best wnba defensive centers this season

	NAME	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	Kayla Alexander K. Alexander	2026	TOR	1	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	26.6	1.0	1.0	1.0	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	-9
2	Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	2026	GSV	24	22.1	3.7	5.0	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.4	3.1	45.3	0.5	1.5	37.1	0.3	0.6	46.7	53.9	0.9	4.1	0.5	530	88	120	31	20	44	13	57	+14
3	Damiris Dantas D. Dantas	2026	IND	11	8.3	3.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.8	41.9	0.6	1.8	35.0	0.6	0.8	77.8	57.2	0.3	1.2	0.8	91	40	16	4	2	2	9	22	-15
4	Stefanie Dolson S. Dolson	2026	SEA	25	18.3	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	2.9	47.2	0.6	1.5	36.8	0.9	1.0	88.5	62.9	0.6	1.9	1.0	458	105	62	30	8	14	24	67	-89
5	Elizabeth Williams E. Williams	2026	CHI	23	16.6	5.1	3.9	1.5	0.4	1.0	2.0	4.5	44.7	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.8	39.1	44.6	1.4	2.5	0.7	382	117	90	34	10	22	16	31	-26
6	Brittney Griner B. Griner	2026	CON	13	25.5	13.5	5.8	2.4	0.5	1.8	5.5	10.3	53.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	56.6	1.9	3.8	1.8	332	175	75	31	7	23	23	39	-36
7	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	2026	LVA	22	31.7	25.5	9.8	2.9	1.5	2.0	9.1	17.7	51.5	0.9	2.3	40.0	6.4	7.6	83.3	60.6	2.0	7.8	2.5	697	562	215	63	34	43	56	39	+167
8	Megan Gustafson M. Gustafson	2026	PDX	23	22.5	12.1	3.8	1.0	0.4	0.6	4.7	8.7	54.8	1.2	3.0	40.6	1.4	1.7	84.2	64.4	1.1	2.7	0.7	518	278	88	23	10	13	16	66	-101
9	Dominique Malonga D. Malonga	2026	SEA	17	25.4	15.5	7.9	1.4	0.9	1.2	6.1	13.2	46.2	0.6	1.8	36.7	2.6	3.6	72.1	52.2	2.2	5.8	2.8	431	263	135	24	15	21	47	52	-30
10	Li Yueru L. Yueru	2026	DAL	16	8.9	3.3	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.9	2.4	39.5	0.3	1.3	23.8	1.1	1.4	78.3	55.1	1.1	2.0	0.4	142	53	49	8	2	1	7	18	+36
11	Nikolina Milic N. Milic	2026	TOR	7	9.0	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.7	47.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	75.0	50.6	0.3	1.0	0.7	63	21	9	3	0	0	5	7	-14
12	Raquel Carrera R. Carrera	2026	NYL	12	5.7	1.9	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	72.7	0.1	0.3	33.3	0.5	0.8	60.0	74.7	0.5	0.8	0.4	68	23	15	3	1	2	5	11	+10
13	Luisa Geiselsöder L. Geiselsöder	2026	PDX	18	17.7	5.2	2.8	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	5.3	34.7	0.9	2.8	32.0	0.6	0.7	84.6	46.2	0.6	2.2	0.9	318	93	50	26	7	8	17	50	-22
14	Teaira McCowan T. McCowan	2026	MIN	10	6.8	1.4	2.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.5	46.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.0	42.9	0.5	1.9	0.6	68	14	24	3	1	5	6	19	+42
15	Kamilla Cardoso K. Cardoso	2026	CHI	23	26.9	14.3	8.6	2.5	0.6	1.7	5.6	9.6	58.4	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.1	74.5	62.5	2.5	6.1	1.8	618	328	198	57	13	39	41	81	-86
16	Olivia Nelson-Ododa O. Nelson-Ododa	2026	CON	19	20.2	9.0	5.6	1.9	0.9	0.8	3.5	5.8	59.5	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.5	58.2	60.9	1.7	3.8	1.4	384	171	106	37	17	16	27	60	-3
17	Kyara Linskens K. Linskens	2026	PHX	16	10.4	3.3	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.1	34.0	0.4	1.3	28.6	0.8	1.1	70.6	45.2	0.8	1.4	0.6	166	52	36	9	9	11	10	25	-44
18	Temi Fágbénlé T. Fágbénlé	2026	TOR	8	17.9	6.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	0.1	2.8	4.9	56.4	0.4	1.1	33.3	0.8	1.5	50.0	59.8	1.5	2.6	1.3	143	53	33	14	5	1	10	26	-20
19	Aliyah Boston A. Boston	2026	IND	21	27.7	17.3	8.8	2.8	1.1	1.3	6.3	12.3	51.6	1.3	2.8	45.8	3.4	4.1	82.6	61.5	1.9	6.9	2.6	581	364	184	58	23	27	55	71	+103
20	Shakira Austin S. Austin	2026	WAS	20	29.0	14.0	9.1	2.8	0.7	1.4	4.9	10.9	45.0	0.6	1.3	42.3	3.7	5.3	69.5	53.0	1.8	7.3	3.1	579	280	181	55	13	28	62	41	-31
21	Jonquel Jones J. Jones	2026	NYL	23	29.7	15.0	9.3	2.6	0.7	1.1	4.9	9.9	49.8	1.9	4.7	40.4	3.2	4.0	80.4	64.3	1.9	7.4	2.0	684	344	214	59	16	25	47	69	+52
22	Han Xu H. Xu	2026	NYL	24	12.5	5.4	2.0	0.8	0.3	0.6	2.1	4.0	53.1	0.7	1.7	41.5	0.5	0.6	78.6	63.6	0.6	1.4	0.5	301	130	48	19	7	15	11	18	+37
23	Mariella Fasoula M. Fasoula	2026	TOR	3	5.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	40.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		40.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	15	4	3	1	1	2	2	5	-2
24	Awa Fam A. Fam	2026	SEA	19	29.3	10.9	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.9	4.4	9.1	48.0	1.4	3.9	34.7	0.8	1.1	80.0	57.2	1.5	3.8	2.1	557	208	100	36	17	17	39	54	-59
25	Lauren Betts L. Betts	2026	WAS	21	16.2	6.6	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.4	2.6	5.0	52.9	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.9	71.8	56.9	1.1	2.4	1.0	341	138	74	20	11	9	21	34	-20

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PPG Leaders

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23.9

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22.7

Mitchell

RPG Leaders

11.8

Reese

11.6

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9.8

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.0

Thomas

7.8

Clark

7.4

Gray

SPG Leaders

2.6

Howard

2.1

Lacan

2.1

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BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.8

Stokes

1.8

Engstler

3PM Leaders

3.5

Mabrey

3.3

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2.7

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

68.4

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68.4

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67.0

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

113.0

112.6

112.1

111.6

110.8

110.1

DRtg Rankings

100.3

101.6

103.4

104.4

105.6

105.9

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

7.6

6.0

5.1

5.0

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

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8-17

10-13

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,089.5

Wilson

920.1

Stewart

887.3

Shepard

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,079.3

Wilson

938.8

Shepard

915.8

Stewart

USG% Leaders

33.4

Wilson

32.0

Clark

31.2

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.9

Howard

34.5

Citron

34.5

Plum

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

1.32

Boston

1.24

Cardoso

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.55

Wilson

1.34

Boston

1.31

Clark

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

12-6

10-7

10-8

9-5

8-9

Worst Record ATS

6-12

7-10

7-9

7-8

7-9

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	18	6	.750
2	Aces	17	7	.708	1.0
3	Valkyries	17	7	.708	1.0
4	Wings	16	8	.667	2.0
5	Fever	14	9	.609	3.5
6	Dream	14	10	.583	4.0
7	Liberty	13	11	.542	5.0
8	Mystics	11	10	.524	5.5
9	Sparks	10	12	.455	7.0
10	Fire	10	13	.435	7.5
11	Tempo	10	13	.435	7.5
12	Mercury	8	17	.320	10.5
13	Sky	7	16	.304	10.5
14	Storm	6	19	.240	12.5
15	Sun	5	18	.217	12.5

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)
Tue 7/14	PDX	@	CON	11:00 AM
Tue 7/14	WAS	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Wed 7/15	SEA	@	CHI	12:00 PM
Wed 7/15	LAS	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Wed 7/15	GSV	@	IND	8:00 PM

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2.1

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.8

3.5

3.3

2.7

68.4

68.4

67.0

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WNBA Fantasy 2026

1,089.5

920.1

887.3

1,079.3

938.8

915.8

33.4

32.0

31.2

34.9

34.5

34.5

1.56

1.32

1.24

1.55

1.34

1.31

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