best defensive rating teams in wnba

The Golden State Valkyries have the best defensive rating by a team this season, with a 101.7 rating.

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best defensive rating teams in wnba this regular season
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1Valkyries
Valkyries
101.7
2026
29
200.0
82.6
32.0
18.8
7.6
4.1
28.5
67.7
42.1
10.8
30.6
35.2
14.8
19.2
77.1
54.2
8.9
23.1
11.3
5,800
2,396
929
544
219
120
327
580
2Lynx
Lynx
103.4
2026
31
200.0
92.7
35.3
22.0
9.1
4.8
34.6
71.5
48.4
8.9
22.9
39.1
14.5
18.0
80.8
58.4
9.8
25.4
13.1
6,200
2,874
1,093
683
281
149
406
572
3Mystics
Mystics
103.9
2026
28
205.4
81.2
37.3
19.3
5.3
3.8
28.2
65.0
43.4
5.6
19.4
29.0
19.1
25.7
74.4
53.2
10.4
26.9
16.4
5,750
2,273
1,044
539
147
105
459
561
4Dream
Dream
105.8
2026
29
200.0
89.3
34.6
20.5
9.5
2.9
31.0
70.8
43.7
8.0
26.3
30.4
19.4
25.0
77.5
54.6
11.2
23.4
13.8
5,800
2,590
1,003
594
276
85
401
561
5Wings
Wings
106.1
2026
30
201.7
89.2
34.0
22.3
6.8
3.6
33.6
72.3
46.4
8.3
24.2
34.2
13.8
17.3
79.4
55.8
8.6
25.4
11.7
6,050
2,675
1,021
668
205
108
352
563
6Aces
Aces
107.7
2026
30
200.8
92.0
33.9
22.5
7.0
5.1
33.7
67.9
49.6
8.4
23.1
36.2
16.3
20.5
79.6
59.8
7.3
26.6
12.1
6,025
2,760
1,017
676
209
154
363
533
7Sky
Sky
108.3
2026
30
201.7
88.1
33.0
21.4
7.0
4.8
31.1
70.0
44.4
7.5
23.4
32.0
18.4
24.1
76.2
54.6
8.0
25.0
13.1
6,050
2,642
990
641
210
143
394
643
8Sun
Sun
108.6
2026
30
200.8
79.8
32.9
19.2
8.3
4.6
29.6
68.4
43.3
5.5
18.6
29.5
15.1
21.7
69.6
51.2
9.5
23.4
14.8
6,025
2,395
987
577
249
139
445
687
9Liberty
Liberty
108.8
2026
31
201.6
90.0
34.6
20.6
6.0
4.2
30.7
66.3
46.4
10.3
28.8
35.6
18.3
21.5
85.3
59.4
8.0
26.6
15.2
6,250
2,791
1,073
640
186
131
471
585
10Storm
Storm
109.0
2026
32
200.8
82.6
33.5
19.1
7.7
4.3
29.5
68.2
43.2
8.4
25.9
32.3
15.3
19.3
79.2
53.9
8.2
25.3
15.0
6,425
2,642
1,071
612
245
137
479
643
11Fever
Fever
109.2
2026
30
201.7
96.5
33.5
20.9
6.6
3.9
33.4
68.9
48.5
10.4
26.8
38.7
19.3
23.3
83.0
61.0
8.2
25.2
15.2
6,050
2,895
1,004
627
197
116
457
670
12Mercury
Mercury
109.5
2026
31
200.8
84.3
31.5
19.8
7.3
3.3
29.0
65.2
44.5
7.7
23.8
32.5
18.5
23.5
78.6
55.8
7.0
24.4
13.6
6,225
2,612
975
613
225
103
422
574
13Sparks
Sparks
113.8
2026
28
200.9
89.6
30.9
21.8
7.6
3.1
32.2
69.1
46.6
8.9
26.6
33.6
16.4
20.6
79.4
57.3
7.4
23.5
14.9
5,625
2,510
864
611
213
88
416
565
14Fire
Fire
114.1
2026
30
203.3
86.2
29.5
20.6
7.5
3.7
30.6
67.9
45.0
10.0
28.5
35.2
15.0
18.3
81.6
56.7
7.6
21.8
15.5
6,100
2,586
884
619
225
112
464
672
15Tempo
Tempo
116.3
2026
29
200.9
87.8
31.2
20.0
7.0
3.1
30.3
67.7
44.8
10.0
28.1
35.7
17.2
20.8
82.5
57.1
8.0
23.1
14.5
5,825
2,545
904
580
204
91
420
626
StatMuse has team, season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1997 season.

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PPG

14.9

Williams

Gabby Williams

RPG

5.2

Stokes

Kiah Stokes

APG

5.5

Burton

Veronica Burton
Team Rankings

ORTG

109.2

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DRTG

101.7

1st

NETRTG

7.5

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3P%

35.2

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TEAMWLPCTGB
1
25
6
.806
2
21
9
.700
3.5
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Valkyries Valkyries
20
9
.690
4.0
4
19
11
.633
5.5
5
11
17
.393
12.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
8/4
@
10:00 PM
Fri
8/7
@
9:30 PM
Sun
8/9
@
7:00 PM
Wed
8/12
@
10:00 PM
Mon
8/17
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
TOR Tempo

10 - 19

79

Final

96

GSV Valkyries

20 - 9

Sun 2 Aug 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

WNBA 2026 Betting

WNBA 2026 Standings

TeamWLPCTGB
1
25
6
.806
2
21
9
.700
3.5
3
20
9
.690
4.0
4
19
11
.633
5.5
5
19
11
.633
5.5
6
18
11
.621
6.0
7
18
13
.581
7.0
8
16
12
.571
7.5
9
11
17
.393
12.5
10
12
19
.387
13.0
11
11
19
.367
13.5
12
11
19
.367
13.5
13
10
19
.345
14.0
14
7
23
.233
17.5
15
6
26
.188
19.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
5/17
@
85-84
Sun
5/17
@
78-89
Sun
5/17
@
106-96
Mon
5/18
@
69-92
Mon
5/18
@
82-83

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
8/4
@
10:00 PM
Wed
8/5
@
7:00 PM
Wed
8/5
@
7:00 PM
Wed
8/5
@
7:30 PM
Wed
8/5
@
9:00 PM