who is the highest defensive rating in the nba

Bub Carrington has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 124.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

Who is the highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 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	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	124.3	2025-26	WAS	65	27.6	9.9	3.7	4.6	0.7	0.2	3.5	8.6	40.4	1.9	5.0	38.9	1.0	1.3	73.6	53.7	0.5	3.2	2.3	1,794	642	238	297	44	14	151	146	-549
2	Keyonte George K. George	124.1	2025-26	UTA	54	33.1	23.6	3.7	6.1	1.1	0.3	7.4	16.3	45.6	2.5	6.7	37.1	6.2	7.0	89.2	60.9	0.4	3.3	3.1	1,786	1,275	199	332	58	14	166	120	-335
3	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.6	2025-26	SAC	66	31.7	18.4	3.0	3.9	1.1	0.3	6.4	13.1	49.2	0.6	2.0	32.3	4.9	5.6	86.5	59.1	0.4	2.6	1.2	2,093	1,213	201	256	74	21	76	130	-521
4	AJ Green	122.6	2025-26	MIL	61	29.2	9.7	2.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	3.2	7.6	41.6	2.8	6.9	40.7	0.5	0.7	80.5	61.2	0.3	2.2	0.8	1,783	592	150	117	30	5	51	145	-44
5	CJ McCollum	122.0	2025-26	TOT	61	29.9	18.5	3.5	3.7	0.8	0.4	6.8	15.1	44.8	2.5	6.7	36.8	2.5	3.3	77.9	56.1	0.8	2.7	1.8	1,822	1,130	213	223	46	23	109	111	-59
6	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	121.1	2025-26	DEN	65	27.3	14.0	2.6	1.3	0.5	0.1	4.6	9.9	46.0	2.8	6.9	41.3	2.0	2.5	81.0	63.4	0.2	2.4	0.5	1,773	908	170	85	32	9	35	79	+125
7	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	120.8	2025-26	NOP	60	30.9	17.3	5.8	2.5	0.9	0.1	5.9	13.1	45.2	2.0	5.6	34.6	3.6	4.2	83.9	57.9	1.7	4.1	0.9	1,851	1,040	345	151	55	5	54	71	-154
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	120.0	2025-26	SAC	61	28.9	15.5	5.4	6.5	1.3	0.2	5.7	13.2	43.1	2.0	5.9	34.3	2.0	2.8	71.1	53.3	1.3	4.2	3.3	1,765	943	332	398	78	10	201	144	-418
9	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	119.7	2025-26	BKN	60	27.8	12.8	4.2	1.7	0.8	0.7	3.9	9.8	39.8	2.1	6.2	33.6	2.9	3.5	80.7	56.0	0.9	3.3	1.6	1,669	765	250	103	45	41	95	158	-268
10	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	119.3	2025-26	MEM	63	26.6	12.6	3.3	1.7	0.9	0.1	4.4	10.3	43.0	1.9	5.3	35.4	1.9	2.5	77.6	55.7	0.9	2.4	1.1	1,676	796	208	105	55	8	70	139	-119
11	Jamal Murray J. Murray	119.1	2025-26	DEN	61	34.9	25.5	4.3	7.1	0.9	0.4	8.9	18.4	48.3	3.2	7.4	43.0	4.5	5.2	87.7	61.6	0.4	3.9	2.3	2,130	1,554	265	435	57	23	141	98	+299
12	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	119.0	2025-26	MIL	60	26.6	13.3	4.7	2.6	0.6	0.4	5.0	10.2	49.1	1.2	3.4	36.3	2.1	2.8	72.4	58.1	0.9	3.8	1.6	1,595	797	281	154	38	22	95	122	-226
13	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	118.9	2025-26	NOP	58	35.4	22.1	5.7	3.8	1.6	0.3	7.7	16.1	47.6	3.3	8.5	38.9	3.4	3.9	88.8	62.0	1.0	4.6	1.8	2,052	1,281	328	221	90	18	105	120	-160
14	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	118.8	2025-26	NOP	67	25.3	13.1	3.7	3.3	1.1	0.4	5.0	11.6	42.6	1.1	3.3	33.0	2.1	2.7	79.9	51.4	0.7	3.0	2.3	1,694	881	249	218	77	24	151	124	-251
15	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	118.7	2025-26	PHI	60	29.8	13.0	3.6	3.4	0.9	0.4	4.3	9.6	44.5	1.8	5.4	33.2	2.7	3.2	82.8	58.9	0.7	3.0	1.9	1,788	780	217	205	54	22	113	121	-43
16	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	118.5	2025-26	BKN	52	32.5	24.2	7.1	3.0	1.1	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.3	3.4	9.3	36.3	3.8	4.4	85.9	59.5	1.3	5.7	2.3	1,689	1,259	367	158	55	13	122	116	-205
17	Max Christie M. Christie	118.4	2025-26	DAL	60	29.6	12.7	3.5	2.1	0.5	0.3	4.4	9.8	44.9	2.4	5.8	40.6	1.6	1.8	87.9	60.1	0.2	3.3	1.2	1,775	764	209	128	32	18	74	82	-273
18	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	117.9	2025-26	IND	55	33.5	24.0	6.7	3.9	1.1	0.4	9.0	18.5	48.4	1.7	4.8	36.2	4.3	6.2	68.2	56.3	1.5	5.2	2.2	1,844	1,318	367	213	61	23	120	132	-205
19	Toumani Camara T. Camara	117.9	2025-26	POR	66	33.6	12.8	5.4	2.5	1.1	0.4	4.6	10.7	42.6	2.5	7.1	35.2	1.2	1.7	67.5	55.8	1.6	3.8	1.9	2,219	847	357	168	70	28	124	195	-67
20	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	117.8	2025-26	BKN	60	28.7	12.0	7.1	3.9	0.7	1.2	4.9	8.5	57.6	0.1	0.3	18.8	2.2	3.5	60.8	59.6	2.5	4.6	1.4	1,721	722	423	236	43	70	83	138	-422
21	James Harden J. Harden	117.5	2025-26	TOT	56	35.0	24.3	4.9	8.1	1.1	0.4	7.1	16.6	43.0	3.1	8.4	36.5	7.0	7.9	88.6	60.7	0.6	4.2	3.6	1,960	1,360	272	452	63	22	201	107	+52
22	Bruce Brown B. Brown	117.3	2025-26	DEN	66	25.0	7.5	3.9	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.9	6.3	46.1	0.6	1.7	36.9	1.1	1.5	74.7	54.3	1.2	2.8	1.1	1,650	497	259	143	71	15	74	160	-101
23	Jarace Walker J. Walker	117.2	2025-26	IND	65	25.1	11.1	5.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	3.8	9.3	40.9	1.6	4.5	36.2	1.9	2.4	76.6	53.4	0.6	4.4	1.8	1,633	723	327	150	55	22	117	112	-383
24	Ryan Rollins R. Rollins	117.1	2025-26	MIL	63	32.3	16.6	4.7	5.6	1.5	0.4	6.3	13.6	46.4	2.4	5.9	40.6	1.5	2.0	77.6	57.3	0.8	3.9	2.7	2,033	1,047	295	350	95	26	167	171	-123
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	117.1	2025-26	NYK	62	34.8	26.2	3.5	6.5	0.7	0.1	9.3	20.0	46.4	2.8	7.4	38.0	4.8	5.8	84.0	58.2	0.5	3.0	2.3	2,159	1,625	214	405	45	7	145	143	+286

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Team Leaders

PPG

18.8

McCollum

RPG

7.6

Sarr

APG

4.6

Carrington

Team Rankings

ORTG

111.0

26th

DRTG

121.8

29th

NETRTG

-10.8

30th

3P%

35.5

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Bucks	27	37	.422	19.5
12	Bulls	27	38	.415	20.0
13	Nets	17	49	.258	30.5
14	Wizards	16	49	.246	31.0
15	Pacers	15	51	.227	32.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 3/14	WAS	@	BOS	6:00 PM
Mon 3/16	GSW	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Tue 3/17	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 3/19	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sat 3/21	OKC	@	WAS	5:00 PM

Last Game

Wizards

16 - 49

131

Final

136

Magic

37 - 28

Thu 12 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.4

Jokić

10.0

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

3.8

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.9

Jokić

67.7

Gobert

67.2

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.5

119.5

118.6

118.4

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.6

111.3

112.1

112.8

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

10.9

7.7

7.6

7.2

6.4

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-51

16-51

16-49

17-49

20-46

21-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,101.2

Jokić

3,051.7

Maxey

3,002.4

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,304

Jokić

3,188.8

Dončić

3,080

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.70

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

40-25-1

41-26

38-27

38-29

Worst Record ATS

27-40

27-39

27-38

28-38

28-37

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	47	18	.723
2	Celtics	43	22	.662	4.0
3	Knicks	42	25	.627	6.0
4	Cavaliers	40	26	.606	7.5
5	Magic	37	28	.569	10.0
6	Heat	37	29	.561	10.5
7	Raptors	36	29	.554	11.0
8	Hawks	35	31	.530	12.5
9	76ers	35	31	.530	12.5
10	Hornets	34	33	.507	14.0
11	Bucks	27	37	.422	19.5
12	Bulls	27	38	.415	20.0
13	Nets	17	49	.258	30.5
14	Wizards	16	49	.246	31.0
15	Pacers - e	15	51	.227	32.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	51	15	.773
2	Spurs	48	17	.738	2.5
3	Rockets	40	25	.615	10.5
4	Lakers	40	25	.615	10.5
5	Nuggets	40	26	.606	11.0
6	Timberwolves	40	26	.606	11.0
7	Suns	39	27	.591	12.0
8	Clippers	33	32	.508	17.5
9	Warriors	32	33	.492	18.5
10	Trail Blazers	31	35	.470	20.0
11	Grizzlies	23	41	.359	27.0
12	Pelicans	22	45	.328	29.5
13	Mavericks	21	44	.323	29.5
14	Jazz	20	46	.303	31.0
15	Kings - e	16	51	.239	35.5