what is the average defensive rating for nba players

Steven Adams has a defensive rating of 112.3 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
112.3
2025-26
24
21.7
5.9
8.6
1.5
0.7
0.6
2.1
4.4
48.1
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.4
68.4
53.8
4.4
4.2
1.1
520
141
206
35
17
14
27
42
+169
2Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
112.6
2025-26
18
28.9
28.9
10.0
5.8
0.9
0.9
11.0
17.2
64.1
0.6
1.4
42.3
6.3
9.8
64.4
67.3
3.2
6.8
3.2
520
521
180
105
17
17
58
49
+108
3Harrison Barnes
H. Barnes
116.4
2025-26
31
29.6
12.6
3.2
2.1
0.9
0.1
4.3
9.2
46.9
2.2
5.5
40.0
1.8
2.0
88.7
62.4
0.8
2.4
1.1
919
391
100
64
29
4
33
44
+92
4Nicolas Batum
N. Batum
118.8
2025-26
29
20.3
4.5
2.7
0.7
0.8
0.4
1.4
3.8
38.2
1.4
3.6
38.5
0.2
0.2
85.7
57.5
0.4
2.2
0.7
588
130
77
21
24
12
20
57
-75
5Bradley Beal
B. Beal
124.5
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
113.9
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
114.0
2025-26
28
31.6
19.6
5.6
4.9
1.4
0.3
6.2
12.0
51.5
0.9
2.1
41.7
6.4
7.5
85.6
64.3
2.2
3.4
1.6
885
550
157
137
39
7
44
37
+106
8Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
K. Caldwell-Pope
116.0
2025-26
31
22.1
8.3
2.4
3.3
0.8
0.2
2.8
6.9
40.2
1.3
3.5
35.8
1.5
1.6
92.0
54.4
0.4
2.0
1.4
685
257
73
103
26
6
42
33
-28
9Mike Conley
M. Conley
116.1
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
114.0
2025-26
23
32.1
28.9
4.1
4.3
1.3
0.5
9.4
20.3
46.3
4.7
12.2
38.9
5.3
5.8
92.5
63.2
0.6
3.6
3.1
738
664
95
98
29
11
71
47
+32
11Anthony Davis
A. Davis
108.2
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
121.2
2025-26
31
33.4
18.7
3.3
3.7
1.4
0.3
6.7
13.2
50.7
0.8
2.2
36.8
4.5
5.0
89.7
60.6
0.5
2.8
1.0
1,034
580
102
115
44
8
31
65
-213
13Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
110.3
2025-26
29
21.1
7.3
9.3
0.9
0.6
0.9
2.9
5.6
51.9
0.5
1.3
39.5
1.0
1.6
63.0
58.2
3.6
5.8
0.9
612
212
271
25
16
26
26
61
-18
14Kevin Durant
K. Durant
115.6
2025-26
27
36.0
25.4
4.9
4.3
0.8
1.0
8.7
16.9
51.6
2.1
4.8
44.2
5.9
6.5
89.8
64.3
0.3
4.6
3.1
973
685
133
115
22
26
84
61
+211
15Paul George
P. George
112.2
2025-26
14
28.0
16.0
5.4
3.4
1.4
0.4
5.2
12.8
40.8
2.6
6.4
41.6
2.9
3.4
87.2
56.1
0.4
5.1
1.9
392
224
76
47
20
6
26
25
+25
16Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
111.2
2025-26
32
31.8
11.3
11.0
1.8
0.6
1.6
4.6
6.4
71.4
0.0
0.0
2.1
4.0
52.0
68.7
4.0
7.0
1.4
1,019
360
352
59
18
52
44
94
+155
17Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
117.5
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
111.3
2025-26
26
27.3
8.5
6.0
5.1
0.9
0.8
3.2
7.6
41.6
1.5
4.5
33.6
0.7
1.2
61.3
52.7
0.8
5.2
3.1
710
222
155
132
23
21
80
87
+29
19Jeff Green
J. Green
120.1
2025-26
13
4.6
2.1
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.8
1.7
45.5
0.5
1.2
43.8
0.0
0.0
61.4
0.1
0.4
0.0
60
27
6
2
0
1
0
5
-41
20Tim Hardaway Jr.
T. Hardaway Jr.
121.3
2025-26
31
26.5
13.2
2.3
1.4
0.5
0.1
4.5
9.6
46.5
2.7
6.6
41.2
1.5
1.7
90.6
63.7
0.2
2.1
0.4
822
408
70
43
15
3
12
36
+109
21James Harden
J. Harden
119.4
2025-26
28
35.7
26.3
5.0
8.0
1.3
0.4
7.6
17.2
44.1
3.5
9.5
37.2
7.6
8.5
88.7
62.7
0.5
4.5
3.9
999
735
141
225
37
10
108
59
-6
22Tobias Harris
T. Harris
115.1
2025-26
21
28.8
14.1
5.0
2.7
0.5
0.3
5.1
11.3
45.1
1.4
4.3
33.3
2.5
3.0
83.9
56.0
1.1
3.9
1.0
604
296
105
56
11
6
20
45
+29
23Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
117.7
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
109.0
2025-26
15
20.5
6.3
4.5
1.9
1.0
1.0
2.2
6.1
36.3
1.5
4.4
33.3
0.4
0.4
100.0
50.2
0.9
3.6
1.1
307
94
68
28
15
15
16
19
-44
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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25.4

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Kevin Durant

RPG

9.4

Sengun

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APG

6.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

2nd

DRTG

113.8

8th

NETRTG

8.8

2nd

3P%

40.0

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
23
8
.742
3.5
3
22
9
.710
4.5
4
Rockets Rockets
19
10
.655
6.5
5
19
10
.655
6.5
6
20
12
.625
7.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/1
@
6:00 PM
Sat
1/3
@
8:30 PM
Mon
1/5
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/7
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

17 - 16

100

Final

117

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19 - 10

Sat 27 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
24
7
.774
2
22
9
.710
2.0
3
19
11
.633
4.5
4
19
14
.576
6.0
5
18
14
.563
6.5
6
16
14
.533
7.5
7
17
15
.531
7.5
8
17
16
.515
8.0
9
15
16
.484
9.0
10
15
18
.455
10.0
11
13
19
.406
11.5
12
11
20
.355
13.0
13
10
19
.345
13.0
14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
6
26
.188
18.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
27
5
.844
2
23
8
.742
3.5
3
22
9
.710
4.5
4
19
10
.655
6.5
5
19
10
.655
6.5
6
20
12
.625
7.0
7
18
13
.581
8.5
8
16
16
.500
11.0
9
15
16
.484
11.5
10
12
19
.387
14.5
11
12
19
.387
14.5
12
12
21
.364
15.5
13
9
21
.300
17.0
14
8
23
.258
18.5
15
8
25
.242
19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/25
@
112-100
Tue
11/25
@
115-102
Tue
11/25
@
104-100
Thu
11/27
@
112-109
Thu
11/27
@
116-123

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
9:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
9:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:30 PM