Tolu Smith has the best defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 this season, with a 100.2 rating.

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What leads the NBA in defensive rating by a player 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	Tolu Smith T. Smith	100.2	2025-26	DET	5	11.0	5.2	5.6	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	3.0	46.7	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.0	80.0	60.2	2.0	3.6	0.8	55	26	28	4	2	5	4	7	+3
2	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	100.8	2025-26	POR	4	12.3	5.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	60.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	85.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	49	20	4	3	10	0	1	7	+23
3	Colby Jones C. Jones	100.9	2025-26	DET	1	7.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		33.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	7	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	+12
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	102.6	2025-26	SAS	35	28.9	24.1	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.7	8.3	16.4	50.4	1.7	4.8	35.5	5.9	7.1	82.7	61.8	1.9	9.1	2.7	1,012	843	386	95	33	95	95	98	+242
5	Paul Reed P. Reed	102.6	2025-26	DET	34	11.6	5.5	4.2	1.2	0.9	0.6	2.4	4.0	59.1	0.2	0.6	35.0	0.5	0.9	56.3	61.9	1.8	2.4	1.0	395	187	142	40	29	19	33	50	+72
6	N'Faly Dante N. Dante	102.6	2025-26	ATL	4	3.8	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	100.0	33.8	0.8	1.0	0.3	15	3	7	0	2	0	1	1	+10
7	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	103.4	2025-26	OKC	26	26.3	10.9	10.0	2.8	1.1	0.7	4.7	7.3	63.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.4	66.7	65.2	3.3	6.7	2.1	684	284	259	74	28	18	55	77	+172
8	Riley Minix R. Minix	103.6	2025-26	SAS	3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	0.3	1.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		75.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	8	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	+13
9	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	104.3	2025-26	OKC	32	18.2	6.1	2.8	2.1	1.4	0.4	2.2	5.3	41.7	1.0	3.2	30.1	0.7	0.9	82.1	53.8	0.6	2.3	0.8	582	194	91	68	45	12	25	40	+249
10	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	104.3	2025-26	OKC	44	29.3	17.7	8.5	1.6	0.5	2.1	6.6	11.7	56.6	1.3	3.7	36.6	3.1	4.0	77.8	65.7	1.8	6.8	1.6	1,289	780	375	71	24	91	72	112	+381
11	Mac McClung M. McClung	104.4	2025-26	IND	3	11.3	6.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	6.0	38.9	0.7	3.3	20.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	48.1	0.0	1.3	0.7	34	19	4	1	5	1	2	6	-13
12	Jaylin Williams J. Williams	104.8	2025-26	OKC	35	18.8	5.6	4.7	2.5	0.7	0.6	1.8	5.0	35.6	1.1	3.6	30.7	0.9	1.2	74.4	50.5	0.6	4.2	1.0	658	195	166	87	23	22	34	71	+228
13	Thanasis Antetokounmpo T. Antetokounmpo	105.2	2025-26	MIL	16	3.0	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.9	57.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	66.7	61.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	48	22	9	1	6	3	3	8	+25
14	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	105.7	2025-26	DET	44	25.7	10.6	6.0	2.7	1.8	0.8	4.3	8.5	51.1	0.1	0.5	30.0	1.8	3.2	57.6	53.8	2.1	3.8	1.5	1,131	466	263	119	81	34	65	127	+155
15	Chris Mañon C. Mañon	105.9	2025-26	LAL	4	3.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	14	0	3	0	1	2	0	3	+7
16	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	106.4	2025-26	OKC	47	26.4	7.8	3.1	2.0	2.0	0.2	2.9	6.9	42.2	1.5	3.9	37.3	0.6	0.8	73.0	54.4	0.8	2.2	0.9	1,242	368	144	93	95	11	41	94	+361
17	David Jones Garcia D. Jones Garcia	106.6	2025-26	SAS	11	6.2	2.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.3	52.0	0.3	0.5	60.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	57.9	0.4	0.8	0.5	68	32	13	18	6	1	5	6	+38
18	Malevy Leons M. Leons	106.7	2025-26	GSW	4	4.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	43.6	0.5	1.5	0.3	18	6	8	1	1	0	1	1	-13
19	Jalen Duren J. Duren	106.8	2025-26	DET	41	28.1	18.0	10.7	1.8	0.9	0.8	7.1	11.1	63.5	0.0	0.0		3.9	5.3	72.6	66.8	3.8	6.9	1.9	1,154	739	437	74	38	34	79	121	+281
20	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	107.0	2025-26	DET	46	20.8	8.2	4.2	1.4	1.4	0.3	3.0	7.2	41.3	0.6	2.7	23.6	1.6	2.0	79.1	50.4	1.0	3.2	1.4	955	375	193	65	63	16	65	105	+140
21	Mo Bamba M. Bamba	107.2	2025-26	TOR	2	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	-9
22	Chris Boucher C. Boucher	107.3	2025-26	BOS	9	10.4	2.3	2.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.9	2.8	32.0	0.2	1.7	13.3	0.3	0.4	75.0	39.2	0.2	1.8	0.1	94	21	18	3	5	7	1	17	+5
23	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	107.3	2025-26	DAL	28	11.9	3.8	4.4	0.3	0.4	1.2	1.4	2.3	63.5	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	48.2	61.0	1.8	2.6	0.8	333	107	124	7	10	33	21	51	-12
24	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	107.5	2025-26	DAL	7	16.4	4.3	5.3	1.9	0.6	1.6	1.6	2.6	61.1	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.4	80.0	67.0	2.0	3.3	1.4	115	30	37	13	4	11	10	21	+14
25	Clint Capela C. Capela	107.5	2025-26	HOU	41	11.6	3.8	4.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.7	3.1	54.3	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	52.9	54.9	2.3	2.3	0.4	476	156	187	22	21	31	17	34	+58

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PPG

25.2

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RPG

10.7

Duren

APG

9.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

116.7

12th

DRTG

109.1

2nd

NETRTG

7.6

2nd

3P%

34.8

21st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	36	12	.750
2	Knicks	31	18	.633	5.5
3	Celtics	31	18	.633	5.5
4	Raptors	30	21	.588	7.5
5	Cavaliers	30	21	.588	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 2/3	DEN	@	DET	7:00 PM
Thu 2/5	WAS	@	DET	7:00 PM
Fri 2/6	NYK	@	DET	7:30 PM
Mon 2/9	DET	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 2/11	DET	@	TOR	7:30 PM

Last Game

Nets

13 - 35

Final

130

Pistons

36 - 12

Sun 1 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

11.8

Towns

11.3

Gobert

11.1

Clingan

APG Leaders

9.8

Cunningham

8.8

Dončić

8.1

Harden

SPG Leaders

2.0

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.1

Sarr

2.1

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Porter

3.7

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

71.7

Jokić

69.2

Williams

68.1

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

121.3

120.1

119.5

118.8

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.1

111.9

112.5

112.7

112.8

NetRtg Rankings

12.2

7.6

7.3

6.2

5.6

5.1

Tank Leaderboard

12-39

13-38

13-36

13-35

15-35

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,451.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,328.1

Maxey

2,325.3

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,474.8

Dončić

2,462.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,409

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.6

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.8

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.43

Cunningham

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.48

Cunningham

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-17

29-21

27-20-1

29-22

27-22

Worst Record ATS

19-32

20-31

19-29

19-28

21-27

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	36	12	.750
2	Knicks	31	18	.633	5.5
3	Celtics	31	18	.633	5.5
4	Raptors	30	21	.588	7.5
5	Cavaliers	30	21	.588	7.5
6	76ers	27	21	.563	9.0
7	Heat	27	24	.529	10.5
8	Magic	25	23	.521	11.0
9	Bulls	24	26	.480	13.0
10	Hawks	24	27	.471	13.5
11	Hornets	22	28	.440	15.0
12	Bucks	18	29	.383	17.5
13	Nets	13	35	.271	23.0
14	Wizards	13	35	.271	23.0
15	Pacers	13	36	.265	23.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	39	11	.780
2	Spurs	33	16	.673	5.5
3	Nuggets	33	17	.660	6.0
4	Rockets	30	17	.638	7.5
5	Timberwolves	31	19	.620	8.0
6	Lakers	29	19	.604	9.0
7	Suns	30	20	.600	9.0
8	Warriors	27	23	.540	12.0
9	Clippers	23	25	.479	15.0
10	Trail Blazers	23	27	.460	16.0
11	Mavericks	19	30	.388	19.5
12	Grizzlies	18	29	.383	19.5
13	Jazz	15	35	.300	24.0
14	Pelicans	13	38	.255	26.5
15	Kings	12	39	.235	27.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 1/5	LAL	@	NOP	111-103
Mon 1/5	DAL	@	SAC	100-98
Tue 1/6	CHI	@	DET	93-108
Tue 1/6	WAS	@	PHI	110-131
Tue 1/6	TOR	@	CHA	97-96

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 2/2	NOP	@	CHA	3:00 PM
Mon 2/2	HOU	@	IND	7:00 PM
Mon 2/2	MIN	@	MEM	7:30 PM
Mon 2/2	PHI	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Tue 2/3	UTA	@	IND	7:00 PM

Tolu Smith has the best defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 this season, with a 100.2 rating.

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