best defensive players this year

best defensive players this year

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1Kiah Stokes
K. Stokes
2026
GSV GSV
6
21.3
3.8
4.8
1.7
0.8
1.7
1.5
4.0
37.5
0.3
1.3
25.0
0.5
1.0
50.0
43.2
1.0
3.8
0.2
128
23
29
10
5
10
1
21
+14
2Skylar Diggins
S. Diggins
2026
CHI CHI
6
30.2
14.5
4.5
6.0
1.0
1.2
5.2
12.5
41.3
1.0
3.7
27.3
3.2
4.5
70.4
50.1
0.8
3.7
1.2
181
87
27
36
6
7
7
15
-19
3Erica Wheeler
E. Wheeler
2026
LAS LAS
6
27.0
5.5
2.3
4.8
1.5
0.2
2.0
6.8
29.3
0.8
3.2
26.3
0.7
0.8
80.0
38.2
0.3
2.0
1.7
162
33
14
29
9
1
10
19
+6
4Chelsea Gray
C. Gray
2026
LVA LVA
6
30.3
12.0
4.0
6.7
0.7
1.0
4.8
9.5
50.9
2.2
4.7
46.4
0.2
0.2
100.0
62.7
0.2
3.8
3.7
182
72
24
40
4
6
22
9
+18
5Dearica Hamby
D. Hamby
2026
LAS LAS
6
30.8
18.5
8.2
2.7
1.2
0.0
6.3
10.5
60.3
0.7
1.5
44.4
5.2
6.5
79.5
69.2
2.2
6.0
2.2
185
111
49
16
7
0
13
22
-8
6Damiris Dantas
D. Dantas
2026
IND IND
5
7.4
3.2
0.8
0.2
0.2
0.4
1.2
2.2
54.5
0.8
1.8
44.4
0.0
0.0
72.7
0.0
0.8
0.6
37
16
4
1
1
2
3
11
+12
7Natasha Cloud
N. Cloud
2026
CHI CHI
6
28.5
11.7
4.7
4.8
0.8
0.3
4.3
8.3
52.0
0.8
3.0
27.8
2.2
3.0
72.2
60.4
0.3
4.3
3.0
171
70
28
29
5
2
18
25
-14
8Alysha Clark
A. Clark
2026
DAL DAL
5
6.4
1.6
1.2
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.6
1.2
50.0
0.4
1.0
40.0
0.0
0.0
66.7
0.2
1.0
0.4
32
8
6
0
1
1
2
4
+1
9Kayla McBride
K. McBride
2026
MIN MIN
7
33.0
14.7
4.4
2.0
1.7
0.3
4.7
10.6
44.6
1.4
4.4
32.3
3.9
4.4
87.1
58.8
0.6
3.9
1.6
231
103
31
14
12
2
11
11
+47
10Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
2026
PHX PHX
8
33.6
16.9
7.8
8.1
1.9
0.1
5.9
11.0
53.4
0.0
0.0
5.1
7.3
70.7
59.5
1.6
6.1
3.5
269
135
62
65
15
1
28
23
+7
11Rebecca Allen
R. Allen
2026
NYL NYL
4
16.8
3.0
2.3
1.0
0.5
0.3
0.5
4.3
11.8
0.5
3.0
16.7
1.5
1.5
100.0
30.5
0.3
2.0
0.8
67
12
9
4
2
1
3
9
-25
12Odyssey Sims
O. Sims
2026
DAL DAL
7
19.7
8.0
0.7
3.3
1.0
0.0
3.1
6.0
52.4
0.7
1.7
41.7
1.0
1.1
87.5
61.5
0.0
0.7
1.6
138
56
5
23
7
0
11
13
-10
13Natasha Howard
N. Howard
2026
MIN MIN
7
28.6
17.7
8.3
4.0
0.9
0.7
7.9
11.7
67.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.0
4.1
48.3
65.4
3.9
4.4
4.3
200
124
58
28
6
5
30
29
+79
14Stefanie Dolson
S. Dolson
2026
SEA SEA
8
24.9
7.3
3.8
1.8
0.5
1.1
2.1
4.1
51.5
0.8
2.0
37.5
2.3
2.5
90.0
69.4
0.5
3.3
1.3
199
58
30
14
4
9
10
28
+19
15Kayla Thornton
K. Thornton
2026
GSV GSV
6
27.0
9.7
5.3
0.7
0.8
0.5
3.5
9.0
38.9
1.3
4.2
32.0
1.3
1.5
88.9
50.0
1.7
3.7
1.0
162
58
32
4
5
3
6
15
+42
16Tiffany Hayes
T. Hayes
2026
GSV GSV
4
15.5
9.5
1.3
2.0
0.3
0.0
3.0
7.0
42.9
0.8
2.3
33.3
2.8
3.0
91.7
57.1
0.0
1.3
0.5
62
38
5
8
1
0
2
7
+3
17Jewell Loyd
J. Loyd
2026
LVA LVA
6
27.2
7.0
2.7
1.7
0.7
0.3
2.5
8.3
30.0
1.5
5.8
25.7
0.5
1.0
50.0
39.9
0.0
2.7
1.0
163
42
16
10
4
2
6
16
-12
18Cheyenne Parker-Tyus
C. Parker-Tyus
2026
LVA LVA
5
11.2
4.0
2.4
0.6
0.4
1.2
1.6
3.0
53.3
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.8
1.0
80.0
58.1
0.8
1.6
0.8
56
20
12
3
2
6
4
6
+7
19Elizabeth Williams
E. Williams
2026
CHI CHI
7
17.0
5.0
4.9
1.1
0.4
0.9
2.0
4.1
48.3
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.4
41.2
48.0
2.0
2.9
1.0
119
35
34
8
3
6
7
10
-12
20DeWanna Bonner
D. Bonner
2026
PHX PHX
8
28.1
8.8
5.8
1.3
1.0
0.8
3.3
8.6
37.7
0.8
4.1
18.2
1.5
1.5
100.0
47.1
0.9
4.9
0.9
225
70
46
10
8
6
7
16
-2
21Betnijah Laney-Hamilton
B. Laney-Hamilton
2026
NYL NYL
5
21.6
8.0
1.8
2.2
0.4
0.2
2.4
5.0
48.0
1.0
3.0
33.3
2.2
2.4
91.7
66.1
0.2
1.6
1.2
108
40
9
11
2
1
6
7
+43
22Nneka Ogwumike
N. Ogwumike
2026
LAS LAS
5
31.6
15.6
6.6
2.0
1.2
0.2
5.8
10.4
55.8
1.8
2.8
64.3
2.2
2.6
84.6
67.6
1.2
5.4
2.0
158
78
33
10
6
1
10
9
-15
23Brittney Griner
B. Griner
2026
CON CON
3
27.3
15.0
5.7
2.0
0.7
0.7
6.0
11.3
52.9
0.0
0.7
0.0
3.0
4.0
75.0
57.3
3.0
2.7
2.0
82
45
17
6
2
2
6
9
-21
24Valeriane Ayayi
V. Ayayi
2026
PHX PHX
5
11.4
4.0
2.2
1.0
0.6
0.0
1.0
2.8
35.7
0.4
1.0
40.0
1.6
2.6
61.5
50.7
0.4
1.8
0.8
57
20
11
5
3
0
4
10
-16
25Zia Cooke
Z. Cooke
2026
SEA SEA
8
19.0
11.0
2.8
1.8
0.5
0.0
3.5
9.9
35.4
1.3
3.9
32.3
2.8
3.4
81.5
48.4
1.0
1.8
1.8
152
88
22
14
4
0
14
11
+17
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Wilson

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Jordin Canada

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A'ja Wilson

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Wings

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Valkyries

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DRtg Rankings
Valkyries

98.8

Lynx

100.9

Dream

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Fever

101.8

Aces

103.3

Storm

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NetRtg Rankings
Valkyries

12.3

Lynx

9.3

Fever

7.8

Aces

4.9

Wings

4.5

Liberty

3.6
Tank Leaderboard
Sun

1-8

Mercury

2-6

Storm

3-5

Sky

3-4

Tempo

4-4

Sparks

3-3

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307.8

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Breanna Stewart

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WNBA 2026 Standings

TeamWLPCTGB
1
Lynx Lynx
5
2
.714
2
Aces Aces
4
2
.667
0.5
3
Fever Fever
4
2
.667
0.5
4
Dream Dream
4
2
.667
0.5
5
Valkyries Valkyries
4
2
.667
0.5
6
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5
3
.625
0.5
7
Wings Wings
4
3
.571
1.0
8
Mystics Mystics
3
3
.500
1.5
9
Sparks Sparks
3
3
.500
1.5
10
Liberty Liberty
4
4
.500
1.5
11
Tempo Tempo
4
4
.500
1.5
12
Sky Sky
3
4
.429
2.0
13
Storm Storm
3
5
.375
2.5
14
Mercury Mercury
2
6
.250
3.5
15
Sun Sun
1
8
.111
5.0

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
5/28
LVA LVA
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Thu
5/28
IND IND
@
GSV GSV
10:00 PM
Fri
5/29
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
7:30 PM
Fri
5/29
LAS LAS
@
WAS WAS
7:30 PM
Fri
5/29
PHX PHX
@
NYL NYL
7:30 PM