Jayson Tatum had the lowest defensive rating by a forward in 2021-22, with a 106.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

best forward defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 21-22

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	106.3	2021-22	BOS	76	35.9	26.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	9.3	20.6	45.3	3.0	8.6	35.3	5.3	6.2	85.3	57.8	1.1	6.9	2.9	2,731	2,046	609	334	75	49	217	174	+667
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	106.3	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	107.5	2021-22	BOS	66	33.6	23.6	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	8.7	18.4	47.3	2.5	7.0	35.8	3.7	4.8	75.8	57.4	0.8	5.3	2.7	2,220	1,559	404	231	70	18	178	163	+453
4	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	108.4	2021-22	GSW	73	31.9	17.2	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	6.5	14.0	46.6	2.2	5.5	39.3	2.0	3.2	63.4	56.0	1.2	3.3	1.5	2,329	1,256	325	161	76	51	111	158	+265
5	Julius Randle J. Randle	109.4	2021-22	NYK	72	35.3	20.1	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	7.1	17.3	41.1	1.7	5.4	30.8	4.2	5.6	75.6	50.9	1.7	8.2	3.4	2,544	1,447	716	370	53	39	245	205	-164
6	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	109.6	2021-22	PHX	82	34.8	14.2	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	5.6	10.5	53.4	1.4	3.8	36.9	1.6	1.9	83.4	62.7	0.9	3.3	0.8	2,854	1,162	347	185	96	36	68	150	+576
7	Bobby Portis B. Portis	109.7	2021-22	MIL	72	28.2	14.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	5.8	12.1	47.9	1.8	4.7	39.3	1.2	1.6	75.2	57.1	2.5	6.6	1.3	2,028	1,052	657	86	53	51	90	174	+314
8	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	110.0	2021-22	TOR	68	37.9	22.8	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	8.8	17.8	49.4	1.1	3.2	34.4	4.2	5.6	74.9	56.5	1.9	6.6	2.7	2,578	1,551	580	360	85	42	181	225	+254
9	Dorian Finney-Smith D. Finney-Smith	110.4	2021-22	DAL	80	33.0	11.0	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	4.1	8.7	47.1	2.2	5.4	39.5	0.7	1.0	67.5	60.4	1.5	3.2	1.0	2,643	880	375	150	88	39	80	183	+241
10	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	111.0	2021-22	UTA	77	31.2	7.4	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	2.6	5.8	45.7	1.5	4.0	38.9	0.6	0.7	80.4	60.8	0.8	3.9	1.0	2,405	570	368	191	86	32	79	183	+231
11	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.2	2021-22	TOR	74	35.4	15.3	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	256	80	55	136	192	+66
12	LeBron James L. James	111.4	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	30.3	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
13	Herbert Jones H. Jones	111.5	2021-22	NOP	78	29.9	9.5	3.8	2.1	1.7	0.8	3.5	7.4	47.6	0.7	2.2	33.7	1.8	2.1	84.0	57.3	1.3	2.5	1.3	2,335	742	296	167	130	60	100	238	+68
14	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	112.1	2021-22	MIL	66	32.4	20.1	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	6.8	15.5	44.3	2.5	6.6	37.3	3.9	4.4	89.0	57.7	0.6	4.8	2.9	2,141	1,325	356	358	76	18	190	160	+302
15	Tobias Harris T. Harris	112.1	2021-22	PHI	73	34.8	17.2	6.8	3.5	0.6	0.6	6.8	14.0	48.2	1.4	3.8	36.7	2.3	2.8	84.2	56.6	1.1	5.7	1.6	2,543	1,257	496	252	47	43	116	164	+172
16	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	112.2	2021-22	MIA	79	25.8	10.9	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	3.7	9.2	39.9	2.9	7.9	37.2	0.6	0.8	83.6	57.3	0.3	2.3	0.8	2,042	863	203	129	42	14	60	201	+106
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	112.3	2021-22	BKN	55	37.2	29.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	10.5	20.3	51.8	2.1	5.5	38.3	6.8	7.4	91.0	63.4	0.5	6.9	3.5	2,047	1,643	407	351	48	52	191	113	+269
18	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	112.9	2021-22	WAS	66	33.4	17.1	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	6.4	14.2	45.2	1.9	5.7	34.1	2.4	3.3	71.2	54.7	1.1	7.4	2.6	2,204	1,130	561	233	42	57	169	128	-279
19	Christian Wood C. Wood	112.9	2021-22	HOU	68	30.8	17.9	10.1	2.3	0.8	1.0	6.5	12.9	50.1	1.9	4.9	39.0	3.0	4.9	62.3	59.5	1.6	8.5	1.9	2,094	1,218	686	155	54	65	126	171	-406
20	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	113.6	2021-22	TOT	62	34.4	18.9	12.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	7.1	12.5	57.3	0.6	2.0	31.2	4.0	5.4	74.1	63.7	3.2	8.9	3.1	2,135	1,171	752	323	59	27	195	203	-12
21	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	113.8	2021-22	DEN	75	31.7	15.0	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	5.8	11.1	52.0	1.2	3.5	33.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	60.2	1.7	4.2	1.8	2,375	1,126	439	188	44	44	133	148	+321
22	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	113.8	2021-22	SAS	75	31.9	17.0	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.6	2.1	5.3	39.8	2.4	3.1	75.6	57.4	1.1	5.0	1.2	2,392	1,278	457	158	58	14	92	148	+75
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	114.0	2021-22	CHA	80	35.5	20.2	7.0	3.8	0.9	0.8	7.5	15.2	49.1	1.9	5.8	33.1	3.3	4.2	80.2	59.3	1.1	5.9	1.9	2,837	1,613	559	300	74	67	150	193	+142
24	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	114.1	2021-22	ORL	79	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	1,197	356	231	68	34	119	164	-243
25	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	114.5	2021-22	UTA	69	30.9	18.1	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.0	6.1	13.4	45.5	2.6	6.8	38.7	3.2	3.8	85.8	59.9	0.8	3.4	1.7	2,131	1,248	296	120	34	1	118	116	+218

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.4

Brown

RPG

8.3

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APG

5.7

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Team Rankings

ORTG

120.4

2nd

DRTG

112.8

5th

NETRTG

7.6

2nd

3P%

36.2

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	48	19	.716
2	Celtics	45	23	.662	3.5
3	Knicks	44	25	.638	5.0
4	Cavaliers	41	27	.603	7.5
5	Magic	38	29	.567	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 3/18	GSW	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 3/20	BOS	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Sun 3/22	MIN	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Wed 3/25	OKC	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 3/27	ATL	@	BOS	7:30 PM

Last Game

Suns

39 - 29

112

Final

120

Celtics

45 - 23

Mon 16 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.9

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.7

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

10.1

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Huff

1.9

Mobley

3PM Leaders

3.9

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.9

Gobert

67.9

Jokić

67.2

Duren

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.5

120.4

119.3

118.6

118.5

118.4

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.8

111.6

112.2

112.8

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

10.8

7.6

7.5

7.0

6.4

4.2

Tank Leaderboard

15-53

16-51

17-51

18-51

20-48

23-46

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,264.4

Jokić

3,209.8

Dončić

3,051.7

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,472.5

Jokić

3,407.5

Dončić

3,205.3

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.0

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.70

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-26-1

41-27

40-29

39-29

Worst Record ATS

28-40

28-39

29-40

29-39

29-38

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	48	19	.716
2	Celtics	45	23	.662	3.5
3	Knicks	44	25	.638	5.0
4	Cavaliers	41	27	.603	7.5
5	Magic	38	29	.567	10.0
6	Raptors	38	29	.567	10.0
7	Heat	38	30	.559	10.5
8	Hawks	37	31	.544	11.5
9	76ers	37	31	.544	11.5
10	Hornets	34	34	.500	14.5
11	Bucks	28	39	.418	20.0
12	Bulls	28	40	.412	20.5
13	Nets - e	17	51	.250	31.5
14	Wizards - e	16	51	.239	32.0
15	Pacers - e	15	53	.221	33.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	53	15	.779
2	Spurs	50	18	.735	3.0
3	Lakers	43	25	.632	10.0
4	Rockets	41	26	.612	11.5
5	Nuggets	41	27	.603	12.0
6	Timberwolves	41	27	.603	12.0
7	Suns - x	39	29	.574	14.0
8	Clippers	34	34	.500	19.0
9	Warriors	33	35	.485	20.0
10	Trail Blazers	33	36	.478	20.5
11	Grizzlies	23	44	.343	29.5
12	Pelicans	23	46	.333	30.5
13	Mavericks	23	46	.333	30.5
14	Jazz	20	48	.294	33.0
15	Kings - e	18	51	.261	35.5