best defensive rating guards

Kaila Charles has the lowest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 101.3 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+/-
1Kaila Charles
K. Charles
101.3
2026
27
19.6
5.8
4.4
1.2
0.6
0.3
2.1
5.5
38.5
0.6
2.4
26.6
1.0
1.3
76.5
48.2
1.5
2.9
1.0
528
157
120
33
17
7
26
62
+122
2Veronica Burton
V. Burton
101.7
2026
27
28.3
11.9
3.4
5.5
1.3
0.6
3.8
9.3
40.9
1.3
3.6
35.1
3.0
3.7
81.0
54.2
1.0
2.4
1.7
764
321
92
149
36
15
46
76
+156
3Aziaha James
A. James
102.3
2026
26
11.9
6.2
2.4
1.3
0.8
0.2
2.3
5.9
39.2
0.4
1.6
23.8
1.2
1.6
75.6
47.1
0.7
1.8
0.7
309
161
63
33
22
6
17
43
+27
4Alicia Flórez
A. Flórez
102.8
2026
16
17.4
4.6
2.1
3.1
0.9
0.1
1.7
5.1
32.9
0.4
2.0
18.8
0.8
1.6
50.0
39.1
0.6
1.5
1.6
278
73
33
49
14
2
26
30
-38
5Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
102.8
2026
25
34.8
17.6
3.9
3.4
2.4
0.8
5.8
14.1
40.8
3.2
8.9
35.4
2.9
3.3
86.7
56.4
0.8
3.1
1.4
869
439
98
84
61
20
35
69
+77
6Sonia Citron
S. Citron
103.3
2026
22
33.8
17.0
3.8
3.5
1.3
0.7
5.2
11.0
47.1
1.1
4.1
26.7
5.6
6.3
89.1
61.9
0.7
3.1
2.6
743
375
84
78
28
15
57
48
0
7Olivia Miles
O. Miles
103.4
2026
25
30.8
19.6
4.8
6.0
1.3
0.8
6.8
13.6
50.1
1.4
3.8
36.2
4.6
5.2
87.7
61.5
0.7
4.1
3.1
769
490
120
149
32
20
77
79
+219
8Courtney Williams
C. Williams
103.9
2026
27
31.1
15.8
5.4
4.1
1.3
0.3
6.7
14.4
46.6
1.3
3.3
38.9
1.1
1.3
85.7
52.9
0.9
4.6
2.0
840
427
146
111
35
9
53
48
+138
9Jordin Canada
J. Canada
104.0
2026
26
31.5
11.7
3.6
7.7
2.2
0.2
4.0
8.9
45.3
0.8
2.7
28.6
2.8
3.5
79.3
55.6
0.7
2.9
2.2
819
303
94
199
56
5
58
67
+159
10Cotie McMahon
C. McMahon
104.4
2026
23
19.7
6.0
2.8
2.0
0.6
0.1
2.0
5.5
37.3
0.7
2.0
31.9
1.2
2.1
58.3
46.6
0.6
2.2
1.2
452
137
65
46
13
3
27
44
-65
11Maya Caldwell
M. Caldwell
104.5
2026
27
13.6
4.2
2.0
1.1
0.6
0.3
1.4
4.1
35.5
0.7
2.0
37.0
0.6
0.6
88.2
48.1
0.6
1.4
0.6
366
113
53
30
17
7
17
35
+83
12Kayla McBride
K. McBride
104.9
2026
27
32.3
18.1
3.7
2.2
1.6
0.3
6.0
13.0
45.9
2.6
6.7
39.4
3.6
4.0
90.7
61.5
0.6
3.1
1.6
871
490
99
60
44
7
42
53
+177
13Tiffany Hayes
T. Hayes
105.2
2026
25
15.4
7.0
1.2
2.2
0.4
0.2
2.2
5.0
45.2
0.5
1.6
30.8
2.1
2.4
85.2
58.3
0.2
1.0
1.0
385
176
30
55
11
4
24
44
+52
14Flau'jae Johnson
F. Johnson
106.0
2026
28
28.5
13.6
5.3
2.9
1.3
0.9
4.7
11.9
39.6
1.3
4.5
29.6
2.9
3.5
81.8
50.7
1.0
4.3
2.4
799
382
147
82
35
24
66
73
+2
15Allisha Gray
A. Gray
106.7
2026
26
33.0
19.1
3.2
2.3
1.5
0.3
6.4
14.2
45.4
1.7
5.4
32.1
4.5
6.0
75.2
56.9
0.7
2.5
1.5
859
497
84
59
39
9
40
72
+139
16Azzi Fudd
A. Fudd
107.0
2026
25
31.6
13.3
1.8
1.9
1.7
0.9
5.4
11.7
45.9
2.0
5.2
38.8
0.6
0.8
78.9
55.4
0.6
1.2
1.0
789
333
45
47
43
22
24
57
+145
17Kaitlyn Chen
K. Chen
107.1
2026
27
14.7
7.7
1.3
1.9
0.3
0.0
3.1
5.4
57.5
0.6
1.3
42.9
1.0
1.4
70.3
64.4
0.4
0.9
1.1
397
209
34
50
8
0
29
33
+23
18Leila Lacan
L. Lacan
107.3
2026
17
29.4
12.9
1.8
4.5
2.1
0.2
4.8
11.1
43.4
1.2
3.8
31.3
2.1
2.9
73.5
52.2
0.5
1.3
2.1
499
220
30
77
35
4
36
54
-42
19Saniya Rivers
S. Rivers
107.5
2026
22
22.3
6.7
2.3
3.1
1.0
0.7
2.6
7.4
35.0
0.4
2.0
18.2
1.2
1.7
68.4
41.2
0.4
1.9
1.6
490
148
50
68
22
16
35
41
-114
20Kennedy Burke
K. Burke
107.5
2026
25
23.4
7.8
3.2
1.6
1.0
0.8
2.6
6.9
38.4
1.1
3.3
32.9
1.4
2.1
69.2
50.0
1.2
2.1
1.6
586
195
81
39
26
19
39
39
-62
21Chennedy Carter
C. Carter
107.9
2026
13
16.9
12.2
1.8
1.3
0.8
0.3
4.6
7.7
60.0
0.8
1.6
52.4
2.2
2.8
75.7
68.4
0.7
1.1
1.3
220
159
23
17
11
4
17
32
+28
22Katie Lou Samuelson
K. Lou Samuelson
108.3
2026
22
15.8
4.5
2.0
0.8
0.8
0.0
1.5
3.4
44.6
0.9
2.4
38.5
0.6
0.9
73.7
60.7
0.3
1.8
0.4
347
100
45
17
17
1
9
22
-105
23Chelsea Gray
C. Gray
108.4
2026
25
32.9
12.3
3.6
7.4
1.3
0.3
4.3
9.8
43.9
2.0
4.9
39.8
1.7
1.8
93.5
57.8
0.2
3.4
3.0
822
308
91
185
33
8
76
53
+139
24Pauline Astier
P. Astier
108.4
2026
26
24.3
9.7
2.8
3.6
1.0
0.2
3.5
6.5
53.5
0.5
1.4
36.1
2.2
2.6
86.6
63.4
0.5
2.2
1.7
631
253
72
93
25
5
44
79
+56
25Marine Johannes
M. Johannes
108.5
2026
25
23.1
9.4
2.6
2.8
1.0
0.2
3.2
7.9
40.6
2.3
6.2
37.0
0.7
0.8
85.0
56.9
0.5
2.1
1.9
578
234
65
69
24
4
47
49
+65
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