Leonard Miller had the best defensive rating with a defensive rating of 10.0 or above in 2023-24, with an 85.4 rating in his rookie season.

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top 10 or higher lowest defensive rating by a player NBA 2024

	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	Leonard Miller L. Miller	85.4	2023-24	MIN	1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	+3
2	Hamidou Diallo H. Diallo	86.0	2023-24	WAS	2	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	5	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	+4
3	Markquis Nowell M. Nowell	100.2	2023-24	TOR	1	4.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	53.2	2.0	0.0	0.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	+4
4	E.J. Liddell	100.6	2023-24	NOP	8	2.9	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.8	16.7	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	29.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	23	4	5	1	2	2	2	2	-4
5	Usman Garuba U. Garuba	101.1	2023-24	GSW	6	3.0	0.5	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	16.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	21.8	0.5	0.7	0.3	18	3	7	1	1	3	2	2	-11
6	Shaquille Harrison S. Harrison	104.1	2023-24	MEM	3	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	-11
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	104.4	2023-24	MIN	76	34.1	14.0	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	5.3	8.1	66.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.8	67.6	3.8	9.2	1.6	2,593	1,061	982	102	52	162	119	238	+411
8	Leonard Miller L. Miller	104.4	2023-24	MIN	17	3.1	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.2	65.0	0.1	0.3	40.0	0.1	0.1	50.0	69.4	0.3	0.9	0.1	52	29	20	8	2	1	1	5	+8
9	Jonathan Isaac J. Isaac	104.5	2023-24	ORL	58	15.8	6.8	4.5	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.5	4.9	51.0	0.7	1.9	37.5	1.0	1.4	72.0	61.0	1.3	3.2	0.5	914	393	260	30	43	70	27	64	+183
10	Josh Minott J. Minott	104.7	2023-24	MIN	32	2.8	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.1	47.2	0.1	0.3	40.0	0.4	0.4	85.7	59.3	0.1	0.4	0.1	91	50	17	8	5	5	2	10	+20
11	Wendell Moore Jr. W. Moore Jr.	105.5	2023-24	MIN	25	3.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.7	50.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	75	18	12	6	5	1	4	5	-6
12	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	105.8	2023-24	SAS	71	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
13	Tari Eason T. Eason	106.3	2023-24	HOU	22	21.8	9.8	7.0	1.2	1.4	0.9	4.0	8.6	46.6	0.8	2.3	36.0	1.0	1.5	63.6	52.8	2.1	4.9	0.9	480	215	153	27	31	19	20	51	+88
14	Daishen Nix D. Nix	106.3	2023-24	MIN	15	3.3	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.6	37.5	0.4	1.1	35.3	0.2	0.4	50.0	50.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	50	27	3	6	5	0	5	2	+28
15	Neemias Queta N. Queta	106.3	2023-24	BOS	28	11.9	5.5	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	2.4	3.7	64.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.0	71.4	66.2	1.9	2.5	0.5	333	154	122	20	13	21	13	50	+135
16	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	106.5	2023-24	ORL	62	15.4	5.0	4.6	1.3	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.4	60.3	0.0	0.2	14.3	0.9	1.4	65.5	62.9	1.8	2.9	0.7	957	311	286	79	32	72	44	107	+26
17	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	107.0	2023-24	CHI	79	17.1	8.4	9.0	0.5	0.9	0.6	3.4	6.1	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.8	59.2	57.6	3.4	5.6	1.0	1,351	663	708	37	73	48	81	140	+26
18	Quenton Jackson Q. Jackson	107.2	2023-24	IND	3	3.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7	100.0	53.2	0.0	1.3	0.0	11	2	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
19	Naz Reid N. Reid	107.3	2023-24	MIN	81	24.2	13.5	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	5.0	10.5	47.7	2.1	5.0	41.4	1.3	1.8	73.6	59.5	0.9	4.3	1.4	1,964	1,090	423	106	63	73	111	172	+248
20	Ryan Rollins R. Rollins	107.8	2023-24	TOT	13	6.0	3.4	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.1	51.9	0.2	0.3	75.0	1.0	1.3	76.5	63.8	0.2	0.8	0.6	78	44	13	14	10	3	8	8	+62
21	Jordan Walsh J. Walsh	107.9	2023-24	BOS	9	9.2	1.7	2.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.7	40.0	0.2	1.0	22.2	0.1	0.2	50.0	47.2	0.6	1.7	0.3	83	15	20	5	5	1	3	11	+47
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.0	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	10.4	17.9	58.3	1.1	2.9	35.9	4.5	5.5	81.7	65.0	2.8	9.5	3.0	2,737	2,085	976	708	108	68	238	195	+684
23	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	108.1	2023-24	NYK	75	25.3	7.8	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	3.1	4.9	64.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.5	2.1	70.7	67.0	3.3	5.1	1.2	1,896	582	626	188	87	85	93	210	+406
24	Jay Huff J. Huff	108.1	2023-24	DEN	20	2.5	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	60.0	0.2	0.5	33.3	0.1	0.1	100.0	72.4	0.1	0.5	0.1	49	23	11	2	2	3	1	9	-9
25	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	108.2	2023-24	PHX	76	27.3	10.9	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	4.2	8.3	51.0	0.3	1.2	24.4	2.2	3.4	64.0	55.9	2.9	8.1	2.3	2,078	829	837	301	81	80	175	254	+404

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29.5

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11.5

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5.4

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117.7

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DRTG

113.2

8th

NETRTG

4.5

7th

3P%

37.5

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	43	17	.717	3.0
3	Rockets	37	22	.627	8.5
4	Timberwolves	38	23	.623	8.5
5	Nuggets	37	24	.607	9.5
6	Lakers	36	24	.600	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/3	MEM	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 3/5	TOR	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 3/7	ORL	@	MIN	3:00 PM
Tue 3/10	MIN	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 3/11	MIN	@	LAC	10:30 PM

Last Game

Timberwolves

38 - 23

117

Final

108

Nuggets

37 - 24

Sun 1 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.6

Jokić

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.4

120.9

119.4

118.7

118.6

118.2

DRtg Rankings

107.4

108.9

111.4

112.4

112.6

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

8.0

7.9

6.2

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-48

15-46

15-45

16-43

18-42

19-43

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,918.8

Maxey

2,806.1

Jokić

2,714.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,990.5

Jokić

2,945.3

Maxey

2,875.5

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.5

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-22

36-23-1

35-25

35-26

33-26-1

34-27

Worst Record ATS

24-38

24-34-1

26-36

25-34

26-35

26-34-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	14	.763
2	Celtics	40	20	.667	5.5
3	Knicks	39	22	.639	7.0
4	Cavaliers	38	24	.613	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.5
6	76ers	33	27	.550	12.5
7	Magic	31	28	.525	14.0
8	Heat	32	29	.525	14.0
9	Hawks	31	31	.500	15.5
10	Hornets	30	31	.492	16.0
11	Bucks	26	33	.441	19.0
12	Bulls	25	36	.410	21.0
13	Wizards	16	43	.271	29.0
14	Nets	15	45	.250	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	31.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	47	15	.758
2	Spurs	43	17	.717	3.0
3	Rockets	37	22	.627	8.5
4	Timberwolves	38	23	.623	8.5
5	Nuggets	37	24	.607	9.5
6	Lakers	36	24	.600	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	12.0
8	Warriors	31	29	.517	15.0
9	Clippers	28	31	.475	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	29	33	.468	18.0
11	Grizzlies	23	36	.390	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	39	.350	25.0
13	Pelicans	19	43	.306	28.0
14	Jazz	18	42	.300	28.0
15	Kings	14	48	.226	33.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 1/28	MIL	@	WAS	99-109
Wed 1/28	SAC	@	PHI	111-113
Wed 1/28	HOU	@	ATL	104-86
Wed 1/28	MIA	@	CHI	116-113
Wed 1/28	CHA	@	DAL	123-121

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 3/2	HOU	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Mon 3/2	BOS	@	MIL	7:30 PM
Mon 3/2	DEN	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Mon 3/2	LAC	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Tue 3/3	WAS	@	ORL	7:00 PM

Leonard Miller had the best defensive rating with a defensive rating of 10.0 or above in 2023-24, with an 85.4 rating in his rookie season.

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