best player defensive rating since 2020

Since 2020, Maria Kliundikova has the lowest defensive rating, with a 92.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
best player defensive rating with a minimum of 200 minutes played per 44 team games since 2020
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Maria Kliundikova
M. Kliundikova
92.0
34
11.0
4.4
3.0
0.6
0.7
0.8
1.9
3.8
50.0
0.2
0.7
32.0
0.4
0.6
57.1
53.9
1.3
1.7
0.7
373
148
102
19
25
26
23
48
+78
2Sylvia Fowles
S. Fowles
92.1
68
28.4
15.1
9.9
1.3
1.4
1.5
6.3
10.1
62.9
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.4
72.4
65.4
2.4
7.6
2.1
1,933
1,030
674
86
93
100
144
170
+109
3Angel McCoughtry
A. McCoughtry
92.8
25
18.4
13.2
4.7
2.2
1.2
0.3
4.8
9.4
51.1
0.6
1.4
45.7
2.9
3.3
89.0
60.7
1.5
3.2
1.6
460
329
118
56
30
8
41
52
+123
4Beatrice Mompremier
B. Mompremier
93.1
74
8.6
2.0
2.8
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.9
1.9
45.8
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.6
41.9
46.0
1.1
1.7
0.6
637
150
206
18
19
33
47
100
-51
5Candace Parker
C. Parker
94.1
95
27.4
12.8
8.2
4.3
1.1
1.1
4.8
10.2
47.2
1.1
3.2
33.2
2.0
2.6
79.2
56.2
1.2
7.0
2.4
2,603
1,214
779
404
101
101
229
193
+554
6A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
94.3
245
31.7
22.7
9.8
2.5
1.4
2.1
8.3
16.2
50.8
0.5
1.3
37.5
5.7
6.8
83.7
59.0
2.0
7.9
1.8
7,766
5,569
2,412
609
348
507
430
470
+1927
7Crystal Langhorne
C. Langhorne
95.1
13
8.2
1.4
2.2
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.5
1.3
41.2
0.1
0.4
20.0
0.2
0.5
50.0
45.8
0.2
1.9
0.8
107
18
28
6
1
1
11
7
-14
8Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
95.2
230
32.3
20.7
8.3
3.3
1.5
1.4
7.1
15.3
46.0
1.4
4.4
32.6
5.2
6.1
84.8
57.5
1.4
6.9
1.8
7,436
4,763
1,902
762
335
312
403
467
+1582
9Jonquel Jones
J. Jones
95.3
209
27.9
14.4
9.0
2.5
0.8
1.2
5.2
10.2
51.3
1.4
3.7
38.5
2.5
3.1
80.8
62.3
2.1
6.8
2.3
5,831
3,002
1,874
522
161
249
484
593
+1417
10Brionna Jones
B. Jones
95.4
195
26.9
13.3
6.3
1.7
1.3
0.6
5.3
9.5
55.5
0.1
0.4
22.5
2.7
3.4
78.2
60.4
2.7
3.6
1.6
5,254
2,595
1,233
325
244
116
311
546
+1159
11Liz Cambage
L. Cambage
96.0
50
23.6
13.6
7.3
1.7
0.8
1.6
5.1
9.8
52.7
0.2
0.6
32.1
3.2
4.2
74.9
58.6
1.4
5.9
2.0
1,179
681
366
85
38
82
101
153
+123
12Napheesa Collier
N. Collier
96.0
171
33.3
19.4
8.0
3.0
1.6
1.3
7.3
14.7
49.2
1.0
3.1
34.3
3.8
4.5
84.9
58.0
2.0
6.1
2.2
5,694
3,314
1,375
516
277
219
383
426
+857
13JiSu Park
J. Park
96.5
25
8.9
2.0
1.8
0.8
0.1
0.6
0.7
2.1
32.7
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.6
0.7
83.3
40.9
0.6
1.2
0.8
223
49
46
21
3
16
19
28
+2
14Laeticia Amihere
L. Amihere
96.6
102
10.0
3.4
2.7
0.7
0.4
0.5
1.2
2.7
44.0
0.1
0.3
22.9
1.0
1.6
60.2
50.3
0.9
1.8
0.8
1,018
350
280
68
39
51
79
120
0
15Shakira Austin
S. Austin
96.6
144
24.2
12.4
7.3
1.6
0.9
1.1
4.7
9.7
48.7
0.1
0.5
28.6
2.8
4.1
67.5
53.7
1.7
5.6
2.3
3,482
1,781
1,056
226
126
153
324
312
+86
16Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
96.7
216
32.9
13.9
8.6
7.6
1.6
0.4
5.4
10.8
50.2
0.0
0.1
5.3
3.1
4.4
69.3
54.6
1.9
6.7
3.3
7,113
3,002
1,861
1,633
355
84
709
538
+887
17Amanda Zahui B.
A. Zahui B.
96.8
85
17.6
6.1
4.4
0.9
0.5
0.9
2.2
5.9
37.6
0.8
2.9
28.7
0.9
1.2
73.7
47.7
0.5
3.8
1.4
1,498
521
370
79
44
79
123
209
-246
18Alanna Smith
A. Smith
97.0
197
21.6
7.7
4.7
1.9
1.0
1.2
2.9
6.3
46.4
0.9
2.7
31.2
1.0
1.5
64.7
55.0
1.4
3.3
1.4
4,257
1,517
925
384
200
229
267
501
+511
19Ezi Magbegor
E. Magbegor
97.1
220
25.0
9.5
5.9
1.7
0.8
1.7
3.8
7.5
51.2
0.4
1.1
32.9
1.5
1.9
75.7
56.9
1.6
4.3
1.3
5,491
2,091
1,299
369
185
371
286
611
+180
20Elena Delle Donne
E. Delle Donne
97.3
51
27.0
16.7
5.8
2.1
0.6
0.9
6.1
12.6
48.2
1.2
3.2
38.5
3.4
3.6
92.9
58.9
1.0
4.8
1.2
1,379
853
296
108
31
48
59
81
+310
21DeWanna Bonner
D. Bonner
97.4
238
29.6
14.2
5.7
2.2
1.2
0.6
4.8
11.6
41.5
1.4
4.6
30.4
3.2
3.7
86.2
53.8
0.8
4.9
1.5
7,035
3,387
1,361
530
279
136
346
398
+880
22Kiah Stokes
K. Stokes
97.7
235
18.7
2.4
5.0
0.8
0.5
0.9
1.0
2.4
40.5
0.3
1.1
23.4
0.2
0.3
60.8
47.5
1.0
4.1
0.5
4,397
558
1,185
182
122
219
126
390
+132
23Cayla George
C. George
98.2
32
8.5
2.3
1.8
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.9
3.3
28.8
0.5
2.0
23.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
35.6
0.5
1.3
0.8
273
75
58
13
10
5
27
36
-42
24DiJonai Carrington
D. Carrington
98.4
173
19.7
8.5
3.5
1.2
0.9
0.2
3.0
7.6
39.4
0.6
2.0
29.2
2.0
2.6
77.4
49.0
1.1
2.4
1.5
3,415
1,473
605
207
164
42
259
375
+184
25Jasmine Thomas
J. Thomas
98.5
86
22.0
7.3
1.8
3.0
0.9
0.2
2.6
7.2
36.6
1.0
2.8
34.2
1.1
1.2
89.3
47.2
0.3
1.4
1.6
1,891
629
151
254
75
18
141
118
+339
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