best nba defensive rating

Cason Wallace has the best defensive rating this season, with a 104.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
best NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
104.1
2025-26
29
27.7
7.9
2.9
2.2
2.3
0.2
3.0
7.1
42.0
1.4
4.0
35.0
0.5
0.6
82.4
53.4
0.7
2.2
0.9
803
229
85
65
67
6
27
62
+287
2Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
105.9
2025-26
29
33.4
32.5
4.8
6.6
1.5
0.8
11.1
19.9
55.7
2.2
5.1
43.5
8.1
9.2
88.4
67.9
0.5
4.3
2.0
968
942
140
190
43
23
59
61
+372
3Ajay Mitchell
A. Mitchell
105.9
2025-26
29
26.1
14.1
3.6
3.6
1.4
0.3
5.1
10.8
47.1
1.1
3.1
34.4
2.9
3.2
88.3
57.7
0.7
3.0
1.6
756
410
105
104
42
8
45
63
+280
4Kel'el Ware
K. Ware
106.2
2025-26
30
24.5
12.2
10.7
0.6
0.9
1.3
4.7
8.5
55.1
1.2
2.6
47.4
1.6
2.0
81.4
65.1
3.4
7.3
1.0
735
367
320
17
27
40
31
53
-75
5Jalen Duren
J. Duren
108.7
2025-26
27
29.0
18.5
11.1
1.8
0.9
1.0
7.1
11.2
63.2
0.0
0.0
4.4
6.0
72.4
66.9
4.4
6.7
2.2
782
500
299
49
23
27
59
88
+208
6Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
109.6
2025-26
31
33.9
19.3
8.0
5.0
1.3
1.6
7.5
14.9
50.4
1.3
3.5
36.4
3.0
3.6
82.3
58.5
2.1
5.9
2.6
1,052
599
248
156
41
50
82
91
+65
7Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
109.6
2025-26
24
31.4
18.0
9.5
2.4
1.0
0.9
6.5
14.0
46.6
1.4
4.4
31.4
3.6
4.8
75.4
56.0
1.5
8.0
1.9
753
431
228
58
24
21
45
41
+82
8Naz Reid
N. Reid
109.7
2025-26
30
26.7
13.7
6.3
2.4
1.1
0.9
5.2
11.5
44.9
2.3
6.4
36.3
1.1
1.4
76.2
56.7
1.1
5.2
1.5
800
412
189
72
32
27
45
77
+62
9Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
110.6
2025-26
30
31.8
11.5
11.1
2.0
0.5
1.5
4.7
6.4
73.1
0.0
0.0
2.1
4.0
52.1
70.1
4.0
7.1
1.5
953
345
332
59
16
45
44
86
+151
10Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
110.9
2025-26
27
35.9
26.4
6.4
9.4
1.6
0.7
9.3
20.3
45.9
2.0
6.2
32.1
5.8
7.0
82.5
56.5
1.3
5.1
3.9
969
712
172
253
42
20
106
91
+213
11P.J. Washington
P.J. Washington
111.3
2025-26
25
31.9
15.7
7.9
2.0
1.0
1.4
5.8
12.8
45.5
1.5
4.5
33.9
2.5
3.6
68.1
54.3
1.6
6.3
2.4
798
392
197
51
26
34
61
64
-84
12Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.6
2025-26
29
34.7
28.9
12.0
10.9
1.5
0.8
10.5
17.3
60.4
2.1
5.0
43.1
5.8
6.9
83.9
70.9
2.9
9.1
3.5
1,006
837
347
316
43
23
102
85
+274
13Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
111.7
2025-26
27
33.1
22.3
11.7
3.0
0.9
0.7
7.3
15.3
47.7
1.8
5.0
36.0
5.9
6.8
86.3
60.9
3.0
8.6
2.6
895
601
315
81
23
19
69
95
+199
14Josh Hart
J. Hart
111.7
2025-26
27
30.4
12.1
8.1
5.1
1.4
0.3
4.6
9.3
49.6
1.6
4.0
38.9
1.4
1.7
82.6
60.7
1.8
6.4
2.2
822
328
220
139
38
8
59
69
+109
15Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
112.1
2025-26
25
35.8
23.0
9.3
6.9
1.5
1.0
8.8
17.4
50.5
0.8
2.5
31.7
4.6
6.4
73.0
56.9
3.1
6.2
3.4
895
576
232
172
38
26
85
88
+141
16Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
112.6
2025-26
29
27.7
10.4
5.6
1.5
1.0
0.4
3.3
8.0
41.6
2.2
6.1
36.4
1.5
1.8
84.3
58.9
0.8
4.8
1.1
803
301
162
43
28
13
31
41
+115
17Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
112.7
2025-26
25
34.2
19.1
9.3
4.1
1.0
1.6
7.0
14.1
49.6
1.5
4.3
35.2
3.6
5.6
64.0
57.6
2.6
6.7
2.2
854
477
232
103
24
41
56
59
+88
18Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
112.8
2025-26
23
34.9
28.7
5.0
3.8
1.3
0.9
9.7
19.9
49.0
3.3
8.2
40.4
6.0
7.3
81.5
62.3
0.8
4.3
2.8
802
661
116
87
31
20
65
47
+64
19Brandin Podziemski
B. Podziemski
112.8
2025-26
30
27.8
12.4
4.5
3.3
1.2
0.2
4.4
9.7
45.5
1.9
4.8
40.0
1.7
2.2
74.6
58.2
0.7
3.8
1.6
834
372
135
99
35
6
48
65
+51
20Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
113.0
2025-26
28
35.3
23.8
10.5
8.3
1.5
0.4
8.7
16.6
52.3
1.6
4.3
37.8
4.8
5.9
82.3
62.0
1.5
8.9
3.5
988
666
293
231
41
12
98
62
-11
21Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
113.1
2025-26
28
29.7
17.8
5.3
2.0
0.9
1.3
6.6
13.8
47.7
1.6
4.5
36.5
3.0
4.0
76.6
57.4
0.8
4.5
2.1
832
499
149
57
26
35
59
110
-93
22Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
113.1
2025-26
27
25.8
13.3
3.0
3.4
1.5
0.6
4.9
10.7
45.3
2.7
6.2
43.5
0.9
1.1
77.4
59.3
0.3
2.7
1.2
697
359
81
92
40
16
33
58
+194
23Santi Aldama
S. Aldama
113.2
2025-26
30
27.4
14.4
6.6
3.0
0.9
0.6
5.5
11.4
48.4
1.7
4.8
35.4
1.7
2.5
65.8
57.6
1.5
5.0
1.2
821
431
197
90
27
19
37
46
-40
24Anthony Black
A. Black
113.3
2025-26
30
29.4
14.0
4.2
3.4
1.3
0.6
5.1
11.4
44.7
1.2
3.9
31.6
2.6
3.8
68.4
53.7
0.8
3.4
2.2
882
421
126
102
38
19
66
79
+40
25Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
113.4
2025-26
26
31.4
19.9
5.5
4.7
1.5
0.3
6.2
11.9
52.3
0.9
2.0
45.3
6.5
7.6
85.4
65.1
2.2
3.3
1.4
816
517
142
123
38
7
37
33
+103
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.6

Hartenstein

Isaiah Hartenstein

APG

6.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.4

5th

DRTG

105.7

1st

NETRTG

14.7

1st

3P%

37.3

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
26
4
.867
2
22
7
.759
3.5
3
21
8
.724
4.5
4
19
9
.679
6.0
5
20
10
.667
6.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
2:30 PM
Sun
12/28
@
3:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/2
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

26 - 4

110

Final

130

SAS Spurs

22 - 7

Tue 23 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
24
6
.800
2
20
9
.690
3.5
3
18
11
.621
5.5
4
18
13
.581
6.5
5
16
12
.571
7.0
6
17
13
.567
7.0
7
17
14
.548
7.5
8
15
15
.500
9.0
9
15
16
.484
9.5
10
14
15
.483
9.5
11
12
18
.400
12.0
12
10
20
.333
14.0
13
9
19
.321
14.0
14
6
24
.200
18.0
15
5
23
.179
18.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
4
.867
2
22
7
.759
3.5
3
21
8
.724
4.5
4
19
9
.679
6.0
5
20
10
.667
6.0
6
17
10
.630
7.5
7
16
13
.552
9.5
8
15
15
.500
11.0
9
14
16
.467
12.0
10
12
18
.400
14.0
11
12
19
.387
14.5
12
10
19
.345
15.5
13
8
21
.276
17.5
14
8
23
.258
18.5
15
7
23
.233
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
11/22
@
110-113
Sat
11/22
@
129-138
Sat
11/22
@
109-119
Sat
11/22
@
95-122
Sat
11/22
@
108-106

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
12:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
2:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
5:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
10:30 PM