nba best defensive rating small forward all-time

John Havlicek has the lowest career defensive rating by a small forward, with a 98.7 rating.

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Assumption:10,000+ MIN
Data note: Defensive Rating: player season data complete from 1973-74

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	98.7	14,531	395	36.8	18.5	5.1	4.8	1.2	0.3	7.5	16.5	45.3				3.5	4.1	84.3	50.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	7,295	1,999	1,885	476	117	204	1,024
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	99.5	19,585	554	35.4	21.2	5.2	5.7	2.0	0.5	8.6	19.1	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	3.9	4.2	91.6	50.5	0.9	4.3	2.5	11,729	2,876	3,163	1,104	269	574	1,464
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	99.8	24,285	702	34.6	22.8	7.1	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.0	17.6	51.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.4	56.2	2.5	4.5	3.1	16,019	4,967	2,785	1,319	1,117	1,951	1,953
4	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	100.5	18,370	526	34.9	19.1	6.2	3.5	1.3	0.6	7.9	16.4	48.0	0.0	0.2	16.7	3.3	4.2	80.1	52.4	1.7	4.4	2.7	10,062	3,245	1,821	661	303	630	1,798
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	101.2	30,504	792	38.5	24.9	10.1	6.3	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.0	0.7	1.8	37.1	4.6	5.2	88.4	56.7	2.1	8.0	3.2	19,719	8,031	4,958	1,406	664	2,504	2,079
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	101.4	41,069	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
7	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	101.4	12,477	389	32.1	12.9	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.2	5.3	10.7	49.4				2.3	2.8	84.7	54.2	1.6	3.6	1.2	5,022	2,020	994	435	80	120	693
8	Bob Gross B. Gross	101.5	12,575	513	24.5	8.9	4.4	2.9	1.2	0.7	3.6	7.1	51.2	0.0	0.1	17.9	1.7	2.1	79.8	55.7	1.8	2.6	2.1	4,567	2,253	1,481	615	361	729	1,484
9	Shawn Marion S. Marion	101.6	29,363	871	33.7	14.4	8.1	1.8	1.4	1.0	6.0	12.5	47.6	0.6	1.7	33.1	1.9	2.4	81.6	53.2	2.3	5.8	1.5	12,578	7,059	1,600	1,236	845	1,311	1,852	+843
10	John Drew J. Drew	101.7	19,568	639	30.6	21.2	7.3	1.6	1.4	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.1	0.0	0.1	12.9	6.0	8.0	74.4	53.8	3.1	4.2	2.8	13,553	4,668	1,054	894	189	1,168	2,368
11	Bingo Smith B. Smith	101.8	11,844	404	29.3	14.1	4.4	2.1	0.9	0.3	6.2	13.7	45.3	0.3	1.0	28.4	1.6	1.9	82.8	48.3	1.3	3.1	1.0	5,681	1,759	834	350	139	81	1,120
12	M.L. Carr	101.9	14,216	604	23.5	9.7	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.2	47.0	0.1	0.4	25.6	1.9	2.6	74.6	51.9	1.5	2.8	1.7	5,853	2,595	1,112	812	226	867	1,484
13	Alvin Scott A. Scott	102.1	10,853	627	17.3	4.9	3.2	1.4	0.6	0.6	1.9	3.9	48.1	0.0	0.0	20.0	1.2	1.6	73.3	53.6	1.1	2.1	1.0	3,088	1,992	847	404	371	617	1,034
14	Jan van Breda Kolff J. van Breda Kolff	102.1	10,155	434	23.4	6.0	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.9	43.9	0.0	0.1	30.0	1.7	2.0	81.4	51.6	1.2	2.9	1.4	2,596	1,778	815	363	329	506	1,225
15	Bruce Bowen B. Bowen	102.2	24,052	873	27.6	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.8	0.4	2.2	5.5	40.9	0.9	2.4	39.3	0.7	1.2	57.5	50.8	0.5	2.2	0.7	5,290	2,428	1,089	712	336	646	1,930	+2659
16	John Johnson J. Johnson	102.6	17,515	638	27.5	11.8	4.9	3.5	0.8	0.4	4.8	10.6	45.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.7	78.0	49.8	1.6	3.3	2.7	7,516	3,142	2,238	487	235	917	1,740
17	Ollie Johnson O. Johnson	102.6	12,416	612	20.3	7.5	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.4	3.1	6.3	49.6	0.0	0.1	15.0	1.2	1.4	84.5	53.7	1.0	2.1	1.2	4,569	1,863	1,012	455	224	355	1,337
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	102.9	32,545	980	33.2	18.6	5.3	3.4	1.2	0.5	6.1	13.5	45.4	1.5	4.0	37.5	4.8	6.0	80.5	57.6	0.8	4.6	2.4	18,186	5,236	3,316	1,194	501	2,395	2,633	+2898
19	George Lynch G. Lynch	103.1	16,186	693	23.4	6.8	5.1	1.5	1.1	0.3	2.8	6.2	44.9	0.2	0.6	29.6	1.1	1.6	65.8	49.2	2.0	3.1	1.2	4,746	3,549	1,017	751	239	838	1,539	-176
20	Bryon Russell B. Russell	103.1	17,807	775	23.0	7.8	3.4	1.2	1.0	0.2	2.6	6.0	43.8	0.8	2.1	37.3	1.7	2.3	74.5	55.1	0.9	2.5	0.9	6,027	2,619	949	810	184	725	1,779	+1959
21	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	103.1	17,805	604	29.5	11.1	5.2	2.7	1.3	1.7	3.8	7.8	48.2	0.4	1.4	30.7	3.2	4.3	74.1	57.4	1.7	3.5	1.8	6,728	3,141	1,617	796	1,033	1,091	1,202	+1037
22	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	103.1	22,355	770	29.0	11.3	5.8	2.0	1.4	0.8	4.0	8.6	47.2	0.4	1.4	31.1	2.8	4.0	70.6	55.0	1.4	4.4	1.7	8,733	4,465	1,509	1,069	623	1,306	1,640	-64
23	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	103.2	28,115	1,153	24.4	10.3	5.5	1.9	1.2	0.7	4.1	8.8	46.5	0.1	0.2	20.1	2.0	2.9	69.0	50.8	2.0	3.5	1.4	11,825	6,339	2,134	1,439	799	1,583	3,455	+523
24	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	103.4	31,440	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	13,058	4,448	2,631	1,721	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
25	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	103.5	22,073	802	27.5	12.4	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	5.3	11.1	47.2	0.1	0.4	33.8	1.8	2.3	78.7	51.1	1.8	4.3	1.3	9,953	4,858	1,733	877	256	1,059	1,806

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.1

Tatum

RPG

6.2

Queta

APG

7.8

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.6

2nd

DRTG

108.4

6th

NETRTG

11.1

1st

3P%

37.6

5th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	9	2	.818
2	Celtics	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	1.5
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	2.5
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/10	BOS	@	PHI	8:00 PM
Wed 11/11	BOS	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Sun 11/15	DAL	@	BOS	6:00 PM
Mon 11/16	ORL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	BOS	@	DEN	9:00 PM

Last Game

Celtics

8 - 2

117

Final

Bucks

1 - 9

Sun 8 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

39.3

Dončić

31.3

Curry

29.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

14.6

Sabonis

13.6

Towns

12.8

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.1

Jokić

8.8

Wagner

8.7

Young

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.6

Dunn

2.4

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

2.5

Turner

2.3

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.8

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

73.1

Gafford

73.0

Carter

71.6

Sabonis

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.4

119.6

119.4

118.5

118.0

DRtg Rankings

105.5

106.1

107.8

108.1

108.4

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

11.0

10.3

9.3

8.2

8.1

Tank Leaderboard

1-9

1-8

2-8

2-7

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

639.1

Dončić

614

Wembanyama

535.1

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

673.5

Dončić

599

Wembanyama

559

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

39.9

Dončić

36.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

36.1

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.1

Acuff

36.6

Murray

36.5

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.03

Wembanyama

1.76

Dončić

1.63

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.98

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

9-3

7-3

Worst Record ATS

1-9

2-8

2-6

3-8

3-7

3-6

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	9	2	.818
2	Celtics	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	1.5
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	2.5
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0
6	Raptors	5	5	.500	3.5
7	Cavaliers	5	6	.455	4.0
8	Heat	4	6	.400	4.5
9	Hornets	4	7	.364	5.0
10	Wizards	4	7	.364	5.0
11	Pacers	3	7	.300	5.5
12	Magic	2	7	.222	6.0
13	Nets	2	8	.200	6.5
14	Bulls	1	8	.111	7.0
15	Bucks	1	9	.100	7.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	10	2	.833
2	Thunder	8	2	.800	1.0
3	Spurs	8	2	.800	1.0
4	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.5
5	Grizzlies	7	3	.700	2.0
6	Warriors	7	3	.700	2.0
7	Rockets	7	3	.700	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	6	3	.667	2.5
9	Nuggets	5	3	.625	3.0
10	Mavericks	6	4	.600	3.0
11	Pelicans	4	6	.400	5.0
12	Suns	3	5	.375	5.0
13	Clippers	2	7	.222	6.5
14	Kings	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Jazz	1	9	.100	8.0