players with best defensive rating in the nba

Chet Holmgren has the best defensive rating this season, with a 104.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
players with best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in the NBA this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.1
2025-26
56
29.3
17.3
9.0
1.8
0.5
1.9
6.4
11.6
55.2
1.3
3.6
35.6
3.3
4.1
78.4
64.6
1.9
7.1
1.6
1,643
968
506
98
30
108
90
128
+487
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.3
2025-26
61
27.4
8.9
3.2
2.7
2.0
0.3
3.4
7.9
42.9
1.4
3.9
34.6
0.7
0.9
78.6
53.3
0.9
2.3
1.0
1,671
541
195
166
125
18
62
126
+407
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.4
2025-26
52
33.4
31.7
4.4
6.5
1.4
0.8
10.9
19.8
55.1
1.7
4.5
38.4
8.2
9.2
89.3
66.6
0.5
3.9
2.1
1,735
1,650
228
336
71
40
110
106
+584
4Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.3
2025-26
59
31.2
19.7
11.8
2.8
0.9
0.6
6.7
13.8
48.4
1.6
4.3
36.7
4.9
5.7
85.4
60.7
3.2
8.7
2.5
1,842
1,165
699
166
52
34
149
209
+344
5Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
109.4
2025-26
54
35.1
25.2
5.8
9.9
1.5
0.9
8.9
19.5
45.7
1.9
5.9
32.9
5.4
6.6
81.1
56.1
0.9
4.9
3.8
1,894
1,360
314
533
81
51
204
172
+422
6Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
109.5
2025-26
54
31.4
18.7
9.9
2.9
1.1
0.7
6.7
14.9
44.9
1.7
4.9
33.8
3.6
4.7
76.5
54.9
2.0
7.8
1.7
1,698
1,009
532
154
59
36
93
90
+287
7Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
109.7
2025-26
59
34.2
19.0
8.1
5.5
1.4
1.6
7.4
14.8
50.1
0.9
3.0
29.1
3.3
4.0
82.9
57.4
2.1
6.0
2.7
2,018
1,119
478
322
82
94
161
168
+170
8Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.7
2025-26
59
31.5
10.8
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.6
4.4
6.3
70.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.1
50.2
67.1
3.9
7.6
1.4
1,856
640
678
101
45
96
80
160
+268
9Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.2
2025-26
61
26.2
13.9
6.4
2.4
1.0
1.0
5.2
11.2
46.7
2.3
6.1
38.1
1.1
1.5
71.4
58.4
1.1
5.2
1.6
1,599
847
388
148
63
59
99
152
+171
10Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
110.5
2025-26
53
33.8
20.5
9.2
6.3
1.3
1.1
8.0
16.0
50.1
0.5
1.8
28.9
3.9
5.7
69.3
55.4
3.1
6.0
3.2
1,793
1,084
486
332
71
58
172
168
+172
11Josh Hart
J. Hart
111.0
2025-26
51
30.2
11.8
7.5
5.2
1.1
0.3
4.5
9.2
48.7
1.5
3.8
37.8
1.4
1.9
71.7
58.7
1.4
6.1
2.0
1,538
601
384
266
58
17
101
124
+184
12Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
111.1
2025-26
61
27.7
11.2
5.8
1.5
0.8
0.4
3.6
8.4
43.2
2.4
6.4
38.2
1.5
1.8
85.2
61.0
0.9
4.9
0.9
1,691
683
353
92
49
27
54
98
+406
13Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.2
2025-26
51
29.5
16.5
4.9
6.8
1.3
0.3
5.7
12.1
46.8
1.0
3.5
29.1
4.1
5.7
72.3
56.4
1.3
3.6
3.2
1,507
843
250
349
67
17
163
167
+230
14OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
111.3
2025-26
49
33.1
16.1
5.2
2.2
1.7
0.8
5.7
12.1
47.3
2.1
5.8
36.2
2.6
3.2
79.2
59.5
1.3
3.9
1.9
1,620
788
255
106
83
37
95
123
+272
15Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
111.5
2025-26
48
32.6
17.6
8.7
3.8
0.9
1.8
6.8
13.1
51.7
1.2
3.7
31.5
2.9
4.6
63.2
58.2
2.2
6.5
2.0
1,566
847
416
181
42
88
95
120
+184
16Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
111.7
2025-26
56
35.1
22.7
10.5
8.0
1.3
0.5
8.4
17.1
49.1
1.5
4.5
34.1
4.4
5.6
77.8
58.0
1.5
9.0
3.4
1,966
1,271
586
446
74
27
189
122
+52
17Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.7
2025-26
46
34.6
28.7
12.6
10.3
1.3
0.8
10.1
17.7
57.0
1.9
4.8
40.1
6.5
7.9
82.7
67.6
3.1
9.5
3.7
1,590
1,318
580
476
62
36
169
126
+406
18Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
111.8
2025-26
60
25.3
13.2
2.7
3.2
1.5
0.6
4.8
11.3
43.0
2.6
6.6
39.6
0.9
1.2
78.3
56.0
0.4
2.4
1.4
1,520
790
164
190
88
37
82
118
+220
19Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
112.5
2025-26
47
32.4
27.9
6.4
3.7
2.0
0.5
9.7
19.6
49.7
2.6
7.0
37.9
5.8
6.4
90.6
62.2
1.0
5.4
2.1
1,522
1,309
299
174
93
23
101
58
+178
20Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
112.5
2025-26
55
34.3
28.9
7.2
5.0
1.0
0.4
10.7
22.2
48.0
2.1
5.9
34.8
5.5
7.1
77.9
57.1
1.1
6.1
3.6
1,884
1,588
396
276
54
24
197
149
+168
21De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
112.6
2025-26
52
31.4
18.6
3.8
6.2
1.2
0.3
7.0
14.5
48.1
1.9
5.5
34.6
2.8
3.7
76.8
58.0
0.5
3.3
2.3
1,632
969
196
322
64
13
122
115
+233
22Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.6
2025-26
57
31.4
16.2
7.9
3.2
1.1
1.0
6.0
12.3
48.6
2.1
5.5
38.6
2.1
2.7
77.3
59.8
1.9
6.0
1.9
1,791
921
448
185
65
59
107
192
-71
23Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
112.8
2025-26
58
27.4
11.8
11.5
2.2
0.5
1.5
4.5
8.6
52.6
1.1
3.2
33.9
1.6
2.5
65.7
60.6
4.6
6.9
1.2
1,587
682
667
125
30
87
68
131
-23
24Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
112.9
2025-26
56
31.1
16.0
5.1
2.8
1.1
1.1
6.0
12.7
47.5
2.0
5.0
40.4
1.9
2.4
78.8
58.2
1.8
3.3
1.6
1,742
897
287
158
62
59
91
126
+51
25Amen Thompson
A. Thompson
113.0
2025-26
58
36.9
17.4
7.7
5.2
1.5
0.6
6.7
13.1
51.1
0.3
1.6
20.0
3.7
4.7
77.1
57.2
2.8
4.8
2.6
2,143
1,009
446
304
87
36
150
128
+277
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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PPG

31.7

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

9.2

Hartenstein

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APG

6.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Team Rankings

ORTG

118.4

5th

DRTG

107.3

1st

NETRTG

11.1

1st

3P%

36.1

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
49
15
.766
2
44
17
.721
3.5
3
38
22
.633
9.0
4
39
23
.629
9.0
5
38
24
.613
10.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/7
@
8:30 PM
Mon
3/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/12
@
9:30 PM
Sun
3/15
@
1:00 PM
Tue
3/17
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

49 - 15

103

Final

100

NYK Knicks

40 - 23

Wed 4 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
15
.750
2
41
21
.661
5.0
3
40
23
.635
6.5
4
39
24
.619
7.5
5
35
26
.574
10.5
6
34
28
.548
12.0
7
32
28
.533
13.0
8
33
29
.532
13.0
9
32
31
.508
14.5
10
32
31
.508
14.5
11
26
35
.426
19.5
12
25
37
.403
21.0
13
16
45
.262
29.5
14
15
46
.246
30.5
15
15
47
.242
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
49
15
.766
2
44
17
.721
3.5
3
38
22
.633
9.0
4
39
23
.629
9.0
5
38
24
.613
10.0
6
37
24
.607
10.5
7
35
26
.574
12.5
8
31
30
.508
16.5
9
30
31
.492
17.5
10
30
33
.476
18.5
11
23
38
.377
24.5
12
21
40
.344
26.5
13
19
44
.302
29.5
14
18
44
.290
30.0
15
14
49
.222
34.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
1/30
@
114-124
Fri
1/30
@
131-114
Fri
1/30
@
107-111
Sat
1/31
@
79-107
Sat
1/31
@
112-116

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/5
@
7:00 PM
Thu
3/5
@
7:00 PM
Thu
3/5
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/5
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/5
@
8:00 PM