top small forward defensive ratings all-time

John Havlicek has the best career defensive rating by a small forward, with a 98.7 rating.

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top small forward defensive ratings with a minimum of 10000 minutes played all-time

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	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	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	98.7	14,531	395	36.8	18.5	5.1	4.8	1.2	0.3	7.5	16.5	45.3				3.5	4.1	84.3	50.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	7,295	1,999	1,885	476	117	204	1,024
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	99.5	19,585	554	35.4	21.2	5.2	5.7	2.0	0.5	8.6	19.1	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	3.9	4.2	91.6	50.5	0.9	4.3	2.5	11,729	2,876	3,163	1,104	269	574	1,464
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	99.8	24,285	702	34.6	22.8	7.1	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.0	17.6	51.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.4	56.2	2.5	4.5	3.1	16,019	4,967	2,785	1,319	1,117	1,951	1,953
4	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	100.5	18,370	526	34.9	19.1	6.2	3.5	1.3	0.6	7.9	16.4	48.0	0.0	0.2	16.7	3.3	4.2	80.1	52.4	1.7	4.4	2.7	10,062	3,245	1,821	661	303	630	1,798
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	101.2	30,504	792	38.5	24.9	10.1	6.3	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.0	0.7	1.8	37.1	4.6	5.2	88.4	56.7	2.1	8.0	3.2	19,719	8,031	4,958	1,406	664	2,504	2,079
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	101.4	41,069	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
7	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	101.4	12,477	389	32.1	12.9	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.2	5.3	10.7	49.4				2.3	2.8	84.7	54.2	1.6	3.6	1.2	5,022	2,020	994	435	80	120	693
8	Bob Gross B. Gross	101.5	12,575	513	24.5	8.9	4.4	2.9	1.2	0.7	3.6	7.1	51.2	0.0	0.1	17.9	1.7	2.1	79.8	55.7	1.8	2.6	2.1	4,567	2,253	1,481	615	361	729	1,484
9	Shawn Marion S. Marion	101.6	29,363	871	33.7	14.4	8.1	1.8	1.4	1.0	6.0	12.5	47.6	0.6	1.7	33.1	1.9	2.4	81.6	53.2	2.3	5.8	1.5	12,578	7,059	1,600	1,236	845	1,311	1,852	+843
10	John Drew J. Drew	101.7	19,568	639	30.6	21.2	7.3	1.6	1.4	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.1	0.0	0.1	12.9	6.0	8.0	74.4	53.8	3.1	4.2	2.8	13,553	4,668	1,054	894	189	1,168	2,368
11	Bingo Smith B. Smith	101.8	11,844	404	29.3	14.1	4.4	2.1	0.9	0.3	6.2	13.7	45.3	0.3	1.0	28.4	1.6	1.9	82.8	48.3	1.3	3.1	1.0	5,681	1,759	834	350	139	81	1,120
12	M.L. Carr	101.9	14,216	604	23.5	9.7	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.2	47.0	0.1	0.4	25.6	1.9	2.6	74.6	51.9	1.5	2.8	1.7	5,853	2,595	1,112	812	226	867	1,484
13	Alvin Scott A. Scott	102.1	10,853	627	17.3	4.9	3.2	1.4	0.6	0.6	1.9	3.9	48.1	0.0	0.0	20.0	1.2	1.6	73.3	53.6	1.1	2.1	1.0	3,088	1,992	847	404	371	617	1,034
14	Jan van Breda Kolff J. van Breda Kolff	102.1	10,155	434	23.4	6.0	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.9	43.9	0.0	0.1	30.0	1.7	2.0	81.4	51.6	1.2	2.9	1.4	2,596	1,778	815	363	329	506	1,225
15	Bruce Bowen B. Bowen	102.2	24,052	873	27.6	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.8	0.4	2.2	5.5	40.9	0.9	2.4	39.3	0.7	1.2	57.5	50.8	0.5	2.2	0.7	5,290	2,428	1,089	712	336	646	1,930	+2659
16	John Johnson J. Johnson	102.6	17,515	638	27.5	11.8	4.9	3.5	0.8	0.4	4.8	10.6	45.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.7	78.0	49.8	1.6	3.3	2.7	7,516	3,142	2,238	487	235	917	1,740
17	Ollie Johnson O. Johnson	102.6	12,416	612	20.3	7.5	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.4	3.1	6.3	49.6	0.0	0.1	15.0	1.2	1.4	84.5	53.7	1.0	2.1	1.2	4,569	1,863	1,012	455	224	355	1,337
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	102.9	32,545	980	33.2	18.6	5.3	3.4	1.2	0.5	6.1	13.5	45.4	1.5	4.0	37.5	4.8	6.0	80.5	57.6	0.8	4.6	2.4	18,186	5,236	3,316	1,194	501	2,395	2,633	+2898
19	George Lynch G. Lynch	103.1	16,186	693	23.4	6.8	5.1	1.5	1.1	0.3	2.8	6.2	44.9	0.2	0.6	29.6	1.1	1.6	65.8	49.2	2.0	3.1	1.2	4,746	3,549	1,017	751	239	838	1,539	-176
20	Bryon Russell B. Russell	103.1	17,807	775	23.0	7.8	3.4	1.2	1.0	0.2	2.6	6.0	43.8	0.8	2.1	37.3	1.7	2.3	74.5	55.1	0.9	2.5	0.9	6,027	2,619	949	810	184	725	1,779	+1959
21	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	103.1	17,805	604	29.5	11.1	5.2	2.7	1.3	1.7	3.8	7.8	48.2	0.4	1.4	30.7	3.2	4.3	74.1	57.4	1.7	3.5	1.8	6,728	3,141	1,617	796	1,033	1,091	1,202	+1037
22	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	103.1	22,355	770	29.0	11.3	5.8	2.0	1.4	0.8	4.0	8.6	47.2	0.4	1.4	31.1	2.8	4.0	70.6	55.0	1.4	4.4	1.7	8,733	4,465	1,509	1,069	623	1,306	1,640	-64
23	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	103.2	28,115	1,153	24.4	10.3	5.5	1.9	1.2	0.7	4.1	8.8	46.5	0.1	0.2	20.1	2.0	2.9	69.0	50.8	2.0	3.5	1.4	11,825	6,339	2,134	1,439	799	1,583	3,455	+523
24	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	103.4	31,440	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	13,058	4,448	2,631	1,721	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
25	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	103.5	22,073	802	27.5	12.4	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	5.3	11.1	47.2	0.1	0.4	33.8	1.8	2.3	78.7	51.1	1.8	4.3	1.3	9,953	4,858	1,733	877	256	1,059	1,806

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.3

Brown

RPG

8.0

Queta

APG

5.1

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

121.6

4th

DRTG

115.8

17th

NETRTG

5.8

7th

3P%

36.6

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	BOS	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Mon 12/22	IND	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 12/26	BOS	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sun 12/28	BOS	@	POR	6:00 PM
Tue 12/30	BOS	@	UTA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Heat

15 - 13

116

Final

129

Celtics

16 - 11

Fri 19 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