LeBron James has a defensive rating of 105.2 in his career.

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top defensive rating seasons by a player in the NBA

	NAME	DRTG	SEAS	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	LeBron James L. James	105.2	23	1,597	37.7	26.9	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	60,207	42,947	11,930	11,826	2,384	1,170	5,578	2,830	+7360
2	Vince Carter V. Carter	106.6	22	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,367	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	106.4	21	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	104.3	21	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	99.0	21	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
6	Kevin Willis K. Willis	105.2	21	1,424	26.9	12.1	8.4	0.9	0.7	0.5	5.0	10.2	48.7	0.0	0.1	21.1	2.1	3.0	71.3	52.5	2.9	5.5	1.8	38,362	17,253	11,901	1,328	958	751	2,520	4,172	-825
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	102.0	21	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
8	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	108.6	20	1,180	31.1	13.9	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.3	4.5	10.5	42.3	1.9	5.1	36.8	3.1	3.8	81.5	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.2	36,743	16,368	4,965	7,107	1,501	352	2,630	3,164	+2851
9	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	104.4	20	879	24.7	7.5	6.6	0.8	0.5	0.3	3.0	6.2	48.9	0.0	0.1	12.7	1.4	1.9	75.6	53.3	1.8	4.8	0.9	21,720	6,586	5,791	733	424	252	810	2,069	+452
10	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	111.0	20	1,327	29.4	14.6	2.2	3.4	0.9	0.2	5.1	12.4	41.0	1.7	4.8	34.8	2.8	3.2	86.2	52.9	0.4	1.9	1.9	38,994	19,419	2,948	4,541	1,179	271	2,476	2,008	-1252
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	105.5	20	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
12	Mike Conley M. Conley	109.1	19	1,216	30.8	13.7	2.9	5.6	1.3	0.2	4.8	11.0	43.7	1.6	4.2	38.7	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	37,408	16,665	3,532	6,751	1,629	253	2,207	2,334	+2731
13	Al Horford A. Horford	105.5	19	1,171	31.2	12.8	7.8	3.2	0.8	1.1	5.3	10.3	50.8	0.9	2.3	37.5	1.4	1.8	76.4	57.3	1.9	5.9	1.4	36,591	14,957	9,106	3,707	892	1,336	1,601	2,457	+3582
14	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	105.5	19	1,231	32.1	11.3	4.9	4.2	1.4	0.5	4.1	8.8	46.3	0.9	2.7	33.0	2.3	3.2	70.9	55.3	0.9	4.0	1.8	39,507	13,968	6,047	5,147	1,765	633	2,240	2,180	+3024
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	108.6	19	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
16	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	103.0	19	1,160	27.3	8.2	9.0	0.8	0.5	1.2	3.1	5.1	59.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.2	64.4	62.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	31,617	9,509	10,467	967	630	1,335	1,656	3,268	+321
17	Jason Terry J. Terry	108.0	19	1,410	29.8	13.4	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.2	4.9	11.1	44.4	1.6	4.3	38.0	2.0	2.3	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.0	1.7	42,034	18,881	3,274	5,415	1,603	275	2,415	2,577	+1718
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	102.7	19	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	95.5	19	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
20	Juwan Howard J. Howard	106.8	19	1,208	30.3	13.4	6.1	2.2	0.7	0.3	5.4	11.5	46.9	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.5	3.3	76.4	51.4	1.9	4.2	2.0	36,654	16,159	7,428	2,663	818	312	2,469	3,493	-1769
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	101.9	19	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	101.3	19	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	101.1	19	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
24	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	102.1	19	1,282	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.0	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.3	2.1	2.7	76.1	52.6	3.1	6.5	2.2	40,280	12,417	12,205	3,217	1,351	384	2,785	4,421	+171
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	104.0	19	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941

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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	Celtics	34	19	.642	5.5
3	Knicks	34	20	.630	6.0
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

69.8

Williams

68.0

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

120.6

119.7

119.3

118.1

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.4

109.3

111.7

112.5

112.8

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.8

7.8

7.0

5.9

5.5

5.3

Tank Leaderboard

12-43

14-40

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

35-19

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	Celtics	34	19	.642	5.5
3	Knicks	34	20	.630	6.0
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	14	40	.259	26.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	41	13	.759
2	Spurs	37	16	.698	3.5
3	Rockets	33	19	.635	7.0
4	Nuggets	34	20	.630	7.0
5	Lakers	32	21	.604	8.5
6	Timberwolves	33	22	.600	8.5
7	Suns	32	22	.593	9.0
8	Warriors	29	25	.537	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	26	28	.481	15.0
10	Clippers	25	28	.472	15.5
11	Grizzlies	20	32	.385	20.0
12	Mavericks	19	34	.358	21.5
13	Jazz	17	37	.315	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	40	.273	26.5
15	Kings	12	43	.218	29.5