guards with highest defensive rating this season

Kia Nurse has the worst defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 119.6 rating.

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

	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	Kia Nurse K. Nurse	119.6	2026	TOR	27	11.8	4.7	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.8	35.0	0.9	2.7	31.9	1.1	1.2	93.9	53.6	0.2	0.8	0.3	318	126	28	21	8	0	9	33	-85
2	Chance Gray C. Gray	118.6	2026	LAS	24	10.4	2.8	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.9	2.4	36.8	0.6	1.8	33.3	0.5	0.6	85.7	53.8	0.2	1.0	0.7	250	68	28	18	3	0	16	21	-107
3	Carla Leite C. Leite	117.7	2026	PDX	26	25.7	15.2	2.3	5.9	0.6	0.0	4.5	10.4	43.7	0.8	2.2	34.5	5.3	6.0	88.5	58.2	0.7	1.6	3.3	669	394	60	154	16	1	85	68	-52
4	Kelsey Plum K. Plum	117.4	2026	LAS	12	34.5	23.9	2.2	6.4	1.2	0.0	8.3	15.7	52.7	2.6	6.8	38.3	4.8	6.0	80.6	65.3	0.3	1.9	3.1	414	287	26	77	14	0	37	41	-4
5	Rae Burrell R. Burrell	117.0	2026	LAS	27	28.3	13.4	2.3	2.2	0.8	0.6	4.7	10.1	46.2	1.5	3.8	38.8	2.6	3.3	78.7	58.0	0.6	1.7	2.3	764	362	63	60	21	15	63	50	-124
6	Erica Wheeler E. Wheeler	116.9	2026	LAS	27	28.0	9.0	1.9	5.3	1.0	0.1	3.3	8.7	37.6	1.1	4.3	26.7	1.3	1.5	85.4	48.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	756	242	52	142	28	2	53	81	-39
7	Marina Mabrey M. Mabrey	116.8	2026	TOR	26	29.5	21.1	3.5	3.7	1.0	0.4	6.9	15.7	43.9	3.3	8.4	38.8	4.1	4.6	89.1	59.6	0.7	2.9	3.2	767	549	92	97	27	10	84	67	-86
8	Brittney Sykes B. Sykes	116.3	2026	TOR	15	31.8	20.1	3.8	3.5	1.3	0.5	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.1	3.9	27.1	6.2	6.9	89.4	55.0	1.0	2.8	2.3	477	301	57	52	20	7	35	39	-26
9	Kiki Rice K. Rice	116.0	2026	TOR	11	25.8	11.9	4.5	2.7	0.9	0.1	3.7	7.4	50.6	0.8	2.3	36.0	3.6	4.4	83.3	64.1	1.2	3.4	1.4	284	131	50	30	10	1	15	33	+33
10	Teja Oblak T. Oblak	115.5	2026	PDX	22	13.2	5.8	1.4	2.7	0.5	0.0	2.3	5.2	43.9	0.8	2.0	38.6	0.5	0.6	78.6	53.3	0.5	0.9	2.5	291	128	31	60	12	0	54	39	-38
11	Julie Allemand J. Allemand	114.7	2026	TOR	21	29.3	6.7	3.2	5.5	1.5	0.4	2.6	4.6	55.7	1.2	2.9	41.7	0.3	0.4	87.5	69.6	0.2	3.0	1.8	615	140	68	115	32	9	37	40	-45
12	Lexi Held L. Held	114.3	2026	TOT	28	16.3	5.1	1.2	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.9	4.8	38.8	0.8	2.3	33.8	0.6	0.6	94.4	50.4	0.4	0.9	0.9	457	143	34	42	11	4	26	38	-28
13	Jovana Nogic J. Nogic	113.8	2026	PHX	16	20.2	10.4	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.0	3.1	7.4	42.0	2.0	4.8	42.1	2.1	2.4	89.5	61.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	323	166	17	26	10	0	23	36	+8
14	Rachel Banham R. Banham	113.7	2026	CHI	24	12.8	4.0	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.3	1.3	4.0	33.0	0.9	3.0	30.6	0.5	0.5	84.6	47.2	0.1	0.8	0.8	308	97	22	24	4	6	20	28	-7
15	Zia Cooke Z. Cooke	113.3	2026	SEA	30	15.0	7.6	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.0	2.4	7.0	34.6	0.9	2.8	32.1	1.9	2.3	81.2	47.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	450	229	54	28	9	0	32	45	-90
16	Ariel Atkins A. Atkins	113.3	2026	LAS	25	27.6	9.4	3.0	2.7	1.6	0.4	3.4	8.9	38.1	1.2	4.2	28.3	1.4	1.5	97.3	49.3	0.7	2.2	1.9	689	236	74	68	39	10	47	78	-53
17	Kahleah Copper K. Copper	112.6	2026	PHX	28	32.5	20.7	3.8	1.9	0.7	0.1	6.9	15.9	43.5	1.7	5.9	28.7	5.3	6.5	80.3	55.3	0.6	3.2	2.5	910	580	105	52	20	3	69	72	-105
18	Sarah Ashlee Barker S. Ashlee Barker	112.5	2026	PDX	26	24.7	10.7	4.5	2.4	0.9	0.3	4.2	8.3	50.2	1.4	3.5	40.0	1.0	1.3	74.3	60.3	0.8	3.7	2.0	642	278	117	62	23	9	52	64	-51
19	Kelsey Mitchell K. Mitchell	112.1	2026	IND	28	32.4	23.5	1.7	2.7	1.0	0.1	8.1	16.4	49.8	2.8	6.5	43.1	4.4	5.1	85.4	63.0	0.5	1.2	1.8	906	657	47	76	28	3	51	75	+177
20	Sydney Taylor S. Taylor	112.1	2026	CHI	25	20.0	14.2	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	4.9	10.8	45.7	2.0	5.7	34.3	2.4	2.8	84.5	59.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	500	355	38	36	17	5	38	66	+29
21	Tyasha Harris T. Harris	111.8	2026	IND	23	15.1	4.9	1.2	2.3	0.3	0.2	1.7	4.0	42.9	0.6	2.1	29.2	0.9	1.0	90.9	55.6	0.1	1.1	0.7	348	112	28	54	7	4	16	30	+83
22	Jade Melbourne J. Melbourne	111.8	2026	SEA	29	24.0	8.8	2.0	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.9	6.2	46.4	0.5	2.0	24.6	2.6	3.3	77.9	57.5	0.4	1.6	1.8	697	254	59	111	26	4	53	89	-96
23	Jacy Sheldon J. Sheldon	111.7	2026	CHI	27	21.4	6.6	1.4	1.7	0.8	0.4	2.4	5.4	45.2	0.8	2.5	32.8	0.9	1.1	86.2	56.4	0.4	1.0	0.8	578	179	37	47	22	10	22	69	+30
24	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton B. Laney-Hamilton	111.4	2026	NYL	17	16.8	4.7	1.9	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.5	4.1	36.2	0.5	2.2	24.3	1.2	1.5	80.8	49.7	0.2	1.7	1.5	285	80	32	26	5	3	26	25	+28
25	Sophie Cunningham S. Cunningham	111.2	2026	IND	27	22.9	9.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	0.1	2.9	6.0	47.5	1.8	4.0	44.0	1.9	2.2	88.1	67.6	0.3	2.1	0.9	619	254	66	35	15	3	24	54	+87

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.1

Mabrey

RPG

6.4

Harrison

APG

5.5

Allemand

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.9

6th

DRTG

115.5

15th

NETRTG

-5.6

11th

3P%

36.2

3rd

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Liberty	16	12	.571	2.0
4	Mystics	15	12	.556	2.5
5	Tempo	10	17	.370	7.5
6	Sky	9	18	.333	8.5
7	Sun	7	21	.250	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 7/30	MIN	@	TOR	8:00 PM
Sun 8/2	TOR	@	GSV	8:30 PM
Tue 8/4	TOR	@	GSV	10:00 PM
Thu 8/6	TOR	@	PDX	10:00 PM
Mon 8/10	TOR	@	ATL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Tempo

10 - 17

Final

100

Lynx

23 - 6

Tue 28 Jul 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.2

Wilson

23.5

Mitchell

21.5

Clark

RPG Leaders

12.1

Shepard

11.5

Reese

9.7

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.3

Thomas

7.9

Clark

7.7

Canada

SPG Leaders

2.5

Howard

2.2

Canada

2.0

Lacan

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.8

Stokes

1.8

Griner

3PM Leaders

3.3

Mabrey

3.1

Howard

2.8

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.6

Allemand

68.4

Delaere

68.4

Carter

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

115.4

113.9

113.8

111.8

111.1

109.9

DRtg Rankings

101.6

103.1

104.0

104.8

107.0

107.6

NetRtg Rankings

10.7

7.3

6.9

6.3

4.9

4.8

Tank Leaderboard

6-24

7-21

9-18

10-17

11-18

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,265.4

Wilson

1,140.9

Stewart

1,054.6

Shepard

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,251

Wilson

1,132.3

Stewart

1,120.5

Shepard

USG% Leaders

32.9

Wilson

32.6

Clark

31.2

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.7

Howard

33.7

Thomas

33.7

Citron

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.60

Wilson

1.35

Boston

1.28

Clark

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Wilson

1.38

Clark

1.36

Boston

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

13-9

12-9

12-8

13-9

12-9

11-11

Worst Record ATS

7-13

7-14

8-11

10-12

10-11

10-10

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	23	6	.793
2	Aces	19	8	.704	3.0
3	Valkyries	19	9	.679	3.5
4	Wings	18	10	.643	4.5
5	Fever	18	10	.643	4.5
6	Dream	17	10	.630	5.0
7	Liberty	16	12	.571	6.5
8	Mystics	15	12	.556	7.0
9	Fire	11	17	.393	11.5
10	Mercury	11	18	.379	12.0
11	Tempo	10	17	.370	12.0
12	Sparks	10	17	.370	12.0
13	Sky	9	18	.333	13.0
14	Sun	7	21	.250	15.5
15	Storm	6	24	.200	17.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/10	PHX	@	GSV	79-95
Tue 5/12	ATL	@	DAL	77-72
Tue 5/12	MIN	@	PHX	88-84
Tue 5/12	NYL	@	PDX	96-98
Wed 5/13	SEA	@	TOR	73-86

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 7/30	MIN	@	TOR	8:00 PM
Thu 7/30	CON	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Thu 7/30	NYL	@	LVA	10:00 PM
Fri 7/31	DAL	@	WAS	7:30 PM
Fri 7/31	SEA	@	ATL	7:30 PM

Kia Nurse has the worst defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 119.6 rating.

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6.4

5.5

WNBA 2026 Leaders

26.2

23.5

21.5

12.1

11.5

9.7

8.3

7.9

7.7

2.5

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

3.3

3.1

2.8

69.6

68.4

68.4

WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

1,265.4

1,140.9

1,054.6

1,251

1,132.3

1,120.5

32.9

32.6

31.2

34.7

33.7

33.7

1.60

1.35

1.28

1.59

1.38

1.36

WNBA 2026 Betting

WNBA 2026 Standings

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule