best defensive rating point guard 2016-2017

Russell Westbrook had the best defensive rating by a point guard in 2016-17, with a 103.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games point guard 2016-2017

	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	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	103.8	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	104.9	2016-17	GSW	79	33.4	25.3	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	8.5	18.3	46.8	4.1	10.0	41.1	4.1	4.6	89.8	62.4	0.8	3.7	3.0	2,638	1,999	353	524	142	17	239	183	+1015
3	James Harden J. Harden	107.3	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	2,356	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
4	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	107.6	2016-17	NOP	67	32.7	15.4	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	6.0	13.3	45.4	1.5	4.2	35.6	1.8	2.5	70.8	53.2	0.7	3.3	2.9	2,190	1,029	264	488	100	44	194	133	+37
5	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	107.8	2016-17	HOU	67	30.7	9.5	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.6	4.3	38.2	1.1	1.4	76.8	54.6	1.4	4.4	1.5	2,058	639	393	281	99	25	100	222	+353
6	T.J. McConnell	108.2	2016-17	PHI	81	26.3	6.9	3.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	2.9	6.3	46.1	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.9	1.1	81.1	50.4	0.5	2.6	2.0	2,133	556	251	534	134	10	159	139	-316
7	Mike Conley M. Conley	108.4	2016-17	MEM	69	33.2	20.5	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	6.7	14.6	46.0	2.5	6.1	40.8	4.6	5.3	85.9	60.4	0.4	3.0	2.3	2,292	1,415	241	433	92	19	156	126	+189
8	John Wall J. Wall	108.5	2016-17	WAS	78	36.4	23.1	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.5	32.7	5.4	6.8	80.1	54.1	0.8	3.4	4.1	2,836	1,805	326	831	157	49	322	151	+248
9	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	108.8	2016-17	MIA	73	33.7	20.3	3.8	5.8	1.2	0.2	7.3	15.4	47.5	1.6	4.0	40.5	4.1	5.2	79.0	57.5	0.8	3.0	2.9	2,459	1,483	279	423	89	13	212	199	+66
10	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	109.0	2016-17	TOR	60	37.4	22.4	4.8	7.0	1.5	0.3	7.1	15.3	46.4	3.2	7.8	41.2	5.0	6.1	81.9	62.3	0.8	4.0	2.9	2,244	1,344	286	417	88	19	173	170	+358
11	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	109.1	2016-17	ATL	79	31.5	17.9	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.2	6.9	15.4	45.1	1.3	3.7	34.0	2.8	3.2	85.5	53.3	0.5	2.6	3.3	2,485	1,414	248	499	74	16	258	149	-76
12	Jeff Teague J. Teague	109.9	2016-17	IND	82	32.4	15.3	4.0	7.8	1.2	0.4	4.9	11.1	44.2	1.1	3.1	35.7	4.4	5.1	86.7	57.4	0.4	3.6	2.6	2,657	1,254	330	639	100	32	216	165	+51
13	Cory Joseph C. Joseph	110.3	2016-17	TOR	80	25.0	9.3	2.9	3.3	0.8	0.2	3.7	8.3	45.2	0.6	1.7	35.6	1.2	1.5	77.0	51.8	0.6	2.3	1.4	2,003	740	235	265	66	13	108	140	+43
14	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	110.5	2016-17	ORL	82	29.4	12.8	4.7	6.5	1.1	0.5	5.2	11.1	47.1	0.5	1.8	27.4	1.8	2.6	69.2	52.0	1.1	3.6	2.2	2,412	1,046	387	529	88	40	178	177	-145
15	Kemba Walker K. Walker	110.6	2016-17	CHA	79	34.7	23.2	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	8.1	18.3	44.4	3.0	7.6	39.9	3.8	4.5	84.7	56.9	0.6	3.3	2.1	2,739	1,830	308	434	85	22	168	119	+190
16	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	111.8	2016-17	MIN	75	32.9	11.1	4.1	9.1	1.7	0.1	3.5	8.7	40.2	0.8	2.6	30.6	3.4	3.8	89.1	53.9	0.9	3.2	2.6	2,469	836	305	682	128	10	195	202	-9
17	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	112.1	2016-17	BOS	76	33.8	28.9	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	9.0	19.4	46.3	3.2	8.5	37.9	7.8	8.5	90.9	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	2,569	2,199	205	448	70	13	210	167	+276
18	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	112.2	2016-17	PHX	66	33.0	21.1	4.8	6.3	1.4	0.5	6.8	15.7	43.4	1.6	4.7	33.5	5.9	6.9	84.7	56.3	0.8	4.1	3.4	2,176	1,390	320	418	91	31	224	164	-182
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	112.5	2016-17	CLE	72	35.1	25.2	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	9.3	19.7	47.3	2.5	6.1	40.1	4.1	4.6	90.5	58.0	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,525	1,816	230	418	83	24	180	157	+333
20	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	112.8	2016-17	POR	75	35.9	27.0	4.9	5.9	0.9	0.3	8.8	19.8	44.4	2.9	7.7	37.0	6.5	7.3	89.5	58.6	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,693	2,024	368	440	68	20	197	152	+80
21	Darren Collison D. Collison	114.4	2016-17	SAC	68	30.3	13.2	2.2	4.6	1.0	0.1	5.0	10.5	47.6	1.1	2.6	41.7	2.2	2.5	86.0	57.0	0.3	1.9	1.7	2,063	900	152	312	67	9	114	119	-130
22	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	115.1	2016-17	LAL	82	29.2	14.7	3.0	2.6	1.1	0.1	5.8	13.1	44.5	1.4	4.3	32.9	1.6	2.0	79.8	52.6	0.6	2.4	2.0	2,397	1,205	246	213	88	8	164	150	-422
23	Derrick Rose D. Rose	115.2	2016-17	NYK	64	32.5	18.0	3.8	4.4	0.7	0.3	7.2	15.3	47.1	0.2	0.9	21.7	3.5	4.0	87.4	53.0	1.0	2.8	2.3	2,082	1,154	246	283	44	17	147	84	-166
24	Jameer Nelson J. Nelson	115.5	2016-17	DEN	75	27.3	9.2	2.6	5.1	0.7	0.1	3.6	8.1	44.4	1.4	3.6	38.8	0.6	0.8	71.4	54.4	0.4	2.2	1.7	2,045	687	192	385	54	8	128	197	+128

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

9.6

Hartenstein

APG

6.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.5

7th

DRTG

107.5

1st

NETRTG

11.0

1st

3P%

36.0

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	58	16	.784
2	Spurs	56	18	.757	2.0
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.0
4	Nuggets	47	28	.627	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	29	.608	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/29	NYK	@	OKC	7:30 PM
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Thu 4/2	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sun 4/5	UTA	@	OKC	7:00 PM
Tue 4/7	OKC	@	LAL	10:30 PM

Last Game

Bulls

29 - 44

113

Final

131

Thunder

58 - 16

Fri 27 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Thompson

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.5

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

120.2

119.7

119.2

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.5

111.0

112.6

113.1

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

8.2

8.0

7.6

6.7

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

16-58

17-57

17-56

19-56

21-54

24-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,681.6

Jokić

3,597.7

Dončić

3,244.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,923

Jokić

3,807.5

Dončić

3,436.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

46-28

45-28-1

43-31

42-31

43-32

43-31

Worst Record ATS

30-43

31-44

31-43

31-42

32-42

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	54	20	.730
2	Celtics	49	24	.671	4.5
3	Knicks	48	26	.649	6.0
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	8.0
5	Raptors	41	32	.562	12.5
6	Hawks	42	33	.560	12.5
7	76ers	41	33	.554	13.0
8	Magic	39	34	.534	14.5
9	Heat	39	35	.527	15.0
10	Hornets	39	35	.527	15.0
11	Bucks - e	29	44	.397	24.5
12	Bulls - e	29	45	.392	25.0
13	Wizards - e	17	56	.233	36.5
14	Nets - e	17	57	.230	37.0
15	Pacers - e	16	58	.216	38.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	58	16	.784
2	Spurs - x	56	18	.757	2.0
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.0
4	Nuggets	47	28	.627	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	29	.608	13.0
6	Rockets	44	29	.603	13.5
7	Suns	41	33	.554	17.0
8	Clippers	38	36	.514	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	38	.493	21.5
10	Warriors	36	38	.486	22.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	49	.338	33.0
12	Pelicans - e	25	50	.333	33.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	50	.324	34.0
14	Jazz - e	21	54	.280	37.5
15	Kings - e	19	56	.253	39.5