smallest defensive rating player playoff 1400 min point guard

Charlie Ward has the best career defensive rating by a point guard in the playoffs when playing 1,400+ minutes, with a 97.9 rating.

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smallest defensive rating player playoff 1400 or more min point guard

	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	Charlie Ward C. Ward	97.9	1,567	72	21.8	5.5	2.5	3.7	1.5	0.1	2.0	4.8	42.2	0.8	2.3	34.9	0.6	0.9	71.0	52.8	0.5	2.1	1.3	396	183	264	105	10	92	146	+20
2	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	98.7	2,413	56	43.1	20.4	4.2	5.6	1.1	0.1	8.7	19.8	44.0				3.0	3.7	80.7	47.6	1.0	3.2		1,143	235	311	63	7		166
3	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	102.4	1,561	51	30.6	12.3	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.1	5.0	12.1	41.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.2	71.0	45.8	0.5	1.9	1.7	629	127	206	78	7	54	161
4	Ron Harper R. Harper	102.5	2,257	87	25.9	7.5	3.7	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.8	6.6	43.0	0.6	2.0	30.0	1.3	1.8	68.6	50.8	1.1	2.5	0.9	652	318	227	96	53	76	190	+206
5	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	102.9	5,841	146	40.0	13.9	7.0	8.5	2.0	0.3	4.9	12.5	39.4	1.6	4.9	32.5	2.5	3.2	78.0	50.2	1.4	5.5	3.0	2,032	1,016	1,239	290	48	437	336	+146
6	Baron Davis B. Davis	103.2	1,851	50	37.0	18.8	4.3	6.2	2.3	0.5	6.6	14.9	44.2	2.0	5.7	35.0	3.7	5.2	70.9	54.8	1.0	3.3	2.6	942	213	311	114	24	131	177	+118
7	Chris Childs C. Childs	103.3	1,953	73	26.8	7.1	2.9	4.4	0.8	0.1	2.5	6.2	39.8	0.7	2.0	36.5	1.4	1.7	81.6	50.9	0.4	2.6	2.1	516	215	319	62	4	150	248	-8
8	Anthony Johnson A. Johnson	103.4	1,408	81	17.4	5.4	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.9	4.7	40.8	0.4	1.3	34.3	1.1	1.5	71.2	49.9	0.4	1.4	0.9	434	149	201	46	10	75	131	+3
9	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	103.6	4,559	134	34.0	12.5	5.6	8.5	1.7	0.2	5.0	11.4	44.0	0.5	1.5	33.0	1.9	2.9	64.9	49.0	1.4	4.1	2.6	1,669	744	1,136	228	24	349	320	+277
10	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	103.8	1,597	102	15.7	4.5	1.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.5	4.2	36.2	0.6	1.9	29.4	0.9	1.4	64.3	46.8	0.3	0.9	0.9	455	124	234	82	18	94	207	+53
11	Gus Williams G. Williams	104.3	3,215	99	32.5	19.5	3.1	4.7	1.8	0.4	7.9	16.6	47.6	0.2	1.0	23.1	3.6	4.9	73.7	52.0	1.4	1.7	2.6	1,929	308	469	174	40	201	243
12	Henry Bibby H. Bibby	104.8	1,700	66	25.8	8.3	2.6	3.5	0.8	0.0	3.1	7.8	39.4	0.3	0.7	38.5	2.0	2.6	78.0	46.2	1.0	1.7	1.9	546	174	228	50	2	71	160
13	Rafer Alston R. Alston	104.9	1,494	56	26.7	9.0	2.5	3.1	1.0	0.1	3.2	8.9	36.5	1.3	4.3	31.1	1.2	1.6	76.4	47.2	0.3	2.2	1.4	505	139	171	55	8	76	105	-38
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	104.9	4,216	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	2,261	524	987	234	38	369	363
15	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	105.0	1,420	99	14.3	3.7	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.4	4.4	31.0	0.6	2.1	27.0	0.4	0.5	82.0	40.2	0.3	1.0	0.6	368	124	132	66	7	60	156	-104
16	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	105.1	5,180	137	37.8	18.1	3.5	6.0	1.1	0.2	5.3	12.8	41.4	1.9	5.2	36.7	5.7	6.4	88.1	58.1	0.5	3.0	2.3	2,486	475	823	147	22	313	358	+617
17	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	105.7	2,807	90	31.2	10.5	2.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	4.4	9.1	48.6	0.0	0.2	6.3	1.7	2.6	66.1	51.6	0.5	1.6	1.9	949	186	562	102	11	171	174	+182
18	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	105.9	2,877	99	29.1	8.8	2.5	3.2	1.2	0.2	3.1	7.2	42.9	1.2	3.3	35.7	1.4	1.9	74.2	54.5	0.4	2.2	1.7	872	251	321	118	15	167	274	+299
19	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	106.0	1,570	88	17.8	7.2	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.1	2.9	6.6	44.3	0.1	0.4	15.6	1.2	1.8	69.7	48.4	0.7	0.8	1.2	631	137	229	78	7	105	182
20	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	106.1	1,642	47	34.9	14.2	1.6	6.5	0.7	0.0	5.0	11.8	42.3	0.0	0.4	11.8	4.1	5.0	82.6	50.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	667	77	306	34	2	122	118
21	John Wall J. Wall	106.1	1,434	37	38.8	21.9	4.3	9.8	1.7	1.1	7.7	18.4	41.9	0.9	3.5	26.7	5.5	6.7	82.2	51.2	0.5	3.8	3.9	810	159	364	64	41	145	84	+83
22	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	106.5	2,161	54	40.0	14.2	4.9	6.6	2.1	0.4	5.2	14.0	37.0	2.3	6.6	35.0	1.6	2.3	68.3	47.4	1.2	3.7	3.0	769	266	357	116	24	162	102	+1
23	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	106.7	4,848	133	36.5	14.4	3.4	6.9	2.2	0.3	5.8	11.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.7	3.5	77.7	55.7	0.9	2.5	2.4	1,910	453	922	295	45	318	324
24	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	106.8	2,364	80	29.6	8.8	2.3	5.4	1.0	0.2	3.4	8.1	41.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	75.2	47.1	0.8	1.5	1.7	701	181	431	79	18	120	168
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	106.9	6,398	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	2,436	608	1,839	338	50	517	539	+105

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.9

Brunson

RPG

10.6

Towns

APG

6.6

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

28.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.1

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

8.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.7

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

121.8

115.9

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

106.5

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.5

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.1

11.2

9.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

771.2

Wembanyama

691

Mobley

685.9

Mitchell

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

758

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

686.3

Mobley

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.60

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.58

Wembanyama

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

57-41

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

54-42

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