best team defensive rating 2025 playoffs

The New York Liberty had the best defensive rating by a team in the 2025 playoffs, with a 94.6 rating.

TEAMDRTGSEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
1Liberty
Liberty
94.6
2025
3
208.3
69.7
39.0
17.0
6.0
5.3
24.0
67.7
35.5
7.7
30.3
25.3
14.0
20.0
70.0
45.6
7.0
32.0
15.3
625
209
117
51
18
16
46
46
2Dream
Dream
96.7
2025
3
200.0
75.0
34.0
19.3
7.3
4.0
29.7
70.0
42.4
6.0
21.3
28.1
9.7
14.0
69.0
49.2
8.0
26.0
15.0
600
225
102
58
22
12
45
69
3Lynx
Lynx
98.5
2025
6
204.2
83.0
34.5
21.2
8.3
4.5
32.7
72.5
45.1
8.2
26.2
31.2
9.5
11.5
82.6
53.5
7.5
27.0
12.8
1,225
498
207
127
50
27
77
94
4Mercury
Mercury
100.8
2025
11
204.5
81.8
37.2
19.7
7.1
2.5
29.9
70.4
42.5
7.8
25.3
30.9
14.2
17.5
80.8
52.4
8.0
29.2
12.8
2,250
900
409
217
78
28
141
174
5Fever
Fever
102.5
2025
8
203.1
81.1
35.1
17.4
6.5
2.5
28.9
68.1
42.4
5.8
18.4
31.3
17.6
22.4
78.8
52.0
9.6
25.5
15.4
1,625
649
281
139
52
20
123
143
6Aces
Aces
103.7
2025
12
202.1
88.6
30.9
21.0
8.6
5.7
32.3
68.6
47.0
8.0
21.1
37.9
16.1
20.3
79.4
57.2
7.3
23.6
11.8
2,425
1,063
371
252
103
68
142
218
7Storm
Storm
111.7
2025
3
200.0
78.7
33.0
18.0
6.3
3.7
30.0
69.3
43.3
8.0
18.7
42.9
10.7
13.7
78.0
52.2
8.7
24.3
13.3
600
236
99
54
19
11
40
57
8Valkyries
Valkyries
113.1
2025
2
200.0
73.0
27.0
19.5
7.0
3.5
24.0
61.5
39.0
10.0
26.5
37.7
15.0
18.0
83.3
52.6
4.5
22.5
16.0
400
146
54
39
14
7
32
36
StatMuse has team, season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1997 playoffs.

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.8

Stewart

Breanna Stewart

RPG

9.2

Jones

Jonquel Jones

APG

4.8

Ionescu

Sabrina Ionescu
Team Rankings

ORTG

112.6

3rd

DRTG

108.7

10th

NETRTG

3.9

6th

3P%

35.2

5th

2026 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
24
13
.649
2
24
14
.632
0.5
3
Liberty Liberty
23
15
.605
1.5
4
21
15
.583
2.5
5
15
22
.405
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
8/27
@
8:00 PM
Sat
8/29
@
1:00 PM
Fri
9/18
@
7:30 PM
Sun
9/20
@
3:00 PM
Mon
9/21
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
IND Fever

24 - 14

102

Final

109

NYL Liberty

23 - 15

Sat 22 Aug 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

WNBA 2026 Betting

WNBA 2026 Standings

TeamWLPCTGB
1
Lynx Lynx - x
31
7
.816
2
25
11
.694
5.0
3
Aces Aces - x
25
13
.658
6.0
4
Dream Dream - x
24
13
.649
6.5
5
Fever Fever - x
24
14
.632
7.0
6
23
15
.605
8.0
7
21
15
.583
9.0
8
21
16
.568
9.5
9
15
21
.417
15.0
10
15
22
.405
15.5
11
13
24
.351
17.5
12
13
24
.351
17.5
13
Tempo Tempo - e
11
25
.306
19.0
14
Sun Sun - e
9
27
.250
21.0
15
Storm Storm - e
7
30
.189
23.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
6/6
@
77-109
Sat
6/6
@
75-83
Sun
6/7
@
68-85
Sun
6/7
@
72-89
Mon
6/8
@
89-80

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
8/23
@
4:00 PM
Sun
8/23
@
7:00 PM
Sun
8/23
@
7:00 PM
Sun
8/23
@
7:00 PM
Mon
8/24
@
8:00 PM