who are the top 10 players in defensive rating

Kasparas Jakučionis has the best defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 this season, with a 17.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

Who are the top 10 players in defensive rating 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	Kasparas Jakučionis K. Jakučionis	17.5	2025-26	MIA	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-2
2	Kevin McCullar Jr. K. McCullar Jr.	93.5	2025-26	NYK	1	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		150.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1
3	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	100.3	2025-26	OKC	20	27.4	12.1	10.6	3.3	1.3	0.8	5.3	7.9	66.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.5	64.0	67.2	3.5	7.1	2.1	548	242	212	65	25	16	42	56	+163
4	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	100.7	2025-26	OKC	17	18.8	5.8	2.6	2.5	1.8	0.3	2.1	5.1	41.4	1.1	3.1	35.8	0.5	0.6	80.0	54.2	0.6	2.1	1.0	319	99	45	42	30	5	17	22	+188
5	N'Faly Dante N. Dante	101.9	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
6	Jaylin Williams J. Williams	102.4	2025-26	OKC	25	18.3	5.5	4.7	2.4	0.7	0.5	1.8	5.0	35.5	1.2	4.1	29.4	0.8	1.2	65.5	50.1	0.5	4.2	1.0	458	137	118	61	17	12	25	46	+173
7	Jalen Williams J. Williams	102.5	2025-26	OKC	7	28.7	17.3	5.4	5.9	1.6	0.7	6.4	14.3	45.0	0.9	2.7	31.6	3.6	3.7	96.2	54.3	0.4	5.0	1.6	201	121	38	41	11	5	11	13	+70
8	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	102.8	2025-26	OKC	22	28.8	18.7	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	7.0	12.2	57.5	1.5	3.8	39.3	3.2	4.1	78.9	67.0	1.5	6.5	2.0	633	412	176	36	13	33	43	66	+268
9	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	103.0	2025-26	OKC	25	27.7	8.4	3.1	2.4	2.3	0.2	3.2	7.3	44.5	1.5	4.1	37.3	0.4	0.5	76.9	55.9	0.7	2.4	1.0	693	210	77	60	58	6	26	55	+292
10	Colby Jones C. Jones	103.2	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
11	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	103.3	2025-26	POR	4	12.3	5.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	60.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	85.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	49	20	4	3	10	0	1	7	+23
12	Thanasis Antetokounmpo T. Antetokounmpo	103.8	2025-26	MIL	10	2.5	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.9	66.7	69.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	25	18	4	0	3	3	1	7	+21
13	Tolu Smith T. Smith	104.3	2025-26	DET	2	11.0	8.5	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	3.0	4.0	75.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.5	71.4	76.7	2.0	3.5	0.5	22	17	11	2	1	1	1	2	-2
14	Paul Reed P. Reed	104.3	2025-26	DET	19	11.6	6.5	4.5	1.2	0.8	0.7	2.8	4.3	64.6	0.3	0.7	46.2	0.6	1.1	60.0	68.3	2.0	2.5	1.1	220	124	86	22	15	13	20	30	+3
15	Mac McClung M. McClung	104.6	2025-26	IND	3	11.3	6.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	6.0	38.9	0.7	3.3	20.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	48.1	0.0	1.3	0.7	34	19	4	1	5	1	2	6	-13
16	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	104.9	2025-26	SAS	13	33.6	25.8	12.6	3.8	1.1	3.5	9.0	17.8	50.4	1.6	4.5	35.6	6.2	7.4	84.4	61.3	2.0	10.6	3.7	437	336	164	50	14	45	48	46	+106
17	Garrett Temple G. Temple	105.1	2025-26	TOR	5	3.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	25.0	0.2	0.6	33.3	0.2	0.4	50.0	41.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	19	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	-19
18	Branden Carlson B. Carlson	105.3	2025-26	OKC	17	10.0	5.0	2.2	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.1	3.6	56.5	0.7	1.8	40.0	0.2	0.4	42.9	65.3	0.5	1.7	0.2	170	85	37	11	2	10	4	16	+10
19	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	105.3	2025-26	OKC	26	26.2	14.0	3.3	3.7	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.6	46.7	1.1	3.2	35.4	3.0	3.3	88.5	57.9	0.5	2.8	1.6	682	364	87	95	38	8	41	51	+261
20	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	105.4	2025-26	MIA	26	23.9	11.1	10.2	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.3	8.1	53.3	0.9	2.3	40.7	1.5	1.9	81.6	62.2	3.2	7.0	1.2	622	288	266	14	24	35	30	48	-43
21	Brooks Barnhizer B. Barnhizer	105.5	2025-26	OKC	17	7.8	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.4	52.2	0.1	0.2	25.0	0.2	0.4	66.7	56.6	0.4	1.6	0.2	132	29	33	7	3	2	3	11	-62
22	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	105.7	2025-26	OKC	25	33.2	32.4	4.6	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	56.0	2.2	5.0	43.7	8.6	9.7	88.4	68.7	0.4	4.2	1.9	831	811	115	161	35	18	48	50	+361
23	Riley Minix R. Minix	106.3	2025-26	SAS	3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	0.3	1.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		75.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	8	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	+13
24	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	107.2	2025-26	ORL	25	16.7	6.1	5.1	1.4	0.6	1.3	2.4	3.3	73.2	0.1	0.3	28.6	1.2	1.5	78.9	77.0	1.7	3.4	0.6	418	152	128	35	16	32	16	53	+67
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	107.3	2025-26	DAL	11	29.5	20.0	10.5	3.2	1.4	1.6	8.2	15.8	51.7	0.6	2.0	31.8	3.0	4.3	70.2	56.5	3.2	7.4	1.8	325	220	116	35	15	18	20	24	-22

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.4

Powell

RPG

10.2

Ware

APG

7.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.9

16th

DRTG

112.1

3rd

NETRTG

2.9

10th

3P%

36.7

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
7	Cavaliers	15	12	.556	6.5
8	Hawks	15	12	.556	6.5
9	Heat	14	12	.538	7.0
10	Bucks	11	16	.407	10.5
11	Bulls	10	15	.400	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/18	MIA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Fri 12/19	MIA	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 12/21	MIA	@	NYK	6:00 PM
Tue 12/23	TOR	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Fri 12/26	MIA	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Raptors

16 - 11

106

Final

Heat

14 - 12

Mon 15 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.7

Dončić

32.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.5

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.4

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

8.8

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.3

Wallace

2.1

Daniels

1.9

Bridges

BPG Leaders

2.5

Huff

1.9

Kalkbrenner

1.9

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

3.6

Porter

TS% Leaders

72.4

Green

72.0

Jokić

71.6

Spencer

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

126.1

122.9

121.4

121.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

111.8

112.1

112.7

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

16.5

9.8

9.4

8.9

6.3

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

4-20

5-22

6-20

7-18

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,603.3

Jokić

1,301.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,223.3

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,704.3

Jokić

1,308.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,269.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.1

Mitchell

MPG Leaders

39.9

Maxey

37.3

Dončić

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.83

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.95

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

17-8

17-10

15-9-1

16-10

14-9

15-10

Worst Record ATS

8-19

8-18

8-16

10-16

11-16

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	5	.808
2	Knicks	18	7	.720	2.5
3	Raptors	16	11	.593	5.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	6.0
5	Magic	15	11	.577	6.0
6	76ers	14	11	.560	6.5
7	Cavaliers	15	12	.556	6.5
8	Hawks	15	12	.556	6.5
9	Heat	14	12	.538	7.0
10	Bucks	11	16	.407	10.5
11	Bulls	10	15	.400	10.5
12	Hornets	8	18	.308	13.0
13	Nets	7	18	.280	13.5
14	Pacers	6	20	.231	15.0
15	Wizards	4	20	.167	16.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	24	2	.923
2	Nuggets	19	6	.760	4.5
3	Lakers	18	7	.720	5.5
4	Spurs	18	7	.720	5.5
5	Rockets	16	7	.696	6.5
6	Timberwolves	17	9	.654	7.0
7	Suns	14	12	.538	10.0
8	Warriors	13	14	.481	11.5
9	Grizzlies	12	14	.462	12.0
10	Jazz	10	15	.400	13.5
11	Trail Blazers	10	16	.385	14.0
12	Mavericks	10	17	.370	14.5
13	Kings	6	20	.231	18.0
14	Clippers	6	20	.231	18.0
15	Pelicans	5	22	.185	19.5