Anthony Edwards had the best defensive rating by a shooting guard in 2023-24, with a 109.5 rating.

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top sg defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 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	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	109.5	2023-24	MIN	79	35.1	25.9	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	9.1	19.7	46.1	2.4	6.7	35.7	5.4	6.4	83.6	57.5	0.7	4.8	3.1	2,770	2,049	430	405	101	42	241	141	+432
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	109.9	2023-24	OKC	75	34.0	30.1	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	19.8	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	2,553	2,254	415	465	150	67	162	184	+613
3	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	110.4	2023-24	ORL	75	27.0	12.6	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	4.5	9.5	47.1	2.0	5.1	39.7	1.6	2.1	75.6	60.2	0.6	2.4	1.8	2,025	943	229	205	106	47	132	205	+45
4	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	111.7	2023-24	OKC	80	25.2	12.3	6.4	4.8	0.6	0.6	5.0	10.6	47.5	1.0	3.0	33.7	1.3	1.6	80.6	54.7	1.4	5.0	2.1	2,012	986	514	386	51	44	168	111	+375
5	Derrick White D. White	112.1	2023-24	BOS	73	32.6	15.2	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	5.3	11.5	46.1	2.7	6.8	39.6	1.9	2.1	90.1	61.1	0.7	3.5	1.5	2,381	1,107	310	377	74	87	112	152	+619
6	Josh Hart J. Hart	112.6	2023-24	NYK	81	33.4	9.4	8.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	3.6	8.4	43.4	1.0	3.2	31.0	1.1	1.4	79.1	52.2	1.6	6.8	1.5	2,707	761	675	331	75	23	118	171	+346
7	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	113.2	2023-24	NYK	81	29.1	15.5	3.7	2.7	1.3	0.4	5.5	12.4	44.3	3.5	8.7	40.1	1.1	1.4	75.4	59.7	0.8	2.9	1.4	2,360	1,259	297	216	107	36	113	166	+162
8	Jalen Williams J. Williams	113.6	2023-24	OKC	71	31.3	19.1	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	7.5	14.0	54.0	1.5	3.4	42.7	2.5	3.1	81.4	62.1	0.5	3.5	1.7	2,223	1,355	282	322	80	45	123	175	+383
9	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	114.4	2023-24	OKC	79	28.4	10.9	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	3.6	8.3	43.8	2.0	5.0	39.4	1.6	2.0	82.6	59.3	0.9	2.7	0.9	2,246	860	284	113	72	47	74	228	+347
10	CJ McCollum	114.5	2023-24	NOP	66	32.7	20.0	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	7.3	16.0	45.9	3.6	8.4	42.9	1.7	2.1	82.7	59.2	0.6	3.7	1.7	2,159	1,322	286	305	62	41	110	126	+197
11	Jalen Green J. Green	114.7	2023-24	HOU	82	31.7	19.6	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	6.9	16.2	42.3	2.5	7.4	33.2	3.5	4.3	80.4	54.1	0.5	4.7	2.3	2,602	1,610	423	291	66	28	191	115	+31
12	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	114.7	2023-24	DEN	76	31.6	10.1	2.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	3.6	7.7	46.0	1.6	4.1	40.6	1.3	1.5	89.4	60.2	0.4	2.0	1.0	2,402	766	183	182	98	42	75	151	+572
13	James Harden J. Harden	115.6	2023-24	LAC	72	34.3	16.6	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	4.9	11.4	42.8	2.6	6.8	38.1	4.2	4.8	87.8	61.2	0.5	4.7	2.6	2,470	1,192	369	614	77	57	185	127	+291
14	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	116.3	2023-24	HOU	72	30.9	12.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	4.6	10.7	42.8	1.8	5.1	35.9	1.7	2.0	84.4	54.9	0.7	2.7	1.2	2,227	915	246	119	64	10	88	241	-21
15	Grayson Allen G. Allen	116.8	2023-24	PHX	75	33.5	13.5	3.9	3.0	0.9	0.6	4.5	9.1	49.9	2.7	5.9	46.1	1.7	2.0	87.8	67.9	0.6	3.3	1.3	2,513	1,014	295	227	69	45	95	157	+262
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	117.3	2023-24	PHX	68	36.0	27.1	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.2	49.2	2.2	6.1	36.4	6.0	6.7	88.6	61.1	0.8	3.7	2.6	2,447	1,841	308	472	61	28	178	206	+316
17	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	117.8	2023-24	GSW	77	29.7	17.9	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.5	6.4	14.7	43.2	3.5	9.0	38.7	1.6	1.8	92.7	57.6	0.5	2.8	1.5	2,284	1,375	254	176	50	35	117	127	+7
18	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	117.9	2023-24	LAL	82	32.1	15.9	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	5.6	11.5	48.6	1.9	5.1	36.7	2.8	3.3	85.3	61.3	0.7	3.6	2.1	2,629	1,300	352	450	66	25	174	153	-41
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	118.0	2023-24	CHI	79	37.8	24.0	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	8.2	17.2	48.0	0.9	2.8	33.3	6.6	7.7	85.3	58.4	0.5	3.8	1.7	2,989	1,897	340	421	90	45	135	161	-62
20	Buddy Hield B. Hield	118.1	2023-24	TOT	84	25.7	12.1	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.5	4.4	10.1	43.6	2.6	6.8	38.6	0.6	0.7	88.1	57.8	0.7	2.5	1.2	2,160	1,013	269	236	70	42	103	169	+64
21	Devin Vassell D. Vassell	118.2	2023-24	SAS	68	33.1	19.5	3.8	4.1	1.1	0.3	7.3	15.5	47.2	2.4	6.6	37.2	2.4	3.0	80.1	57.8	0.4	3.4	1.6	2,248	1,323	261	277	73	23	108	74	-291
22	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	118.3	2023-24	MIL	79	29.6	11.3	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	4.1	9.1	44.3	2.8	6.9	41.3	0.3	0.4	71.4	60.3	0.5	3.2	0.7	2,337	889	290	108	59	9	54	158	+291
23	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	118.5	2023-24	DAL	79	26.8	14.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.1	5.0	12.4	40.2	2.7	7.6	35.3	1.8	2.1	85.2	54.2	0.3	2.9	0.9	2,120	1,139	254	139	42	6	69	106	+13
24	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	118.5	2023-24	CHI	76	29.1	12.2	2.8	3.2	0.9	0.5	4.7	9.5	50.1	1.6	3.9	40.3	1.1	1.4	81.0	60.4	0.7	2.1	1.4	2,212	924	216	242	68	36	103	166	-158
25	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	119.3	2023-24	BKN	66	31.4	22.5	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	8.0	18.0	44.2	2.2	6.0	36.4	4.3	5.1	85.6	55.4	0.4	2.8	1.9	2,075	1,482	214	192	45	16	124	138	-201

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.1

Edwards

RPG

11.0

Gobert

APG

5.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

118.0

8th

DRTG

113.0

5th

NETRTG

5.0

8th

3P%

36.9

7th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Rockets	20	10	.667	6.5
5	Lakers	20	10	.667	6.5
6	Timberwolves	21	12	.636	7.0
7	Suns	19	13	.594	8.5
8	Warriors	17	16	.515	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 12/31	MIN	@	ATL	3:00 PM
Sat 1/3	MIN	@	MIA	5:00 PM
Sun 1/4	MIN	@	WAS	6:00 PM
Tue 1/6	MIA	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 1/8	CLE	@	MIN	8:00 PM

Last Game

Timberwolves

21 - 12

136

Final

101

Bulls

15 - 17

Mon 29 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

1.8

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.2

Sarr

2.0

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.8

Ayton

70.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.4

122.8

122.4

121.4

120.6

119.0

DRtg Rankings

106.6

111.7

112.5

112.7

113.0

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

14.0

8.7

7.2

6.9

6.3

5.9

Tank Leaderboard

6-27

7-24

8-26

8-24

10-21

10-20

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,671.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,526.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,677.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,612.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.7

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.3

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.62

Dončić

1.56

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.72

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

22-10

21-13

17-12-1

18-13

19-14

17-13

Worst Record ATS

11-23

12-20

12-19

13-20

14-19

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	24	8	.750
2	Knicks	23	9	.719	1.0
3	Celtics	19	12	.613	4.5
4	Raptors	20	14	.588	5.0
5	Magic	18	15	.545	6.5
6	Heat	18	15	.545	6.5
7	76ers	16	14	.533	7.0
8	Cavaliers	18	16	.529	7.0
9	Bulls	15	17	.469	9.0
10	Hawks	15	19	.441	10.0
11	Bucks	14	19	.424	10.5
12	Hornets	11	21	.344	13.0
13	Nets	10	20	.333	13.0
14	Wizards	7	24	.226	16.5
15	Pacers	6	27	.182	18.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	28	5	.848
2	Spurs	23	9	.719	4.5
3	Nuggets	22	10	.688	5.5
4	Rockets	20	10	.667	6.5
5	Lakers	20	10	.667	6.5
6	Timberwolves	21	12	.636	7.0
7	Suns	19	13	.594	8.5
8	Warriors	17	16	.515	11.0
9	Grizzlies	15	17	.469	12.5
10	Trail Blazers	13	19	.406	14.5
11	Jazz	12	19	.387	15.0
12	Mavericks	12	21	.364	16.0
13	Clippers	10	21	.323	17.0
14	Kings	8	24	.250	19.5
15	Pelicans	8	26	.235	20.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/28	BOS	@	MIN	115-119
Fri 11/28	TOR	@	CHA	111-118
Fri 11/28	CHI	@	IND	101-103
Fri 11/28	DET	@	MIA	138-135
Fri 11/28	BKN	@	MIL	99-116

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 12/30	PHI	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Tue 12/30	BOS	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Tue 12/30	DET	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Tue 12/30	SAC	@	LAC	11:00 PM
Wed 12/31	GSW	@	CHA	1:00 PM

Anthony Edwards had the best defensive rating by a shooting guard in 2023-24, with a 109.5 rating.

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