Mookie Blaylock had the lowest defensive rating by a guard in 1996-97, with a 100.1 rating.

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2,000+ MIN/82TG

	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	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	100.1	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141	+585
2	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	101.8	1996-97	CLE	78	36.8	19.5	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	7.4	16.8	43.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	3.4	3.8	90.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	2.3	2,868	1,519	301	490	138	30	178	177	+128
3	John Starks J. Starks	101.8	1996-97	NYK	77	26.5	13.8	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	4.8	11.1	43.1	1.9	5.3	36.9	2.2	2.9	76.9	55.5	0.5	2.2	2.1	2,042	1,061	205	217	90	11	158	196	+209
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	101.8	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
5	Bob Sura B. Sura	101.9	1996-97	CLE	82	27.7	9.2	3.8	4.8	1.1	0.4	3.1	7.2	43.1	0.6	2.0	32.3	2.4	3.9	61.4	51.9	0.9	2.8	2.2	2,269	755	308	390	90	33	181	218	+11
6	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	102.0	1996-97	MIA	81	38.7	20.3	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	7.1	17.1	41.5	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	695	151	9	230	165	+535
7	Bobby Phills B. Phills	102.4	1996-97	CLE	69	34.4	12.6	3.6	3.4	1.6	0.3	4.8	11.1	42.8	1.2	3.1	39.4	1.8	2.5	71.8	51.4	0.9	2.6	2.0	2,375	866	245	233	113	21	135	174	+111
8	Chris Childs C. Childs	102.6	1996-97	NYK	65	31.9	9.3	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.2	3.2	7.8	41.4	1.1	2.8	38.7	1.7	2.3	75.8	52.6	0.3	2.6	2.8	2,076	605	191	398	78	11	180	213	+163
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	103.0	1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	18.0	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.2	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.2	4.3	75.0	54.8	1.9	4.1	2.5	2,271	1,114	373	354	119	36	156	151	+365
10	Gary Payton G. Payton	103.1	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
11	Eddie Jones E. Jones	103.3	1996-97	LAL	80	37.5	17.2	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	5.9	13.5	43.8	1.9	4.9	39.1	3.5	4.2	81.9	55.9	1.1	3.0	2.1	2,998	1,374	326	270	189	49	169	226	+263
12	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	103.5	1996-97	POR	82	37.6	17.5	4.4	7.1	2.0	0.2	5.9	13.9	42.7	1.6	4.5	36.1	4.1	5.3	76.8	54.0	1.1	3.3	2.4	3,081	1,436	363	584	162	15	193	222	+342
13	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	103.6	1996-97	SEA	82	33.6	13.9	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.1	4.5	9.7	46.4	1.7	4.3	40.3	3.1	3.6	87.5	61.6	1.1	2.8	1.6	2,755	1,139	320	250	159	12	130	146	+540
14	Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	103.9	1996-97	MIA	73	28.9	12.3	3.0	2.2	0.7	0.2	4.3	9.4	45.9	2.5	6.1	41.4	1.2	1.4	81.9	61.4	0.5	2.5	1.5	2,111	897	217	161	50	18	109	168	+332
15	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	104.1	1996-97	ORL	63	34.3	12.0	4.8	2.9	1.9	0.5	4.6	11.5	39.7	2.3	6.4	35.3	0.6	1.5	40.4	49.4	1.0	3.8	1.4	2,163	757	304	182	120	32	86	160	+163
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	105.1	1996-97	UTA	82	35.3	14.4	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	5.1	9.3	54.8	0.9	2.2	42.2	3.4	4.0	84.6	65.6	0.5	2.2	3.0	2,896	1,183	228	860	166	15	248	194	+658
17	Allan Houston A. Houston	105.4	1996-97	NYK	81	33.1	14.8	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	5.4	12.7	42.3	1.8	4.7	38.5	2.2	2.7	80.3	53.1	0.5	2.4	2.1	2,681	1,197	240	179	41	18	167	233	+107
18	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	105.6	1996-97	UTA	82	31.6	14.5	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.4	48.2	0.9	2.4	36.9	3.6	4.0	89.9	59.6	0.7	2.2	1.6	2,592	1,191	241	361	124	26	134	188	+775
19	Doug Christie D. Christie	105.6	1996-97	TOR	81	38.6	14.5	5.3	3.9	2.5	0.6	4.9	11.7	41.7	1.8	4.7	38.4	2.9	3.8	77.5	54.3	1.0	4.3	2.5	3,127	1,176	432	315	201	45	200	245	-121
20	Travis Best T. Best	105.9	1996-97	IND	76	27.2	9.9	2.2	4.2	1.3	0.1	3.6	8.2	44.2	0.8	2.0	36.8	2.0	2.6	75.6	53.3	0.5	1.7	2.0	2,064	754	166	318	98	5	153	221	+98
21	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	106.0	1996-97	DET	82	36.9	14.2	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	5.1	12.7	40.4	2.0	5.7	35.5	1.9	2.5	77.8	51.5	0.7	2.1	1.2	3,023	1,166	233	154	129	24	96	206	+247
22	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	106.1	1996-97	WAS	82	36.5	17.2	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.6	0.2	0.9	16.9	4.5	6.1	73.8	53.3	1.2	2.9	3.3	2,997	1,410	335	727	143	14	270	166	+78
23	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	106.9	1996-97	ORL	59	37.6	20.5	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	7.1	15.9	44.7	1.4	4.5	31.8	4.8	5.8	82.0	55.4	1.4	3.1	2.5	2,221	1,210	263	332	93	35	145	123	+198
24	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	107.5	1996-97	POR	76	33.7	16.1	4.0	2.6	0.6	0.3	6.0	12.9	46.4	1.3	3.4	38.5	2.8	3.4	81.2	55.7	1.2	2.8	2.8	2,563	1,223	304	198	45	19	212	199	+201
25	Calbert Cheaney C. Cheaney	107.5	1996-97	WAS	79	30.5	10.6	3.4	1.4	1.0	0.2	4.7	9.2	50.5	0.1	0.4	13.3	1.2	1.7	69.3	53.0	0.9	2.5	1.2	2,411	837	268	114	77	18	94	226	+56

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More Hawks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

22.5

Johnson

RPG

10.3

Johnson

APG

7.9

Johnson

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.1

14th

DRTG

113.7

9th

NETRTG

2.4

12th

3P%

37.1

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	MIA	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 2

140

Final

Hawks

2 - 4

Thu 30 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

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