the center with the best defensive rating

Chet Holmgren has the best defensive rating by a center this season, with a 104.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

the center with the best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season

	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	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	104.4	2025-26	OKC	63	29.2	17.1	8.9	1.7	0.5	1.9	6.3	11.4	55.2	1.2	3.5	35.3	3.3	4.2	79.8	64.8	1.9	7.0	1.5	1,842	1,079	562	106	34	118	97	139	+569
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	109.1	2025-26	NYK	68	31.0	20.2	12.0	2.8	0.9	0.6	6.9	14.0	49.4	1.6	4.3	36.6	4.9	5.7	85.5	61.4	3.1	8.9	2.5	2,110	1,375	815	193	60	38	169	238	+394
3	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	110.0	2025-26	MIN	69	31.5	11.0	11.5	1.7	0.8	1.6	4.4	6.3	69.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	4.2	52.4	67.4	3.9	7.6	1.4	2,172	759	791	119	54	112	94	176	+234
4	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	110.4	2025-26	MIA	64	32.1	20.3	9.8	3.0	1.2	0.7	7.0	15.9	44.2	1.7	5.5	31.7	4.5	5.8	77.5	54.9	2.1	7.7	1.7	2,055	1,297	628	189	75	43	107	112	+314
5	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.9	2025-26	MIN	69	26.0	13.7	6.2	2.3	1.0	1.0	5.2	11.1	46.7	2.2	5.8	37.2	1.2	1.6	72.7	58.0	1.2	5.0	1.6	1,795	943	428	160	66	68	111	172	+189
6	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	111.1	2025-26	POR	68	27.3	12.4	11.7	2.2	0.5	1.7	4.7	9.0	52.3	1.1	3.2	33.6	1.9	2.8	67.9	60.6	4.6	7.1	1.2	1,855	840	796	147	37	113	83	158	-15
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	111.4	2025-26	DEN	57	34.8	27.9	12.7	10.7	1.4	0.8	10.0	17.4	57.3	1.8	4.7	38.3	6.2	7.5	82.9	67.5	2.9	9.7	3.9	1,983	1,591	722	609	82	47	220	157	+459
8	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	111.6	2025-26	HOU	62	33.5	20.4	9.0	6.2	1.2	1.0	8.1	15.7	51.6	0.5	1.8	28.4	3.6	5.4	67.9	56.4	3.0	6.0	3.3	2,077	1,263	557	384	77	64	206	198	+138
9	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	111.9	2025-26	ATL	67	30.9	15.4	7.6	3.2	1.1	1.1	5.7	11.8	48.4	2.0	5.2	37.7	2.0	2.7	76.0	59.5	1.8	5.8	1.7	2,069	1,032	511	216	76	72	117	223	+40
10	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	114.0	2025-26	ORL	68	29.6	11.9	7.5	2.1	0.8	0.6	4.3	8.3	51.1	1.0	3.1	32.4	2.4	3.0	79.6	61.6	2.1	5.4	1.2	2,012	808	509	143	55	43	83	237	+80
11	Myles Turner M. Turner	116.4	2025-26	MIL	66	27.1	11.9	5.3	1.5	0.7	1.5	4.0	9.1	44.0	2.1	5.4	38.4	1.8	2.5	74.8	58.6	1.0	4.2	1.2	1,789	785	347	97	46	100	81	171	-203
12	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	117.6	2025-26	BKN	64	28.2	11.8	7.0	3.8	0.7	1.2	4.8	8.5	56.8	0.0	0.3	17.6	2.1	3.4	60.5	58.8	2.5	4.5	1.4	1,807	756	451	240	44	74	88	147	-479

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Thunder Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

31.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

9.5

Hartenstein

APG

6.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.5

7th

DRTG

107.5

1st

NETRTG

11.0

1st

3P%

36.0

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	16	.781
2	Spurs	54	18	.750	2.5
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.0
4	Nuggets	45	28	.616	12.0
5	Timberwolves	44	28	.611	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/27	CHI	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Sun 3/29	NYK	@	OKC	7:30 PM
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Thu 4/2	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sun 4/5	UTA	@	OKC	7:00 PM

Last Game

Thunder

57 - 16

109

Final

119

Celtics

48 - 24

Wed 25 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

31.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.7

Jokić

12.0

Towns

11.7

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.7

Duren

67.5

Jokić

67.5

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.7

120.2

119.8

119.1

119.0

118.7

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.9

111.2

112.6

112.9

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

7.8

7.7

7.6

6.9

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

16-57

16-55

17-55

19-54

21-51

23-49

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,537.9

Jokić

3,535.6

Dončić

3,149.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,765

Jokić

3,744

Dončić

3,334.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

45-27

44-28-1

43-30

41-31

42-31

Worst Record ATS

29-44

30-43

30-41

31-41

31-40

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	52	20	.722
2	Celtics	48	24	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	48	25	.658	4.5
4	Cavaliers	45	28	.616	7.5
5	Raptors	40	31	.563	11.5
6	Hawks	41	32	.562	11.5
7	76ers	40	33	.548	12.5
8	Heat	39	34	.534	13.5
9	Hornets	38	34	.528	14.0
10	Magic	38	34	.528	14.0
11	Bucks	29	42	.408	22.5
12	Bulls	29	43	.403	23.0
13	Nets - e	17	55	.236	35.0
14	Wizards - e	16	55	.225	35.5
15	Pacers - e	16	57	.219	36.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	57	16	.781
2	Spurs - x	54	18	.750	2.5
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.0
4	Nuggets	45	28	.616	12.0
5	Timberwolves	44	28	.611	12.5
6	Rockets	43	28	.606	13.0
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.0
8	Clippers	36	36	.500	20.5
9	Trail Blazers	36	37	.493	21.0
10	Warriors	34	38	.472	22.5
11	Pelicans - e	25	48	.342	32.0
12	Grizzlies	24	47	.338	32.0
13	Mavericks - e	23	49	.319	33.5
14	Jazz - e	21	51	.292	35.5
15	Kings - e	19	54	.260	38.0