best defensive rating within point guards

Kaila Charles has the best defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 101.7 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games within point guards this regular season

	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	Kaila Charles K. Charles	101.7	2026	GSV	28	19.9	6.0	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.2	5.5	39.4	0.7	2.4	28.4	0.9	1.2	76.5	49.1	1.6	3.0	0.9	557	167	130	35	19	7	26	68	+123
2	Aziaha James A. James	101.8	2026	DAL	29	11.1	5.6	2.3	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.1	5.4	38.2	0.3	1.5	22.7	1.1	1.6	73.3	46.1	0.6	1.7	0.6	322	163	67	35	24	7	18	45	+34
3	Rhyne Howard R. Howard	102.3	2026	ATL	27	34.7	16.9	3.9	3.5	2.5	0.9	5.6	13.9	39.9	3.1	8.7	35.2	2.7	3.2	86.0	55.2	0.8	3.1	1.4	936	457	105	94	68	23	38	74	+88
4	Veronica Burton V. Burton	102.5	2026	GSV	28	28.5	12.0	3.4	5.5	1.3	0.5	3.9	9.4	41.6	1.3	3.6	35.3	2.9	3.6	81.2	54.8	1.0	2.4	1.7	798	336	95	154	37	15	47	81	+161
5	Olivia Miles O. Miles	103.0	2026	MIN	28	30.5	19.4	4.7	5.8	1.3	0.7	6.8	13.9	49.2	1.4	3.6	37.3	4.4	5.0	87.2	60.3	0.7	4.0	3.0	855	543	132	163	37	20	83	84	+249
6	Jordin Canada J. Canada	103.5	2026	ATL	28	31.5	11.3	3.7	7.7	2.2	0.2	3.8	8.7	44.0	0.7	2.6	27.4	2.9	3.6	80.4	54.9	0.7	3.0	2.5	883	316	104	216	62	6	71	75	+164
7	Maya Caldwell M. Caldwell	103.6	2026	MIN	30	14.2	4.4	2.2	1.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	4.1	37.4	0.8	2.0	37.7	0.6	0.6	89.5	50.2	0.8	1.4	0.7	426	132	66	33	22	7	22	41	+108
8	Alicia Flórez A. Flórez	103.6	2026	WAS	19	15.4	4.0	1.8	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	4.6	31.8	0.4	1.8	20.0	0.7	1.4	50.0	38.2	0.5	1.3	1.4	292	76	34	51	14	2	26	33	-44
9	Courtney Williams C. Williams	103.8	2026	MIN	30	30.4	14.9	5.3	4.2	1.2	0.3	6.3	13.8	45.5	1.2	3.3	37.8	1.1	1.3	84.6	51.8	0.9	4.4	1.9	911	448	158	126	36	9	56	57	+178
10	Sonia Citron S. Citron	104.0	2026	WAS	25	33.8	17.3	3.8	3.8	1.2	0.8	5.2	11.4	45.6	1.1	4.0	27.0	5.8	6.5	89.6	60.7	0.8	3.0	2.6	844	433	96	95	30	20	66	52	+17
11	Kayla McBride K. McBride	104.3	2026	MIN	30	32.2	18.0	3.4	2.3	1.7	0.3	5.9	12.9	46.1	2.7	6.7	40.5	3.5	3.8	91.2	62.0	0.6	2.8	1.4	966	541	103	69	52	8	42	59	+220
12	Cotie McMahon C. McMahon	104.9	2026	WAS	26	20.1	6.0	3.0	2.0	0.5	0.2	2.0	5.3	38.1	0.6	2.0	30.8	1.3	2.2	60.3	47.7	0.5	2.5	1.2	523	157	79	53	13	5	30	50	-51
13	Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	105.9	2026	GSV	26	15.7	7.2	1.3	2.3	0.4	0.2	2.3	5.2	44.1	0.5	1.7	27.3	2.1	2.5	83.3	56.7	0.2	1.0	1.0	409	187	33	60	11	4	25	48	+49
14	Allisha Gray A. Gray	106.5	2026	ATL	28	33.0	19.2	3.1	2.3	1.5	0.4	6.4	14.1	45.7	1.6	5.3	31.3	4.7	6.1	76.7	57.3	0.7	2.4	1.6	924	538	87	63	42	11	45	79	+151
15	Flau'jae Johnson F. Johnson	107.2	2026	SEA	31	28.3	13.6	5.0	2.9	1.3	0.8	4.7	12.1	38.6	1.2	4.5	26.4	3.1	3.8	82.1	49.5	1.0	4.0	2.5	878	423	156	91	40	25	79	85	-13
16	Azzi Fudd A. Fudd	107.5	2026	DAL	28	31.8	13.3	1.8	1.8	1.7	0.9	5.4	11.6	46.0	2.0	5.3	38.8	0.5	0.7	78.9	55.6	0.5	1.2	1.1	891	372	49	51	47	24	30	62	+128
17	Kaitlyn Chen K. Chen	107.8	2026	GSV	28	14.6	7.6	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.0	3.1	5.5	55.5	0.5	1.3	40.5	0.9	1.3	70.3	62.2	0.4	0.8	1.1	409	213	34	54	8	0	31	35	+14
18	Antonia Delaere A. Delaere	107.9	2026	MIN	30	12.6	3.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	2.5	49.3	0.8	1.7	49.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	67.6	0.2	0.6	0.5	379	105	24	38	15	0	14	34	+83
19	Caitlin Clark C. Clark	108.8	2026	IND	24	29.4	21.5	3.8	7.9	0.9	0.6	6.7	15.0	44.3	2.7	7.5	35.4	5.5	6.3	87.3	60.3	0.3	3.5	4.7	705	515	92	189	21	15	112	77	+87
20	Leila Lacan L. Lacan	108.8	2026	CON	20	28.9	12.6	2.1	4.6	2.0	0.3	4.8	11.0	43.2	1.1	3.5	31.9	2.0	2.7	73.6	51.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	578	251	41	91	40	6	42	63	-81
21	Isobel Borlase I. Borlase	108.9	2026	ATL	28	12.7	4.9	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.3	44.5	0.5	1.6	28.9	0.7	0.7	95.0	54.0	0.3	1.1	0.7	356	138	40	26	7	4	19	35	+10
22	Georgia Amoore G. Amoore	108.9	2026	WAS	28	22.9	6.3	1.3	3.6	0.3	0.1	2.0	5.9	34.1	1.1	4.0	28.3	1.1	1.3	86.1	48.7	0.3	1.0	2.3	642	175	36	100	9	4	64	75	-27
23	Katie Lou Samuelson K. Lou Samuelson	109.0	2026	SEA	25	15.5	4.6	2.2	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.4	43.5	0.9	2.5	37.1	0.8	1.0	76.0	60.4	0.3	1.9	0.4	388	116	54	19	19	1	11	23	-117
24	Gabriela Jaquez G. Jaquez	109.1	2026	CHI	24	21.4	8.2	3.7	1.0	0.9	0.0	2.8	6.9	41.2	0.6	2.0	28.6	2.0	2.3	85.5	52.1	0.8	2.8	1.1	514	197	88	24	21	0	27	34	-50
25	Saniya Rivers S. Rivers	109.2	2026	CON	25	22.3	7.1	2.2	3.2	1.0	0.7	2.8	7.7	35.8	0.4	2.0	18.4	1.2	1.8	65.2	41.5	0.4	1.9	1.4	558	177	56	79	25	18	36	46	-138

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Team Leaders

PPG

14.8

Williams

RPG

5.1

Thornton

APG

5.5

Burton

Team Rankings

ORTG

108.6

8th

DRTG

101.6

1st

NETRTG

6.9

3rd

3P%

34.8

6th

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	24	6	.800
2	Aces	20	8	.714	3.0
3	Valkyries	19	9	.679	4.0
4	Wings	18	11	.621	5.5
5	Fire	11	17	.393	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 8/2	TOR	@	GSV	8:30 PM
Tue 8/4	TOR	@	GSV	10:00 PM
Fri 8/7	GSV	@	DAL	9:30 PM
Sun 8/9	GSV	@	LAS	7:00 PM
Wed 8/12	CHI	@	GSV	10:00 PM

Last Game

Valkyries

19 - 9

Final

Mercury

11 - 18

Wed 29 Jul 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.4

Wilson

23.5

Mitchell

21.5

Stewart

RPG Leaders

11.9

Shepard

11.6

Reese

9.7

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.3

Thomas

7.9

Clark

7.7

Canada

SPG Leaders

2.5

Howard

2.2

Canada

2.0

Lacan

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.8

Stokes

1.8

Griner

3PM Leaders

3.2

Mabrey

3.1

Howard

2.8

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

68.4

Carter

68.3

Allemand

67.6

Delaere

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

115.4

114.3

114.2

111.4

109.8

DRtg Rankings

101.6

102.6

103.9

104.8

107.0

108.1

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

7.3

6.9

6.3

5.1

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

6-25

7-22

10-18

10-17

11-18

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,326.4

Wilson

1,191.6

Stewart

1,090.8

Shepard

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,312.5

Wilson

1,182.5

Stewart

1,154

Shepard

USG% Leaders

33.1

Wilson

32.6

Clark

31.0

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.7

Howard

33.8

Citron

33.7

Thomas

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.61

Wilson

1.35

Boston

1.28

Clark

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Wilson

1.38

Clark

1.36

Boston

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

13-9

13-8

14-9

13-9

11-11

Worst Record ATS

7-14

7-15

8-12

10-12

10-11

10-10

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	24	6	.800
2	Aces	20	8	.714	3.0
3	Valkyries	19	9	.679	4.0
4	Dream	18	10	.643	5.0
5	Fever	18	10	.643	5.0
6	Wings	18	11	.621	5.5
7	Mystics	16	12	.571	7.0
8	Liberty	16	13	.552	7.5
9	Fire	11	17	.393	12.0
10	Mercury	11	18	.379	12.5
11	Sparks	10	17	.370	12.5
12	Tempo	10	18	.357	13.0
13	Sky	10	18	.357	13.0
14	Sun	7	22	.241	16.5
15	Storm	6	25	.194	18.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 5/13	LVA	@	CON	98-69
Wed 5/13	CHI	@	GSV	69-63
Wed 5/13	IND	@	LAS	87-78
Thu 5/14	MIN	@	DAL	90-86
Thu 5/14	NYL	@	PDX	100-82

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/1	LVA	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sat 8/1	NYL	@	PHX	3:00 PM
Sun 8/2	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 8/2	LAS	@	PDX	3:30 PM
Sun 8/2	CON	@	DAL	7:00 PM

Kaila Charles has the best defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 101.7 rating.

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1.8

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

1,326.4

1,191.6

1,090.8

1,312.5

1,182.5

1,154

33.1

32.6

31.0

34.7

33.8

33.7

1.61

1.35

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