who had the best nba defensive rtg by team

Ben Wallace has the lowest career defensive rating by a player with a team, with a 94.7 rating with the Pistons.

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Who had the best NBA defensive rtg with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by team?

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	TEAM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	94.7	21,358	Pistons	655	32.6	6.6	11.1	1.5	1.4	2.3	2.7	5.7	47.7	0.0	0.1	14.3	1.2	2.8	41.8	47.7	3.5	7.6	1.1	4,337	7,264	997	931	1,486	710	1,306	+1464
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	95.1	25,871	Bullets	650	39.8	21.3	12.5	1.8	1.1	2.4	8.5	18.5	46.0	0.0	0.1	13.0	4.2	6.3	67.8	50.0	3.4	9.1	2.7	13,834	8,128	1,167	736	1,558	868	2,325
3	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	95.3	18,864	Celtics	484	39.0	17.9	13.3	4.2	1.2	1.0	7.6	16.3	46.4	0.0	0.2	8.3	2.7	3.4	80.2	50.1	3.1	10.2	2.4	8,646	6,422	2,022	569	473	499	1,808
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	95.3	10,819	Braves	254	42.6	31.5	13.8	2.9	1.1	2.4	12.3	24.0	51.0				7.0	8.9	78.0	56.3	3.5	10.3		7,993	3,501	729	289	614		902
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	95.5	47,368	Spurs	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
6	David Robinson D. Robinson	95.6	34,271	Spurs	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
7	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	95.8	21,581	Kings	647	33.4	10.5	10.1	4.8	1.5	1.7	4.3	9.6	44.4	0.0	0.0	16.7	2.0	2.7	74.9	48.9	2.4	7.7	2.5	6,798	6,539	3,084	950	1,098	826	2,290
8	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	96.4	20,468	Bullets	591	34.6	8.7	11.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	3.7	7.0	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.2	62.5	54.4	3.5	8.4	1.9	5,141	7,059	2,400	628	367	579	1,615
9	Marcus Camby M. Camby	96.5	11,777	Nuggets	372	31.7	10.1	11.1	2.5	1.1	3.0	4.1	8.9	46.2	0.0	0.1	20.5	1.8	2.5	71.5	50.2	2.5	8.5	1.5	3,748	4,117	928	418	1,126	560	1,042	+414
10	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	96.6	11,375	Trail Blazers	470	24.2	12.0	7.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	4.4	8.9	50.0	0.3	0.9	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.6	57.4	1.6	5.7	1.8	5,629	3,436	964	370	494	837	1,290	+1559
11	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	96.6	12,266	Celtics	396	31.0	15.7	8.3	2.7	1.2	1.0	6.5	12.5	52.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.7	3.3	82.7	56.4	1.3	7.0	1.7	6,233	3,301	1,078	460	394	661	904	+2455
12	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	96.9	13,397	Bullets	394	34.0	18.7	3.7	3.0	1.7	0.6	7.7	17.2	44.9	0.2	0.3	50.0	3.3	4.0	82.0	49.4	0.9	2.8	1.5	7,384	1,464	1,182	667	228	127	753
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	97.0	15,203	Warriors	402	37.8	24.3	5.9	6.0	2.3	0.5	9.9	22.0	45.0				4.6	5.0	91.2	50.4	1.0	4.8	2.7	9,781	2,363	2,393	929	203	224	1,087
14	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	97.3	16,381	Pistons	438	37.4	23.3	11.6	3.7	1.2	2.0	9.4	18.0	52.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.7	78.4	56.8	3.2	8.4	3.4	10,224	5,061	1,602	504	859	513	1,383
15	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	97.3	17,700	Heat	593	29.8	16.0	8.1	1.1	0.5	2.7	5.8	10.8	53.7	0.0	0.1	22.0	4.3	6.6	65.7	58.2	2.5	5.6	2.5	9,459	4,807	651	304	1,625	1,478	1,960	+1717
16	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	97.4	14,100	Bulls	386	36.5	11.8	4.6	6.8	1.9	0.2	4.4	10.9	40.2				3.0	3.9	76.8	46.7	1.4	3.2	2.6	4,559	1,769	2,618	724	68	200	1,373
17	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	97.4	12,537	Cavaliers	462	27.1	7.5	7.7	1.8	0.9	0.8	3.2	7.3	44.1				1.1	1.8	59.5	46.4	2.8	4.9	1.3	3,461	3,551	853	419	353	181	1,084
18	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	97.4	13,686	76ers	482	28.4	7.2	9.2	1.5	0.5	1.9	2.8	6.0	47.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.1	71.7	51.7	2.3	6.9	2.1	3,466	4,454	721	242	926	825	1,755
19	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	97.5	11,656	Knicks	293	39.8	19.7	5.8	6.1	2.0	0.2	8.0	16.6	48.1				3.7	4.5	81.5	52.8	1.2	4.6		5,767	1,694	1,779	589	47		774
20	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	97.7	12,419	Hawks	343	36.2	11.9	12.6	1.2	0.4	3.2	4.2	8.0	52.9	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.1	69.2	58.5	3.6	9.0	2.1	4,095	4,321	408	146	1,094	714	1,035	+914
21	Clifford Ray C. Ray	97.7	13,427	Warriors	549	24.5	7.1	7.9	1.7	0.8	0.8	2.8	5.2	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	57.7	55.7	2.5	5.4	1.7	3,871	4,310	957	443	465	532	1,809
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	98.0	42,844	Rockets	1,177	36.4	22.5	11.4	2.5	1.8	3.2	9.0	17.5	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.5	4.6	6.4	71.3	55.5	3.3	8.0	3.0	26,511	13,382	2,992	2,088	3,740	3,569	4,236	+536
23	Dwight Howard D. Howard	98.0	22,471	Magic	621	36.2	18.4	13.0	1.5	1.0	2.2	6.5	11.3	57.7	0.0	0.1	3.0	5.4	9.2	58.8	60.1	3.6	9.3	3.1	11,435	8,072	935	626	1,344	1,930	2,002	+2272
24	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	98.2	10,359	76ers	448	23.1	11.2	6.7	1.2	0.4	1.4	4.6	8.3	55.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.9	67.2	58.3	1.5	5.2	2.5	5,009	3,008	553	186	635	866	1,569
25	Chris Webber C. Webber	98.4	14,627	Kings	377	38.8	23.5	10.6	4.8	1.5	1.5	9.8	20.7	47.3	0.1	0.6	23.8	3.7	5.4	69.1	50.8	2.6	8.1	3.0	8,843	4,006	1,791	568	553	1,127	1,240	+1389

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.1

Cunningham

RPG

8.5

Duren

APG

7.5

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.8

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

119.3

116.5

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

106.1

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.1

10.4

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

864.6

Wembanyama

695.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

691

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

852.3

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

700.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.57

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

59-41

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

54-42

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