best defensive rating for shooting guards 2026

Rhyne Howard has the lowest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 97.7 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games for shooting guards 2026

	NAME	DRTG	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	Rhyne Howard R. Howard	97.7	2026	ATL	12	34.9	18.9	3.7	3.3	3.0	0.8	6.1	14.4	42.2	3.5	9.3	37.8	3.3	3.8	84.8	58.7	0.8	2.9	1.5	419	227	44	40	36	10	18	32	+85
2	Courtney Williams C. Williams	99.2	2026	MIN	13	30.7	17.0	5.5	4.1	1.4	0.4	7.5	15.5	48.5	1.4	3.5	40.0	0.5	0.7	77.8	53.7	0.5	5.1	1.8	399	221	72	53	18	5	24	24	+96
3	Aziaha James A. James	99.2	2026	DAL	13	13.8	7.4	2.6	1.5	1.2	0.2	2.7	7.5	35.7	0.6	2.4	25.8	1.4	1.8	75.0	44.2	0.7	1.9	0.5	180	96	34	20	15	3	7	28	-7
4	Olivia Miles O. Miles	99.4	2026	MIN	13	30.9	18.6	5.1	5.9	1.4	0.7	6.5	12.2	53.5	1.2	3.2	39.0	4.3	4.7	91.8	65.1	0.5	4.5	3.2	402	242	66	77	18	9	42	38	+157
5	Jordin Canada J. Canada	100.9	2026	ATL	13	30.1	10.6	3.5	6.8	2.0	0.1	3.8	8.3	45.4	0.8	2.7	31.4	2.2	2.8	78.4	55.5	0.5	3.0	2.3	391	138	46	89	26	1	30	31	+81
6	Kayla McBride K. McBride	100.9	2026	MIN	13	31.1	14.2	4.1	2.7	1.6	0.2	4.5	11.0	41.3	1.8	5.4	34.3	3.3	3.8	87.8	56.2	0.6	3.5	1.2	404	185	53	35	21	3	15	20	+108
7	Maya Caldwell M. Caldwell	102.5	2026	MIN	13	14.1	4.2	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.4	4.2	32.7	0.8	2.2	39.3	0.6	0.7	88.9	46.6	0.5	1.4	0.7	183	55	25	13	6	5	9	18	+61
8	Marine Johannes M. Johannes	103.4	2026	NYL	14	26.1	11.6	2.9	3.2	1.0	0.1	3.9	8.4	47.0	2.8	6.4	43.3	0.9	1.1	86.7	65.5	0.6	2.4	2.0	365	162	41	45	14	2	28	32	+74
9	Allisha Gray A. Gray	103.6	2026	ATL	13	33.3	19.6	3.7	2.2	1.2	0.4	6.5	14.1	45.9	2.0	5.6	35.6	4.7	6.1	77.2	58.6	0.5	3.2	1.5	433	255	48	28	16	5	19	31	+104
10	Kaila Charles K. Charles	103.6	2026	GSV	13	19.4	5.5	4.9	1.0	0.5	0.3	2.1	5.7	36.5	0.7	2.6	26.5	0.7	0.9	75.0	45.4	1.8	3.2	1.1	252	72	64	13	7	4	14	34	+52
11	Pauline Astier P. Astier	103.9	2026	NYL	14	25.7	11.3	3.4	3.9	0.6	0.3	4.2	7.4	56.7	0.8	1.7	45.8	2.1	2.7	76.3	65.4	0.7	2.7	1.6	360	158	48	55	9	4	23	44	+44
12	Rebekah Gardner R. Gardner	104.2	2026	NYL	14	16.8	6.1	2.2	1.4	0.5	0.1	2.2	3.9	56.4	0.4	1.1	37.5	1.3	1.4	90.0	67.4	0.7	1.5	1.0	235	86	31	19	7	2	14	21	+29
13	Flau'jae Johnson F. Johnson	104.3	2026	SEA	15	26.7	11.5	5.3	2.5	0.8	1.0	3.6	10.9	32.9	1.1	4.3	26.6	3.2	3.8	84.2	45.7	0.8	4.5	2.1	400	173	80	38	12	15	32	38	-28
14	Azzi Fudd A. Fudd	104.4	2026	DAL	12	27.9	12.4	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.1	5.1	10.2	50.0	1.8	4.6	38.2	0.5	0.6	85.7	59.6	0.4	1.2	0.8	335	149	19	18	16	13	10	27	+102
15	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton B. Laney-Hamilton	104.4	2026	NYL	11	17.7	6.5	1.9	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.6	41.2	0.7	2.5	29.6	1.9	2.4	80.8	56.9	0.2	1.7	1.5	195	71	21	20	5	2	16	14	+77
16	Caitlin Clark C. Clark	104.6	2026	IND	12	31.4	20.3	4.6	7.8	0.8	0.8	6.4	15.8	40.7	2.7	7.8	34.0	4.8	5.3	92.1	56.3	0.3	4.3	4.5	377	244	55	94	10	9	54	44	+57
17	Raven Johnson R. Johnson	104.8	2026	IND	13	13.1	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.6	3.7	43.8	0.5	1.7	31.8	0.5	0.6	87.5	54.3	0.4	1.4	1.0	170	56	23	17	6	3	13	24	-13
18	Lexie Hull L. Hull	104.9	2026	IND	13	21.0	5.9	4.2	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.8	4.6	38.3	1.0	2.8	36.1	1.4	1.8	78.3	54.9	1.1	3.1	0.9	273	77	54	11	8	2	12	34	+61
19	Katie Lou Samuelson K. Lou Samuelson	105.1	2026	SEA	9	15.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	0.0	1.4	3.8	38.2	1.0	2.9	34.6	0.6	1.0	55.6	52.7	0.0	1.9	0.7	139	40	17	7	8	0	6	5	-58
20	Te-Hina Paopao T. Paopao	105.9	2026	ATL	13	14.6	4.8	1.5	1.5	0.2	0.2	1.6	4.6	35.0	1.2	2.9	39.5	0.4	0.5	83.3	49.5	0.2	1.3	0.8	190	62	19	20	3	3	11	17	-27
21	Gabriela Jaquez G. Jaquez	105.9	2026	CHI	9	25.4	9.9	4.6	1.0	1.1	0.0	3.1	7.3	42.4	0.7	2.0	33.3	3.0	3.6	84.4	55.6	0.7	3.9	1.6	229	89	41	9	10	0	14	24	-13
22	Antonia Delaere A. Delaere	106.3	2026	MIN	13	13.5	2.6	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.9	48.0	0.5	1.1	50.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	64.6	0.2	0.7	0.5	175	34	11	21	5	0	6	12	+36
23	Tyasha Harris T. Harris	106.3	2026	IND	10	11.3	2.4	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.9	3.0	30.0	0.2	1.8	11.1	0.4	0.4	100.0	37.8	0.1	0.8	0.7	113	24	9	17	3	3	7	6	+1
24	Veronica Burton V. Burton	106.5	2026	GSV	13	29.2	14.4	3.4	5.9	0.8	0.7	4.4	11.1	39.6	1.5	4.5	34.5	4.1	5.1	80.3	54.0	1.0	2.4	1.6	379	187	44	77	10	9	21	48	+69
25	Isobel Borlase I. Borlase	106.5	2026	ATL	13	10.2	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.1	1.5	2.8	54.1	0.5	1.2	40.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	67.1	0.3	0.9	0.3	133	55	16	9	2	1	4	8	+22

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Team Leaders

PPG

19.6

Gray

RPG

12.3

Reese

APG

6.8

Canada

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.5

8th

DRTG

101.5

2nd

NETRTG

8.0

3rd

3P%

33.0

11th

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Liberty	10	4	.714
2	Dream	9	4	.692	0.5
3	Fever	8	5	.615	1.5
4	Tempo	7	7	.500	3.0
5	Mystics	5	7	.417	4.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 6/18	ATL	@	IND	7:30 PM
Sat 6/20	IND	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Mon 6/22	TOR	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Wed 6/24	ATL	@	GSV	10:00 PM
Fri 6/26	ATL	@	GSV	10:00 PM

Last Game

Dream

9 - 4

102

Final

Tempo

7 - 7

Sun 14 Jun 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.6

Plum

26.2

Wilson

20.7

Sykes

RPG Leaders

12.3

Reese

11.3

Shepard

10.5

Morrow

APG Leaders

8.1

Thomas

7.8

Clark

6.9

Plum

SPG Leaders

3.0

Howard

2.0

Canada

1.9

Atkins

BPG Leaders

2.4

Wilson

2.1

Engstler

1.8

Cardoso

3PM Leaders

3.5

Howard

2.9

Mabrey

2.9

Plum

TS% Leaders

71.6

Kuier

70.8

Mack

69.1

Carter

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

113.9

113.2

111.1

110.6

110.4

110.0

DRtg Rankings

99.3

101.5

101.6

103.6

103.7

104.4

NetRtg Rankings

14.5

8.7

8.0

6.9

6.7

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

2-13

3-12

4-11

4-9

5-7

7-8

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

650.7

Wilson

568.7

Stewart

523.2

Thomas

DraftKings Points Leaders

647.3

Wilson

564.5

Stewart

533.3

Thomas

USG% Leaders

32.6

Taylor

32.2

Wilson

30.9

Malonga

MPG Leaders

34.9

Howard

34.9

Plum

33.6

Thomas

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

1.33

Boston

1.25

Stewart

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

1.36

Boston

1.29

Clark

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-1

4-2

4-3

Worst Record ATS

2-5

2-4

3-3

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Aces	10	3	.769
2	Lynx	10	3	.769
3	Liberty	10	4	.714	0.5
4	Dream	9	4	.692	1.0
5	Wings	8	5	.615	2.0
6	Fever	8	5	.615	2.0
7	Valkyries	8	5	.615	2.0
8	Sparks	7	6	.538	3.0
9	Tempo	7	7	.500	3.5
10	Fire	7	8	.467	4.0
11	Mystics	5	7	.417	4.5
12	Sky	4	9	.308	6.0
13	Mercury	4	11	.267	7.0
14	Storm	3	12	.200	8.0
15	Sun	2	13	.133	9.0

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)
Mon 6/15	LVA	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Mon 6/15	PDX	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Mon 6/15	LAS	@	GSV	10:00 PM
Tue 6/16	TOR	@	IND	7:00 PM
Wed 6/17	WAS	@	CON	7:00 PM

Rhyne Howard has the lowest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 97.7 rating.

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WNBA 2026 Leaders

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10.5

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6.9

3.0

2.0

1.9

2.4

2.1

1.8

3.5

2.9

2.9

71.6

70.8

69.1

WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

650.7

568.7

523.2

647.3

564.5

533.3

32.6

32.2

30.9

34.9

34.9

33.6

1.56

1.33

1.25

1.56

1.36

1.29

WNBA 2026 Betting

WNBA 2026 Standings

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule