which atlanta hawks player has the highest defensive rating in a season

Trae Young has the highest defensive rating for the Hawks in a season, with a 121.5 rating in 2023-24.

Regular season
Min. 1,000 Minutes Per 82 Team Games

	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	Trae Young T. Young	121.5	2023-24	ATL	54	36.0	25.7	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	8.0	18.7	43.0	3.2	8.7	37.2	6.4	7.5	85.5	58.5	0.4	2.3	4.4	1,942	1,389	149	583	72	11	235	109	-116
2	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	121.5	2023-24	ATL	63	32.7	13.7	6.5	1.5	0.8	0.2	4.6	11.1	41.6	1.8	5.7	31.6	2.7	3.2	83.7	54.9	2.7	3.9	0.9	2,062	863	411	92	51	11	54	88	-19
3	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	121.3	2023-24	ATL	57	29.5	15.6	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	5.3	11.6	45.9	2.1	5.3	38.5	2.9	3.4	84.7	59.5	0.5	3.4	1.5	1,681	891	222	87	40	16	83	146	-49
4	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	120.1	2023-24	ATL	79	30.4	16.9	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	6.0	13.9	42.8	3.0	8.1	37.4	1.9	2.1	92.1	56.9	0.7	2.8	1.4	2,401	1,333	272	247	96	26	112	179	+127
5	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	119.4	2023-24	ATL	78	35.7	22.5	5.3	6.4	1.4	0.3	8.6	18.8	45.9	2.6	7.1	36.3	2.7	3.4	79.4	55.5	0.8	4.5	2.6	2,783	1,753	416	502	111	24	201	138	-154
6	Trae Young T. Young	119.4	2024-25	ATL	76	36.0	24.2	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	7.4	18.1	41.1	2.9	8.4	34.0	6.5	7.4	87.5	56.7	0.5	2.6	4.7	2,739	1,841	236	880	91	12	355	145	+34
7	Trae Young T. Young	119.2	2022-23	ATL	73	34.8	26.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	8.2	19.0	42.9	2.1	6.3	33.5	7.8	8.8	88.6	57.3	0.8	2.2	4.1	2,541	1,914	217	741	80	9	300	104	+100
8	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	119.1	2022-23	ATL	67	31.7	15.4	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	5.7	12.3	46.1	1.5	4.3	35.0	2.6	3.1	82.6	56.3	0.7	3.6	1.2	2,126	1,029	284	94	35	17	82	199	-18
9	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	118.7	2024-25	ATL	37	28.8	19.0	3.9	1.5	0.8	0.1	6.1	13.3	46.1	2.6	6.7	39.3	4.1	4.8	85.8	61.6	0.7	3.2	1.6	1,064	702	145	57	31	5	59	88	-59
10	AJ Griffin	118.5	2022-23	ATL	72	19.5	8.9	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	3.4	7.4	46.5	1.4	3.6	39.0	0.6	0.7	89.4	57.7	0.5	1.6	0.6	1,401	639	153	73	42	12	42	87	+63
11	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	118.5	2023-24	ATL	55	25.5	10.2	6.8	1.3	0.5	1.1	4.1	6.6	61.1	0.4	1.3	33.3	1.7	2.1	79.3	67.4	2.6	4.2	0.8	1,405	561	376	74	26	60	45	162	-34
12	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	118.2	2024-25	ATL	75	24.6	12.6	3.6	1.2	0.7	0.5	4.8	10.4	45.8	1.6	4.6	35.5	1.4	2.0	71.1	55.8	1.1	2.4	1.2	1,843	942	268	92	52	37	92	149	-121
13	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	118.2	2022-23	ATL	54	27.9	14.0	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.3	5.1	11.3	44.7	2.7	6.7	40.6	1.2	1.4	83.1	58.6	0.4	2.6	1.2	1,508	756	165	150	43	18	65	86	+64
14	Trae Young T. Young	117.8	2021-22	ATL	76	34.9	28.4	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	2,652	2,155	284	737	72	7	303	128	+158
15	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	117.3	2019-20	ATL	63	32.0	12.3	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	4.4	10.8	41.0	1.7	4.8	35.5	1.7	2.3	76.4	52.1	0.7	3.8	1.6	2,018	778	286	112	44	18	103	182	-261
16	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	117.3	2021-22	ATL	53	29.8	13.4	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	4.8	10.8	44.2	1.4	3.7	37.9	2.4	3.1	76.5	54.7	0.5	2.8	1.3	1,577	709	176	68	36	21	69	155	+27
17	Vít Krejčí V. Krejčí	117.2	2024-25	ATL	57	20.2	7.2	2.7	2.6	0.6	0.5	2.5	5.1	49.7	1.6	3.6	43.7	0.6	0.8	71.1	66.1	0.4	2.4	0.9	1,153	412	156	147	36	26	50	105	-66
18	Trae Young T. Young	117.2	2019-20	ATL	60	35.3	29.6	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	9.1	20.8	43.7	3.4	9.5	36.1	8.0	9.3	86.0	59.5	0.5	3.7	4.8	2,120	1,778	255	560	65	8	289	104	-228
19	Tony Snell T. Snell	117.1	2020-21	ATL	47	21.1	5.3	2.4	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.9	3.6	51.5	1.3	2.3	56.9	0.2	0.2	100.0	70.8	0.4	2.0	0.4	992	249	112	59	13	11	21	75	+64
20	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	117.0	2021-22	ATL	74	29.6	12.1	3.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	4.7	10.3	45.4	2.2	5.6	38.9	0.6	0.7	80.8	57.0	0.4	3.0	1.2	2,188	892	254	203	55	26	91	185	+168
21	Trae Young T. Young	116.8	2018-19	ATL	81	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	2,503	1,549	301	653	72	15	308	140	-336
22	John Battle J. Battle	116.8	1989-90	ATL	60	24.6	10.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.1	4.6	9.1	50.6	0.0	0.2	15.4	1.7	2.3	75.6	54.2	0.5	1.2	1.5	1,477	654	99	154	28	3	89	115
23	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	116.5	2019-20	ATL	56	31.4	12.2	4.1	3.8	0.9	0.5	4.5	10.9	41.3	2.3	6.0	38.0	0.9	1.1	82.8	53.6	0.6	3.4	1.6	1,760	684	228	213	51	27	87	139	-242
24	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	116.5	2021-22	ATL	66	25.3	11.7	4.7	1.5	0.4	0.2	3.9	9.0	43.4	1.7	4.5	38.1	2.1	2.4	90.4	57.9	0.5	4.1	0.6	1,672	771	308	101	28	12	38	93	+108
25	Vít Krejčí V. Krejčí	116.4	2025-26	ATL	46	22.3	9.0	2.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	3.1	6.7	46.4	2.2	5.2	42.3	0.6	0.8	75.0	63.9	0.4	1.7	0.7	1,028	414	97	68	37	13	30	108	-46

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.5

Johnson

RPG

10.3

Johnson

APG

7.9

Johnson

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.1

14th

DRTG

113.7

9th

NETRTG

2.4

12th

3P%

37.1

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	MIA	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 2

140

Final

Hawks

2 - 4

Thu 30 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

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

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0