best defensive rating guards

Olivia Miles has the lowest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 96.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games guards this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Olivia Miles
O. Miles
96.4
2026
8
31.0
15.4
5.1
5.9
1.5
0.6
5.3
11.3
46.7
0.3
2.3
11.1
4.6
5.1
90.2
56.9
0.5
4.6
3.3
248
123
41
47
12
5
26
22
+86
2Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
96.4
2026
6
35.7
16.5
4.2
4.2
2.7
0.8
5.0
12.7
39.5
3.0
7.7
39.1
3.5
4.2
84.0
56.9
1.2
3.0
1.7
214
99
25
25
16
5
10
17
+36
3Courtney Williams
C. Williams
96.4
2026
8
30.9
16.3
5.3
4.4
1.5
0.5
7.0
14.8
47.5
1.6
4.1
39.4
0.6
0.8
83.3
53.9
0.5
4.8
1.8
247
130
42
35
12
4
14
17
+41
4Jordin Canada
J. Canada
97.1
2026
7
29.9
11.4
4.1
6.4
2.1
0.1
4.0
8.1
49.1
0.9
2.9
30.0
2.6
3.0
85.7
60.4
0.7
3.4
2.3
209
80
29
45
15
1
16
14
+17
5Kayla McBride
K. McBride
97.2
2026
8
32.8
14.0
4.5
2.0
1.9
0.4
4.5
10.9
41.4
1.4
4.8
28.9
3.6
4.4
82.9
54.7
0.6
3.9
1.5
262
112
36
16
15
3
12
13
+63
6Aziaha James
A. James
97.5
2026
8
10.6
5.3
2.3
1.0
1.1
0.4
1.8
5.0
35.0
0.6
1.9
33.3
1.1
1.3
90.0
47.3
0.6
1.6
0.6
85
42
18
8
9
3
5
15
-5
7Maya Caldwell
M. Caldwell
97.9
2026
8
13.8
4.5
2.0
1.4
0.6
0.4
1.5
4.1
36.4
0.9
2.4
36.8
0.6
0.6
100.0
51.1
0.5
1.5
0.5
110
36
16
11
5
3
4
10
+24
8Allisha Gray
A. Gray
100.7
2026
7
33.4
20.4
4.1
1.3
1.1
0.6
6.9
15.4
44.4
2.3
6.4
35.6
4.4
5.3
83.8
57.5
0.6
3.6
2.0
234
143
29
9
8
4
14
15
+53
9Veronica Burton
V. Burton
101.2
2026
7
28.9
15.9
3.3
5.9
1.0
1.0
4.7
11.7
40.2
1.9
4.4
41.9
4.6
5.3
86.5
56.5
0.9
2.4
1.6
202
111
23
41
7
7
11
27
+59
10Kaila Charles
K. Charles
101.4
2026
7
23.0
7.9
6.3
1.1
0.4
0.1
2.9
6.9
41.7
1.0
3.1
31.8
1.1
1.4
80.0
52.5
2.1
4.1
1.4
161
55
44
8
3
1
10
19
+43
11Flau'jae Johnson
F. Johnson
101.5
2026
8
26.6
12.0
4.8
1.6
1.0
1.6
3.4
11.0
30.7
1.1
4.3
26.5
4.1
4.6
89.2
46.0
0.8
4.0
1.9
213
96
38
13
8
13
15
18
+1
12Aicha Coulibaly
A. Coulibaly
102.9
2026
6
14.8
4.8
2.0
0.7
1.2
0.0
1.5
4.7
32.1
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.8
1.8
100.0
44.2
0.5
1.5
0.7
89
29
12
4
7
0
4
13
+15
13Te-Hina Paopao
T. Paopao
103.7
2026
7
17.4
6.7
1.9
1.9
0.1
0.3
2.3
5.6
41.0
1.4
3.4
41.7
0.7
0.9
83.3
56.4
0.1
1.7
1.1
122
47
13
13
1
2
8
11
-11
14Caitlin Clark
C. Clark
104.6
2026
7
29.4
20.1
4.0
8.1
1.3
0.9
6.0
15.3
39.3
2.6
7.7
33.3
5.6
5.9
95.1
56.4
0.3
3.7
4.6
206
141
28
57
9
6
32
26
+24
15Skylar Diggins
S. Diggins
104.8
2026
7
30.0
14.1
4.6
5.6
1.1
1.0
5.0
12.4
40.2
0.9
3.6
24.0
3.3
4.4
74.2
49.2
0.9
3.7
1.4
210
99
32
39
8
7
10
19
-37
16Gabriela Jaquez
G. Jaquez
105.0
2026
6
28.3
11.5
5.3
1.2
1.2
0.0
3.5
8.2
42.9
0.7
2.0
33.3
3.8
4.3
88.5
57.1
0.8
4.5
1.2
170
69
32
7
7
0
7
16
+11
17Natasha Cloud
N. Cloud
105.2
2026
7
28.9
10.9
4.6
4.4
1.0
0.4
3.9
8.1
47.4
0.9
3.3
26.1
2.3
3.1
72.7
57.0
0.3
4.3
2.9
202
76
32
31
7
3
20
28
-36
18Tiffany Hayes
T. Hayes
105.2
2026
5
13.4
7.6
1.2
1.6
0.2
0.0
2.4
5.6
42.9
0.6
1.8
33.3
2.2
2.4
91.7
57.1
0.0
1.2
0.6
67
38
6
8
1
0
3
10
+9
19Marine Johannes
M. Johannes
105.3
2026
9
27.8
11.9
2.9
4.2
1.3
0.1
4.0
9.1
43.9
3.2
7.4
43.3
0.7
0.9
75.0
62.6
0.8
2.1
2.1
250
107
26
38
12
1
19
19
+37
20Antonia Delaere
A. Delaere
105.5
2026
8
12.1
2.0
0.4
1.1
0.3
0.0
0.8
1.8
42.9
0.4
0.9
42.9
0.1
0.1
100.0
55.4
0.1
0.3
0.4
97
16
3
9
2
0
3
8
+6
21Pauline Astier
P. Astier
105.5
2026
9
26.2
12.0
3.7
3.6
0.8
0.3
4.6
7.4
61.2
0.9
1.9
47.1
2.0
2.7
75.0
69.6
0.8
2.9
1.8
236
108
33
32
7
3
16
31
-8
22Chennedy Carter
C. Carter
105.7
2026
7
21.9
19.1
2.6
1.9
1.4
0.3
7.6
11.7
64.6
1.3
2.3
56.3
2.7
3.7
73.1
71.7
0.9
1.7
2.1
153
134
18
13
10
2
15
20
+49
23Jacy Sheldon
J. Sheldon
106.3
2026
8
25.3
7.4
1.8
2.1
1.3
0.5
2.6
6.1
42.9
0.9
3.1
28.0
1.3
1.3
100.0
55.2
0.1
1.6
0.8
202
59
14
17
10
4
6
25
+3
24Jade Melbourne
J. Melbourne
106.3
2026
8
24.5
10.9
1.9
4.3
1.3
0.3
3.1
6.4
49.0
0.5
1.6
30.8
4.1
5.3
78.6
62.6
0.5
1.4
2.0
196
87
15
34
10
2
16
22
-19
25Kennedy Burke
K. Burke
106.3
2026
10
24.3
7.6
3.8
2.2
1.2
1.1
2.7
7.7
35.1
0.9
3.5
25.7
1.3
2.2
59.1
43.8
0.9
2.9
2.1
243
76
38
22
12
11
21
20
-67
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2
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.714
0.5
3
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5
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.556
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107-104
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