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	Damion Lee D. Lee	108.6	2021-22	GSW	63	19.9	7.4	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	2.7	6.1	44.1	1.0	3.0	33.7	1.0	1.2	88.0	56.1	0.4	2.8	0.6	1,256	467	203	63	39	6	38	95	+93
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	110.1	2021-22	MIA	63	33.9	13.4	4.5	7.5	1.1	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.0	2.3	6.1	37.7	2.3	2.8	85.1	60.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	2,133	844	282	474	67	17	168	177	+250
15	Alec Burks A. Burks	110.1	2021-22	NYK	81	28.6	11.7	4.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.5	9.0	39.1	1.9	4.8	40.4	2.7	3.3	82.2	55.9	0.6	4.3	1.1	2,318	944	397	239	85	26	91	215	+123
16	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
17	Josh Richardson J. Richardson	110.4	2021-22	TOT	65	24.6	10.2	2.8	1.8	0.9	0.4	3.6	8.2	43.8	1.6	3.8	41.5	1.5	1.7	88.9	57.3	0.6	2.2	1.0	1,600	666	185	115	56	29	66	116	+138
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	BOS	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Sun 2/22	DEN	@	GSW	3:30 PM
Tue 2/24	GSW	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Wed 2/25	GSW	@	MEM	7:30 PM
Sat 2/28	LAL	@	GSW	8:30 PM

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PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.3

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Porter

3.6

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.9

Jokić

69.8

Williams

68.0

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122.2

120.7

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119.4

118.4

118.1

DRtg Rankings

107.8

109.2

111.7

112.4

112.8

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

8.0

7.2

6.3

6.0

5.2

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12-44

14-39

15-41

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18-38

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,586.3

Maxey

2,516.9

Johnson

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,662.5

Johnson

2,614

Maxey

2,587.5

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.6

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.7

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

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1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.43

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DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

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1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.49

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32-24

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31-24

31-23

Worst Record ATS

21-35

21-32

22-31

23-32

23-30

23-30-1

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0
6	76ers	30	24	.556	10.5
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0
12	Bucks	23	30	.434	17.0
13	Nets	15	38	.283	25.0
14	Pacers	15	40	.273	26.0
15	Wizards	14	39	.264	26.0

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1	Thunder	42	14	.750
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/16	PHX	@	NYK	106-99
Fri 1/16	IND	@	DET	78-121
Fri 1/16	OKC	@	MIA	120-122
Fri 1/16	MIN	@	SAS	123-126
Fri 1/16	CHA	@	GSW	116-136

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Thu 2/19	ATL	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	BKN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	IND	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	HOU	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	DET	@	NYK	7:30 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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