Jeremiah Fears has the highest defensive rating by a rookie this season, with a 118.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

this year highest rookie def ratinf with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games

	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	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	118.8	2025-26	NOP	75	24.9	13.0	3.6	3.2	1.1	0.3	4.9	11.5	42.9	1.1	3.4	33.3	2.0	2.6	78.2	51.5	0.7	2.9	2.2	1,867	977	267	243	83	25	165	131	-267
2	VJ Edgecombe	116.6	2025-26	PHI	66	34.9	16.1	5.7	4.0	1.4	0.5	6.0	13.8	43.4	2.0	5.7	35.6	2.1	2.5	82.5	54.0	1.6	4.1	1.8	2,306	1,064	376	266	94	36	120	192	+38
3	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	116.4	2025-26	CHA	72	31.5	19.1	5.3	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.5	13.4	48.9	3.5	8.0	43.8	2.5	2.9	86.3	65.2	1.2	4.1	2.0	2,268	1,378	384	250	51	17	142	157	+295
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	115.3	2025-26	DAL	61	33.8	20.4	6.6	4.7	1.1	0.9	7.8	16.5	47.3	1.0	3.4	28.7	3.8	4.7	81.1	54.9	1.2	5.4	2.4	2,064	1,243	405	284	70	57	145	129	-225

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

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.7

Murphy

RPG

6.9

Queen

APG

3.8

Murphy

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.5

20th

DRTG

118.5

24th

NETRTG

-4.0

21st

3P%

34.7

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Trail Blazers	37	37	.500	21.0
10	Warriors	35	38	.479	22.5
11	Pelicans	25	50	.333	33.5
12	Grizzlies	24	49	.329	33.5
13	Mavericks	23	50	.315	34.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/29	HOU	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Thu 4/2	NOP	@	POR	10:00 PM
Fri 4/3	NOP	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Sun 4/5	ORL	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Tue 4/7	UTA	@	NOP	8:00 PM

Last Game

Pelicans

25 - 50

106

Final

119

Raptors

41 - 32

Fri 27 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

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

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.5

Jokić

67.5

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

120.2

119.7

119.2

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.8

111.2

112.6

113.1

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

7.8

7.6

6.7

4.8

Tank Leaderboard

16-58

17-56

17-55

19-55

21-53

23-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,681.6

Jokić

3,535.6

Dončić

3,198.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,923

Jokić

3,744

Dončić

3,385.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

46-27

44-28-1

43-31

42-31

43-32

42-31

Worst Record ATS

30-44

30-43

31-43

31-41

32-41

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	53	20	.726
2	Celtics	49	24	.671	4.0
3	Knicks	48	26	.649	5.5
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	7.5
5	Raptors	41	32	.562	12.0
6	Hawks	41	33	.554	12.5
7	76ers	40	33	.548	13.0
8	Hornets	39	34	.534	14.0
9	Magic	39	34	.534	14.0
10	Heat	39	35	.527	14.5
11	Bucks	29	43	.403	23.5
12	Bulls	29	44	.397	24.0
13	Wizards - e	17	55	.236	35.5
14	Nets - e	17	56	.233	36.0
15	Pacers - e	16	58	.216	37.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	58	16	.784
2	Spurs - x	55	18	.753	2.5
3	Lakers	47	26	.644	10.5
4	Nuggets	47	28	.627	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	28	.616	12.5
6	Rockets	44	29	.603	13.5
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.5
8	Clippers	38	36	.514	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	37	.500	21.0
10	Warriors	35	38	.479	22.5
11	Pelicans - e	25	50	.333	33.5
12	Grizzlies - e	24	49	.329	33.5
13	Mavericks - e	23	50	.315	34.5
14	Jazz - e	21	53	.284	37.0
15	Kings - e	19	55	.257	39.0