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	34	27.8	9.2	2.0	5.3	1.0	0.1	3.4	8.7	39.1	1.3	4.4	28.5	1.1	1.3	86.7	49.6	0.3	1.8	1.9	946	314	69	181	35	2	66	100	-30
3	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	2026	LVA	36	33.3	12.3	3.2	6.9	1.3	0.3	4.4	10.1	43.8	1.9	4.9	38.4	1.5	1.6	93.2	56.7	0.3	2.9	2.9	1,197	443	115	249	45	12	105	81	+143
4	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	2026	CHI	19	21.3	9.2	2.9	4.9	1.3	0.3	3.0	7.2	41.9	0.9	2.4	40.0	2.2	2.9	75.0	54.2	0.5	2.4	1.9	404	174	55	93	24	5	36	33	-26
5	Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	2026	CHI	35	28.9	11.2	3.5	5.0	1.1	0.3	3.7	7.8	47.4	1.1	3.4	32.8	2.7	3.1	86.2	61.0	0.3	3.2	2.2	1,010	393	123	175	39	11	78	108	-69
6	Kayla McBride K. McBride	2026	MIN	37	32.4	18.3	3.1	2.1	1.7	0.2	6.0	12.7	47.1	2.9	6.9	42.4	3.4	3.6	91.9	63.7	0.6	2.5	1.3	1,197	676	116	76	64	9	49	71	+271
7	Odyssey Sims O. Sims	2026	DAL	27	15.7	5.4	1.1	2.2	0.5	0.1	1.9	4.8	39.2	0.6	1.7	33.3	1.1	1.3	85.3	50.4	0.1	1.0	1.1	424	146	29	59	14	2	29	36	-2
8	Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	2026	GSV	33	16.5	8.5	1.8	2.4	0.7	0.2	2.8	6.1	45.3	0.5	2.0	26.9	2.5	3.0	82.7	57.6	0.5	1.3	1.1	545	281	61	80	24	7	36	70	+95
9	Jewell Loyd J. Loyd	2026	LVA	35	26.9	7.9	2.3	1.5	1.1	0.1	2.6	7.3	35.8	1.7	5.2	32.6	1.0	1.3	81.8	50.7	0.5	1.9	1.0	943	277	81	51	38	5	34	84	+72
10	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton B. Laney-Hamilton	2026	TOT	21	16.5	4.7	1.8	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.5	4.1	35.6	0.6	2.4	26.0	1.1	1.4	79.3	49.1	0.2	1.6	1.4	346	98	37	34	7	3	29	30	+47
11	Zia Cooke Z. Cooke	2026	SEA	37	14.8	7.5	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.0	2.4	6.7	35.7	0.8	2.6	30.2	1.9	2.3	81.2	48.2	0.5	1.2	1.1	546	276	60	32	11	0	40	50	-104
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	18	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	33.3	0.1	0.3	33.3	0.2	0.2	100.0	53.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	31	11	3	3	1	1	1	0	+7
14	Katie Lou Samuelson K. Lou Samuelson	2026	SEA	29	15.0	4.4	2.0	0.7	0.8	0.0	1.4	3.4	42.4	0.8	2.4	34.3	0.7	0.9	76.0	57.7	0.3	1.7	0.5	436	127	58	21	22	1	14	25	-144
15	Dana Evans D. Evans	2026	LVA	10	16.6	3.4	1.8	2.0	0.1	0.2	1.2	5.1	23.5	0.8	2.4	33.3	0.2	0.4	50.0	32.2	0.0	1.8	1.1	166	34	18	20	1	2	11	11	-80
16	Jackie Young J. Young	2026	LVA	36	32.6	18.6	4.4	6.7	0.9	0.3	6.6	13.7	48.4	2.3	5.8	39.0	3.1	3.3	93.3	61.4	0.8	3.7	2.5	1,174	669	159	240	31	11	89	80	+236
17	Julie Allemand J. Allemand	2026	TOR	27	29.1	6.5	3.1	5.7	1.5	0.4	2.5	4.4	55.8	1.3	2.9	43.6	0.3	0.4	80.0	70.7	0.2	2.9	1.7	785	176	84	153	40	11	47	54	-115
18	Natisha Hiedeman N. Hiedeman	2026	SEA	36	29.8	15.4	2.7	4.8	1.1	0.1	5.5	12.4	44.4	1.9	5.6	33.7	2.5	2.9	85.8	56.3	0.3	2.4	2.2	1,073	555	97	172	39	5	80	63	-56
19	Rae Burrell R. Burrell	2026	LAS	35	29.1	14.3	2.3	2.6	0.8	0.6	4.9	10.6	46.1	1.6	4.1	39.6	2.9	3.5	80.6	58.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	1,017	499	82	90	27	20	81	57	-173
20	Kelsey Plum K. Plum	2026	TOT	16	31.4	22.3	2.2	5.6	1.0	0.0	7.6	14.4	52.8	2.4	6.3	38.6	4.6	5.6	81.1	65.8	0.2	2.0	2.9	503	356	35	90	16	0	47	51	-13
21	Karlie Samuelson K. Samuelson	2026	PDX	23	15.3	4.8	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.4	3.3	41.6	1.1	3.0	36.8	0.9	1.0	87.5	62.8	0.5	0.9	0.4	352	110	33	20	10	3	9	35	-46
22	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
23	Sarah Ashlee Barker S. Ashlee Barker	2026	PDX	26	24.7	10.7	4.5	2.4	0.9	0.3	4.2	8.3	50.2	1.4	3.5	40.0	1.0	1.3	74.3	60.3	0.8	3.7	2.0	642	278	117	62	23	9	52	64	-51
24	Aziaha James A. James	2026	DAL	34	11.5	6.1	2.4	1.2	0.7	0.3	2.2	5.6	38.5	0.4	1.6	22.2	1.4	1.9	73.0	46.9	0.6	1.8	0.7	392	206	82	41	25	9	23	53	+36
25	Kennedy Burke K. Burke	2026	CON	33	23.4	8.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	0.8	2.9	7.2	40.1	1.3	3.5	35.9	1.5	2.1	71.4	52.7	1.0	2.2	1.5	772	282	106	47	35	27	51	50	-79

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WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.1

Wilson

24.3

Mitchell

22.1

Clark

RPG Leaders

12.0

Reese

11.2

Shepard

9.7

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.3

Clark

8.2

Thomas

7.4

Canada

SPG Leaders

2.4

Howard

2.0

Canada

1.7

Fudd

BPG Leaders

2.1

Wilson

1.8

Griner

1.8

Stokes

3PM Leaders

3.3

Mabrey

3.2

Howard

2.9

McBride

TS% Leaders

70.7

Allemand

69.1

Cunningham

68.4

Carter

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

115.8

115.0

112.3

112.2

110.8

110.5

DRtg Rankings

101.6

103.6

104.0

104.8

107.9

108.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

8.2

7.1

5.6

3.8

3.7

Tank Leaderboard

7-30

9-25

10-25

12-23

13-23

14-22

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,717.2

Wilson

1,480.1

Stewart

1,310.6

Miles

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,700.3

Wilson

1,467.3

Stewart

1,339.3

Miles

USG% Leaders

32.9

Wilson

31.9

Clark

30.4

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.7

Howard

34.0

Thomas

33.5

Citron

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.57

Wilson

1.36

Boston

1.33

Malonga

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.55

Wilson

1.36

Boston

1.35

Clark

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

17-12

17-14

16-14

Worst Record ATS

9-20

10-19

11-18

13-15

13-14

14-15

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	30	7	.811
2	Valkyries - x	25	10	.714	4.0
3	Fever	24	12	.667	5.5
4	Aces - x	24	13	.649	6.0
5	Dream	22	13	.629	7.0
6	Mystics	21	14	.600	8.0
7	Liberty	22	15	.595	8.0
8	Wings	20	16	.556	9.5
9	Fire	15	20	.429	14.0
10	Sky	14	22	.389	15.5
11	Mercury	13	23	.361	16.5
12	Sparks	12	23	.343	17.0
13	Tempo - e	10	25	.286	19.0
14	Sun - e	9	25	.265	19.5
15	Storm - e	7	30	.189	23.0

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 6/3	TOR	@	NYL	82-97
Wed 6/3	PHX	@	SEA	72-68
Thu 6/4	ATL	@	IND	71-83
Thu 6/4	GSV	@	MIN	84-87
Fri 6/5	CON	@	CHI	80-85

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 8/20	IND	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 8/20	CON	@	LVA	10:00 PM
Thu 8/20	ATL	@	LAS	10:00 PM
Fri 8/21	GSV	@	CHI	7:30 PM
Fri 8/21	MIN	@	WAS	7:30 PM

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24.3

22.1

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11.2

9.7

8.3

8.2

7.4

2.4

2.0

1.7

2.1

1.8

1.8

3.3

3.2

2.9

70.7

69.1

68.4

WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

1,717.2

1,480.1

1,310.6

1,700.3

1,467.3

1,339.3

32.9

31.9

30.4

34.7

34.0

33.5

1.57

1.36

1.33

1.55

1.36

1.35

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