what nba center has the highest defensive rating

Nic Claxton has the worst defensive rating by a center this season, with a 117.8 rating.

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What NBA center has the highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 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	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	117.8	2025-26	BKN	56	29.1	12.5	7.2	3.9	0.8	1.2	5.1	8.8	58.1	0.1	0.3	18.8	2.2	3.7	60.5	60.0	2.5	4.6	1.4	1,630	701	401	221	42	65	78	134	-387
2	Myles Turner M. Turner	115.5	2025-26	MIL	57	27.7	12.4	5.5	1.5	0.7	1.6	4.2	9.4	44.2	2.1	5.6	38.5	1.9	2.5	75.2	58.7	1.2	4.4	1.2	1,581	707	315	87	41	92	66	146	-117
3	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	115.3	2025-26	TOT	59	29.5	15.8	8.8	3.4	0.6	0.7	6.5	13.1	49.6	1.6	4.3	37.3	1.3	1.5	83.5	57.7	2.0	6.7	1.4	1,738	935	517	203	37	40	80	119	-44
4	Derik Queen D. Queen	115.3	2025-26	NOP	63	25.6	12.0	7.2	4.0	1.0	0.9	4.6	9.4	48.5	0.3	1.0	25.4	2.6	3.3	78.2	55.1	1.7	5.5	2.3	1,612	755	454	249	62	57	148	178	-232
5	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	113.6	2025-26	ORL	58	29.6	11.6	7.6	2.1	0.8	0.6	4.2	8.3	49.9	1.0	3.2	32.2	2.2	2.8	79.8	60.5	2.1	5.5	1.2	1,718	671	441	119	45	37	72	206	+35
6	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	112.8	2025-26	POR	58	27.4	11.8	11.5	2.2	0.5	1.5	4.5	8.6	52.6	1.1	3.2	33.9	1.6	2.5	65.7	60.6	4.6	6.9	1.2	1,587	682	667	125	30	87	68	131	-23
7	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	112.6	2025-26	ATL	57	31.4	16.2	7.9	3.2	1.1	1.0	6.0	12.3	48.6	2.1	5.5	38.6	2.1	2.7	77.3	59.8	1.9	6.0	1.9	1,791	921	448	185	65	59	107	192	-71
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	111.8	2025-26	DEN	47	34.6	28.6	12.6	10.4	1.3	0.8	10.1	17.6	57.2	1.9	4.7	39.9	6.6	7.9	83.1	67.8	3.1	9.5	3.8	1,628	1,346	592	489	63	37	178	130	+412
9	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	110.6	2025-26	HOU	54	33.9	20.4	9.1	6.3	1.3	1.1	8.0	16.0	49.9	0.5	1.9	28.0	3.9	5.6	69.4	55.1	3.1	6.0	3.3	1,831	1,101	493	339	72	58	177	171	+157
10	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.2	2025-26	MIN	62	26.1	13.9	6.4	2.4	1.0	1.0	5.2	11.2	46.6	2.3	6.1	37.8	1.1	1.5	71.0	58.2	1.2	5.2	1.6	1,620	859	394	149	63	60	100	153	+187
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	109.7	2025-26	MIN	60	31.5	11.0	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.7	4.4	6.3	70.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	4.2	50.6	67.5	3.9	7.6	1.3	1,891	658	690	106	46	99	80	162	+286
12	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	109.5	2025-26	MIA	55	31.3	18.7	9.8	2.8	1.1	0.7	6.7	14.9	44.9	1.6	4.9	33.3	3.7	4.8	76.8	55.0	2.1	7.7	1.7	1,723	1,030	539	156	60	37	94	95	+297
13	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	109.3	2025-26	NYK	59	31.2	19.7	11.8	2.8	0.9	0.6	6.7	13.8	48.4	1.6	4.3	36.7	4.9	5.7	85.4	60.7	3.2	8.7	2.5	1,842	1,165	699	166	52	34	149	209	+344
14	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	104.1	2025-26	OKC	56	29.3	17.3	9.0	1.8	0.5	1.9	6.4	11.6	55.2	1.3	3.6	35.6	3.3	4.1	78.4	64.6	1.9	7.1	1.6	1,643	968	506	98	30	108	90	128	+487

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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PPG

24.2

Porter

RPG

7.2

Claxton

APG

3.9

Claxton

Team Rankings

ORTG

110.0

29th

DRTG

119.2

27th

NETRTG

-9.2

28th

3P%

34.1

28th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Bucks	26	35	.426	19.0
12	Bulls	26	37	.413	20.0
13	Wizards	16	46	.258	29.5
14	Nets	15	47	.242	30.5
15	Pacers	15	47	.242	30.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 3/7	BKN	@	DET	6:00 PM
Mon 3/9	MEM	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Tue 3/10	DET	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Thu 3/12	BKN	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Sat 3/14	BKN	@	PHI	1:00 PM

Last Game

Nets

15 - 47

110

Final

126

Heat

34 - 29

Thu 5 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.3

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Gobert

APG Leaders

10.4

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Edwards

3.5

Ball

TS% Leaders

67.8

Jokić

67.5

Gobert

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.7

120.5

119.1

118.7

118.4

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.4

110.9

112.1

112.7

112.8

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

7.7

7.3

6.9

6.2

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

14-50

15-47

16-46

19-44

20-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,003.8

Maxey

2,911.9

Jokić

2,811.8

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,105.5

Jokić

3,028.3

Maxey

2,987.8

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.2

Dončić

36.4

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.58

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-22

37-24-1

37-26

36-26

35-28

Worst Record ATS

24-40

25-35-1

26-36

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	16	.738
2	Celtics	41	21	.661	4.5
3	Knicks	40	23	.635	6.0
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.0
5	Raptors	35	27	.565	10.5
6	76ers	34	28	.548	11.5
7	Magic	33	28	.541	12.0
8	Heat	34	29	.540	12.0
9	Hornets	32	31	.508	14.0
10	Hawks	32	31	.508	14.0
11	Bucks	26	35	.426	19.0
12	Bulls	26	37	.413	20.0
13	Wizards	16	46	.258	29.5
14	Nets	15	47	.242	30.5
15	Pacers	15	47	.242	30.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	49	15	.766
2	Spurs	45	17	.726	3.0
3	Timberwolves	40	23	.635	8.5
4	Rockets	38	23	.623	9.5
5	Nuggets	39	24	.619	9.5
6	Lakers	37	25	.597	11.0
7	Suns	35	27	.565	13.0
8	Warriors	32	30	.516	16.0
9	Clippers	30	31	.492	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	30	33	.476	18.5
11	Grizzlies	23	38	.377	24.5
12	Mavericks	21	41	.339	27.0
13	Pelicans	20	44	.313	29.0
14	Jazz	19	44	.302	29.5
15	Kings	14	50	.219	35.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 1/31	LAL	@	NYK	100-112
Sat 1/31	LAC	@	PHX	117-93
Sat 1/31	CLE	@	POR	130-111
Sat 1/31	OKC	@	DEN	121-111
Sun 2/1	NOP	@	CHA	95-102

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/6	DAL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 3/6	MIA	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Fri 3/6	POR	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Fri 3/6	NYK	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Fri 3/6	NOP	@	PHX	9:00 PM

Nic Claxton has the worst defensive rating by a center this season, with a 117.8 rating.

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2,987.8

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