The Minnesota Lynx have the lowest defensive rating by a team this season, with a 98.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

top team defensive rating this regular season

	TEAM	DRTG	SEASON	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Lynx	98.2	2026	18	200.0	90.8	37.1	21.4	9.1	5.1	34.6	70.5	49.1	7.7	20.7	37.1	13.9	17.6	78.9	58.0	9.5	27.6	14.7	3,600	1,634	667	386	163	92	264	354
2	Valkyries	103.0	2026	18	200.0	83.4	33.8	18.4	6.8	4.2	28.3	69.2	40.9	11.3	31.6	35.9	15.5	20.3	76.4	53.4	9.4	24.3	10.9	3,600	1,501	608	332	123	75	196	348
3	Dream	103.2	2026	17	200.0	89.0	35.6	20.2	9.2	2.9	31.2	70.4	44.3	8.9	26.6	33.4	17.8	24.1	73.8	54.9	11.2	24.4	13.6	3,400	1,513	605	343	157	50	231	323
4	Liberty	103.9	2026	18	201.4	88.9	35.5	21.0	5.9	4.2	29.8	64.3	46.3	10.3	28.3	36.3	19.1	22.3	85.8	60.0	7.4	28.1	15.5	3,625	1,601	639	378	107	75	279	355
5	Wings	105.4	2026	17	201.5	89.4	34.0	23.1	7.6	3.4	33.5	72.4	46.2	8.5	24.6	34.6	13.9	18.0	77.1	55.6	8.8	25.2	11.6	3,425	1,519	578	393	130	58	197	307
6	Mystics	105.9	2026	16	203.1	81.9	35.1	18.8	6.0	3.2	28.2	63.1	44.7	5.6	19.1	29.1	20.0	26.8	74.8	54.7	9.2	25.9	16.3	3,250	1,311	562	301	96	51	261	354
7	Aces	107.1	2026	17	200.0	89.2	35.5	23.3	6.9	5.6	33.5	69.2	48.4	8.4	23.2	36.3	13.8	18.3	75.2	57.7	8.4	27.1	12.6	3,400	1,517	603	396	117	96	214	292
8	Sky	107.1	2026	17	201.5	83.5	33.4	19.4	6.8	5.5	28.8	68.6	41.9	6.4	22.4	28.6	19.5	25.8	75.6	52.2	8.6	24.7	13.5	3,425	1,419	567	330	116	94	230	369
9	Fever	107.5	2026	18	202.8	93.0	33.9	21.1	6.1	3.9	32.0	68.5	46.7	9.8	27.5	35.6	19.2	23.3	82.4	59.0	8.0	25.9	16.6	3,650	1,674	610	379	109	71	298	436
10	Storm	108.0	2026	18	201.4	78.8	31.6	18.6	7.2	4.6	27.2	65.8	41.3	8.7	25.6	33.8	15.8	19.5	80.9	53.0	6.7	24.9	14.5	3,625	1,418	568	334	129	83	261	362
11	Mercury	109.3	2026	19	201.3	83.7	31.8	19.4	7.5	3.6	28.5	65.4	43.6	7.8	24.3	32.1	18.8	23.6	79.7	55.2	7.7	24.1	13.9	3,825	1,590	605	369	142	69	265	356
12	Sun	109.4	2026	18	201.4	79.9	34.1	18.8	8.1	4.4	29.7	69.2	42.9	5.1	19.2	26.6	15.3	22.3	68.7	50.5	10.2	23.8	14.5	3,625	1,438	613	339	146	79	261	422
13	Sparks	112.3	2026	16	201.6	88.4	30.9	20.3	7.5	3.2	30.9	67.4	45.9	8.5	26.3	32.4	18.0	22.8	79.1	57.1	8.4	22.5	14.9	3,225	1,414	495	324	120	51	239	334
14	Tempo	112.9	2026	17	201.5	89.4	30.6	19.6	8.4	3.5	30.1	68.4	44.0	9.7	27.4	35.4	19.6	23.5	83.3	56.8	8.2	22.4	13.5	3,425	1,520	521	333	143	60	229	389
15	Fire	113.0	2026	18	200.0	82.0	28.4	19.8	6.9	4.2	29.1	66.0	44.1	9.4	26.9	34.9	14.4	17.9	80.2	55.5	7.4	21.0	15.6	3,600	1,476	512	356	125	75	281	401

StatMuse has team, season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1997 season.

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More Lynx Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

18.6

Miles

RPG

7.8

Howard

APG

5.6

Miles

Team Rankings

ORTG

112.2

1st

DRTG

98.2

1st

NETRTG

14.0

1st

3P%

37.1

1st

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	14	4	.778
2	Aces	12	5	.706	1.5
3	Wings	11	6	.647	2.5
4	Valkyries	11	7	.611	3.0
5	Sparks	8	8	.500	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 6/28	MIN	@	DAL	2:00 PM
Fri 7/3	MIN	@	NYL	7:30 PM
Mon 7/6	CON	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Wed 7/8	MIN	@	CON	7:30 PM
Sat 7/11	NYL	@	MIN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Lynx

14 - 4

Final

Mystics

8 - 8

Wed 24 Jun 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

25.1

Wilson

23.9

Plum

21.4

Mitchell

RPG Leaders

11.8

Reese

11.1

Shepard

9.9

Morrow

APG Leaders

8.4

Thomas

8.2

Clark

7.3

Gray

SPG Leaders

2.6

Howard

2.1

Canada

1.8

Howard

BPG Leaders

2.1

Wilson

1.9

Griner

1.9

Engstler

3PM Leaders

3.3

Howard

3.2

Mabrey

2.6

Clark

TS% Leaders

69.1

Carter

67.9

Smith

67.4

Cunningham

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

112.2

111.5

111.3

111.0

110.9

110.7

DRtg Rankings

98.2

103.0

103.2

103.9

105.4

105.9

NetRtg Rankings

14.0

7.5

7.4

6.3

5.6

4.3

Tank Leaderboard

3-15

5-12

6-13

8-10

8-9

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

830.8

Wilson

729.6

Stewart

658.1

Thomas

DraftKings Points Leaders

820.5

Wilson

724

Stewart

688

Clark

USG% Leaders

32.3

Malonga

32.2

Wilson

31.6

Clark

MPG Leaders

34.7

Howard

34.5

Plum

33.7

Thomas

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.52

Wilson

1.31

Boston

1.29

James

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.51

Wilson

1.34

Boston

1.32

Clark

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

8-3

6-4

6-5

6-6

6-4

Worst Record ATS

3-7

4-7

4-8

4-6

5-5

5-4

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	14	4	.778
2	Aces	12	5	.706	1.5
3	Dream	12	5	.706	1.5
4	Liberty	12	6	.667	2.0
5	Wings	11	6	.647	2.5
6	Valkyries	11	7	.611	3.0
7	Fever	10	8	.556	4.0
8	Sparks	8	8	.500	5.0
9	Mystics	8	8	.500	5.0
10	Tempo	8	9	.471	5.5
11	Fire	8	10	.444	6.0
12	Mercury	6	13	.316	8.5
13	Sky	5	12	.294	8.5
14	Storm	3	15	.167	11.0
15	Sun	3	15	.167	11.0

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 5/8	WAS	@	TOR	68-65
Fri 5/8	CON	@	NYL	75-106
Fri 5/8	GSV	@	SEA	91-80
Sat 5/9	DAL	@	IND	107-104
Sat 5/9	PHX	@	LVA	99-66

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 6/25	LAS	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Thu 6/25	DAL	@	LVA	10:00 PM
Thu 6/25	NYL	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Fri 6/26	PDX	@	CHI	7:30 PM
Fri 6/26	WAS	@	CON	7:30 PM