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Derik Queen vs top defenses

NOP · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Derik Queen has averaged 11.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in 9 games against top-5 defenses, vs 11.7 points and 7.3 rebounds in 61 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-5 defenses
11.1
points per game · 9 games
Vs everyone else
11.7
points per game · 61 games
Difference
−0.6
per game, top 5 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Derik Queen per game averages against top-5 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 5911.17.22.90.10.71.226.744.4%70.4%49.1%45.0%−0.6
Everyone else6111.77.33.80.41.10.925.048.0%82.2%56.4%50.1%
2026-27Top 50–––––––––––
Everyone else712.47.72.60.41.10.623.752.7%86.7%63.8%55.5%
2025-26Top 5911.17.22.90.10.71.226.744.4%70.4%49.1%45.0%−0.5
Everyone else5411.67.23.90.41.10.925.147.4%81.5%55.5%49.5%

Every game against top-5 defenses

  1. Apr 10, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 11 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 3 blk · 39 min
  2. Mar 26, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 11 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  3. Mar 24, 2026at NYK · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 18 min
  4. Feb 11, 2026vs MIA · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 5 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 31 min
  5. Jan 27, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 26 min
  6. Jan 25, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  7. Jan 21, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 4 reb, 8 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 23 min
  8. Jan 4, 2026at MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 30 min
  9. Dec 18, 2025vs HOU · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 12 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 35 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (7 games here, 63 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 18 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.