what is the average defensive rating for nba players

Steven Adams has a defensive rating of 112.6 this season.

Interpreted as:
What is the average defensive rating for NBA players this regular season?
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Steven Adams
S. Adams
112.6
2025-26
23
21.6
5.7
8.6
1.5
0.7
0.6
2.1
4.3
48.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.2
70.6
53.9
4.4
4.2
1.0
497
132
198
34
15
14
24
42
+143
2Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
112.8
2025-26
17
29.1
28.9
10.1
6.1
0.9
0.9
11.1
17.3
63.9
0.6
1.4
43.5
6.2
9.8
63.5
66.9
3.3
6.8
3.3
495
492
172
104
16
16
56
47
+95
3Harrison Barnes
H. Barnes
115.9
2025-26
30
29.9
12.9
3.3
2.1
1.0
0.1
4.4
9.4
47.2
2.2
5.6
40.1
1.8
2.1
88.7
62.7
0.8
2.4
1.1
896
388
98
62
29
4
33
43
+97
4Nicolas Batum
N. Batum
118.8
2025-26
28
19.9
4.5
2.7
0.7
0.8
0.4
1.5
3.8
38.3
1.4
3.6
38.2
0.2
0.3
85.7
57.7
0.5
2.2
0.7
558
127
75
20
23
12
20
55
-107
5Bradley Beal
B. Beal
124.7
2025-26
6
20.2
8.2
0.8
1.7
0.5
0.0
3.0
8.0
37.5
1.2
3.2
36.8
1.0
1.3
75.0
47.6
0.3
0.5
1.5
121
49
5
10
3
0
9
14
-23
6Bismack Biyombo
B. Biyombo
113.5
2025-26
10
6.4
0.9
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.6
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
50.0
65.4
0.2
0.5
0.3
64
9
7
3
3
1
3
10
-30
7Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
113.2
2025-26
27
31.4
19.7
5.6
4.9
1.4
0.3
6.2
11.9
52.2
0.9
2.1
44.6
6.4
7.5
85.1
64.9
2.1
3.4
1.5
847
531
151
132
39
7
41
35
+117
8Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
K. Caldwell-Pope
116.6
2025-26
30
22.1
8.1
2.4
3.4
0.8
0.2
2.7
6.8
39.2
1.3
3.5
35.8
1.5
1.7
92.0
54.0
0.4
2.0
1.4
663
244
71
101
24
5
41
31
-49
9Mike Conley
M. Conley
115.7
2025-26
27
19.3
5.2
1.9
3.2
0.7
0.3
1.5
4.3
35.7
1.1
3.1
36.1
1.1
1.1
93.5
54.8
0.4
1.5
0.6
522
141
50
87
18
7
17
45
+21
10Stephen Curry
S. Curry
113.3
2025-26
22
31.7
28.4
4.2
4.3
1.3
0.5
9.3
19.9
46.7
4.8
12.2
39.0
5.1
5.5
91.8
63.7
0.5
3.7
3.0
697
625
92
94
28
10
67
45
+32
11Anthony Davis
A. Davis
108.3
2025-26
16
29.9
20.5
10.9
2.8
1.3
1.6
8.6
16.4
52.1
0.6
1.9
32.3
2.8
3.9
71.0
56.5
3.3
7.6
1.8
479
328
174
45
20
25
28
36
-20
12DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
121.8
2025-26
30
33.5
19.0
3.3
3.6
1.4
0.2
6.8
13.3
51.3
0.8
2.2
37.9
4.5
5.1
89.5
61.2
0.5
2.7
1.0
1,006
571
98
109
42
7
31
64
-221
13Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
109.4
2025-26
27
21.7
7.6
9.7
0.9
0.6
1.0
3.0
5.7
52.6
0.6
1.3
41.7
1.1
1.7
63.0
59.1
3.7
6.1
0.8
586
206
263
25
16
26
22
56
+7
14Kevin Durant
K. Durant
115.7
2025-26
26
36.3
25.2
5.0
4.2
0.8
1.0
8.6
16.8
51.1
2.1
4.8
44.0
5.8
6.5
89.9
63.9
0.3
4.6
3.1
944
655
129
108
22
26
81
60
+187
15Paul George
P. George
111.2
2025-26
12
27.3
16.4
5.0
3.3
1.6
0.5
5.3
12.8
41.8
2.4
6.1
39.7
3.3
3.8
87.0
56.9
0.3
4.7
1.8
328
197
60
39
19
6
21
21
+45
16Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
110.9
2025-26
31
31.8
11.4
11.1
1.9
0.5
1.6
4.7
6.5
72.5
0.0
0.0
2.1
4.0
52.0
69.7
4.0
7.1
1.4
987
354
344
59
16
51
44
92
+169
17Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
117.1
2025-26
6
12.3
5.5
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.2
2.0
3.5
57.1
1.3
2.3
57.1
0.2
0.3
50.0
75.4
0.2
0.2
0.5
74
33
2
3
4
1
3
3
-31
18Draymond Green
D. Green
110.6
2025-26
25
27.0
8.0
6.0
5.0
0.9
0.8
3.0
7.3
40.4
1.4
4.3
32.4
0.7
1.1
64.3
51.5
0.8
5.2
3.1
676
201
151
125
22
21
77
85
+31
19Jeff Green
J. Green
120.0
2025-26
12
4.6
2.0
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.8
1.5
50.0
0.5
1.2
42.9
0.0
0.0
66.7
0.1
0.4
0.0
55
24
6
1
0
1
0
5
-32
20Tim Hardaway Jr.
T. Hardaway Jr.
121.0
2025-26
30
26.3
12.9
2.2
1.4
0.5
0.1
4.4
9.4
46.6
2.7
6.4
41.7
1.5
1.6
89.8
63.7
0.2
2.0
0.4
789
388
66
41
15
3
12
33
+110
21James Harden
J. Harden
119.2
2025-26
27
35.6
26.0
5.1
8.1
1.4
0.4
7.5
17.2
43.5
3.6
9.5
37.4
7.4
8.4
88.5
62.2
0.6
4.6
3.9
960
701
139
219
37
10
105
58
-18
22Tobias Harris
T. Harris
114.7
2025-26
20
28.9
14.0
4.9
2.6
0.5
0.3
5.1
11.2
45.1
1.5
4.3
34.1
2.5
3.0
83.1
56.0
1.1
3.8
1.0
577
280
98
52
10
6
20
43
+34
23Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
117.4
2025-26
12
33.4
16.7
5.3
8.3
1.6
0.3
6.2
13.8
44.6
2.6
7.1
36.5
1.8
2.1
84.0
56.5
1.3
3.9
2.9
401
200
63
99
19
3
35
24
+11
24Al Horford
A. Horford
108.6
2025-26
14
20.8
6.2
4.4
2.0
1.1
0.9
2.1
6.1
35.3
1.5
4.5
33.3
0.4
0.4
100.0
49.6
0.8
3.6
1.1
291
87
61
28
15
13
16
19
-41
25LeBron James
L. James
119.4
2025-26
13
33.3
20.2
5.1
6.8
0.9
0.7
7.5
15.4
48.5
1.5
4.7
31.1
3.8
5.8
66.7
56.4
0.7
4.4
2.5
433
263
66
89
12
9
32
20
-59
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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.655
6.0
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.645
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.516
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6
.800
2
21
9
.700
3.0
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18
11
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5.5
4
18
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.581
6.5
5
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.567
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.500
9.0
9
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16
.484
9.5
10
14
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.483
9.5
11
12
18
.400
12.0
12
10
20
.333
14.0
13
9
19
.321
14.0
14
6
24
.200
18.0
15
5
23
.179
18.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
5
.839
2
23
7
.767
2.5
3
22
8
.733
3.5
4
19
10
.655
6.0
5
20
11
.645
6.0
6
18
10
.643
6.5
7
16
13
.552
9.0
8
16
15
.516
10.0
9
14
16
.467
11.5
10
12
18
.400
13.5
11
12
20
.375
14.5
12
10
19
.345
15.0
13
8
21
.276
17.0
14
8
23
.258
18.0
15
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.233
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11/23
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99-110
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11/23
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