which player has the lowest defensive efficiency rating in the nba

Cason Wallace has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 102.5 rating.

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Which player has the lowest defensive efficiency with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games rating in the NBA 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	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	102.5	2025-26	OKC	26	27.8	8.3	3.0	2.5	2.4	0.2	3.2	7.3	43.2	1.5	4.2	36.1	0.5	0.6	80.0	54.7	0.7	2.3	1.0	722	215	78	64	63	6	26	59	+289
2	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	102.7	2025-26	OKC	23	28.9	18.9	8.0	1.7	0.6	1.4	7.0	12.2	57.7	1.6	3.9	40.4	3.2	4.0	79.6	67.4	1.4	6.5	1.9	664	434	183	38	14	33	44	69	+276
3	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	104.9	2025-26	OKC	27	26.3	14.1	3.5	3.7	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.8	46.7	1.1	3.1	35.3	2.9	3.3	88.6	57.6	0.6	2.9	1.6	711	380	94	100	40	8	42	54	+286
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	105.2	2025-26	OKC	26	33.0	32.4	4.7	6.4	1.4	0.8	10.9	19.5	55.9	2.2	5.1	43.2	8.4	9.5	87.9	68.3	0.5	4.2	1.9	859	843	122	167	37	20	49	53	+371
5	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.3	2025-26	DET	24	29.2	18.0	11.0	1.7	0.9	1.0	6.7	10.7	62.9	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.2	74.3	67.3	4.2	6.8	2.4	701	432	265	41	21	23	57	78	+181
6	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	110.0	2025-26	TOR	28	33.9	19.8	8.0	5.2	1.4	1.6	7.7	15.1	50.8	1.4	3.6	38.6	3.0	3.7	81.7	59.1	2.2	5.8	2.6	950	554	225	145	40	46	72	87	+76
7	P.J. Washington	110.5	2025-26	DAL	23	32.1	16.0	7.9	2.1	1.1	1.3	6.0	13.3	44.8	1.5	4.7	32.7	2.6	3.9	67.4	53.5	1.5	6.4	2.5	739	369	181	49	25	31	58	57	-61
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.0	2025-26	NYK	24	33.2	22.4	11.9	3.2	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.4	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.0	5.9	6.7	88.2	61.0	3.1	8.8	2.4	797	537	285	77	20	19	58	81	+201
9	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.0	2025-26	MIN	27	26.5	14.0	6.1	2.5	1.0	0.9	5.3	11.5	45.7	2.4	6.4	38.4	1.0	1.3	77.1	57.8	1.1	5.0	1.4	715	377	166	67	28	23	39	71	+34
10	Josh Hart J. Hart	111.3	2025-26	NYK	24	29.7	12.4	7.7	5.0	1.4	0.3	4.7	9.1	51.1	1.5	4.0	38.1	1.5	1.9	82.2	62.4	1.7	6.0	2.1	713	298	185	120	33	8	50	62	+122
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	111.4	2025-26	DEN	26	35.1	29.6	12.3	10.9	1.4	0.8	10.7	17.5	61.2	2.1	5.0	42.6	6.1	7.2	84.0	71.6	2.9	9.4	3.5	912	769	320	284	37	20	91	74	+270
12	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	111.6	2025-26	HOU	22	36.2	23.7	9.5	7.2	1.5	1.0	8.9	17.9	49.5	0.9	2.8	32.8	5.0	6.9	73.0	56.5	3.2	6.3	3.3	796	521	209	158	33	22	73	79	+123
13	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	111.7	2025-26	ATL	25	35.3	23.6	10.5	8.2	1.6	0.4	8.6	16.4	52.1	1.6	4.2	39.0	4.8	5.8	82.2	62.0	1.5	9.0	3.4	882	589	262	206	39	10	84	55	+23
14	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	111.8	2025-26	MIN	27	31.2	11.6	10.5	2.0	0.5	1.5	4.8	6.4	74.6	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.9	52.8	71.5	3.7	6.8	1.5	843	314	284	53	13	41	41	79	+145
15	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	111.8	2025-26	HOU	24	25.3	12.8	3.2	3.3	1.5	0.5	4.8	10.5	45.6	2.6	6.0	42.8	0.7	1.0	69.6	58.8	0.3	2.8	1.2	607	308	76	79	37	13	29	48	+188
16	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	111.9	2025-26	MEM	27	26.9	12.9	6.5	3.0	0.9	0.7	4.9	10.5	46.8	1.4	4.3	32.5	1.6	2.4	66.7	55.6	1.4	5.1	1.1	726	348	175	80	25	18	30	40	-31
17	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111.9	2025-26	CLE	25	34.2	19.1	9.3	4.1	1.0	1.6	7.0	14.1	49.6	1.5	4.3	35.2	3.6	5.6	64.0	57.6	2.6	6.7	2.2	854	477	232	103	24	41	56	59	+88
18	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	112.1	2025-26	DET	24	36.2	27.2	6.2	9.2	1.4	0.8	9.5	21.0	45.3	2.1	6.5	32.1	6.1	7.4	83.1	56.2	1.3	4.9	3.8	869	653	149	220	34	20	90	78	+162
19	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	112.5	2025-26	NYK	26	34.8	16.6	4.7	4.2	1.8	1.1	6.6	12.6	52.3	2.3	5.5	41.0	1.2	1.5	79.5	62.8	1.2	3.5	1.0	906	432	122	110	48	28	25	59	+176
20	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	112.5	2025-26	MEM	25	29.5	17.8	5.2	2.0	0.8	1.2	6.6	13.8	48.3	1.6	4.5	35.4	2.9	3.8	77.7	57.7	0.9	4.4	2.1	738	445	131	51	21	31	52	99	-90
21	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	112.5	2025-26	DAL	27	34.2	18.6	6.4	3.6	1.3	0.8	7.1	14.8	47.8	0.8	3.4	23.9	3.6	4.4	81.7	55.4	1.2	5.2	2.1	924	502	174	96	35	22	56	61	-136
22	Anthony Black A. Black	112.6	2025-26	ORL	27	28.9	13.3	4.0	3.3	1.3	0.7	4.9	11.0	44.1	1.1	3.7	30.0	2.5	3.7	68.0	52.8	0.7	3.3	2.2	779	360	107	88	36	18	60	68	+49
23	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	113.0	2025-26	MIA	24	32.9	16.3	4.8	2.8	1.1	1.1	6.4	13.5	47.4	1.8	4.7	38.1	1.8	2.5	71.2	56.0	1.5	3.2	1.8	789	391	114	68	27	27	43	60	+24
24	Brandin Podziemski B. Podziemski	113.0	2025-26	GSW	28	27.7	12.3	4.6	3.1	1.2	0.2	4.4	9.6	45.4	1.9	4.7	41.2	1.7	2.2	75.8	58.2	0.7	3.9	1.5	776	345	128	88	33	5	42	59	+14
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	113.1	2025-26	GSW	24	31.3	19.6	5.8	4.9	1.6	0.2	6.0	11.7	51.8	0.9	1.9	45.7	6.7	7.8	85.1	64.9	2.2	3.5	1.5	751	471	138	117	38	5	35	32	+101

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DRTG

104.5

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NETRTG

16.6

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3P%

37.5

6th

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	2	.926
2	Nuggets	20	6	.769	4.5
3	Spurs	19	7	.731	5.5
4	Lakers	18	7	.720	6.0
5	Rockets	16	8	.667	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 12/19	OKC	@	MIN	9:30 PM
Mon 12/22	MEM	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Tue 12/23	OKC	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Thu 12/25	SAS	@	OKC	2:30 PM
Sun 12/28	PHI	@	OKC	3:30 PM

Last Game

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6 - 21

101

Final

122

Thunder

25 - 2

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

35.2

Dončić

32.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.5

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

9.1

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.4

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.5

Huff

1.9

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

3.6

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.8

Green

71.6

Jokić

71.6

Spencer

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

126.1

122.7

122.6

121.4

121.1

119.8

DRtg Rankings

104.5

111.5

111.6

112.6

113.0

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

16.6

9.5

9.2

8.6

6.0

5.5

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6-22

6-21

6-20

7-19

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,659

Jokić

1,361.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,275.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,766

Jokić

1,367

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,345.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.9

Maxey

37.4

Dončić

36.9

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Jokić

1.65

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.94

Jokić

1.75

Dončić

1.59

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Best Record ATS

18-10

17-10

17-9

15-9-1

16-10

14-10

Worst Record ATS

8-20

8-19

8-18

8-17

10-17

12-16

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	6	.778
2	Knicks	19	7	.731	1.5
3	Raptors	17	11	.607	4.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	5.5
5	76ers	14	11	.560	6.0
6	Magic	15	12	.556	6.0
7	Heat	15	12	.556	6.0
8	Cavaliers	15	13	.536	6.5
9	Hawks	15	13	.536	6.5
10	Bulls	11	15	.423	9.5
11	Bucks	11	17	.393	10.5
12	Hornets	9	18	.333	12.0
13	Nets	7	19	.269	13.5
14	Pacers	6	21	.222	15.0
15	Wizards	4	21	.160	16.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	2	.926
2	Nuggets	20	6	.769	4.5
3	Spurs	19	7	.731	5.5
4	Lakers	18	7	.720	6.0
5	Rockets	16	8	.667	7.5
6	Timberwolves	17	10	.630	8.0
7	Suns	15	12	.556	10.0
8	Grizzlies	13	14	.481	12.0
9	Warriors	13	15	.464	12.5
10	Jazz	10	15	.400	14.0
11	Mavericks	11	17	.393	14.5
12	Trail Blazers	10	16	.385	14.5
13	Kings	6	20	.231	18.5
14	Clippers	6	21	.222	19.0
15	Pelicans	6	22	.214	19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 11/16	MIL	@	CLE	106-118
Sun 11/16	NYK	@	MIA	113-115
Sun 11/16	CHA	@	TOR	108-110
Sun 11/16	DAL	@	MIN	96-120
Sun 11/16	OKC	@	NOP	126-109

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 12/19	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 12/19	MIA	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 12/19	SAS	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Fri 12/19	CHI	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Fri 12/19	OKC	@	MIN	9:30 PM

Cason Wallace has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 102.5 rating.

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