what guards have the highest defensive rating in the nba

Keyonte George has the highest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 124.0 rating.

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What guards have the highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in the NBA this regular season?

	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	Keyonte George K. George	124.0	2025-26	UTA	50	33.6	23.9	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.3	7.5	16.3	46.1	2.5	6.7	37.3	6.3	7.1	89.0	61.4	0.5	3.4	3.2	1,682	1,194	191	319	56	14	162	115	-330
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	123.8	2025-26	WAS	60	27.7	9.9	3.7	4.6	0.7	0.2	3.5	8.8	39.4	2.0	5.2	38.5	1.0	1.3	74.4	52.7	0.5	3.2	2.3	1,660	591	222	275	41	13	138	131	-487
3	AJ Green	122.1	2025-26	MIL	56	30.0	10.1	2.6	2.0	0.5	0.1	3.3	7.8	42.6	2.9	7.0	41.9	0.6	0.7	81.6	62.6	0.3	2.3	0.8	1,679	568	145	112	29	5	46	134	+14
4	CJ McCollum	122.1	2025-26	TOT	57	29.9	18.7	3.4	3.5	0.8	0.4	6.8	15.1	45.2	2.6	6.7	38.0	2.5	3.2	78.0	56.6	0.8	2.7	1.7	1,702	1,068	195	202	43	22	97	106	-110
5	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	120.8	2025-26	DEN	61	27.4	13.9	2.7	1.3	0.5	0.1	4.5	9.9	45.5	2.8	6.9	40.3	2.0	2.5	82.8	62.9	0.2	2.5	0.5	1,670	846	162	81	32	9	32	72	+139
6	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	120.7	2025-26	IND	47	31.7	17.4	2.8	7.4	0.9	0.1	6.1	13.7	44.1	2.0	5.4	36.9	3.3	4.0	82.1	56.1	0.4	2.4	2.5	1,489	819	133	346	42	7	119	103	-339
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	120.5	2025-26	SAC	57	28.8	15.2	5.4	6.3	1.2	0.2	5.7	13.2	43.0	2.0	6.0	33.4	1.9	2.7	70.8	53.0	1.3	4.1	3.4	1,639	869	310	360	71	9	195	136	-415
8	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	118.9	2025-26	NOP	62	25.7	13.4	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	5.0	11.8	42.8	1.1	3.4	33.0	2.2	2.7	79.4	51.5	0.7	3.1	2.3	1,592	830	236	200	75	23	143	111	-250
9	Jamal Murray J. Murray	118.8	2025-26	DEN	57	35.2	25.7	4.4	7.3	1.0	0.4	8.9	18.4	48.4	3.2	7.5	42.9	4.6	5.2	87.9	61.9	0.4	4.0	2.4	2,005	1,463	250	415	56	21	138	91	+264
10	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	118.6	2025-26	MEM	58	26.6	12.4	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	4.3	10.1	42.7	1.8	5.1	34.6	1.9	2.5	77.2	55.0	0.9	2.4	1.1	1,542	717	195	100	50	8	66	125	-77
11	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	118.0	2025-26	PHI	54	29.5	12.6	3.6	3.5	0.9	0.4	4.1	9.3	44.3	1.9	5.3	35.1	2.5	3.0	84.4	59.5	0.6	3.0	1.8	1,591	682	193	189	48	21	99	111	+38
12	Max Christie M. Christie	118.0	2025-26	DAL	55	29.7	13.2	3.5	2.2	0.5	0.3	4.6	9.8	46.4	2.4	5.7	42.1	1.7	1.9	87.6	61.9	0.2	3.3	1.2	1,635	727	191	120	30	18	67	78	-207
13	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	117.3	2025-26	NYK	56	34.6	26.7	3.4	6.1	0.7	0.1	9.5	20.1	47.0	2.9	7.6	38.0	4.9	5.8	84.3	58.8	0.5	3.0	2.3	1,937	1,494	192	342	38	7	127	135	+267
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	117.3	2025-26	PHX	44	33.3	24.7	3.9	6.1	0.9	0.3	8.1	17.9	45.4	1.7	5.5	30.8	6.8	7.9	86.1	57.9	0.8	3.1	3.3	1,467	1,088	172	270	39	12	144	118	+150
15	James Harden J. Harden	117.1	2025-26	TOT	52	35.0	24.5	4.9	8.1	1.2	0.4	7.1	16.7	42.8	3.1	8.4	36.4	7.1	8.0	89.2	60.6	0.6	4.2	3.7	1,820	1,272	253	422	63	21	190	105	+61
16	Bruce Brown B. Brown	116.9	2025-26	DEN	62	25.2	7.6	4.0	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.9	6.3	46.3	0.6	1.7	35.6	1.1	1.5	76.1	54.3	1.2	2.8	1.1	1,562	471	247	136	69	15	70	153	-84
17	Ryan Rollins R. Rollins	116.9	2025-26	MIL	58	32.1	16.8	4.6	5.4	1.5	0.4	6.5	13.9	46.6	2.4	5.9	41.1	1.5	1.9	76.1	57.2	0.8	3.8	2.6	1,862	976	267	312	86	24	149	157	-101
18	Desmond Bane D. Bane	116.8	2025-26	ORL	59	34.2	20.3	4.2	4.1	1.0	0.5	7.3	15.2	48.4	2.1	5.3	39.0	3.5	3.8	91.2	60.1	1.3	2.9	2.1	2,017	1,196	246	244	58	29	123	182	+67
19	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	116.6	2025-26	ATL	59	33.1	19.8	3.6	3.8	1.2	0.6	6.7	15.4	43.2	3.0	8.1	37.2	3.4	3.9	89.0	57.8	0.6	2.9	2.1	1,953	1,166	210	222	71	33	123	127	-2
20	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	116.6	2025-26	LAC	60	27.7	8.1	3.2	3.7	1.5	0.1	3.1	6.2	49.3	1.0	2.7	37.4	1.0	1.2	78.1	60.0	0.8	2.4	1.4	1,661	484	190	219	90	8	84	140	-22
21	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	116.3	2025-26	BOS	60	32.6	17.1	4.1	5.4	0.8	0.1	6.4	13.9	46.3	2.6	7.2	36.8	1.6	1.9	86.6	58.1	0.9	3.3	1.3	1,954	1,027	247	325	47	5	78	85	+286
22	VJ Edgecombe	116.3	2025-26	PHI	56	35.4	15.5	5.6	3.9	1.5	0.5	5.7	13.3	43.0	2.1	5.8	36.3	1.9	2.4	80.5	53.8	1.6	4.0	1.9	1,983	867	311	221	83	28	104	169	+31
23	Moses Moody M. Moody	115.7	2025-26	GSW	59	25.5	11.9	3.3	1.6	0.9	0.5	4.0	9.1	44.1	2.5	6.2	40.2	1.4	1.8	77.1	60.3	0.8	2.5	0.9	1,506	705	197	95	55	32	55	118	+73
24	Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	115.7	2025-26	CLE	57	27.6	13.4	5.3	2.2	0.9	0.4	5.1	10.1	50.2	2.0	4.4	46.0	1.3	1.6	76.6	62.0	1.9	3.4	1.5	1,575	766	303	125	49	22	86	145	+115
25	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	115.2	2025-26	PHI	58	38.5	29.1	4.1	6.8	2.0	0.8	10.1	21.9	46.2	3.4	8.9	37.6	5.5	6.2	89.1	59.1	0.3	3.8	2.4	2,233	1,690	239	394	118	46	141	129	+124

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10.4

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7.2

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114.6

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DRTG

122.3

30th

NETRTG

-7.7

26th

3P%

34.6

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Grizzlies	23	36	.390	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	39	.350	25.0
13	Pelicans	19	43	.306	28.0
14	Jazz	18	43	.295	28.5
15	Kings	14	48	.226	33.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 3/4	UTA	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Thu 3/5	UTA	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sat 3/7	UTA	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 3/9	GSW	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Wed 3/11	NYK	@	UTA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

38 - 24

128

Final

125

Jazz

18 - 43

Mon 2 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

10.3

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

67.6

Jokić

67.3

Ayton

67.2

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

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121.6

120.9

119.4

118.7

118.6

118.2

DRtg Rankings

107.4

108.9

111.4

112.4

112.6

112.7

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

8.3

7.9

6.2

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-48

15-46

15-45

16-44

18-43

19-43

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,918.8

Maxey

2,853

Jokić

2,714.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,039

Jokić

2,945.3

Maxey

2,875.5

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.5

Maxey

36.9

Thompson

36.6

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

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Best Record ATS

39-22

36-23-1

36-25

35-26

33-26-1

34-26

Worst Record ATS

24-38

24-34-1

26-36

26-35

26-34

26-34-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	14	.763
2	Celtics	41	20	.672	5.0
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	34	.433	19.5
12	Bulls	25	36	.410	21.0
13	Wizards	16	44	.267	29.5
14	Nets	15	45	.250	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	31.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	47	15	.758
2	Spurs	43	17	.717	3.0
3	Rockets	38	22	.633	8.0
4	Timberwolves	38	23	.623	8.5
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	9.0
6	Lakers	36	24	.600	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	12.0
8	Warriors	31	30	.508	15.5
9	Clippers	29	31	.483	17.0
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	43	.295	28.5
15	Kings	14	48	.226	33.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 1/28	MIA	@	CHI	116-113
Wed 1/28	BKN	@	DEN	103-107
Wed 1/28	DET	@	PHX	96-114
Wed 1/28	OKC	@	MIN	111-123
Thu 1/29	LAL	@	WAS	142-111

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/3	WAS	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Tue 3/3	DAL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Tue 3/3	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Tue 3/3	BKN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Tue 3/3	NYK	@	TOR	7:30 PM

Keyonte George has the highest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 124.0 rating.

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