best player defensive rating this season guards

Aziaha James has the best defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 97.5 rating.

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

	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	Aziaha James A. James	97.5	2026	DAL	15	13.2	7.2	2.7	1.4	1.3	0.2	2.7	7.1	37.7	0.5	2.2	24.2	1.3	1.8	74.1	45.8	0.7	1.9	0.5	198	108	40	21	19	3	8	28	+5
2	Olivia Miles O. Miles	97.9	2026	MIN	16	30.2	18.3	4.9	5.6	1.5	0.8	6.5	12.0	54.2	1.1	3.1	36.0	4.1	4.5	91.7	65.3	0.4	4.5	3.5	483	292	79	90	24	12	56	47	+192
3	Courtney Williams C. Williams	99.0	2026	MIN	16	30.3	16.9	5.6	4.2	1.2	0.4	7.3	14.9	49.0	1.4	3.3	44.2	0.9	1.0	87.5	55.1	0.6	5.1	1.9	485	271	90	67	19	7	31	27	+138
4	Kayla McBride K. McBride	99.8	2026	MIN	16	30.4	14.4	4.1	2.6	1.7	0.2	4.8	11.3	42.5	1.8	5.2	33.7	3.0	3.4	87.3	56.0	0.8	3.4	1.3	487	230	66	41	27	3	20	28	+145
5	Rhyne Howard R. Howard	99.9	2026	ATL	14	35.1	19.1	3.7	3.5	2.9	0.9	6.1	14.3	42.5	3.4	8.9	37.9	3.6	4.1	87.7	59.3	0.8	2.9	1.4	492	267	52	49	40	12	20	38	+105
6	Maya Caldwell M. Caldwell	100.6	2026	MIN	16	14.6	4.6	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.5	4.5	33.3	0.8	2.1	39.4	0.8	0.8	92.3	47.0	0.8	1.6	0.8	234	73	38	17	9	6	13	21	+87
7	Jordin Canada J. Canada	101.6	2026	ATL	15	30.1	11.2	3.7	7.1	2.2	0.1	3.9	8.5	46.5	0.8	2.5	31.6	2.5	3.3	77.6	56.5	0.5	3.2	2.1	452	168	55	106	33	2	31	38	+115
8	Kaila Charles K. Charles	102.3	2026	GSV	16	19.8	5.8	4.9	1.4	0.6	0.3	2.2	5.8	38.0	0.8	2.6	29.3	0.7	1.0	68.8	47.0	1.6	3.3	1.1	317	93	78	22	9	5	18	41	+66
9	Veronica Burton V. Burton	104.0	2026	GSV	16	29.1	13.4	3.5	5.6	1.0	0.8	4.1	10.8	37.8	1.6	4.4	35.7	3.8	4.7	80.0	52.4	1.1	2.4	1.7	466	215	56	90	16	12	27	56	+86
10	Azzi Fudd A. Fudd	104.1	2026	DAL	14	28.6	12.7	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.0	5.2	10.3	50.7	1.7	4.4	38.7	0.6	0.8	72.7	59.8	0.4	1.1	0.9	400	178	20	20	21	14	12	32	+110
11	Antonia Delaere A. Delaere	104.6	2026	MIN	16	14.1	2.9	0.8	1.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.2	45.7	0.7	1.4	47.8	0.2	0.2	100.0	63.3	0.1	0.6	0.4	226	46	12	29	9	0	6	16	+73
12	Marine Johannes M. Johannes	104.7	2026	NYL	16	25.6	10.6	2.8	3.1	1.1	0.2	3.6	8.1	43.8	2.6	6.3	41.0	0.9	1.1	82.4	61.5	0.6	2.3	1.9	409	169	45	50	17	3	30	33	+74
13	Allisha Gray A. Gray	104.7	2026	ATL	15	33.3	19.6	3.5	2.1	1.5	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.7	1.9	5.5	35.4	4.5	5.9	76.1	58.6	0.6	2.9	1.5	500	294	53	32	22	6	22	38	+143
14	Pauline Astier P. Astier	105.2	2026	NYL	16	24.6	10.6	3.4	3.8	0.7	0.3	3.8	6.8	56.0	0.7	1.5	45.8	2.3	2.8	80.0	65.6	0.8	2.6	1.6	393	169	54	60	11	4	25	47	+56
15	Flau'jae Johnson F. Johnson	105.4	2026	SEA	16	26.4	11.3	5.1	2.4	0.8	0.9	3.6	10.7	33.9	1.1	4.1	26.2	3.0	3.6	84.2	46.2	0.8	4.3	2.1	422	181	82	39	13	15	34	44	-20
16	Katie Lou Samuelson K. Lou Samuelson	105.8	2026	SEA	10	15.0	4.0	1.8	0.8	0.9	0.0	1.3	3.6	36.1	0.9	2.7	33.3	0.5	0.9	55.6	50.1	0.0	1.8	0.6	150	40	18	8	9	0	6	5	-55
17	Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	105.9	2026	GSV	14	14.1	7.4	1.4	2.2	0.4	0.0	2.3	5.0	45.7	0.5	1.4	35.0	2.4	2.7	86.8	60.0	0.2	1.2	0.9	198	104	20	31	6	0	13	25	+16
18	Rebekah Gardner R. Gardner	106.0	2026	NYL	16	16.2	6.1	2.0	1.3	0.5	0.1	2.2	3.9	56.5	0.4	1.2	31.6	1.4	1.5	91.7	67.5	0.7	1.3	0.9	259	98	32	20	8	2	14	25	+20
19	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton B. Laney-Hamilton	106.0	2026	NYL	11	17.7	6.5	1.9	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.6	41.2	0.7	2.5	29.6	1.9	2.4	80.8	56.9	0.2	1.7	1.5	195	71	21	20	5	2	16	14	+77
20	Odyssey Sims O. Sims	106.6	2026	DAL	10	17.0	6.0	0.9	2.7	0.8	0.0	2.3	4.8	47.9	0.5	1.2	41.7	0.9	1.2	75.0	56.3	0.0	0.9	1.5	170	60	9	27	8	0	15	13	-1
21	Sonia Citron S. Citron	106.9	2026	WAS	13	33.6	17.3	3.9	3.7	1.5	0.5	5.2	10.8	48.6	1.2	4.2	27.8	5.7	6.5	87.1	63.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	437	225	51	48	19	7	30	28	-18
22	Cotie McMahon C. McMahon	107.2	2026	WAS	12	18.3	6.3	2.6	1.8	0.7	0.2	2.2	5.5	39.4	0.6	1.9	30.4	1.3	2.3	59.3	48.2	0.4	2.2	1.0	219	75	31	21	8	2	12	25	-41
23	Gabriela Jaquez G. Jaquez	107.4	2026	CHI	10	25.8	11.1	4.4	1.2	1.1	0.0	3.5	7.7	45.5	1.0	2.3	43.5	3.1	3.6	86.1	59.8	0.6	3.8	1.6	258	111	44	12	11	0	16	25	-9
24	Chennedy Carter C. Carter	107.5	2026	LVA	10	17.8	14.4	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.3	5.6	9.1	61.5	1.0	1.9	52.6	2.2	3.0	73.3	69.1	0.7	1.3	1.5	178	144	20	14	10	3	15	25	+42
25	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	107.5	2026	DAL	15	29.6	15.4	3.1	3.2	0.9	0.1	4.7	13.1	36.2	2.2	5.9	37.1	3.7	4.3	87.5	51.5	0.9	2.3	1.5	444	231	47	48	14	1	23	32	+41

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PPG

18.7

Bueckers

RPG

11.5

Shepard

APG

6.0

Bueckers

Team Rankings

ORTG

110.1

6th

DRTG

104.0

5th

NETRTG

6.1

5th

3P%

34.1

9th

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Aces	11	4	.733	1.5
3	Valkyries	10	6	.625	3.0
4	Wings	9	6	.600	3.5
5	Fire	8	9	.471	5.5
6	Sparks	7	8	.467	5.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/20	CHI	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Mon 6/22	DAL	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Thu 6/25	DAL	@	LVA	10:00 PM
Sun 6/28	MIN	@	DAL	2:00 PM
Thu 7/2	DAL	@	CON	8:00 PM

Last Game

Wings

9 - 6

Final

Valkyries

10 - 5

Wed 17 Jun 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.1

Wilson

25.0

Plum

21.1

Clark

RPG Leaders

11.9

Reese

11.5

Shepard

10.4

Morrow

APG Leaders

8.3

Thomas

8.1

Clark

7.1

Gray

SPG Leaders

2.9

Howard

2.2

Canada

1.8

Atkins

BPG Leaders

2.2

Wilson

2.0

Engstler

1.7

Cardoso

3PM Leaders

3.4

Howard

3.3

Mabrey

2.7

Plum

TS% Leaders

70.1

Onyenwere

69.6

Cunningham

69.1

Carter

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

114.4

112.0

111.2

110.8

110.5

110.1

DRtg Rankings

98.3

102.2

103.1

103.3

104.0

106.3

NetRtg Rankings

16.0

8.9

7.6

7.5

6.1

4.2

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2-15

3-13

4-12

4-10

7-8

8-9

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

747.2

Wilson

651.4

Stewart

573.8

Miles

DraftKings Points Leaders

740

Wilson

644.5

Stewart

614.3

Clark

USG% Leaders

32.3

Wilson

31.7

Taylor

31.4

Clark

MPG Leaders

35.1

Howard

34.4

Plum

33.7

Thomas

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

1.36

Boston

1.25

Stewart

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

1.38

Boston

1.30

Clark

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

8-1

6-3

5-3

5-4

5-5

5-3

Worst Record ATS

2-6

3-6

3-7

3-6

3-4

4-4

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	13	3	.813
2	Aces	11	4	.733	1.5
3	Dream	11	4	.733	1.5
4	Liberty	11	5	.688	2.0
5	Valkyries	10	6	.625	3.0
6	Wings	9	6	.600	3.5
7	Fever	9	7	.563	4.0
8	Mystics	7	7	.500	5.0
9	Tempo	8	8	.500	5.0
10	Fire	8	9	.471	5.5
11	Sparks	7	8	.467	5.5
12	Sky	4	10	.286	8.0
13	Mercury	4	12	.250	9.0
14	Storm	3	13	.188	10.0
15	Sun	2	15	.118	11.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 5/8	WAS	@	TOR	68-65
Fri 5/8	CON	@	NYL	75-106
Fri 5/8	GSV	@	SEA	91-80
Sat 5/9	DAL	@	IND	107-104
Sat 5/9	PHX	@	LVA	99-66

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/20	CHI	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Sun 6/21	GSV	@	LVA	4:00 PM
Sun 6/21	WAS	@	MIN	6:00 PM
Sun 6/21	NYL	@	LAS	8:00 PM
Mon 6/22	CHI	@	CON	7:00 PM

Aziaha James has the best defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 97.5 rating.

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

747.2

651.4

573.8

740

644.5

614.3

32.3

31.7

31.4

35.1

34.4

33.7

1.56

1.36

1.25

1.54

1.38

1.30

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