what team had the highest definsive rating in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, the Charlotte Hornets had the worst defensive rating by a team, with a 112.1 rating.

	TEAM	DRTG	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	Hornets	112.1	82	241.2	104.5	40.7	28.3	8.6	3.2	41.8	90.6	46.1	1.6	5.2	31.2	19.3	25.1	76.7	51.4	13.9	26.8	16.1	19,780	8,566	3,338	2,323	705	264	1,318	2,068
2	Clippers	110.5	820	241.1	106.7	42.6	24.0	8.5	5.1	42.4	89.1	47.6	1.0	3.7	27.6	20.9	28.4	73.7	52.5	14.9	27.7	18.7	197,725	87,505	34,896	19,698	6,966	4,152	15,319	20,251
3	Warriors	109.6	820	241.7	110.2	44.1	23.8	9.3	4.5	43.6	91.4	47.8	1.1	3.7	28.8	21.9	29.0	75.7	52.9	15.6	28.5	17.9	198,225	90,375	36,122	19,549	7,602	3,694	14,684	21,118
4	Mavericks	109.6	738	241.6	109.4	43.0	25.2	7.2	4.5	42.4	88.0	48.2	1.5	4.7	31.0	23.1	30.0	77.0	54.1	14.2	28.8	15.7	178,270	80,772	31,706	18,620	5,350	3,285	11,575	17,049
5	Nuggets	109.1	820	241.7	119.0	44.8	27.4	9.4	4.8	46.4	96.3	48.1	1.1	3.8	29.8	25.1	31.8	78.9	53.9	15.1	29.7	16.6	198,175	97,555	36,724	22,504	7,747	3,959	13,632	21,096
6	Heat	109.0	82	242.1	97.8	42.9	23.9	9.1	5.0	39.3	86.8	45.3	1.2	3.6	32.6	18.0	25.6	70.2	49.8	16.0	27.0	21.1	19,855	8,016	3,520	1,958	744	408	1,728	2,124
7	Spurs	108.9	820	241.5	113.3	44.7	27.4	9.1	5.5	44.8	90.8	49.4	0.9	3.2	27.4	22.8	30.2	75.5	54.4	14.8	29.9	18.4	198,025	92,886	36,639	22,430	7,459	4,540	15,068	21,044
8	Kings	108.1	820	241.4	109.4	43.4	26.5	8.3	4.8	43.3	89.3	48.5	1.0	3.4	29.8	21.7	28.6	75.8	53.7	14.2	29.1	18.2	197,925	89,703	35,562	21,751	6,787	3,922	14,945	21,300
9	Bulls	108.0	820	242.2	107.2	43.8	25.4	8.2	5.4	41.7	85.6	48.8	0.8	3.1	25.6	22.9	29.9	76.8	54.3	14.2	29.6	18.4	198,575	87,905	35,913	20,804	6,708	4,400	15,059	20,463
10	Cavaliers	107.5	820	241.4	105.6	43.2	24.5	8.2	5.2	42.0	88.5	47.5	1.0	3.3	29.7	20.6	27.7	74.4	52.4	14.3	28.9	17.2	197,975	86,629	35,415	20,056	6,722	4,265	14,134	20,285
11	Pacers	107.1	820	241.5	106.4	44.0	25.3	8.8	5.0	42.5	88.8	47.8	1.0	3.6	28.1	20.5	27.1	75.5	52.8	14.4	29.6	18.0	198,050	87,246	36,087	20,718	7,238	4,138	14,739	20,779
12	Rockets	106.9	820	241.3	108.5	44.7	25.7	8.5	5.9	43.4	90.4	48.0	0.9	3.3	26.4	20.8	27.9	74.4	52.8	15.5	29.3	18.0	197,900	88,952	36,685	21,096	6,985	4,836	14,769	20,035
13	Trail Blazers	106.9	820	241.6	112.3	43.8	26.3	9.4	5.0	44.1	89.5	49.3	0.8	3.1	27.4	23.1	30.9	74.9	54.5	15.0	28.8	18.0	198,075	92,058	35,905	21,591	7,747	4,094	14,780	20,457
14	Pistons	106.5	820	241.7	110.7	45.3	25.4	8.5	5.6	43.7	90.7	48.2	0.7	2.5	26.1	22.6	29.7	75.9	53.3	15.5	29.8	18.0	198,200	90,746	37,177	20,840	6,966	4,580	14,782	20,804
15	Knicks	106.4	820	241.6	106.5	41.2	24.8	9.5	4.5	42.1	87.5	48.2	1.3	4.2	30.6	20.9	28.3	73.8	53.3	14.2	27.0	18.4	198,125	87,312	33,789	20,303	7,826	3,708	15,062	21,794
16	Jazz	106.1	820	240.9	107.7	43.3	26.0	8.8	6.7	42.2	86.9	48.6	1.0	3.2	29.7	22.3	29.4	75.9	53.9	13.1	30.2	18.4	197,575	88,294	35,491	21,351	7,201	5,505	15,103	20,226
17	SuperSonics	106.0	820	241.6	108.2	43.9	25.8	8.7	5.1	42.4	88.5	47.9	1.2	3.9	31.6	22.1	29.2	75.8	53.4	14.8	29.2	17.7	198,150	88,703	36,032	21,177	7,120	4,143	14,480	20,534
18	Lakers	105.9	820	241.4	115.2	44.6	29.5	9.2	5.8	46.5	89.2	52.1	1.1	3.5	30.2	21.2	27.8	76.5	56.8	13.8	30.9	18.1	197,975	94,492	36,600	24,171	7,512	4,778	14,850	18,925
19	Nets	105.9	820	241.3	106.9	43.6	24.9	9.7	5.6	42.3	88.2	47.9	1.0	3.5	27.6	21.4	28.9	73.8	52.9	14.5	29.1	19.5	197,900	87,642	35,733	20,419	7,926	4,584	15,996	21,590
20	Hawks	105.7	820	241.7	105.8	43.8	23.8	8.4	6.4	40.9	85.7	47.7	0.7	2.5	26.6	23.3	30.5	76.4	53.4	15.0	28.8	17.0	198,200	86,733	35,902	19,509	6,891	5,213	13,968	21,249
21	Suns	105.3	820	241.2	110.2	43.3	27.8	9.2	4.8	43.7	88.1	49.6	0.9	3.2	28.1	21.9	28.9	75.9	54.6	13.4	29.9	18.8	197,800	90,335	35,488	22,798	7,550	3,966	15,421	20,406
22	76ers	105.3	820	242.2	109.9	44.3	25.5	9.7	6.7	42.3	85.5	49.5	0.8	3.0	28.1	24.5	32.0	76.5	55.2	14.6	29.7	18.9	198,625	90,135	36,343	20,873	7,932	5,478	15,475	19,315
23	Bullets	104.9	820	241.9	104.6	43.9	24.5	8.0	5.6	41.8	89.2	46.8	0.8	3.2	26.0	20.3	26.9	75.2	51.8	14.1	29.8	16.9	198,350	85,796	35,977	20,082	6,585	4,573	13,832	19,223
24	Celtics	104.8	820	241.6	112.4	44.6	27.6	8.2	5.7	44.4	88.2	50.3	1.4	4.3	33.1	22.2	28.5	77.9	55.8	13.8	30.8	17.3	198,150	92,157	36,569	22,596	6,712	4,705	14,161	18,916
25	Bucks	103.8	820	241.5	109.5	43.3	26.5	9.2	5.6	43.0	88.1	48.8	1.1	3.8	30.4	22.3	29.1	76.6	54.2	14.3	29.0	17.2	198,025	89,758	35,500	21,689	7,538	4,558	14,119	21,285

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

More Hornets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

20.4

Miller

RPG

8.7

Diabaté

APG

7.1

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.9

5th

DRTG

114.7

14th

NETRTG

4.2

9th

3P%

38.0

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Magic	38	32	.543	13.0
9	Heat	38	33	.535	13.5
10	Hornets	37	34	.521	14.5
11	Bucks	29	41	.414	22.0
12	Bulls	28	42	.400	23.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/24	SAC	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 3/26	NYK	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 3/28	PHI	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Sun 3/29	BOS	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Tue 3/31	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM

Last Game

Grizzlies

24 - 46

101

Final

124

Hornets

37 - 34

Sat 21 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.4

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

12.0

Towns

11.7

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.6

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.4

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.6

Jokić

67.6

Duren

67.4

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.1

119.7

118.9

118.5

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.6

111.5

112.6

112.7

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

7.8

7.5

7.4

7.0

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-56

16-55

17-54

19-53

21-50

23-48

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,471

Jokić

3,421.5

Dončić

3,100.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,691.8

Jokić

3,625.8

Dončić

3,279.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.0

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.62

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.72

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

44-27

43-28-1

42-29

42-30

40-31

Worst Record ATS

29-43

30-41

30-40

31-41

31-40

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	51	19	.729
2	Celtics	47	24	.662	4.5
3	Knicks	47	25	.653	5.0
4	Cavaliers	44	27	.620	7.5
5	Raptors	39	31	.557	12.0
6	Hawks	39	32	.549	12.5
7	76ers	39	32	.549	12.5
8	Magic	38	32	.543	13.0
9	Heat	38	33	.535	13.5
10	Hornets	37	34	.521	14.5
11	Bucks	29	41	.414	22.0
12	Bulls	28	42	.400	23.0
13	Nets - e	17	54	.239	34.5
14	Wizards - e	16	55	.225	35.5
15	Pacers - e	15	56	.211	36.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - y	56	15	.789
2	Spurs - x	53	18	.746	3.0
3	Lakers	46	25	.648	10.0
4	Rockets	43	27	.614	12.5
5	Nuggets	44	28	.611	12.5
6	Timberwolves	44	28	.611	12.5
7	Suns	40	32	.556	16.5
8	Clippers	35	36	.493	21.0
9	Trail Blazers	35	37	.486	21.5
10	Warriors	33	38	.465	23.0
11	Pelicans	25	47	.347	31.5
12	Grizzlies	24	46	.343	31.5
13	Mavericks	23	48	.324	33.0
14	Jazz - e	21	50	.296	35.0
15	Kings - e	19	53	.264	37.5