top player defensive ratings in the 2023 playoffs with a minimum 500 minutes

Anthony Davis had the best defensive rating in the 2023 playoffs with 500+ minutes played, with a 101.9 rating.

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	SEASON	TM	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	Anthony Davis A. Davis	101.9	608	2022-23	LAL	16	38.0	22.6	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	8.3	15.9	52.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	5.8	6.8	85.2	59.9	2.4	11.7	2.1	361	225	41	22	50	34	46	+54
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	107.7	789	2022-23	DEN	20	39.5	30.0	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	11.4	20.7	54.8	1.8	3.8	46.1	5.6	7.0	79.9	63.1	3.5	10.0	3.5	600	269	190	21	20	70	69	+169
3	LeBron James L. James	109.2	619	2022-23	LAL	16	38.7	24.5	9.9	6.5	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.4	49.8	1.8	6.6	26.4	4.4	5.8	76.1	58.4	1.6	8.3	2.5	392	158	104	17	18	40	28	+12
4	Al Horford A. Horford	109.3	617	2022-23	BOS	20	30.9	6.7	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.7	2.6	6.6	38.6	1.4	4.7	29.8	0.2	0.2	75.0	49.7	1.5	5.7	0.6	133	143	59	22	34	11	47	+59
5	Bruce Brown B. Brown	110.2	532	2022-23	DEN	20	26.6	12.0	4.0	1.9	1.1	0.5	4.5	8.8	51.1	0.9	2.9	31.6	2.1	2.5	85.7	60.7	0.8	3.3	1.2	240	80	38	21	9	23	49	+103
6	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	110.6	653	2022-23	DEN	20	32.7	13.4	8.1	1.6	0.5	0.6	5.0	11.7	42.3	2.3	6.6	35.1	1.2	1.5	79.3	54.1	1.0	7.1	0.5	267	162	31	10	11	9	42	+150
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	110.9	799	2022-23	BOS	20	40.0	27.2	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	9.3	20.2	45.8	2.7	8.2	32.3	6.0	6.9	87.6	58.5	1.3	9.2	2.8	543	210	105	21	21	56	44	+79
8	Jamal Murray J. Murray	111.2	799	2022-23	DEN	20	40.0	26.1	5.7	7.1	1.5	0.3	9.7	20.5	47.3	3.0	7.5	39.6	3.8	4.1	92.6	58.6	0.8	4.9	2.5	522	113	142	30	5	50	41	+181
9	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	111.3	671	2022-23	DEN	20	33.6	10.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	3.7	8.1	45.7	1.8	4.6	38.0	1.5	1.8	82.9	59.8	0.7	2.6	0.8	212	65	31	26	13	15	48	+82
10	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	111.6	850	2022-23	MIA	23	37.0	17.9	9.9	3.7	0.8	0.7	7.3	15.1	48.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	4.1	82.1	53.0	2.7	7.1	2.7	412	227	85	19	15	62	71	+42
11	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	111.6	599	2022-23	MIA	23	26.0	9.2	3.5	4.4	1.0	0.6	3.2	7.6	42.5	1.4	3.8	37.5	1.3	1.4	93.9	56.2	0.5	3.0	1.7	212	81	101	24	14	40	59	+17
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	111.8	874	2022-23	MIA	22	39.7	26.9	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	9.4	20.1	46.8	1.3	3.5	35.9	6.8	8.5	80.6	56.5	2.1	4.3	1.9	592	142	129	40	14	41	37	-11
13	Caleb Martin C. Martin	112.7	694	2022-23	MIA	23	30.2	12.7	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	4.7	9.0	52.9	1.9	4.5	42.3	1.3	1.5	82.9	65.7	1.2	4.3	1.0	291	125	36	20	9	24	55	+96
14	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	113.4	713	2022-23	DEN	20	35.7	13.3	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	5.1	9.8	51.8	0.9	2.3	39.1	2.3	3.5	65.2	58.8	2.5	3.6	1.0	265	120	52	11	13	20	58	+187
15	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	115.1	751	2022-23	BOS	20	37.6	22.7	5.6	3.4	1.1	0.4	9.1	18.3	49.6	2.0	5.7	35.4	2.6	3.7	68.9	57.0	1.3	4.4	3.3	453	112	68	21	8	66	61	+42
16	Marcus Smart M. Smart	115.2	679	2022-23	BOS	20	34.0	14.9	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	5.1	11.2	45.3	2.2	6.1	36.1	2.6	3.3	80.0	59.2	1.1	3.0	2.3	298	80	101	25	5	45	37	+49
17	Derrick White D. White	115.6	593	2022-23	BOS	20	29.7	13.4	3.0	2.1	0.6	1.0	4.7	9.2	50.5	2.5	5.5	45.5	1.6	1.7	91.2	67.1	0.7	2.3	0.9	267	59	42	12	20	18	38	+3
18	Max Strus M. Strus	115.9	647	2022-23	MIA	23	28.1	9.3	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.3	3.3	8.2	40.2	1.9	5.9	31.9	0.9	1.1	80.0	53.8	0.6	3.0	0.3	215	83	33	8	7	6	47	-24
19	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	116.1	579	2022-23	LAL	16	36.2	16.9	4.4	4.6	0.6	0.2	5.6	12.1	46.4	2.4	5.5	44.3	3.2	3.6	89.5	61.6	1.3	3.2	1.6	270	71	73	10	3	25	39	+73
20	Gabe Vincent G. Vincent	116.6	672	2022-23	MIA	22	30.5	12.7	1.4	3.5	0.9	0.2	4.5	11.2	40.2	2.3	6.1	37.8	1.4	1.5	88.2	53.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	279	31	78	19	4	31	66	+27

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1974 playoffs.

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PPG

35.2

Dončić

RPG

9.0

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APG

9.1

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Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

6th

DRTG

118.0

22nd

NETRTG

1.8

12th

3P%

35.3

18th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Nuggets	20	6	.769	4.0
3	Spurs	20	7	.741	4.5
4	Lakers	19	7	.731	5.0
5	Rockets	16	8	.667	7.0
6	Timberwolves	18	10	.643	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Tue 12/23	LAL	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Thu 12/25	HOU	@	LAL	8:00 PM
Sun 12/28	SAC	@	LAL	9:30 PM
Tue 12/30	DET	@	LAL	10:30 PM

Last Game

Lakers

19 - 7

143

Final

135

Jazz

10 - 16

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

35.2

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.4

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

9.1

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.4

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.5

Huff

1.9

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.0

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

3.6

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.8

Green

71.6

Jokić

71.6

Spencer

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

126.1

122.7

122.3

121.6

120.6

119.8

DRtg Rankings

104.7

111.6

112.0

112.6

112.9

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

15.9

9.5

9.2

7.9

6.1

6.0

Tank Leaderboard

4-21

6-22

6-21

7-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,659

Jokić

1,422.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,310.6

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,766

Jokić

1,426.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,385.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

37.4

Dončić

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Jokić

1.65

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.94

Jokić

1.75

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

18-10

16-9-1

17-10

16-10

17-10

14-10

Worst Record ATS

8-21

8-19

8-17

9-18

11-17

12-16

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	6	.778
2	Knicks	19	8	.704	2.0
3	Raptors	17	11	.607	4.5
4	Celtics	16	11	.593	5.0
5	76ers	15	11	.577	5.5
6	Magic	15	12	.556	6.0
7	Heat	15	13	.536	6.5
8	Cavaliers	15	14	.517	7.0
9	Hawks	15	14	.517	7.0
10	Bulls	12	15	.444	9.0
11	Bucks	11	17	.393	10.5
12	Hornets	9	18	.333	12.0
13	Nets	7	19	.269	13.5
14	Pacers	6	21	.222	15.0
15	Wizards	4	21	.160	16.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	3	.893
2	Nuggets	20	6	.769	4.0
3	Spurs	20	7	.741	4.5
4	Lakers	19	7	.731	5.0
5	Rockets	16	8	.667	7.0
6	Timberwolves	18	10	.643	7.0
7	Suns	15	12	.556	9.5
8	Grizzlies	13	14	.481	11.5
9	Warriors	13	15	.464	12.0
10	Trail Blazers	11	16	.407	13.5
11	Mavericks	11	17	.393	14.0
12	Jazz	10	16	.385	14.0
13	Kings	6	21	.222	18.5
14	Clippers	6	21	.222	18.5
15	Pelicans	6	22	.214	19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 11/17	GSW	@	ORL	113-121
Mon 11/17	BOS	@	BKN	113-99
Mon 11/17	DET	@	ATL	120-112
Mon 11/17	MEM	@	SAS	101-111
Mon 11/17	UTA	@	LAL	126-140

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	HOU	@	DEN	5:00 PM
Sat 12/20	BOS	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	IND	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	DAL	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 12/20	CHA	@	DET	7:30 PM

Anthony Davis had the best defensive rating in the 2023 playoffs with 500+ minutes played, with a 101.9 rating.

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