1065
8	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	116.9	10,732	384	27.9	12.7	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.3	5.0	10.0	49.7	1.2	3.1	39.1	1.6	2.0	76.2	58.2	1.0	3.7	0.9	4,870	1,797	481	236	115	336	629	-227
9	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	116.9	10,997	333	33.0	17.5	3.7	8.8	1.5	0.6	6.3	13.3	47.7	2.6	6.6	39.2	2.3	2.7	85.5	60.6	0.6	3.0	2.1	5,842	1,218	2,947	490	199	711	440	-26
10	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	116.9	12,815	464	27.6	13.1	2.2	1.4	1.1	0.2	4.7	11.1	42.0	2.4	6.2	38.8	1.4	1.7	82.0	55.4	0.3	1.9	0.7	6,091	1,035	668	507	78	311	716	-408
11	Malik Monk M. Monk	116.7	13,000	571	22.8	12.3	2.6	3.1	0.6	0.3	4.4	10.2	43.4	1.8	5.1	35.5	1.6	1.9	84.9	55.6	0.4	2.2	1.6	7,035	1,470	1,782	348	192	913	943	-331
12	Coby White C. White	116.6	13,441	453	29.7	15.4	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.2	5.4	12.5	43.3	2.3	6.4	36.7	2.2	2.6	85.6	56.3	0.4	3.3	1.9	6,962	1,651	1,764	314	74	843	968	-317
13	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	116.5	11,984	429	27.9	15.2	5.4	2.0	0.7	0.2	5.6	11.9	47.5	1.5	4.3	35.5	2.4	3.2	76.5	57.4	1.3	4.1	1.3	6,538	2,322	879	296	101	549	825	-910
14	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	116.4	14,657	531	27.6	11.5	3.4	2.9	0.9	0.4	4.3	9.8	44.2	2.1	5.6	37.0	0.7	1.0	75.7	56.0	0.6	2.9	1.2	6,097	1,814	1,533	482	193	634	1,173	+262
15	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	116.1	12,377	375	33.0	21.0	3.2	4.8	1.1	0.4	7.5	16.2	46.2	2.4	6.2	38.0	3.6	4.1	87.2	58.1	0.3	2.8	1.6	7,859	1,188	1,791	407	151	590	762	+693
16	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	115.9	13,739	578	23.8	11.7	2.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	4.2	9.9	42.6	2.5	6.4	39.1	0.7	1.0	76.9	56.7	0.4	2.4	0.8	6,738	1,612	789	387	67	474	779	+376
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	115.8	16,114	541	29.8	19.0	3.2	5.1	0.7	0.1	6.9	14.3	48.6	1.7	4.5	38.6	3.4	4.1	82.6	59.0	0.5	2.7	1.8	10,264	1,730	2,781	389	55	973	1,024	+1538
18	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	115.8	21,792	805	27.1	15.5	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.2	5.8	13.3	43.6	1.8	5.4	33.6	2.1	2.6	82.8	53.9	0.9	2.4	1.8	12,494	2,612	2,278	635	124	1,469	1,358	-1352
19	Cedi Osman C. Osman	115.7	10,815	476	22.7	9.3	3.0	2.0	0.7	0.1	3.4	7.8	43.2	1.5	4.2	35.7	1.1	1.5	71.1	55.0	0.5	2.5	1.0	4,427	1,411	933	312	71	483	908	-1456
20	Doug McDermott D. McDermott	115.6	13,688	709	19.3	8.5	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	3.2	6.8	47.0	1.4	3.4	41.1	0.7	0.9	80.5	59.3	0.4	1.7	0.6	6,050	1,464	668	149	64	442	993	-450
21	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	115.6	14,687	521	28.2	14.0	3.3	3.2	1.0	0.2	5.1	11.7	43.5	2.4	6.3	38.1	1.4	1.7	84.5	56.4	0.5	2.8	1.4	7,311	1,732	1,664	515	129	743	1,111	+128
22	Terance Mann T. Mann	115.6	10,346	462	22.4	8.0	3.5	2.1	0.6	0.2	3.1	6.2	49.8	0.8	2.2	37.1	1.1	1.4	78.3	59.3	1.0	2.5	0.8	3,713	1,610	952	263	103	375	894	-118
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	115.5	24,615	717	34.3	24.5	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.3	2.1	5.9	35.1	5.3	6.1	87.2	58.0	0.6	3.4	3.0	17,540	2,890	3,792	616	202	2,179	2,090	+180
24	Grayson Allen G. Allen	115.5	11,375	441	25.8	11.1	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.3	3.7	8.3	44.5	2.2	5.5	40.6	1.5	1.8	85.8	61.3	0.5	2.5	1.0	4,915	1,333	961	345	124	463	720	+465
25	Isaac Okoro I. Okoro	115.3	10,103	385	26.2	8.3	2.8	1.6	0.8	0.4	3.0	6.4	46.6	1.0	2.8	34.9	1.3	1.8	74.1	57.5	1.0	1.8	0.8	3,178	1,073	614	297	150	298	873	-120

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.5

Mitchell

RPG

8.6

Allen

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.5

6th

DRTG

114.1

12th

NETRTG

4.3

9th

3P%

35.8

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	38	20	.655	5.5
3	Knicks	37	22	.627	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	23	.617	7.5
5	Raptors	34	25	.576	10.0
6	76ers	33	26	.559	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/1	CLE	@	BKN	3:30 PM
Tue 3/3	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Sun 3/8	BOS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 3/9	PHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 3/11	CLE	@	ORL	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

37 - 23

116

Final

118

Bucks

26 - 31

Wed 25 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.7

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.4

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Maxey

2.1

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.8

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

1.9

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Ball

TS% Leaders

68.6

Jokić

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.8

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.9

120.2

119.3

119.1

118.6

118.5

DRtg Rankings

107.8

109.2

111.3

112.5

112.6

NetRtg Rankings

11.3

7.9

7.3

6.7

5.8

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-47

15-45

15-43

16-42

18-42

18-41

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,864.2

Maxey

2,685.1

Johnson

2,673.6

Jokić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,891.5

Maxey

2,849

Jokić

2,839.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.6

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.4

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.94

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

38-22

36-23-1

33-25

33-25-1

34-26

34-25

Worst Record ATS

24-37

24-34

25-35

24-33-1

25-34-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	43	14	.754
2	Celtics	38	20	.655	5.5
3	Knicks	37	22	.627	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	23	.617	7.5
5	Raptors	34	25	.576	10.0
6	76ers	33	26	.559	11.0
7	Magic	31	27	.534	12.5
8	Heat	31	29	.517	13.5
9	Hawks	30	31	.492	15.0
10	Hornets	29	31	.483	15.5
11	Bucks	26	31	.456	17.0
12	Bulls	24	36	.400	20.5
13	Wizards	16	42	.276	27.5
14	Nets	15	43	.259	28.5
15	Pacers	15	45	.250	29.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	45	15	.750
2	Spurs	43	16	.729	1.5
3	Rockets	37	21	.638	7.0
4	Nuggets	37	22	.627	7.5
5	Timberwolves	37	23	.617	8.0
6	Lakers	34	24	.586	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	11.0
8	Warriors	31	28	.525	13.5
9	Trail Blazers	29	31	.483	16.0
10	Clippers	27	31	.466	17.0
11	Grizzlies	21	36	.368	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	37	.362	23.0
13	Jazz	18	41	.305	26.5
14	Pelicans	18	42	.300	27.0
15	Kings	14	47	.230	31.5