NBA Defense Vs Position: The Ultimate Defensive Analysis


Welcome to DraftEdge’s defensive fortress, where we dissect the nuances of NBA teams’ defensive tendencies against distinct positions. Our Defense Vs Position page isn’t just data; it’s a real-time, constantly updated pulse of defensive strategies based on a 15-game rolling average. Perfect your fantasy lineup strategies and glean insights into team defense dynamics. Let’s dive deep into the realm of blocks, steals, and positional shutdowns. Are you ready to decode the defense?

Our NBA Defense Vs Position breakdown gives you unparalleled insight into the strengths and vulnerabilities of NBA defenses. How does your favorite team fare against point guards or centers? Let our metrics guide your decisions.

  • Team Name: Identifies the NBA team.
  • Pts: Points conceded per game.
  • Reb: Rebounds allowed per game.
  • Ast: Assists allowed per game.
  • Stl: Steals allowed per game.
  • Blk: Blocks conceded per game.
  • 3pt: Three-pointers allowed per game.
  • DK: DraftKings fantasy points conceded.
  • FD: FanDuel fantasy points conceded.
Worst teams in the league
Lower ranked teams
Above Average teams
Top teams Defense
Team Name DFS vsAvg Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk 3pt DK FD
Hawks 54.2 0.5 #13 #25 #4 #13 #11 #6 #16 #17
Hawks 42.3 -2.3 #2 #18 #21 #2 #25 #4 #8 #10
Hawks 45.5 -0.3 #10 #18 #12 #10 #18 #27 #14 #16
Hawks 44.5 +2.9 #26 #4 #19 #26 #22 #28 #22 #21
Hawks 45.6 0.2 #16 #16 #23 #16 #2 #23 #16 #15
Celtics 56.7 +3.0 #29 #28 #16 #29 #3 #12 #21 #21
Celtics 38.8 -5.8 #3 #11 #2 #3 #4 #19 #2 #2
Celtics 44.2 -1.6 #27 #6 #8 #27 #5 #13 #12 #10
Celtics 28.7 -12.9 #1 #5 #17 #1 #13 #1 #1 #1
Celtics 41.1 -4.3 #6 #13 #7 #6 #1 #1 #2 #2
Nets 54.4 0.7 #21 #11 #8 #21 #25 #9 #17 #19
Nets 42.6 -2.0 #14 #10 #8 #14 #12 #9 #10 #8
Nets 48.9 +3.1 #22 #19 #9 #22 #26 #25 #22 #23
Nets 39.2 -2.4 #11 #17 #10 #11 #16 #9 #11 #11
Nets 41.3 -4.1 #3 #18 #8 #3 #7 #4 #3 #3
Hornets 49.9 -3.8 #7 #12 #9 #7 #10 #3 #8 #8
Hornets 43.6 -1.0 #6 #30 #15 #6 #26 #12 #13 #13
Hornets 48.8 +3.0 #26 #29 #16 #26 #2 #26 #21 #17
Hornets 44.1 +2.5 #19 #26 #27 #19 #2 #10 #21 #19
Hornets 44.8 -0.6 #15 #26 #5 #15 #25 #14 #13 #14
Bulls 49.0 -4.7 #14 #2 #10 #14 #6 #15 #5 #7
Bulls 48.5 +3.9 #18 #26 #26 #18 #20 #18 #25 #26
Bulls 45.5 -0.3 #29 #4 #11 #29 #1 #30 #15 #12
Bulls 52.7 +11.1 #30 #18 #14 #30 #24 #29 #30 #30
Bulls 45.4 0.0 #5 #17 #27 #5 #19 #19 #15 #17
Cavaliers 50.5 -3.2 #8 #22 #2 #8 #9 #20 #10 #9
Cavaliers 47.7 +3.1 #24 #14 #16 #24 #14 #24 #22 #21
Cavaliers 40.0 -5.8 #9 #5 #10 #9 #11 #20 #4 #3
Cavaliers 36.2 -5.4 #3 #21 #3 #3 #17 #11 #4 #4
Cavaliers 46.9 +1.5 #14 #21 #19 #14 #24 #6 #22 #21
Mavericks 52.4 -1.3 #18 #4 #26 #18 #20 #10 #13 #13
Mavericks 43.8 -0.8 #21 #3 #12 #21 #18 #27 #14 #12
Mavericks 49.8 +4.0 #16 #12 #30 #16 #13 #18 #24 #24
Mavericks 45.0 +3.4 #17 #28 #18 #17 #26 #6 #23 #24
Mavericks 48.9 +3.5 #26 #29 #13 #26 #8 #28 #27 #25
Nuggets 52.0 -1.7 #17 #10 #11 #17 #13 #21 #12 #12
Nuggets 44.1 -0.5 #17 #22 #19 #17 #17 #6 #17 #15
Nuggets 38.4 -7.4 #4 #9 #24 #4 #3 #3 #2 #2
Nuggets 41.2 -0.4 #14 #11 #24 #14 #18 #8 #13 #13
Nuggets 42.6 -2.8 #9 #7 #10 #9 #23 #9 #8 #9
Pistons 58.5 +4.8 #24 #20 #18 #24 #21 #18 #25 #25
Pistons 41.9 -2.7 #8 #2 #20 #8 #30 #5 #7 #14
Pistons 47.0 +1.2 #13 #21 #13 #13 #19 #15 #17 #18
Pistons 33.1 -8.5 #2 #7 #13 #2 #5 #12 #2 #2
Pistons 48.1 +2.7 #27 #6 #15 #27 #26 #21 #24 #24
Warriors 59.9 +6.2 #22 #26 #25 #22 #26 #23 #26 #26
Warriors 49.4 +4.8 #30 #24 #14 #30 #5 #22 #28 #27
Warriors 45.9 0.1 #18 #8 #14 #18 #9 #28 #16 #14
Warriors 43.1 +1.5 #7 #25 #12 #7 #29 #19 #20 #22
Warriors 42.3 -3.1 #2 #10 #29 #2 #6 #5 #6 #8
Rockets 61.7 +8.0 #26 #27 #24 #26 #15 #30 #28 #28
Rockets 39.8 -4.8 #4 #15 #4 #4 #11 #2 #4 #5
Rockets 52.7 +6.9 #19 #26 #22 #19 #23 #16 #30 #29
Rockets 51.2 +9.6 #25 #29 #29 #25 #25 #7 #29 #29
Rockets 42.9 -2.5 #12 #19 #1 #12 #20 #10 #10 #11
Pacers 55.5 +1.8 #11 #29 #12 #11 #16 #11 #19 #20
Pacers 42.4 -2.2 #9 #8 #28 #9 #7 #11 #9 #7
Pacers 42.0 -3.8 #25 #10 #1 #25 #8 #10 #8 #7
Pacers 41.5 -0.1 #13 #9 #28 #13 #6 #2 #15 #17
Pacers 46.5 +1.1 #28 #28 #2 #28 #9 #13 #20 #20
Clippers 51.4 -2.3 #4 #18 #28 #4 #5 #16 #11 #11
Clippers 49.3 +4.7 #27 #19 #29 #27 #21 #17 #27 #29
Clippers 51.8 +6.0 #21 #24 #20 #21 #28 #11 #28 #28
Clippers 37.5 -4.1 #16 #3 #15 #16 #7 #23 #5 #5
Clippers 42.7 -2.7 #11 #11 #6 #11 #12 #25 #9 #7
Lakers 60.9 +7.2 #20 #17 #30 #20 #23 #26 #27 #27
Lakers 48.1 +3.5 #26 #20 #23 #26 #3 #25 #23 #23
Lakers 50.2 +4.4 #17 #22 #19 #17 #27 #22 #25 #25
Lakers 47.3 +5.7 #23 #24 #30 #23 #10 #26 #27 #27
Lakers 46.1 0.7 #22 #14 #11 #22 #13 #18 #18 #18
Grizzlies 50.4 -3.3 #12 #5 #7 #12 #18 #17 #9 #10
Grizzlies 44.4 -0.2 #13 #6 #18 #13 #28 #26 #18 #18
Grizzlies 43.4 -2.4 #3 #17 #26 #3 #25 #4 #11 #15
Grizzlies 41.9 0.3 #10 #13 #22 #10 #27 #24 #17 #16
Grizzlies 48.5 +3.1 #25 #23 #24 #25 #15 #17 #25 #26
Heat 45.3 -8.4 #2 #24 #13 #2 #1 #1 #2 #1
Heat 43.8 -0.8 #10 #21 #11 #10 #8 #15 #15 #16
Heat 40.9 -4.9 #11 #15 #2 #11 #14 #2 #5 #5
Heat 45.9 +4.3 #27 #10 #9 #27 #23 #30 #24 #23
Heat 43.7 -1.7 #8 #8 #20 #8 #5 #12 #12 #12
Bucks 49.2 -4.5 #5 #13 #22 #5 #7 #4 #6 #4
Bucks 42.7 -1.9 #5 #7 #22 #5 #6 #28 #11 #11
Bucks 39.9 -5.9 #8 #7 #4 #8 #17 #9 #3 #4
Bucks 39.0 -2.6 #12 #8 #6 #12 #28 #20 #10 #10
Bucks 51.7 +6.3 #30 #27 #30 #30 #4 #29 #29 #29
Timberwolves 57.3 +3.6 #25 #16 #3 #25 #30 #29 #22 #22
Timberwolves 40.0 -4.6 #7 #17 #6 #7 #1 #7 #5 #4
Timberwolves 47.2 +1.4 #1 #30 #23 #1 #29 #1 #18 #20
Timberwolves 40.6 -1.0 #22 #12 #5 #22 #9 #14 #12 #12
Timberwolves 43.1 -2.3 #4 #20 #17 #4 #16 #7 #11 #10
Pelicans 52.7 -1.0 #16 #23 #1 #16 #12 #8 #15 #15
Pelicans 42.8 -1.8 #11 #13 #10 #11 #2 #14 #12 #9
Pelicans 41.8 -4.0 #5 #20 #17 #5 #12 #14 #6 #6
Pelicans 41.5 -0.1 #4 #27 #20 #4 #14 #15 #16 #15
Pelicans 45.1 -0.3 #19 #2 #16 #19 #17 #26 #14 #13
Knicks 46.6 -7.1 #6 #9 #6 #6 #2 #5 #3 #3
Knicks 37.2 -7.4 #1 #12 #9 #1 #24 #1 #1 #1
Knicks 49.8 +4.0 #28 #25 #6 #28 #10 #29 #23 #22
Knicks 41.2 -0.4 #21 #16 #1 #21 #20 #17 #14 #14
Knicks 39.1 -6.3 #1 #5 #4 #1 #22 #11 #1 #1
Thunder 54.4 0.7 #15 #14 #23 #15 #14 #27 #18 #16
Thunder 47.6 +3.0 #22 #25 #13 #22 #16 #10 #21 #24
Thunder 37.1 -8.7 #2 #27 #3 #2 #7 #7 #1 #1
Thunder 38.5 -3.1 #9 #1 #23 #9 #15 #22 #7 #8
Thunder 46.3 0.9 #24 #3 #22 #24 #11 #24 #19 #16
Magic 43.5 -10.2 #1 #1 #14 #1 #27 #2 #1 #2
Magic 39.6 -5.0 #12 #1 #3 #12 #10 #23 #3 #3
Magic 48.5 +2.7 #15 #16 #27 #15 #20 #23 #20 #19
Magic 33.8 -7.8 #8 #2 #7 #8 #19 #13 #3 #3
Magic 41.7 -3.7 #7 #4 #9 #7 #21 #2 #4 #4
76ers 47.3 -6.4 #3 #3 #5 #3 #8 #13 #4 #5
76ers 48.6 +4.0 #20 #29 #17 #20 #13 #13 #26 #25
76ers 41.9 -3.9 #7 #2 #21 #7 #21 #5 #7 #9
76ers 46.7 +5.1 #24 #30 #8 #24 #3 #27 #26 #25
76ers 42.5 -2.9 #10 #22 #3 #10 #3 #16 #7 #6
Suns 49.4 -4.3 #10 #6 #15 #10 #19 #28 #7 #6
Suns 46.0 +1.4 #23 #16 #5 #23 #27 #29 #19 #19
Suns 51.0 +5.2 #30 #28 #5 #30 #15 #24 #27 #27
Suns 37.5 -4.1 #5 #14 #11 #5 #12 #16 #6 #6
Suns 48.6 +3.2 #20 #9 #26 #20 #29 #27 #26 #27
Trail Blazers 58.0 +4.3 #23 #7 #29 #23 #17 #25 #24 #23
Trail Blazers 44.0 -0.6 #16 #5 #7 #16 #29 #21 #16 #17
Trail Blazers 47.6 +1.8 #14 #3 #28 #14 #24 #8 #19 #21
Trail Blazers 38.9 -2.7 #15 #15 #4 #15 #11 #18 #9 #7
Trail Blazers 46.7 +1.3 #17 #12 #18 #17 #30 #3 #21 #23
Kings 52.7 -1.0 #9 #8 #19 #9 #28 #24 #14 #14
Kings 47.3 +2.7 #19 #23 #27 #19 #23 #8 #20 #20
Kings 45.0 -0.8 #24 #1 #25 #24 #4 #19 #13 #13
Kings 38.6 -3.0 #20 #6 #2 #20 #21 #4 #8 #9
Kings 42.1 -3.3 #13 #1 #14 #13 #10 #15 #5 #5
Spurs 62.0 +8.3 #30 #21 #27 #30 #24 #22 #29 #29
Spurs 41.5 -3.1 #15 #9 #1 #15 #15 #3 #6 #6
Spurs 52.0 +6.2 #23 #11 #15 #23 #30 #6 #29 #30
Spurs 42.3 0.7 #6 #19 #26 #6 #30 #3 #18 #20
Spurs 47.3 +1.9 #21 #15 #21 #21 #28 #8 #23 #22
Raptors 63.5 +9.8 #27 #30 #20 #27 #29 #19 #30 #30
Raptors 49.6 +5.0 #25 #27 #24 #25 #9 #16 #29 #28
Raptors 43.2 -2.6 #12 #14 #7 #12 #16 #12 #10 #11
Raptors 48.0 +6.4 #29 #23 #25 #29 #1 #21 #28 #28
Raptors 46.1 0.7 #18 #24 #12 #18 #18 #22 #17 #19
Jazz 57.7 +4.0 #19 #15 #21 #19 #22 #14 #23 #24
Jazz 48.3 +3.7 #29 #4 #30 #29 #19 #30 #24 #22
Jazz 43.1 -2.7 #6 #13 #29 #6 #6 #17 #9 #8
Jazz 42.8 +1.2 #18 #20 #16 #18 #8 #25 #19 #18
Jazz 54.1 +8.7 #29 #25 #25 #29 #27 #30 #30 #30
Wizards 55.5 +1.8 #28 #19 #17 #28 #4 #7 #20 #18
Wizards 52.0 +7.4 #28 #28 #25 #28 #22 #20 #30 #30
Wizards 50.8 +5.0 #20 #23 #18 #20 #22 #21 #26 #26
Wizards 46.3 +4.7 #28 #22 #21 #28 #4 #5 #25 #26
Wizards 50.1 +4.7 #23 #30 #28 #23 #14 #20 #28 #28