player with the best defensive rating in 2018

Andre Drummond had the lowest defensive rating in 2017-18, with a 99.0 rating.

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player with the best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in 2018

	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	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.0	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	10.9	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
2	Clint Capela C. Capela	100.5	2017-18	HOU	74	27.5	13.9	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	6.0	9.1	65.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.5	56.0	65.0	3.3	7.6	1.4	2,034	1,026	802	68	58	137	103	185	+372
3	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	101.5	2017-18	POR	79	26.4	14.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	6.1	12.0	50.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.5	63.0	52.8	2.4	6.6	2.3	2,088	1,132	708	143	64	111	183	247	+159
4	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	101.9	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	102.3	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
6	Robert Covington R. Covington	102.5	2017-18	PHI	80	31.6	12.6	5.4	2.0	1.7	0.9	4.3	10.5	41.3	2.5	6.9	36.9	1.5	1.7	85.3	56.3	0.7	4.7	1.6	2,525	1,009	433	156	137	72	126	238	+543
7	Al Horford A. Horford	103.2	2017-18	BOS	72	31.6	12.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	5.1	10.5	48.9	1.3	3.1	42.9	1.3	1.7	78.3	57.5	1.4	5.9	1.8	2,277	927	530	339	43	78	132	138	+348
8	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	103.3	2017-18	UTA	77	29.3	13.1	4.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	4.5	10.7	41.8	1.2	3.5	35.2	2.9	3.3	86.6	53.7	0.6	4.0	2.7	2,254	1,008	351	410	121	11	207	206	+212
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	103.4	2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	13.9	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.4	47.5	1.3	3.0	43.4	2.7	3.2	82.6	58.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	2,443	1,112	402	128	83	58	114	170	+344
10	Derrick Favors D. Favors	103.5	2017-18	UTA	77	28.0	12.3	7.2	1.3	0.7	1.1	5.1	9.1	56.3	0.2	0.8	22.2	1.8	2.8	65.1	59.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	2,153	944	552	102	54	82	88	164	+143
11	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	103.7	2017-18	BOS	80	25.9	11.3	4.7	2.9	1.0	0.2	4.0	10.0	39.5	1.9	5.0	38.1	1.4	1.9	77.2	52.0	0.8	3.9	1.0	2,068	900	376	232	80	19	80	123	+117
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	104.1	2017-18	CHA	81	30.4	16.6	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	6.2	11.2	55.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	7.2	57.4	57.7	3.1	9.3	2.6	2,463	1,347	1,012	105	48	131	208	249	+89
13	Al-Farouq Aminu A. Aminu	104.2	2017-18	POR	69	30.0	9.3	7.6	1.2	1.1	0.6	3.3	8.4	39.5	1.8	4.9	36.9	0.9	1.2	73.8	52.2	1.4	6.2	1.1	2,072	644	525	84	79	40	79	136	+221
14	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	104.2	2017-18	IND	75	34.0	23.1	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	8.5	17.9	47.7	2.1	5.8	37.1	3.9	4.9	79.9	57.7	0.6	4.6	2.9	2,552	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	104.3	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	25.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	4.8	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
16	Draymond Green D. Green	104.6	2017-18	GSW	70	32.7	11.0	7.6	7.3	1.4	1.3	4.0	8.8	45.4	1.1	3.7	30.1	1.9	2.5	77.5	55.6	1.1	6.6	2.9	2,287	773	535	508	95	91	202	185	+312
17	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	104.7	2017-18	BOS	70	30.7	14.5	4.9	1.6	1.0	0.4	5.3	11.5	46.5	1.7	4.4	39.5	2.1	3.3	64.4	56.2	0.9	4.0	1.8	2,152	1,017	346	114	70	26	124	181	+335
18	James Harden J. Harden	104.9	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	105.1	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
20	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	105.2	2017-18	TOR	76	27.5	12.6	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	5.0	10.3	48.3	1.4	3.9	36.0	1.2	1.6	79.7	57.4	1.0	5.3	1.2	2,093	959	478	62	29	99	90	209	+314
21	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	105.4	2017-18	SAS	75	33.5	23.1	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	9.2	18.0	51.0	0.4	1.2	29.3	4.5	5.3	83.7	57.0	3.3	5.2	1.5	2,509	1,735	635	152	43	90	111	161	+285
22	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	105.5	2017-18	LAC	77	31.5	12.0	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	4.8	7.5	64.5	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.1	58.0	64.8	4.3	10.9	1.8	2,424	927	1,171	117	39	70	137	203	-126
23	Joe Ingles J. Ingles	105.5	2017-18	UTA	82	31.5	11.5	4.2	4.8	1.1	0.2	4.1	8.8	46.7	2.5	5.7	44.0	0.8	1.0	79.5	62.3	0.3	3.9	1.9	2,579	940	344	392	90	20	159	178	+267
24	Paul George P. George	106.0	2017-18	OKC	79	36.6	21.9	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	7.3	17.0	43.0	3.1	7.7	40.1	4.3	5.2	82.2	57.0	0.9	4.7	2.7	2,891	1,734	447	263	161	39	212	233	+226
25	Josh Richardson J. Richardson	106.2	2017-18	MIA	81	33.2	12.9	3.5	2.9	1.5	0.9	4.9	10.9	45.1	1.6	4.1	37.8	1.5	1.8	84.5	55.1	0.9	2.7	1.7	2,689	1,045	285	231	121	75	140	199	+40

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	DET	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Sat 2/21	DET	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 2/23	SAS	@	DET	7:00 PM
Wed 2/25	OKC	@	DET	7:30 PM
Fri 2/27	CLE	@	DET	7:00 PM

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Final

Raptors

32 - 23

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32.8

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31.8

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29.3

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RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

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11.5

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APG Leaders

10.7

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9.6

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8.6

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SPG Leaders

2.1

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2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

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3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Porter

3.6

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TS% Leaders

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69.8

Williams

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122.2

120.7

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DRtg Rankings

107.8

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NetRtg Rankings

11.6

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7.2

6.3

6.0

5.2

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14-39

15-41

15-40

15-38

18-38

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,586.3

Maxey

2,516.9

Johnson

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,662.5

Johnson

2,614

Maxey

2,587.5

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USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.5

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MPG Leaders

38.6

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

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1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.43

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1.70

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1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Best Record ATS

35-20

33-22

32-24

30-23-1

31-24

31-23

Worst Record ATS

21-35

21-32

22-31

23-32

23-30

23-30-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0
6	76ers	30	24	.556	10.5
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0
12	Bucks	23	30	.434	17.0
13	Nets	15	38	.283	25.0
14	Pacers	15	40	.273	26.0
15	Wizards	14	39	.264	26.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	42	14	.750
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/16	PHX	@	NYK	106-99
Fri 1/16	IND	@	DET	78-121
Fri 1/16	OKC	@	MIA	120-122
Fri 1/16	MIN	@	SAS	123-126
Fri 1/16	CHA	@	GSW	116-136

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	ATL	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	BKN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	IND	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	HOU	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	DET	@	NYK	7:30 PM

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