which current center has the best defensive rating

Isaiah Hartenstein has the best defensive rating by an active center this season, with a 102.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
Which current center has the best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season?
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Isaiah Hartenstein
I. Hartenstein
102.4
2025-26
24
26.9
11.2
10.4
3.0
1.1
0.8
4.8
7.5
64.4
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.5
2.4
64.9
65.6
3.4
7.0
2.1
645
269
249
71
27
18
50
69
+175
2Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
103.7
2025-26
29
28.7
24.8
10.8
2.9
0.9
2.6
8.6
16.5
51.8
1.9
4.7
40.0
5.8
6.9
84.0
63.3
1.9
8.9
2.8
831
718
314
84
25
76
80
80
+243
3Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
103.7
2025-26
38
29.0
18.0
8.5
1.6
0.6
2.0
6.8
11.8
57.7
1.4
3.6
38.4
3.0
3.9
76.5
66.6
1.8
6.7
1.7
1,103
685
322
60
22
76
65
105
+357
4Jalen Duren
J. Duren
107.1
2025-26
34
28.3
17.8
10.7
1.8
0.9
0.9
7.0
11.1
63.0
0.0
0.0
3.8
5.3
70.7
66.0
4.0
6.8
2.1
963
604
365
60
31
30
73
107
+221
5Kel'el Ware
K. Ware
108.2
2025-26
43
23.8
11.6
9.8
0.6
0.9
1.1
4.6
8.5
54.0
1.2
2.9
41.5
1.2
1.5
81.5
63.2
3.2
6.6
1.0
1,023
500
420
24
37
48
42
69
-102
6Daniel Gafford
D. Gafford
108.5
2025-26
29
20.8
7.8
6.5
0.8
0.8
1.3
3.0
4.8
62.9
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.3
76.1
67.0
2.0
4.5
1.3
602
227
188
24
23
38
39
75
-62
7Goga Bitadze
G. Bitadze
108.7
2025-26
38
16.8
6.2
5.3
1.3
0.8
1.2
2.6
3.7
68.8
0.1
0.3
20.0
1.0
1.4
73.1
71.4
2.2
3.1
0.6
640
234
201
48
30
47
22
85
+11
8Isaiah Stewart
I. Stewart
109.0
2025-26
37
23.5
10.1
5.6
1.2
0.3
2.0
3.9
7.3
53.0
0.9
2.4
36.0
1.5
2.1
73.7
61.6
1.8
3.8
1.3
869
374
208
43
10
74
47
112
+71
9Mark Williams
M. Williams
109.1
2025-26
38
24.1
12.4
8.3
1.1
1.1
1.1
4.8
7.3
65.9
0.0
0.0
100.0
2.8
3.5
78.4
70.2
3.2
5.1
1.1
916
470
315
40
41
40
40
88
+52
10Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
109.8
2025-26
34
20.0
7.0
8.8
0.8
0.6
0.9
2.7
5.4
50.3
0.5
1.3
37.8
1.1
1.7
65.5
57.3
3.4
5.4
0.8
679
239
299
26
19
29
28
69
-20
11Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
110.3
2025-26
41
31.7
11.0
11.4
1.8
0.7
1.7
4.5
6.4
71.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
3.8
50.6
68.4
3.9
7.5
1.4
1,300
450
467
74
27
68
56
118
+186
12Neemias Queta
N. Queta
110.6
2025-26
40
24.8
10.2
8.2
1.4
0.9
1.2
4.4
6.6
65.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.5
2.4
63.2
66.7
3.0
5.3
0.9
991
408
329
54
35
49
37
111
+193
13Mitchell Robinson
M. Robinson
110.6
2025-26
30
19.4
4.8
9.2
1.1
0.8
1.2
2.1
3.1
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.6
1.7
37.3
61.9
4.9
4.3
0.7
581
143
276
33
25
35
21
70
+43
14Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.9
2025-26
35
30.8
17.0
9.7
2.8
0.9
0.7
6.2
13.9
44.3
1.5
4.2
34.5
3.2
4.1
77.1
53.9
1.9
7.7
1.8
1,077
594
338
97
32
26
62
61
+91
15Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.0
2025-26
33
34.2
21.6
9.2
6.3
1.5
1.0
8.4
16.5
51.0
0.6
2.2
29.6
4.1
5.8
69.9
56.5
3.0
6.2
3.3
1,130
712
302
209
49
32
109
112
+189
16Naz Reid
N. Reid
111.2
2025-26
43
26.2
14.5
6.1
2.4
0.9
0.9
5.4
11.4
47.4
2.4
6.2
39.0
1.3
1.6
78.3
59.7
1.1
5.0
1.6
1,125
624
264
102
39
37
67
105
+114
17Luke Kornet
L. Kornet
111.7
2025-26
35
24.3
8.2
6.8
2.0
0.5
1.3
3.2
4.8
66.3
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.2
82.1
70.8
3.1
3.8
0.5
850
288
239
70
16
46
17
71
+60
18Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
112.4
2025-26
39
30.5
18.8
5.5
1.8
0.9
1.5
7.0
14.5
48.1
1.7
4.6
37.1
3.1
4.0
76.9
57.6
0.9
4.6
2.2
1,188
732
215
72
36
59
87
148
-102
19Steven Adams
S. Adams
112.6
2025-26
32
22.8
5.8
8.6
1.5
0.7
0.6
2.2
4.3
50.4
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.5
58.0
53.5
4.5
4.1
1.1
730
187
276
48
22
20
35
55
+194
20Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
112.7
2025-26
32
34.6
29.6
12.2
11.0
1.4
0.8
10.6
17.5
60.5
2.1
4.8
43.5
6.3
7.4
85.3
71.3
3.0
9.1
3.5
1,106
948
389
351
44
25
113
89
+304
21Day'Ron Sharpe
D. Sharpe
112.7
2025-26
39
17.9
7.9
6.3
2.4
0.9
0.5
3.1
5.0
61.2
0.2
0.7
21.4
1.6
2.5
66.7
65.1
2.4
3.9
1.5
699
310
245
93
37
18
59
85
-28
22Jay Huff
J. Huff
112.9
2025-26
44
20.0
8.8
3.8
1.3
0.4
2.1
3.2
6.8
47.2
1.4
4.4
32.1
0.9
1.1
83.3
59.9
1.0
2.8
0.9
881
386
168
57
19
93
38
109
-167
23Quinten Post
Q. Post
113.0
2025-26
44
18.0
8.0
4.0
1.5
0.5
0.5
3.0
6.8
43.9
1.6
4.5
34.7
0.4
0.5
79.2
56.5
0.9
3.0
0.8
793
352
175
64
21
24
36
89
+104
24Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
113.1
2025-26
32
26.7
13.5
7.9
2.1
1.0
0.8
5.3
8.9
59.4
0.0
0.2
14.3
2.8
3.8
75.8
63.8
2.2
5.7
1.6
855
432
252
67
31
24
50
60
+82
25Adem Bona
A. Bona
113.3
2025-26
32
16.8
4.0
3.8
0.3
0.3
1.4
1.4
2.4
57.9
0.1
0.2
40.0
1.2
1.7
67.3
63.4
1.8
2.1
0.7
537
127
122
8
11
45
21
64
+17
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.4

Hartenstein

Isaiah Hartenstein

APG

6.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.9

4th

DRTG

106.6

1st

NETRTG

13.3

1st

3P%

36.2

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
Schedule
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Wed
1/21
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9:30 PM
Fri
1/23
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/25
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/27
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
9:30 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

36 - 8

136

Final

104

CLE Cavaliers

24 - 20

Mon 19 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
18
.561
8.0
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
22
21
.512
10.0
9
20
22
.476
11.5
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
6
25
16
.610
9.5
7
26
17
.605
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
23
.452
16.0
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
14
29
.326
21.5
14
12
31
.279
23.5
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
12/22
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136-127
Mon
12/22
@
108-128
Wed
12/24
@
124-126
Wed
12/24
@
117-102
Wed
12/24
@
116-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/20
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7:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
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8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
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9:00 PM
Tue
1/20
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10:00 PM