NBA hustle stats leaders, 2025-26

Cason Wallace led the NBA in deflections in 2025-26, 339. Jalen Brunson drew the most charges, 29. Dyson Daniels recovered the most loose balls, 77.

Deflections, 2025-26

Passes and dribbles a defender got a hand to.

Deflections, the top 15
#	Player	Team	DEFL
1	Cason Wallace	OKC	339	77 games
2	Ausar Thompson	DET	321	73 games
3	Dyson Daniels	ATL	316	76 games
4	Ryan Rollins	MIL	299	74 games
5	Kris Dunn	LAC	296	82 games
6	Reed Sheppard	HOU	289	82 games
7	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	ATL	271	78 games
8	Jordan Goodwin	PHX	260	70 games
9	Jake LaRavia	LAL	257	82 games
10	Scottie Barnes	TOR	254	80 games
11	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	250	70 games
12	VJ Edgecombe	PHI	244	75 games
13	Donte DiVincenzo	MIN	241	81 games
14	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	220	65 games
15	Amen Thompson	HOU	213	79 games

Offensive fouls drawn by taking a charge.

Charges drawn, the top 15
#	Player	Team	CHG
1	Jalen Brunson	NYK	29	74 games
2	Brandin Podziemski	GSW	23	81 games
3	Marcus Smart	LAL	20	62 games
4	Toumani Camara	POR	18	82 games
5	Jaylin Williams	OKC	17	65 games
6	Austin Reaves	LAL	15	51 games
7	Isaac Okoro	CHI	14	63 games
8	Luka Doncic	LAL	14	64 games
9	Collin Gillespie	PHX	12	80 games
10	Dru Smith	MIA	12	68 games
11	Pelle Larsson	MIA	12	70 games
12	Brice Sensabaugh	UTA	9	71 games
13	Nique Clifford	SAC	9	75 games
14	Bryce McGowens	NOP	8	40 games
15	Davion Mitchell	MIA	8	70 games

Loose balls a player came up with.

Loose balls recovered, the top 15
#	Player	Team	LB
1	Dyson Daniels	ATL	77	76 games
2	VJ Edgecombe	PHI	77	75 games
3	Collin Gillespie	PHX	70	80 games
4	Amen Thompson	HOU	67	79 games
5	Donte DiVincenzo	MIN	62	81 games
6	Ausar Thompson	DET	61	73 games
7	Desmond Bane	ORL	61	82 games
8	Jalen Duren	DET	58	70 games
9	Jaylen Brown	BOS	58	71 games
10	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	ATL	58	78 games
11	Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	58	74 games
12	Cade Cunningham	DET	56	64 games
13	Josh Hart	NYK	56	66 games
14	Cedric Coward	MEM	55	62 games
15	Cooper Flagg	DAL	55	70 games

Screens that led straight to a teammate's basket.

Screen assists, the top 15
#	Player	Team	SCR AST
1	Rudy Gobert	MIN	307	76 games
2	Neemias Queta	BOS	276	76 games
3	Deandre Ayton	LAL	268	72 games
4	Oso Ighodaro	PHX	251	82 games
5	Luke Kornet	SAS	237	68 games
6	Nikola Jokic	DEN	221	65 games
7	Wendell Carter Jr.	ORL	218	78 games
8	Moussa Diabate	CHA	215	73 games
9	Maxime Raynaud	SAC	210	74 games
10	Nic Claxton	BKN	199	69 games
11	Jalen Duren	DET	186	70 games
12	Donovan Clingan	POR	177	77 games
13	Jusuf Nurkic	UTA	177	41 games
14	Marvin Bagley III	DAL	177	60 games
15	Draymond Green	GSW	174	68 games

Shots a defender closed out on.

Contested shots, the top 15
#	Player	Team	CONT
1	Donovan Clingan	POR	1,038	77 games
2	Rudy Gobert	MIN	807	76 games
3	Jay Huff	IND	700	81 games
4	Chet Holmgren	OKC	687	69 games
5	Evan Mobley	CLE	670	65 games
6	Luke Kornet	SAS	651	68 games
7	Ryan Kalkbrenner	CHA	647	69 games
8	Brook Lopez	LAC	621	75 games
9	Alperen Sengun	HOU	616	71 games
10	Matas Buzelis	CHI	610	77 games
11	Jalen Duren	DET	603	70 games
12	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	601	64 games
13	Wendell Carter Jr.	ORL	595	78 games
14	Neemias Queta	BOS	591	76 games
15	Myles Turner	MIL	574	71 games

Times a player sealed off an opponent for a rebound (tracked from 2017-18).

Box outs, the top 15
#	Player	Team	BOX
1	Rudy Gobert	MIN	192	76 games
2	Wendell Carter Jr.	ORL	187	78 games
3	Moussa Diabate	CHA	179	73 games
4	Karl-Anthony Towns	NYK	175	75 games
5	Ryan Kalkbrenner	CHA	175	69 games
6	Jalen Duren	DET	168	70 games
7	Bam Adebayo	MIA	160	73 games
8	Mitchell Robinson	NYK	158	60 games
9	Neemias Queta	BOS	157	76 games
10	Jock Landale	ATL	149	68 games
11	Nikola Jokic	DEN	147	65 games
12	Donovan Clingan	POR	136	77 games
13	Jusuf Nurkic	UTA	129	41 games
14	Nikola Vucevic	BOS	127	64 games
15	Alperen Sengun	HOU	119	71 games

From NBA.com's hustle stats, season totals.