best defensive rating current guards 2021-2022

Gary Payton II had the best defensive rating by an active guard in 2021-22, with a 102.6 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games current guards 2021-2022

	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	Gary Payton II G. Payton II	102.6	2021-22	GSW	71	17.6	7.1	3.5	0.9	1.4	0.3	3.0	4.8	61.6	0.6	1.7	35.8	0.5	0.8	60.3	67.9	1.0	2.5	0.6	1,247	502	247	64	96	22	40	131	+182
2	De'Anthony Melton D. Melton	106.5	2021-22	MEM	73	22.7	10.8	4.5	2.7	1.4	0.5	3.8	9.5	40.4	1.9	5.1	37.4	1.2	1.6	75.0	52.9	0.9	3.6	1.5	1,657	791	328	194	104	39	112	128	+221
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	106.5	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
4	Marcus Smart M. Smart	107.1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	107.6	2021-22	GSW	64	34.5	25.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	8.4	19.1	43.7	4.5	11.7	38.0	4.3	4.7	92.3	60.1	0.5	4.7	3.2	2,211	1,630	335	404	85	23	206	130	+507
6	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	107.9	2021-22	PHI	66	25.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.7	1.1	2.3	4.5	50.0	0.7	2.2	31.3	0.5	0.7	79.1	59.4	0.6	1.7	0.6	1,685	379	151	75	115	71	39	158	+87
7	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	108.5	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	21.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	627	138	23	180	138	+49
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	108.8	2021-22	PHX	68	34.5	26.8	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	9.7	20.9	46.6	2.7	7.0	38.3	4.6	5.3	86.8	57.6	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,344	1,822	342	329	77	26	162	180	+469
9	Josh Green J. Green	108.9	2021-22	DAL	67	15.5	4.8	2.4	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.9	3.8	50.8	0.4	1.2	35.9	0.5	0.7	68.9	57.8	0.8	1.6	0.7	1,039	319	161	79	45	14	44	115	+70
10	Cameron Payne C. Payne	109.1	2021-22	PHX	58	22.0	10.8	3.0	4.9	0.7	0.3	4.1	10.1	40.9	1.2	3.6	33.6	1.3	1.5	84.3	50.0	0.4	2.6	1.8	1,277	626	175	282	40	17	103	119	+148
11	John Konchar J. Konchar	109.1	2021-22	MEM	72	17.9	4.8	4.6	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.9	3.6	51.5	0.7	1.8	41.3	0.4	0.7	55.1	61.5	1.2	3.4	0.4	1,291	349	329	109	45	22	29	90	+92
12	Jordan Poole J. Poole	109.9	2021-22	GSW	76	30.0	18.5	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	6.2	13.9	44.8	2.8	7.6	36.4	3.2	3.5	92.5	59.8	0.4	3.0	2.5	2,283	1,405	260	304	60	23	187	206	+324
13	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	110.1	2021-22	BOS	71	14.1	6.2	1.9	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.3	5.3	42.9	1.4	3.5	41.2	0.3	0.3	100.0	57.8	0.5	1.4	0.6	1,001	442	134	139	25	6	41	61	+64
14	Desmond Bane D. Bane	110.4	2021-22	MEM	76	29.8	18.2	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.1	3.0	6.9	43.6	1.8	2.0	90.3	59.2	0.6	3.8	1.5	2,266	1,384	334	208	92	29	111	196	+361
15	Gabe Vincent G. Vincent	110.7	2021-22	MIA	68	23.4	8.7	1.9	3.1	0.9	0.2	3.1	7.5	41.7	1.8	4.8	36.8	0.6	0.8	81.5	55.1	0.3	1.5	1.4	1,589	591	126	210	62	12	98	158	+99
16	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	110.8	2021-22	DAL	42	29.6	14.2	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	5.0	12.6	39.4	2.4	7.2	33.6	1.9	2.5	75.7	52.0	0.3	3.4	0.8	1,245	598	156	92	38	6	34	74	+36
17	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	111.0	2021-22	CHI	35	34.6	13.0	5.4	5.1	1.8	0.9	4.6	10.9	42.3	3.1	7.4	42.3	0.6	0.8	75.0	57.5	1.0	4.4	2.3	1,212	455	190	178	64	31	82	85	+81
18	Ja Morant J. Morant	111.1	2021-22	MEM	57	33.1	27.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	10.2	20.6	49.3	1.5	4.5	34.4	5.5	7.3	76.1	57.5	1.4	4.4	3.4	1,889	1,564	325	384	66	22	196	86	+189
19	Tyler Herro T. Herro	111.1	2021-22	MIA	66	32.6	20.7	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	7.6	17.0	44.7	2.7	6.7	39.9	2.9	3.3	86.8	56.1	0.5	4.5	2.6	2,151	1,367	329	263	44	8	174	95	+240
20	James Harden J. Harden	111.2	2021-22	TOT	65	37.2	22.0	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	6.3	15.3	41.0	2.3	6.9	33.0	7.2	8.2	87.7	58.3	0.8	6.8	4.4	2,419	1,432	500	667	82	36	284	153	+173
21	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	111.2	2021-22	TOR	65	37.9	20.3	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	6.8	16.9	40.3	3.7	9.9	37.7	3.0	3.4	87.4	55.2	0.7	3.8	2.6	2,462	1,320	289	434	111	35	170	162	+212
22	Bruce Brown B. Brown	111.2	2021-22	BKN	72	24.6	9.0	4.8	2.1	1.1	0.7	3.6	7.0	50.6	0.5	1.3	40.4	1.3	1.8	75.8	57.5	1.4	3.4	0.8	1,774	647	345	148	77	52	56	176	-45
23	Mike Conley M. Conley	111.2	2021-22	UTA	72	28.6	13.7	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	4.8	11.0	43.5	2.3	5.8	40.8	1.8	2.3	79.6	57.2	0.7	2.4	1.7	2,058	986	217	385	96	21	123	142	+348
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	111.4	2021-22	UTA	67	33.8	25.9	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	9.2	20.5	44.8	3.5	9.8	35.5	4.0	4.7	85.3	57.2	0.8	3.4	3.0	2,266	1,733	282	358	99	12	200	164	+276
25	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	111.5	2021-22	CHI	41	28.0	7.4	3.6	4.0	1.7	0.4	2.5	6.2	39.8	1.0	3.1	33.3	1.4	1.8	79.5	52.8	0.8	2.8	1.4	1,147	304	148	165	71	15	57	106	+110

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26.6

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5.5

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APG

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Team Rankings

ORTG

115.0

18th

DRTG

115.6

17th

NETRTG

-0.6

20th

3P%

35.6

20th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks	26	56	.317	38.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	GSW	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 10/23	MEM	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Sat 10/24	GSW	@	PHX	10:00 PM
Mon 10/26	GSW	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Wed 10/28	GSW	@	MIN	8:00 PM

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1 - 1

Final

111

Suns

1 - 1

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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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Gary Payton II had the best defensive rating by an active guard in 2021-22, with a 102.6 rating.

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