the highest defensive rating in the regular season

Collin Sexton has the highest career defensive rating, with a 120.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

the highest defensive rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a player in the regular season

	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	120.3	13,156	451	29.2	18.4	2.7	3.7	0.8	0.1	6.6	14.1	47.1	1.5	3.8	38.7	3.6	4.3	84.2	57.5	0.8	1.9	2.3	8,292	1,232	1,667	354	60	1,047	1,004	-1967
2	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	120.2	11,719	441	26.6	14.9	2.5	3.2	0.5	0.1	5.3	12.3	43.2	2.5	6.6	38.2	1.8	2.1	88.1	56.6	0.4	2.1	1.6	6,591	1,100	1,397	227	56	690	796	-840
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	117.9	10,262	340	30.2	14.4	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.2	4.8	11.7	41.5	2.2	6.2	35.1	2.6	3.0	84.2	55.4	1.5	3.9	0.9	4,900	1,810	655	291	56	314	504	-1017
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	10,125	313	32.3	19.9	4.2	3.3	0.8	0.3	6.9	16.4	42.2	2.5	7.4	34.2	3.6	4.5	79.9	54.3	0.5	3.7	2.4	6,239	1,324	1,042	243	91	737	480	-704
7	Jordan Poole J. Poole	117.1	12,060	440	27.4	16.7	2.6	3.7	0.9	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	7,348	1,161	1,638	375	124	1,009	1,112	-1079
8	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
9	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	116.9	12,802	461	27.8	13.2	2.2	1.4	1.1	0.2	4.7	11.2	42.1	2.4	6.2	38.8	1.4	1.7	82.0	55.4	0.3	1.9	0.7	6,088	1,035	668	507	78	311	715	-399
10	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	116.8	10,597	379	28.0	12.7	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.3	5.0	10.0	49.8	1.2	3.1	39.1	1.6	2.1	76.2	58.3	1.0	3.7	0.9	4,825	1,786	476	230	114	334	620	-214
11	Coby White C. White	116.6	13,409	451	29.7	15.4	3.7	3.9	0.7	0.2	5.4	12.5	43.3	2.3	6.4	36.8	2.2	2.6	85.7	56.4	0.4	3.3	1.9	6,945	1,647	1,754	312	74	840	966	-341
12	Malik Monk M. Monk	116.6	12,894	566	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	85.0	55.7	0.4	2.2	1.6	6,977	1,464	1,767	345	191	906	932	-274
13	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	116.6	11,839	422	28.1	15.3	5.5	2.1	0.7	0.2	5.7	11.9	47.6	1.5	4.3	35.5	2.5	3.2	76.5	57.4	1.3	4.2	1.3	6,463	2,300	871	293	101	545	812	-976
14	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	116.4	14,629	529	27.7	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	56.1	0.6	2.9	1.2	6,088	1,811	1,533	482	193	633	1,168	+263
15	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	116.1	12,163	369	33.0	20.8	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.4	7.5	16.1	46.3	2.3	6.2	38.0	3.5	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.3	2.8	1.6	7,673	1,164	1,752	391	147	574	748	+682
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	15,896	535	29.7	18.9	3.2	5.1	0.7	0.1	6.9	14.2	48.6	1.7	4.4	38.7	3.4	4.1	82.7	59.0	0.5	2.7	1.8	10,124	1,706	2,742	386	53	957	1,007	+1539
18	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	115.8	21,766	802	27.1	15.6	3.3	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	12,482	2,612	2,278	635	123	1,467	1,357	-1360
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	13,664	707	19.3	8.5	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	3.2	6.8	47.0	1.4	3.4	41.0	0.7	0.9	80.4	59.2	0.4	1.7	0.6	6,028	1,463	667	146	64	441	993	-453
21	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	115.6	14,670	520	28.2	14.0	3.3	3.2	1.0	0.2	5.1	11.7	43.6	2.4	6.3	38.1	1.4	1.7	84.6	56.4	0.5	2.8	1.4	7,303	1,726	1,660	513	129	741	1,110	+133
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	115.5	24,574	715	34.4	24.5	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.1	5.3	6.1	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	17,516	2,885	3,786	614	202	2,175	2,085	+189
23	Grayson Allen G. Allen	115.5	11,286	438	25.8	11.1	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.3	3.7	8.2	44.7	2.2	5.4	40.8	1.5	1.7	85.5	61.4	0.5	2.5	1.0	4,846	1,322	952	343	122	458	715	+492
24	Terance Mann T. Mann	115.5	10,238	457	22.4	8.0	3.5	2.1	0.6	0.2	3.1	6.2	49.8	0.8	2.2	36.9	1.1	1.4	78.4	59.2	1.0	2.5	0.8	3,674	1,599	946	261	102	370	885	-95
25	Buddy Hield B. Hield	115.3	20,953	759	27.6	14.6	4.0	2.4	0.9	0.3	5.3	12.2	43.3	2.9	7.3	39.5	1.1	1.3	85.5	57.0	0.7	3.3	1.6	11,086	3,044	1,841	651	236	1,198	1,502	-666

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.8

Mobley

APG

5.9

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.0

6th

DRTG

114.4

13th

NETRTG

3.6

9th

3P%

35.7

16th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Knicks	34	19	.642	5.5
3	Celtics	34	19	.642	5.5
4	Cavaliers	33	21	.611	7.0
5	Raptors	32	22	.593	8.0
6	76ers	30	23	.566	9.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/11	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	BKN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 2/20	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sun 2/22	CLE	@	OKC	1:00 PM
Tue 2/24	NYK	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

33 - 21

119

Final

117

Nuggets

34 - 20

Mon 9 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.4

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

70.3

Jokić

69.5

Williams

68.0

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

120.6

119.8

119.3

118.3

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.4

109.3

111.8

112.5

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.8

7.8

7.0

5.6

5.4

5.3

Tank Leaderboard

12-43

13-40

14-38

15-40

15-37

17-37

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,546.9

Maxey

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,456.8

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,603.3

Johnson

2,573.5

Maxey

2,530.8

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

38.7

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.42

Leonard

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.49

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

34-19

32-22

30-22-1

31-23

31-24

30-24

Worst Record ATS

21-34

21-31

22-32

22-30

22-29

24-31

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	39	13	.750
2	Knicks	34	19	.642	5.5
3	Celtics	34	19	.642	5.5
4	Cavaliers	33	21	.611	7.0
5	Raptors	32	22	.593	8.0
6	76ers	30	23	.566	9.5
7	Magic	28	24	.538	11.0
8	Heat	28	27	.509	12.5
9	Hawks	26	29	.473	14.5
10	Hornets	25	29	.463	15.0
11	Bulls	24	30	.444	16.0
12	Bucks	21	30	.412	17.5
13	Nets	15	37	.288	24.0
14	Wizards	14	38	.269	25.0
15	Pacers	13	40	.245	26.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	41	13	.759
2	Spurs	36	16	.692	4.0
3	Nuggets	34	20	.630	7.0
4	Rockets	32	19	.627	7.5
5	Lakers	32	20	.615	8.0
6	Timberwolves	33	22	.600	8.5
7	Suns	31	22	.585	9.5
8	Warriors	29	25	.537	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	26	28	.481	15.0
10	Clippers	25	27	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	32	.385	20.0
12	Mavericks	19	33	.365	21.0
13	Jazz	17	37	.315	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	40	.273	26.5
15	Kings	12	43	.218	29.5