worst defensive rating nba forwards and centers

Lauri Markkanen has the highest defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 123.5 rating.

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worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA forwards and centers 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	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	123.5	2025-26	UTA	30	35.6	27.7	6.8	2.1	1.1	0.4	9.4	19.6	47.7	2.9	8.0	36.7	6.1	6.7	90.5	61.4	2.0	4.9	1.5	1,067	832	205	64	32	13	44	61	-46
2	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	122.2	2025-26	NOP	34	29.9	15.1	5.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	5.4	12.3	44.2	1.6	5.2	31.8	2.6	3.2	80.6	55.0	1.7	4.1	0.6	1,016	513	199	78	32	2	21	35	-146
3	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	121.9	2025-26	SAC	36	33.0	18.3	3.4	3.8	1.4	0.3	6.5	13.1	50.0	0.8	2.2	34.6	4.5	5.1	88.0	59.8	0.5	2.9	1.1	1,188	659	124	135	50	9	41	75	-293
4	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	121.5	2025-26	LAL	27	32.5	12.7	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.2	5.0	9.5	52.1	1.8	4.1	44.5	1.0	1.3	75.0	63.0	0.8	3.0	0.9	877	344	102	24	16	6	23	50	+5
5	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	120.7	2025-26	CHA	35	32.9	19.5	5.1	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.7	13.9	48.3	3.6	8.3	43.5	2.5	2.8	87.9	64.5	0.9	4.1	2.5	1,153	684	178	124	23	7	86	82	-15
6	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	120.7	2025-26	NOP	35	35.6	21.3	6.1	3.5	1.5	0.2	7.5	15.1	49.5	2.9	7.6	38.2	3.4	3.7	90.8	63.5	1.2	4.9	1.9	1,245	745	214	122	54	8	66	75	-211
7	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	119.2	2025-26	CHA	35	33.7	20.1	6.5	3.7	0.6	0.6	7.1	16.1	43.9	2.3	7.2	32.3	3.6	4.3	84.7	55.8	0.9	5.7	1.5	1,180	704	229	128	20	20	52	63	-111
8	Toumani Camara T. Camara	119.2	2025-26	POR	37	33.5	12.8	5.2	2.8	1.0	0.4	4.5	10.9	41.5	2.6	7.3	35.1	1.2	1.8	67.2	54.9	1.9	3.4	2.1	1,239	474	193	102	38	15	79	124	-70
9	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	118.4	2025-26	BKN	33	28.2	13.2	3.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	3.9	9.9	39.8	2.2	6.5	33.2	3.2	4.0	79.7	56.7	0.9	3.0	1.9	930	437	129	60	24	27	62	95	-38
10	John Collins J. Collins	118.2	2025-26	LAC	34	27.0	12.8	4.8	0.9	0.9	0.8	4.9	9.2	53.2	1.1	3.0	37.3	1.8	2.2	81.6	62.5	1.3	3.5	1.4	918	434	164	30	29	28	49	85	-17
11	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	117.4	2025-26	IND	36	33.9	23.7	6.6	3.8	1.3	0.4	8.8	18.2	48.3	1.7	4.6	37.0	4.5	6.6	68.2	56.3	1.6	5.0	2.0	1,222	854	238	136	47	15	72	94	-158
12	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	117.4	2025-26	POR	37	35.2	25.9	7.3	7.1	0.8	0.6	7.9	16.8	46.8	2.4	6.5	36.4	7.8	9.8	79.3	61.2	1.1	6.2	3.8	1,301	957	269	264	29	23	141	107	+34
13	Peyton Watson P. Watson	117.1	2025-26	DEN	34	28.4	12.2	4.7	1.6	1.0	1.0	4.4	8.8	50.5	1.1	3.1	36.5	2.2	2.9	75.5	60.5	1.0	3.7	1.4	965	414	159	53	33	33	48	79	+162
14	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	117.0	2025-26	BKN	27	33.0	25.9	7.6	3.4	0.9	0.2	9.1	18.5	49.5	3.7	9.1	40.8	3.9	4.7	82.5	62.9	1.4	6.3	2.4	890	698	206	91	24	6	64	59	+14
15	Jake LaRavia J. LaRavia	116.8	2025-26	LAL	34	26.4	9.5	4.3	1.9	1.4	0.4	3.4	7.4	46.6	1.1	3.3	32.1	1.6	2.1	72.6	57.0	1.6	2.8	1.0	897	323	147	66	46	15	35	81	-41
16	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	116.8	2025-26	PHX	30	31.0	21.2	3.1	1.7	1.2	0.1	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.3	6.9	33.8	3.1	3.7	83.8	56.6	0.7	2.5	2.0	930	635	94	50	37	2	61	104	-27
17	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	116.7	2025-26	CHI	36	27.7	14.7	5.3	1.7	0.8	1.3	5.3	10.9	48.7	1.7	4.9	34.8	2.4	3.1	77.5	60.1	1.1	4.2	1.8	996	530	191	61	28	48	64	95	-83
18	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	116.7	2025-26	MIL	34	26.4	12.8	4.9	2.3	0.7	0.5	4.9	9.5	51.1	0.8	2.6	30.7	2.3	3.1	74.5	59.0	1.0	3.9	1.8	896	436	166	77	24	17	60	84	-76
19	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	116.4	2025-26	SAS	36	29.0	11.7	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.1	4.0	9.0	44.6	2.0	5.3	37.5	1.7	1.9	88.6	59.6	0.8	2.5	1.1	1,045	422	120	73	30	4	38	49	+86
20	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	115.9	2025-26	NYK	36	35.0	16.0	4.4	4.3	1.6	0.9	6.4	12.6	51.0	2.3	5.7	40.7	0.9	1.2	76.2	61.2	1.1	3.3	1.1	1,261	577	160	156	59	32	38	71	+151
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	115.7	2025-26	BOS	33	33.9	29.6	6.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	10.9	21.8	50.1	2.1	5.8	36.3	5.7	7.3	77.7	59.2	1.2	5.1	3.6	1,119	977	209	163	35	14	119	102	+118
22	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	115.5	2025-26	DET	34	29.3	11.5	2.9	2.0	0.8	0.3	3.8	9.0	42.3	2.7	7.1	37.9	1.2	1.5	78.8	59.6	0.4	2.5	0.6	996	391	98	67	27	10	21	78	+171
23	Naji Marshall N. Marshall	115.4	2025-26	DAL	36	28.4	13.2	4.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	4.8	8.9	53.3	0.9	2.8	30.7	2.8	3.5	80.3	63.0	0.8	3.8	1.2	1,023	475	165	93	35	3	42	75	-113
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	115.2	2025-26	HOU	31	36.1	25.7	5.1	4.6	0.7	1.0	9.0	17.3	52.0	2.1	5.2	40.4	5.6	6.3	89.7	64.0	0.3	4.8	3.1	1,119	797	159	142	22	31	96	69	+255
25	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	114.6	2025-26	HOU	32	34.4	15.5	6.9	2.0	0.7	0.8	5.6	12.3	45.3	2.3	6.2	37.4	2.0	2.6	78.3	57.6	1.5	5.4	1.3	1,102	497	222	63	23	24	43	93	+228

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PPG

27.7

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RPG

9.6

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APG

6.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

115.9

13th

DRTG

123.1

30th

NETRTG

-7.2

26th

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
12	Mavericks	13	23	.361	16.5
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	21.5
15	Pelicans	8	30	.211	22.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	UTA	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Thu 1/8	DAL	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Sat 1/10	CHA	@	UTA	9:30 PM
Mon 1/12	UTA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/14	UTA	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Jazz

12 - 23

117

Final

137

Trail Blazers

17 - 20

Mon 5 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.2

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

69.6

Gobert

69.5

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

122.9

122.0

121.0

120.0

118.5

DRtg Rankings

106.5

111.0

112.2

112.6

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

13.5

8.6

7.6

6.7

6.1

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-31

8-30

8-28

10-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,828.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,724.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,837.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,825.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

40.0

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-11

20-13-1

21-14

21-15

21-16

Worst Record ATS

12-26

12-24

15-22

15-20

16-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Cavaliers	21	17	.553	7.0
7	Magic	20	17	.541	7.5
8	Heat	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	10	25	.286	16.5
15	Pacers	6	31	.162	21.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	11	.694	4.5
3	Lakers	23	11	.676	5.5
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	24	13	.649	6.0
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5
8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	16	20	.444	13.5
11	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
12	Mavericks	13	23	.361	16.5
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	21.5
15	Pelicans	8	30	.211	22.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 12/5	ATL	@	WAS	131-116
Fri 12/5	GSW	@	CLE	99-94
Fri 12/5	MIL	@	DET	112-124
Fri 12/5	LAC	@	MIN	106-109
Fri 12/5	SAC	@	MIA	127-111

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	CHI	@	DET	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	WAS	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	TOR	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	DEN	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	NOP	@	ATL	7:30 PM

Lauri Markkanen has the highest defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 123.5 rating.

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