Nick Van Exel had the worst defensive rating in 1998-99, with a 114.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA player 1999

	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	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	114.8	1998-99	DEN	50	36.0	16.5	2.3	7.4	0.8	0.1	6.1	15.4	39.8	1.4	4.7	30.8	2.8	3.5	81.1	48.8	0.3	2.0	2.4	1,802	826	113	368	40	3	121	90	-306
2	Maurice Taylor M. Taylor	113.1	1998-99	LAC	46	32.7	16.8	5.3	1.5	0.3	0.6	6.8	14.7	46.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.3	4.5	72.8	50.5	2.2	3.1	2.6	1,505	773	242	67	16	29	120	179	-322
3	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	112.7	1998-99	DEN	45	33.1	13.9	2.1	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.2	11.0	38.6	1.9	5.2	36.2	3.5	3.8	91.3	54.7	0.5	1.6	2.2	1,488	624	96	173	58	14	98	115	-192
4	Eric Piatkowski E. Piatkowski	111.7	1998-99	LAC	49	25.3	10.5	2.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	3.7	8.5	43.2	1.3	3.4	39.4	1.8	2.1	86.3	55.5	0.8	2.1	1.1	1,242	513	140	53	44	6	53	86	-210
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	110.3	1998-99	SEA	48	25.7	10.3	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	3.6	8.2	44.1	2.0	4.5	43.3	1.1	1.5	75.7	58.1	0.5	1.9	0.9	1,232	495	115	38	25	3	45	77	+25
6	Hubert Davis H. Davis	110.2	1998-99	DAL	50	27.6	9.1	1.7	1.8	0.4	0.1	3.5	7.9	43.8	1.3	2.9	45.1	0.9	1.0	88.0	54.5	0.1	1.7	1.1	1,378	457	86	89	21	3	57	76	-51
7	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	109.7	1998-99	VAN	50	35.2	13.2	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.3	1.5	20.3	2.5	3.4	75.1	48.7	0.6	2.1	2.9	1,758	662	136	325	78	5	146	122	-339
8	Lamond Murray L. Murray	109.4	1998-99	LAC	50	26.3	12.2	3.9	1.2	1.2	0.4	4.5	11.6	39.1	0.7	2.1	33.0	2.5	3.1	80.3	47.3	1.2	2.7	2.0	1,317	612	195	61	58	20	99	107	-303
9	Michael Dickerson M. Dickerson	109.3	1998-99	HOU	50	31.2	10.9	1.7	1.9	0.5	0.2	4.3	9.2	46.5	1.4	3.3	43.3	0.9	1.4	63.9	55.4	0.5	1.1	1.3	1,558	547	83	95	27	11	66	90	+136
10	Steve Nash S. Nash	108.4	1998-99	DAL	40	31.7	7.9	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.9	7.9	36.3	1.2	3.3	37.4	1.0	1.2	82.6	47.1	0.8	2.1	2.1	1,269	315	114	219	37	2	83	98	-10
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	108.4	1998-99	IND	50	35.7	18.4	2.7	2.2	0.7	0.2	5.9	13.4	43.8	2.1	5.5	38.5	4.5	4.9	91.5	59.0	0.5	2.2	1.5	1,787	920	135	112	37	9	76	101	+187
12	Tyrone Nesby T. Nesby	107.9	1998-99	LAC	50	25.8	10.1	3.5	1.6	1.5	0.4	3.6	8.1	44.9	0.7	1.9	36.5	2.1	2.7	78.2	54.3	1.1	2.4	1.1	1,288	503	175	82	77	20	53	143	-149
13	Michael Olowokandi M. Olowokandi	107.3	1998-99	LAC	45	28.4	8.9	7.9	0.6	0.6	1.2	3.8	8.9	43.1	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.6	48.3	44.5	2.7	5.3	1.9	1,279	401	357	25	27	55	85	137	-275
14	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	107.2	1998-99	TOT	49	38.7	21.3	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	7.7	18.0	42.8	1.3	4.0	33.5	4.5	5.7	79.9	51.9	0.8	2.1	3.3	1,895	1,044	142	437	59	8	164	125	+88
15	Corliss Williamson C. Williamson	107.0	1998-99	SAC	50	27.5	13.2	4.1	1.3	0.6	0.2	5.4	11.1	48.5	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.4	3.8	63.8	51.7	1.7	2.4	1.5	1,374	659	206	66	30	8	75	118	-64
16	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	106.9	1998-99	VAN	50	40.4	23.0	7.5	3.4	1.4	1.1	7.7	17.9	43.2	0.2	0.7	30.6	7.4	8.8	84.1	53.0	2.3	5.2	3.7	2,021	1,152	374	172	69	55	186	137	-361
17	Michael Finley M. Finley	106.7	1998-99	DAL	50	41.0	20.2	5.3	4.4	1.3	0.3	7.8	17.5	44.4	0.9	2.7	33.1	3.7	4.5	82.3	51.7	1.4	3.9	2.1	2,051	1,009	263	218	66	15	107	96	-62
18	Dee Brown D. Brown	106.7	1998-99	TOR	49	28.1	11.2	2.1	2.9	1.1	0.2	3.8	10.1	37.8	2.8	7.1	38.7	0.8	1.1	72.7	52.9	0.3	1.8	1.6	1,377	549	103	143	56	8	80	75	-29
19	Olden Polynice O. Polynice	106.4	1998-99	SEA	48	30.9	7.7	8.9	0.9	0.4	0.6	3.5	7.5	47.2	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.6	2.0	30.9	46.1	3.8	5.0	1.0	1,481	368	425	43	20	30	49	150	-106
20	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	106.3	1998-99	HOU	49	29.7	9.9	2.3	2.5	0.9	0.5	3.5	8.3	42.5	1.1	3.0	35.8	1.8	2.2	81.8	53.7	0.4	1.8	1.6	1,456	487	111	121	44	23	79	98	+96
21	Danny Fortson D. Fortson	106.1	1998-99	DEN	50	28.3	11.0	11.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	3.8	7.7	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	4.6	72.7	56.4	4.2	7.4	1.5	1,417	550	581	32	31	22	77	212	-192
22	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	106.1	1998-99	WAS	50	38.2	19.7	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.2	6.6	16.1	41.2	1.4	4.4	31.7	5.0	5.9	85.7	52.7	0.6	2.8	2.7	1,912	983	172	122	64	10	136	121	-101
23	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	106.0	1998-99	SEA	50	32.9	10.3	4.0	2.5	1.6	0.4	3.4	8.2	41.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	2.4	2.6	90.2	55.4	1.0	3.0	1.6	1,644	516	201	123	80	18	80	90	+103
24	Gary Payton G. Payton	105.6	1998-99	SEA	50	40.2	21.7	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.4	1.7	5.6	29.5	4.0	5.5	72.1	51.9	1.2	3.6	3.1	2,008	1,084	244	436	109	12	154	115	+26
25	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	105.5	1998-99	SEA	50	35.3	15.0	7.4	3.7	0.8	0.5	5.2	11.0	47.2	0.7	1.7	39.5	4.0	4.9	82.3	57.3	1.5	5.9	2.1	1,765	752	370	184	41	26	103	152	+88

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PPG

28.8

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RPG

12.5

Jokić

APG

10.5

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.1

1st

DRTG

117.6

23rd

NETRTG

4.6

7th

3P%

39.4

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	41	16	.719	2.5
3	Rockets	35	21	.625	8.0
4	Nuggets	36	22	.621	8.0
5	Lakers	34	22	.607	9.0
6	Timberwolves	35	23	.603	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/25	BOS	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Fri 2/27	DEN	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sun 3/1	MIN	@	DEN	3:30 PM
Mon 3/2	DEN	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Thu 3/5	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

36 - 22

117

Final

128

Warriors

30 - 27

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.8

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Mitchell

3.5

Ball

TS% Leaders

69.3

Jokić

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.8

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.8

119.6

119.3

118.4

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.6

109.1

111.3

112.1

112.6

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

7.9

7.6

6.6

5.8

5.3

Tank Leaderboard

13-46

15-43

15-41

16-42

16-40

18-40

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,736.1

Maxey

2,670.5

Johnson

2,621.2

Jokić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,827

Johnson

2,792

Jokić

2,765.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.7

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.5

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.94

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

36-22

35-22-1

34-24

32-24

33-24

31-25

Worst Record ATS

23-36

24-34

23-32-1

24-32

25-33

25-32-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	42	14	.750
2	Celtics	37	19	.661	5.0
3	Knicks	37	21	.638	6.0
4	Cavaliers	36	22	.621	7.0
5	Raptors	34	23	.596	8.5
6	76ers	31	26	.544	11.5
7	Magic	30	26	.536	12.0
8	Heat	31	27	.534	12.0
9	Hawks	28	31	.475	15.5
10	Hornets	27	31	.466	16.0
11	Bucks	24	31	.436	17.5
12	Bulls	24	34	.414	19.0
13	Wizards	16	40	.286	26.0
14	Nets	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Pacers	15	43	.259	28.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	44	14	.759
2	Spurs	41	16	.719	2.5
3	Rockets	35	21	.625	8.0
4	Nuggets	36	22	.621	8.0
5	Lakers	34	22	.607	9.0
6	Timberwolves	35	23	.603	9.0
7	Suns	33	25	.569	11.0
8	Warriors	30	27	.526	13.5
9	Trail Blazers	28	30	.483	16.0
10	Clippers	27	30	.474	16.5
11	Grizzlies	21	35	.375	22.0
12	Mavericks	20	36	.357	23.0
13	Jazz	18	40	.310	26.0
14	Pelicans	16	42	.276	28.0
15	Kings	13	46	.220	31.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 1/21	GSW	@	DAL	115-123
Wed 1/21	CHI	@	MIN	120-115
Wed 1/21	SAS	@	UTA	126-109
Wed 1/21	MIA	@	POR	110-127
Wed 1/21	LAL	@	LAC	104-112

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 2/24	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Tue 2/24	WAS	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Tue 2/24	OKC	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Tue 2/24	DAL	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Tue 2/24	NYK	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Nick Van Exel had the worst defensive rating in 1998-99, with a 114.8 rating.

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