what nba players lead the league in defensive efficiency

Victor Wembanyama has the lowest defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 this season, with a 100.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

What NBA players lead the league in defensive efficiency 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	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	100.8	2025-26	SAS	59	29.2	24.2	11.3	3.1	1.1	3.1	8.3	16.6	50.1	1.9	5.5	34.8	5.6	6.9	82.0	61.6	2.0	9.3	2.5	1,725	1,427	666	180	63	181	148	149	+630
2	Colby Jones C. Jones	101.1	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
3	Chris Mañon C. Mañon	101.3	2025-26	LAL	6	4.2	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	34.7	0.2	0.8	0.2	25	2	6	1	3	2	1	5	0
4	N'Faly Dante N. Dante	101.4	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
5	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	102.9	2025-26	OKC	43	24.8	9.4	9.7	3.7	1.0	0.7	4.0	6.5	61.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.4	2.3	59.6	62.4	3.3	6.4	1.9	1,068	405	417	158	45	32	80	112	+302
6	Paul Reed P. Reed	103.9	2025-26	DET	57	13.3	7.2	4.4	1.2	0.9	0.8	3.0	5.0	59.6	0.2	0.6	32.4	1.0	1.6	64.8	63.1	2.0	2.4	0.9	760	410	249	66	49	48	50	102	+120
7	Stanley Umude S. Umude	104.3	2025-26	SAS	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	-17
8	Zyon Pullin Z. Pullin	104.3	2025-26	MIN	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	100.0	106.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	6	4	0	3	1	0	2	2	-4
9	Enrique Freeman E. Freeman	104.4	2025-26	MIN	2	4.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	1.5	0.0	8	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	+8
10	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	104.4	2025-26	OKC	64	29.3	17.1	8.9	1.7	0.5	1.8	6.3	11.4	55.2	1.2	3.5	34.8	3.4	4.2	79.9	64.8	1.9	7.0	1.5	1,874	1,095	571	108	35	118	98	142	+585
11	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	105.0	2025-26	OKC	52	18.4	6.4	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	5.5	42.0	0.9	3.3	28.7	0.8	1.0	80.4	53.5	0.5	2.3	0.8	956	332	145	104	70	17	44	63	+358
12	Jaylin Williams J. Williams	105.0	2025-26	OKC	60	19.9	7.5	5.5	2.5	0.5	0.7	2.4	5.6	42.8	1.6	4.1	38.3	1.2	1.5	79.3	60.2	0.5	4.9	1.1	1,192	448	327	147	31	39	64	117	+254
13	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	105.1	2025-26	POR	24	14.3	5.5	2.0	0.8	1.8	0.5	1.8	4.1	43.4	1.1	2.8	40.3	0.8	0.9	85.7	60.5	0.5	1.5	0.9	342	131	48	20	44	12	21	37	+54
14	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	105.4	2025-26	DET	65	25.9	10.0	5.7	2.9	2.0	0.9	4.2	8.1	51.7	0.1	0.4	26.1	1.5	2.7	57.5	53.9	2.1	3.7	1.5	1,686	650	373	187	130	57	95	177	+304
15	Chris Boucher C. Boucher	105.5	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
16	David Jones Garcia D. Jones Garcia	106.0	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
17	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	106.3	2025-26	OKC	72	26.8	8.6	3.1	2.7	2.0	0.4	3.3	7.6	43.2	1.3	3.7	34.6	0.7	0.9	80.3	53.6	0.8	2.3	1.0	1,933	619	224	192	144	27	70	146	+454
18	Payton Sandfort P. Sandfort	106.4	2025-26	OKC	2	3.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	20.0	0.5	2.0	25.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	34.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	7	4	2	0	0	0	1	5	-11
19	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	106.6	2025-26	NYK	56	19.6	5.4	8.8	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.4	3.3	71.9	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.7	38.9	66.8	4.3	4.5	0.7	1,097	303	490	51	48	65	41	118	+156
20	Rocco Zikarsky R. Zikarsky	106.7	2025-26	MIN	4	4.0	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	60.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		60.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	16	6	5	0	0	3	0	1	0
21	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	106.9	2025-26	POR	53	16.8	6.7	6.9	1.0	0.6	1.5	3.0	4.2	71.4	0.1	0.4	33.3	0.5	0.9	61.7	72.7	2.4	4.5	0.8	891	356	366	53	32	81	44	66	+19
22	John Tonje J. Tonje	107.0	2025-26	BOS	4	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	34.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	-7
23	Jalen Duren J. Duren	107.3	2025-26	DET	64	28.0	19.3	10.6	1.8	0.9	0.9	7.4	11.5	64.2	0.0	0.0		4.5	6.1	74.5	68.1	3.8	6.8	1.8	1,794	1,237	680	117	55	55	114	177	+444
24	Branden Carlson B. Carlson	107.6	2025-26	OKC	37	10.3	4.6	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.9	3.6	51.9	0.6	1.7	33.9	0.2	0.5	52.9	59.7	0.6	1.9	0.4	381	170	94	21	6	18	13	31	+22
25	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	108.0	2025-26	DET	70	19.9	8.2	4.2	1.3	1.2	0.3	3.0	6.9	43.5	0.6	2.5	22.9	1.6	2.0	81.0	52.7	1.1	3.0	1.3	1,396	577	292	89	82	23	91	158	+133

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.2

Wembanyama

RPG

11.3

Wembanyama

APG

7.2

Castle

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

4th

DRTG

111.0

3rd

NETRTG

8.2

2nd

3P%

36.0

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	59	16	.787
2	Spurs	56	18	.757	2.5
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.5
4	Nuggets	48	28	.632	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	29	.608	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 4/1	SAS	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Thu 4/2	SAS	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Sat 4/4	SAS	@	DEN	3:00 PM
Mon 4/6	PHI	@	SAS	8:00 PM

Last Game

Spurs

56 - 18

127

Final

Bucks

29 - 44

Sat 28 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.7

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Thompson

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.8

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.4

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

120.3

119.6

119.2

119.1

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.5

111.0

112.6

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.2

8.0

7.7

6.5

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

17-58

17-57

18-57

19-57

21-54

24-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,737.6

Jokić

3,597.7

Dončić

3,244.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,983.3

Jokić

3,807.5

Dončić

3,436.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.0

Brown

33.9

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

45-28-1

46-29

43-31

43-32

43-31

43-33

Worst Record ATS

31-45

31-43

32-43

32-42

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	54	20	.730
2	Celtics - x	50	24	.676	4.0
3	Knicks	48	27	.640	6.5
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	8.0
5	Raptors	42	32	.568	12.0
6	Hawks	42	33	.560	12.5
7	76ers	41	33	.554	13.0
8	Magic	39	35	.527	15.0
9	Heat	39	36	.520	15.5
10	Hornets	39	36	.520	15.5
11	Bucks - e	29	45	.392	25.0
12	Bulls - e	29	45	.392	25.0
13	Nets - e	18	57	.240	36.5
14	Wizards - e	17	57	.230	37.0
15	Pacers - e	17	58	.227	37.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - y	59	16	.787
2	Spurs - y	56	18	.757	2.5
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.5
4	Nuggets	48	28	.632	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	29	.608	13.5
6	Rockets	45	29	.608	13.5
7	Suns	41	33	.554	17.5
8	Clippers	39	36	.520	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	38	38	.500	21.5
10	Warriors	36	39	.480	23.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	49	.338	33.5
12	Pelicans - e	25	51	.329	34.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	50	.324	34.5
14	Jazz - e	21	54	.280	38.0
15	Kings - e	19	57	.250	40.5