2026-27 · regular season
NBA team defense rankings
Overall rank is by opponent points per game (rank 1 = fewest points allowed). Position ranks are by points scored against each team by opposing players listed as G, F or C (balldontlie positions; PG/SG count as G, SF/PF as F — fine-grained PG/SG/SF/PF/C splits are not in our feed).
When you look up a player with a next opponent, the hit-rate panel shows that opponent's overall Def # and the rank vs his position bucket (e.g. vs G #12).
| Team | Def | Opp PPG | vs G | vs F | vs C | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | #1 | 104.2 | #4 50.4 | #20 48.6 | #1 5.2 | 9 |
| OKC | #2 | 104.2 | #8 52.2 | #5 41.4 | #18 10.2 | 10 |
| BOS | #3 | 104.3 | #2 45.9 | #22 49.6 | #6 8.8 | 10 |
| DET | #4 | 104.6 | #3 48.8 | #14 46.1 | #13 9.7 | 10 |
| HOU | #5 | 106.4 | #21 59.5 | #2 37.3 | #11 9.5 | 11 |
| MIN | #6 | 107 | #19 55.3 | #7 41.9 | #14 9.8 | 11 |
| SAS | #7 | 107 | #17 54.5 | #8 43.2 | #9 9.4 | 11 |
| PHI | #8 | 107.9 | #6 51.5 | #17 46.5 | #15 9.8 | 11 |
| DAL | #9 | 110.3 | #13 53.3 | #25 50.5 | #3 6.5 | 11 |
| CHA | #10 | 110.4 | #16 54.5 | #13 45.8 | #17 10.1 | 11 |
| MEM | #11 | 110.8 | #20 57.5 | #9 44.2 | #7 9.1 | 10 |
| GSW | #12 | 111.2 | #18 54.7 | #11 44.9 | #21 11.4 | 11 |
| DEN | #13 | 112.8 | #11 52.6 | #18 47.9 | #24 12.3 | 9 |
| TOR | #14 | 113.3 | #10 52.5 | #24 49.8 | #20 11 | 10 |
| WAS | #15 | 113.4 | #22 62.5 | #10 44.7 | #2 5.9 | 11 |
| POR | #16 | 113.8 | #9 52.4 | #19 48.2 | #27 13.1 | 9 |
| LAL | #17 | 114.4 | #28 65.7 | #4 39.4 | #8 9.3 | 12 |
| CLE | #18 | 115 | #30 67.4 | #1 35.2 | #25 12.5 | 11 |
| IND | #19 | 115.2 | #5 50.9 | #23 49.7 | #29 14.5 | 11 |
| BKN | #20 | 115.7 | #14 53.4 | #28 55.7 | #4 6.6 | 10 |
| ATL | #21 | 116.2 | #1 41.2 | #30 63.3 | #22 11.8 | 12 |
| ORL | #22 | 116.2 | #24 63.6 | #6 41.8 | #19 10.9 | 9 |
| LAC | #23 | 116.4 | #27 65.7 | #3 39 | #23 11.8 | 9 |
| UTA | #24 | 117.9 | #12 53.2 | #27 55.1 | #12 9.6 | 10 |
| PHX | #25 | 119 | #23 63.2 | #12 45.8 | #16 10 | 9 |
| MIA | #26 | 121.1 | #26 64.7 | #21 49.2 | #5 7.2 | 10 |
| MIL | #27 | 121.6 | #15 53.7 | #26 53.3 | #28 14.4 | 10 |
| NOP | #28 | 122.4 | #25 63.7 | #15 46.2 | #26 12.5 | 11 |
| SAC | #29 | 122.4 | #7 51.7 | #29 61.1 | #10 9.5 | 10 |
| CHI | #30 | 129.3 | #29 67 | #16 46.2 | #30 16.1 | 9 |
