best defensive rating nba rookies

Jaylen Wells had the lowest defensive rating by a rookie this season, with a 117.7 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA rookies this regular season
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 Jaylen Wells
J. Wells
117.7
2024-25
MEM MEM
79
25.9
10.4
3.4
1.7
0.6
0.1
3.6
8.6
42.5
1.7
5.0
35.2
1.4
1.7
82.2
56.0
1.1
2.3
0.9
2,043
823
268
135
44
8
69
146
+187
2 Stephon Castle
S. Castle
119.4
2024-25
SAS SAS
81
26.7
14.7
3.7
4.1
0.9
0.3
5.2
12.2
42.8
1.2
4.1
28.5
3.1
4.2
72.4
52.2
1.1
2.6
2.2
2,162
1,190
297
332
74
22
177
164
-239
3 Carlton Carrington
C. Carrington
121.5
2024-25
WAS WAS
82
30.0
9.8
4.2
4.4
0.7
0.3
3.7
9.1
40.1
1.7
5.0
33.9
0.8
1.0
81.2
51.4
0.4
3.8
1.7
2,458
807
341
364
54
21
141
190
-798
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.7

6th

DRTG

113.0

10th

NETRTG

4.7

6th

3P%

36.7

11th

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
7
Warriors Warriors
48
34
.585
20.0
8
Grizzlies Grizzlies
48
34
.585
20.0
9
Kings Kings
40
42
.488
28.0
10
Mavericks Mavericks
39
43
.476
29.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/22
MEM MEM
@
OKC OKC
7:30 PM
Thu
4/24
OKC OKC
@
MEM MEM
9:30 PM
Sat
4/26
OKC OKC
@
MEM MEM
3:30 PM
Mon
4/28
MEM MEM
@
OKC OKC
1:00 PM
Thu
5/1
OKC OKC
@
MEM MEM
1:00 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

1 - 0

131

Final

80

MEM Grizzlies

0 - 1

Sun 20 Apr 2025

NBA 2024-25 Leaders

NBA 2024-25 Rankings

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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
3/20
CHA CHA
@
OKC OKC
106-141
Thu
3/20
HOU HOU
@
MIA MIA
102-98
Thu
3/20
PHI PHI
@
SAS SAS
120-128
Thu
3/20
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
117-123
Thu
3/20
BOS BOS
@
UTA UTA
121-99

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
4/21
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Tue
4/22
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Tue
4/22
MEM MEM
@
OKC OKC
7:30 PM
Tue
4/22
MIN MIN
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Wed
4/23
ORL ORL
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM