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RJ Barrett vs top defenses

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

RJ Barrett has averaged 17.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in 8 games against top-5 defenses, vs 19.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in 39 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-5 defenses
17.6
points per game · 8 games
Vs everyone else
19.8
points per game · 39 games
Difference
−2.2
per game, top 5 minus everyone else

Career and by season

RJ Barrett per game averages against top-5 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 5817.66.03.11.80.80.430.948.1%78.1%58.7%54.7%−2.2
Everyone else3919.85.53.31.60.70.430.348.7%68.2%57.1%54.0%
2026-27Top 50–––––––––––
Everyone else720.76.14.01.60.60.632.549.1%58.8%55.4%53.9%
2025-26Top 5817.66.03.11.80.80.430.948.1%78.1%58.7%54.7%−2.0
Everyone else3219.65.33.11.60.70.429.848.6%70.1%57.5%54.0%

Every game against top-5 defenses

  1. Apr 5, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 35 min
  2. Mar 31, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)24 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  3. Mar 15, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 39 min
  4. Feb 25, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 7 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  5. Feb 24, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 34 min
  6. Feb 11, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 30 min
  7. Jan 25, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  8. Dec 28, 2025vs GSW · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 24 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, 40 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 17 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.