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Season 4 · After week 5

Best Defender Race

The ten best cases for Best Defender, re-scored after every game week.

Regular season10 of 12 games
How the score works

Per game: 1.5×steals + 2×blocks + 0.3×rebounds − 0.3×fouls. That's then scaled by team win rate and games played, so a hot two-game stretch can't top a full season.

The race · After week 5

Resty Santos leads Best Defender Race, 2.7 points ahead of Aaron Michael Sauz

Resty Santos tops the race with a 9.5 defense score, 2.7 points ahead of Aaron Michael Sauz. Chucky Saliva moves up to third, while JM Angeles drops to fourth after this week’s play.

FRONTRUNNERHeld #1 from last week RS Resty SANTOS BLACK · #17 · 5 GP · TEAM 2–3 9.5Defense score · +2.7 clear 1.0SPG4.2BPG#1 in league5.2STK#1 in league8.2RPG1.6PF

He literally makes 4.2 blocks per game, so he’s #1 in the league for that and also tops the steals‑plus‑blocks chart at 5.2, diba? On top of that, Resty pulls down 8.2 rebounds (ranked #8) while staying at just 1.6 fouls per game, so his defense score sits at a solid 9.5 and he’s holding steady at #1 in the Best Defender Race, like, for the second week straight. I mean, that kind of consistency makes the whole team’s defense look super tight, literally nakakaloka.

CLOSE SECOND▲2 from #4 AM Aaron Michael SAUZ WHITE · #27 · 5 GP 6.82.7 behind #1

Like, he literally made takbo with 9.6 rebounds per game to secure the boards, which is top-7 in the league naman. I mean, adding in 2.2 steals and 0.8 blocks puts him at 3.0 total per game, ranking him #4 out of 49 players, so he is basically an all-around menace. Plus, he stays out of foul trouble with just 1.8 fouls a game, helping his team to a 4W-1L record while climbing from #4 to #2 in the race, which is super nakakaloka diba.

2.2SPG0.8BPG9.6RPG1.8PF
IN THE MIX▲2 from #5 CS Chucky SALIVA MAROON · #16 · 5 GP 5.93.6 behind #1

The fact that his foul rate is literally 0.4 per game is so chaotic good, kasi he just made agaw the ball without even trying to reach in na. I mean, snapping up 2.4 steals a game while sitting at #3 in the league is seriously nakakaloka, right? Plus, grabbing 7.0 boards apiece shows he is right there in the action talaga, not just making habol from the outside. He climbed from #5 to #3 in the race this week, and with Maroon sitting at 3 wins already, that momentum is just super real, diba.

2.4SPG0.6BPG7.0RPG0.4PF

The chase #4–10 · per game

After week 5

JM Angeles Close, Jeryco Briones Climbs

So JM Angeles is literally right there at 5.4, just 0.5 behind Chucky Saliva naman. Meanwhile, Jeryco Briones made a super big jump from #16 to #10, which is honestly nakakaloka.

#4▼1 JA JM ANGELES WHITE · #28 · 5 GP 5.44.1 behind #1

He made agaw 2.0 steals per game, literally top-8 in the league, grabe. Slipping to #4 now, pero still 6.4 rebounds with only 1.2 fouls, super clean diba.

2.0SPG0.6BPG6.4RPG1.2PF
#5▲2 VS Vin SALENGA BLUE · #14 · 5 GP 5.34.2 behind #1

The 14.0 rebounds per game is literally insane, putting him at #1 in the league, diba? That top-4 block number is so naguguluhan, kasi he’s climbing to #5 with just 2.4 fouls.

1.4SPG0.8BPG14.0RPG2.4PF
#6– CU Carlo ULEP MAROON · #31 · 5 GP 5.24.3 behind #1

Holding steady at number six, Carlo is literally that 9.8 rebound machine, super nakakaloka kasi he just grabs everything. Five steals plus four blocks with only six total fouls in five games makes his case solid naman.

1.2SPG0.8BPG9.8RPG1.2PF
#7▼5 SK Steven Keith MANALO WHITE · #5 · 4 GP 5.04.5 behind #1

Literally 13.3 rebounds a game? That is top-2 in the league, super nakakaloka. And with 2.0 total takes while staying under the foul line, he made hold his defense spot steady, naman.

1.3SPG0.8BPG13.3RPG2.3PF
#8– WD Wel DOCTOR BLACK · 5 GP 4.64.9 behind #1

Literally leading the league with 2.8 steals per game, which is so nakakaloka. He also made agaw 7.2 rebounds while managing just 2.0 fouls, staying steady at #8 diba.

2.8SPG0.0BPG7.2RPG2.0PF
#9▲3 JR Jonathan Roque SALAZAR MAROON · #17 · 4 GP 3.75.8 behind #1

He's like, number four in steals with 2.3 per game, talagang he made agaw the ball. Now at number nine sa Best Defender Race, up three spots, which is super nice, diba?

2.3SPG0.5BPG4.5RPG1.5PF
#10▲6 JB Jeryco BRIONES BLUE · #25 · 5 GP 3.65.9 behind #1

He’s literally climbing, holding steady at #10 this week after making up six spots, diba? His 2.4 steals per game, which is #2 in the league, really makes him a contender, kasi he’s just so good.

2.4SPG0.4BPG3.4RPG1.8PF