best defensive guards this year

	NAME	SEASON	TM	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	Skylar Diggins S. Diggins	2026	CHI	19	29.1	14.2	3.2	4.9	0.9	0.6	4.6	11.7	39.2	1.4	3.6	38.2	3.6	4.7	77.5	51.5	0.7	2.5	1.7	553	269	60	93	18	11	33	41	-80
2	Erica Wheeler E. Wheeler	2026	LAS	18	27.3	7.6	1.7	4.7	1.1	0.1	2.7	8.1	33.8	0.9	4.1	23.3	1.2	1.4	84.6	43.8	0.4	1.2	2.0	492	137	30	84	19	2	36	52	-36
3	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	2026	LVA	20	33.4	12.6	4.0	7.4	1.2	0.4	4.6	10.1	45.0	2.1	5.0	41.0	1.5	1.6	93.5	58.4	0.3	3.7	3.2	668	252	79	147	23	8	64	42	+88
4	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	2026	CHI	3	16.0	8.7	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	2.7	4.7	57.1	0.7	1.0	66.7	2.7	3.7	72.7	69.0	0.3	2.7	1.7	48	26	9	18	3	0	5	5	+22
5	Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	2026	CHI	19	26.9	9.3	3.5	4.1	0.9	0.4	3.0	6.8	44.2	0.9	2.8	31.5	2.4	2.9	81.8	57.4	0.4	3.1	2.4	512	176	66	78	17	8	46	64	-66
6	Kayla McBride K. McBride	2026	MIN	20	31.6	14.8	3.8	2.5	1.6	0.2	5.0	12.1	41.3	2.1	6.1	34.4	2.7	3.1	88.5	55.1	0.7	3.1	1.5	632	296	76	50	31	3	30	39	+141
7	Odyssey Sims O. Sims	2026	DAL	11	16.5	5.6	0.9	2.8	0.7	0.2	2.2	4.7	46.2	0.5	1.1	41.7	0.8	1.1	75.0	54.1	0.0	0.9	1.5	182	62	10	31	8	2	17	13	+2
8	Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	2026	GSV	19	15.1	7.2	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.1	2.3	5.4	43.1	0.5	1.6	32.3	2.0	2.4	84.4	55.8	0.2	1.1	1.0	287	136	25	40	10	2	19	35	+4
9	Jewell Loyd J. Loyd	2026	LVA	18	27.7	8.1	2.6	1.4	1.1	0.2	2.8	7.7	36.2	1.8	5.6	33.0	0.7	1.0	72.2	50.0	0.3	2.2	0.8	498	146	46	26	20	4	15	44	+21
10	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton B. Laney-Hamilton	2026	NYL	14	17.6	5.3	2.1	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.6	4.2	37.3	0.6	2.4	26.5	1.5	1.9	80.8	52.5	0.1	1.9	1.6	247	74	29	22	5	3	22	21	+51
11	Zia Cooke Z. Cooke	2026	SEA	21	15.7	7.8	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	2.5	7.2	34.9	0.9	2.9	31.7	1.9	2.3	79.6	47.2	0.6	1.4	1.2	329	164	42	23	7	0	26	31	-75
12	Lexie Brown L. Brown	2026	SEA	10	14.8	3.8	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.6	46.2	0.9	2.0	45.0	0.5	0.6	83.3	66.3	0.1	1.2	1.0	148	38	13	11	5	1	10	13	-40
13	Aaliyah Nye A. Nye	2026	ATL	11	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	25.0	0.1	0.2	50.0	0.0	0.0		37.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	16	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	+9
14	Katie Lou Samuelson K. Lou Samuelson	2026	SEA	15	15.8	3.6	2.2	1.1	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.5	34.6	0.7	2.5	28.9	0.5	0.7	63.6	47.5	0.2	2.0	0.5	237	54	33	17	13	1	7	13	-77
15	Jackie Young J. Young	2026	LVA	20	32.8	16.5	4.7	6.7	0.9	0.4	6.2	13.5	45.6	2.0	5.3	37.1	2.3	2.4	93.8	56.7	1.0	3.7	2.3	655	330	94	134	18	8	45	50	+124
16	Julie Allemand J. Allemand	2026	TOR	14	27.4	6.2	2.9	5.1	1.6	0.5	2.4	4.4	54.1	1.0	2.6	38.9	0.5	0.6	87.5	67.4	0.1	2.7	1.5	384	87	40	71	23	7	21	26	+37
17	Natisha Hiedeman N. Hiedeman	2026	SEA	21	28.5	15.5	2.4	4.5	1.0	0.2	5.5	12.1	45.3	2.2	5.9	37.9	2.3	2.6	88.9	58.5	0.1	2.3	2.3	598	325	51	95	21	4	48	41	-62
18	Rae Burrell R. Burrell	2026	LAS	18	26.6	11.9	2.3	1.8	0.5	0.6	4.0	9.2	43.6	1.2	3.6	33.8	2.7	3.3	81.4	56.0	0.7	1.6	1.8	478	214	41	33	9	11	33	35	-100
19	Kelsey Plum K. Plum	2026	LAS	12	34.5	23.9	2.2	6.4	1.2	0.0	8.3	15.7	52.7	2.6	6.8	38.3	4.8	6.0	80.6	65.3	0.3	1.9	3.1	414	287	26	77	14	0	37	41	-4
20	Karlie Samuelson K. Samuelson	2026	PDX	10	14.4	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.3	36.4	0.8	2.9	27.6	0.8	0.9	88.9	54.1	0.5	0.9	0.3	144	40	14	10	5	3	3	13	-26
21	Aubrey Griffin A. Griffin	2026	NYL	4	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	+1
22	Sarah Ashlee Barker S. Ashlee Barker	2026	PDX	20	25.3	11.2	4.3	2.3	0.9	0.4	4.3	8.7	49.7	1.5	3.7	41.1	1.1	1.5	75.9	60.3	0.9	3.5	2.2	506	224	86	46	18	7	44	50	-69
23	Aziaha James A. James	2026	DAL	20	13.2	7.2	2.7	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.7	6.7	40.6	0.5	1.9	23.7	1.4	1.8	75.0	48.4	0.7	2.1	0.7	264	144	54	31	22	4	13	38	+18
24	Kennedy Burke K. Burke	2026	CON	19	23.9	8.2	3.4	1.6	1.1	0.8	2.7	7.1	37.8	0.9	3.3	28.6	1.8	2.6	71.4	49.5	1.0	2.4	1.6	455	155	64	31	20	15	31	27	-35
25	Saniya Rivers S. Rivers	2026	CON	19	23.7	7.0	2.5	3.3	0.9	0.7	2.7	7.8	34.5	0.4	2.1	20.0	1.2	1.8	67.6	40.8	0.4	2.1	1.7	451	133	47	63	17	14	32	39	-115

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WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

25.7

Wilson

23.9

Plum

21.6

Mitchell

RPG Leaders

11.8

Reese

11.3

Shepard

9.4

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.4

Thomas

8.2

Clark

7.4

Gray

SPG Leaders

2.5

Howard

2.1

Lacan

2.0

Canada

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

2.0

Engstler

1.9

Stokes

3PM Leaders

3.6

Mabrey

3.4

Howard

2.6

Clark

TS% Leaders

69.6

Carter

67.6

Cunningham

67.4

Allemand

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

112.6

111.9

111.5

111.2

109.4

DRtg Rankings

99.5

102.2

104.0

104.3

105.2

106.0

NetRtg Rankings

12.3

6.4

5.9

5.6

4.7

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

4-16

5-16

6-14

8-13

8-12

8-10

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

938.1

Wilson

795.8

Stewart

761.9

Reese

DraftKings Points Leaders

927

Wilson

792.8

Stewart

783.8

Reese

USG% Leaders

32.6

Wilson

31.7

Clark

31.0

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

35.2

Howard

34.6

Citron

34.5

Plum

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

1.33

Boston

1.24

Cardoso

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.52

Wilson

1.35

Boston

1.32

Clark

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

9-4

9-6

9-5

7-6

7-4

7-6

Worst Record ATS

4-8

5-8

6-7

6-9

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Aces	15	5	.750
2	Lynx	15	5	.750
3	Valkyries	13	7	.650	2.0
4	Liberty	13	8	.619	2.5
5	Dream	12	8	.600	3.0
6	Wings	12	8	.600	3.0
7	Fever	11	8	.579	3.5
8	Mystics	10	9	.526	4.5
9	Tempo	9	10	.474	5.5
10	Sparks	8	10	.444	6.0
11	Fire	8	12	.400	7.0
12	Mercury	8	13	.381	7.5
13	Sky	6	14	.300	9.0
14	Storm	5	16	.238	10.5
15	Sun	4	16	.200	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)
Sat 7/4	PDX	@	SEA	9:00 PM
Sun 7/5	DAL	@	TOR	3:00 PM
Sun 7/5	IND	@	LVA	7:00 PM
Mon 7/6	GSV	@	WAS	7:30 PM
Mon 7/6	CON	@	MIN	8:00 PM

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