Sylvia Fowles had the best defensive rating in 2017, with an 86.4 rating.

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drtg with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games leaders 2017

	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	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	86.4	2017	MIN	34	30.8	18.9	10.4	1.5	1.3	2.0	7.5	11.4	65.5	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.2	76.8	69.1	3.6	6.8	2.4	1,048	644	354	52	44	67	83	93	+332
2	Candace Parker C. Parker	87.4	2017	LAS	33	30.7	16.9	8.4	4.3	1.5	1.7	6.3	13.2	47.8	1.4	3.8	35.4	2.9	3.8	75.6	56.7	1.2	7.2	2.7	1,013	557	277	141	48	55	89	77	+244
3	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	90.0	2017	LAS	34	31.0	18.8	7.7	2.1	1.9	0.5	7.2	12.8	56.1	0.5	1.6	34.0	3.9	4.5	87.0	63.6	1.8	5.9	1.5	1,054	640	263	72	63	18	52	99	+268
4	Natasha Howard N. Howard	90.4	2017	MIN	34	11.7	4.3	2.4	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.8	3.7	48.4	0.1	0.4	21.4	0.6	0.9	73.3	52.8	0.9	1.5	0.8	397	147	81	25	18	21	26	56	+90
5	Rebekkah Brunson R. Brunson	91.2	2017	MIN	30	26.9	10.2	6.7	1.5	1.1	0.4	3.6	8.1	44.9	0.8	2.2	34.8	2.1	3.0	71.1	54.0	1.7	5.0	1.6	807	305	201	44	33	13	48	69	+203
6	Maya Moore M. Moore	91.8	2017	MIN	34	31.3	17.3	5.0	3.5	1.9	0.4	6.1	13.8	44.2	1.9	4.6	41.1	3.2	3.7	85.8	56.1	1.5	3.5	1.8	1,063	588	171	119	64	14	61	80	+367
7	Jonquel Jones J. Jones	92.0	2017	CON	34	28.5	15.4	11.9	1.5	0.9	1.5	5.3	10.0	53.4	0.7	1.6	44.6	4.0	4.9	81.8	63.4	3.6	8.2	1.7	970	522	403	50	29	50	57	115	+179
8	Jia Perkins J. Perkins	92.1	2017	MIN	34	16.3	4.2	2.0	1.4	1.1	0.0	1.6	4.4	36.9	0.4	1.1	31.6	0.6	0.7	83.3	44.5	0.3	1.7	0.8	554	142	68	47	37	1	28	42	+97
9	Rebecca Allen R. Allen	92.7	2017	NYL	33	9.2	2.8	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.2	3.1	37.6	0.5	1.3	34.1	0.1	0.2	33.3	44.9	0.4	1.6	0.5	304	93	67	17	12	13	18	35	-15
10	Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	93.3	2017	NYL	34	19.6	4.8	6.3	0.9	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.3	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.6	79.6	59.6	2.3	4.0	1.2	666	163	214	30	12	39	40	94	+19
11	Alana Beard A. Beard	93.5	2017	LAS	34	30.9	6.9	3.3	2.2	2.1	0.5	2.8	5.7	49.7	0.2	0.6	31.6	1.1	1.4	80.4	55.1	0.6	2.7	1.3	1,052	235	113	76	71	17	45	93	+275
12	Tina Charles T. Charles	94.4	2017	NYL	34	32.2	19.7	9.4	2.6	0.8	0.7	7.7	17.4	44.2	0.7	2.0	34.8	3.6	4.5	80.4	50.8	2.0	7.3	2.4	1,095	671	318	87	28	24	80	74	+126
13	Plenette Pierson P. Pierson	95.2	2017	MIN	34	13.7	5.2	2.2	1.5	0.4	0.1	2.1	4.8	42.7	0.6	1.6	33.9	0.6	0.7	79.2	51.0	0.4	1.8	1.0	465	178	76	51	14	5	35	49	+151
14	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	95.6	2017	CON	33	29.8	14.8	6.8	4.5	1.6	0.4	5.7	11.2	50.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	6.1	56.7	53.6	1.4	5.4	3.0	982	490	225	147	52	13	98	105	+218
15	Sancho Lyttle S. Lyttle	95.7	2017	ATL	29	28.5	6.4	7.1	1.6	1.6	0.6	2.8	6.4	43.5	0.1	0.3	25.0	0.8	1.0	75.9	46.8	1.7	5.4	1.3	826	186	207	46	45	18	38	82	-74
16	Brittney Griner B. Griner	96.4	2017	PHX	26	31.5	21.9	7.6	1.9	0.7	2.5	8.0	13.8	57.7	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.3	81.2	64.2	1.7	5.9	2.5	820	569	198	49	18	65	64	88	+109
17	Odyssey Sims O. Sims	96.4	2017	LAS	31	24.5	9.6	1.9	3.5	1.5	0.2	3.6	8.2	44.7	0.4	1.9	19.0	2.0	2.3	88.6	52.7	0.5	1.5	1.4	758	299	59	108	45	5	44	60	+162
18	Sugar Rodgers S. Rodgers	97.1	2017	NYL	33	25.6	10.5	3.8	2.3	0.9	0.5	3.6	10.7	33.9	1.9	5.6	34.2	1.3	1.6	81.5	45.9	0.7	3.1	1.6	844	347	126	77	30	17	53	76	+59
19	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	97.4	2017	SEA	33	32.9	19.9	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.6	6.7	14.2	47.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	4.9	6.3	78.7	58.8	1.5	7.2	2.4	1,086	656	287	90	38	53	80	107	+62
20	Epiphanny Prince E. Prince	97.7	2017	NYL	28	26.8	12.0	3.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	4.1	10.3	40.1	1.2	3.4	34.4	2.6	2.9	87.8	51.8	1.1	2.5	1.3	751	337	101	81	35	7	35	50	+88
21	Kia Vaughn K. Vaughn	97.9	2017	NYL	28	19.6	5.8	4.9	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.6	4.9	53.6	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.9	58.3	54.5	1.9	3.0	0.8	549	162	137	20	12	11	23	55	+21
22	Riquna Williams R. Williams	97.9	2017	LAS	23	17.7	6.4	1.4	0.7	0.8	0.1	2.0	6.1	32.1	0.9	3.2	27.0	1.7	1.9	86.4	46.4	0.3	1.1	1.1	408	148	32	16	19	3	26	42	+64
23	Krystal Thomas K. Thomas	98.2	2017	WAS	34	26.1	7.0	9.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	2.9	5.3	54.4	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.0	60.3	56.5	3.3	6.4	1.4	888	237	328	33	17	38	48	96	-12
24	Elizabeth Williams E. Williams	98.3	2017	ATL	34	31.6	10.4	7.2	1.4	1.1	2.0	4.4	9.1	48.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.4	65.9	51.4	3.1	4.1	1.4	1,075	354	246	46	36	67	46	81	-138
25	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	98.7	2017	MIN	22	23.6	8.0	2.5	4.1	0.5	0.1	3.1	7.0	45.1	0.5	1.5	35.3	1.2	1.6	75.0	52.4	0.4	2.1	2.0	520	177	54	90	11	2	44	37	+114

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Team Leaders

PPG

19.7

Miles

RPG

7.7

Howard

APG

6.0

Miles

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.3

2nd

DRTG

104.5

2nd

NETRTG

9.9

1st

3P%

39.1

2nd

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	31	9	.775
2	Valkyries	29	11	.725	2.0
3	Aces	27	13	.675	4.0
4	Wings	24	16	.600	7.0
5	Fire	16	24	.400	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	NYL	@	MIN	7:30 PM
Sun 9/20	MIN	@	CON	1:00 PM
Tue 9/22	MIN	@	IND	8:00 PM
Thu 9/24	IND	@	MIN	8:00 PM

Last Game

Lynx

31 - 9

Final

Dream

26 - 14

Sun 30 Aug 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.0

Wilson

25.0

Mitchell

22.5

Clark

RPG Leaders

12.4

Reese

11.1

Shepard

9.4

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.4

Thomas

8.4

Clark

7.4

Canada

SPG Leaders

2.4

Howard

1.9

Canada

1.8

Reese

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.7

Brink

1.7

Stokes

3PM Leaders

3.3

Howard

3.3

Mabrey

3.0

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.3

Allemand

68.4

Carter

66.9

Cunningham

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

116.5

114.3

112.9

111.9

111.8

111.3

DRtg Rankings

100.1

104.5

105.0

107.2

107.8

NetRtg Rankings

9.9

9.6

7.3

6.2

5.1

4.6

Tank Leaderboard

8-32

10-30

11-29

14-26

15-25

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,846.3

Wilson

1,595.7

Stewart

1,540

Reese

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,826.8

Wilson

1,577.3

Reese

1,577

Stewart

USG% Leaders

32.8

Wilson

31.8

Clark

30.5

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.6

Howard

33.5

Thomas

33.2

Citron

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

1.35

Boston

1.32

Malonga

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

1.36

Clark

1.35

Boston

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

21-13

20-14

19-15

18-14

18-16

18-15

Worst Record ATS

11-21

13-21

14-18

15-17

15-18

15-16

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	31	9	.775
2	Valkyries - x	29	11	.725	2.0
3	Aces - x	27	13	.675	4.0
4	Dream - x	26	14	.650	5.0
5	Fever - x	26	14	.650	5.0
6	Liberty - x	24	16	.600	7.0
7	Mystics - x	24	16	.600	7.0
8	Wings - x	24	16	.600	7.0
9	Fire - e	16	24	.400	15.0
10	Sky - e	15	25	.375	16.0
11	Sparks - e	15	25	.375	16.0
12	Mercury - e	14	26	.350	17.0
13	Tempo - e	11	29	.275	20.0
14	Sun - e	10	30	.250	21.0
15	Storm - e	8	32	.200	23.0

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 6/14	ATL	@	TOR	102-77
Mon 6/15	LVA	@	DAL	66-96
Mon 6/15	PDX	@	MIN	74-107
Mon 6/15	LAS	@	GSV	58-78
Tue 6/16	TOR	@	IND	91-113

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	CON	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Thu 9/17	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Thu 9/17	LAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 9/17	LVA	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Thu 9/17	PHX	@	PDX	10:00 PM

Sylvia Fowles had the best defensive rating in 2017, with an 86.4 rating.

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2.4

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1.7

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

1,846.3

1,595.7

1,540

1,826.8

1,577.3

1,577

32.8

31.8

30.5

34.6

33.5

33.2

1.56

1.35

1.32

1.54

1.36

1.35

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