highest defense rating

Kia Nurse has the worst defensive rating this season, with a 121.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest defense rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kia Nurse
K. Nurse
121.2
2026
34
12.6
5.0
1.0
0.9
0.3
0.0
1.5
4.1
35.5
1.0
2.9
33.0
1.1
1.2
90.2
53.4
0.2
0.8
0.3
427
170
34
32
11
0
11
41
-114
2Maria Conde
M. Conde
119.3
2026
32
27.1
9.0
4.7
2.6
0.5
0.2
3.1
8.5
36.9
1.7
4.6
36.1
1.1
1.3
87.8
50.0
1.0
3.7
1.5
868
289
149
82
15
5
49
65
-163
3Marina Mabrey
M. Mabrey
118.9
2026
32
29.5
20.8
3.3
3.7
0.9
0.4
6.8
15.4
44.1
3.3
8.5
38.5
3.9
4.5
88.1
59.9
0.5
2.8
3.1
944
667
105
118
29
12
99
84
-180
4Kiki Rice
K. Rice
118.6
2026
19
25.8
11.6
3.7
2.9
0.8
0.2
3.7
7.8
47.7
0.8
2.3
36.4
3.3
3.8
86.1
60.9
1.2
2.6
1.5
490
220
71
55
16
4
29
61
-24
5Chance Gray
C. Gray
118.1
2026
32
10.7
2.8
1.2
1.0
0.2
0.0
0.9
2.5
35.0
0.6
1.9
31.7
0.5
0.6
83.3
51.2
0.3
0.9
0.6
343
90
39
32
5
0
20
25
-133
6Brittney Sykes
B. Sykes
118.0
2026
16
31.1
19.8
3.7
3.6
1.3
0.5
6.4
15.2
42.0
1.0
3.9
25.8
6.0
6.7
89.7
54.5
1.0
2.7
2.3
498
316
59
57
20
8
36
40
-24
7Carla Leite
C. Leite
117.4
2026
32
25.5
15.7
2.2
6.2
0.6
0.1
4.7
10.3
45.7
0.8
2.2
38.6
5.5
6.3
86.7
60.3
0.6
1.6
3.4
815
503
71
198
20
2
110
85
-38
8Karlie Samuelson
K. Samuelson
116.7
2026
23
15.3
4.8
1.4
0.9
0.4
0.1
1.4
3.3
41.6
1.1
3.0
36.8
0.9
1.0
87.5
62.8
0.5
0.9
0.4
352
110
33
20
10
3
9
35
-46
9Rae Burrell
R. Burrell
116.6
2026
35
29.1
14.3
2.3
2.6
0.8
0.6
4.9
10.6
46.1
1.6
4.1
39.6
2.9
3.5
80.6
58.6
0.6
1.7
2.3
1,017
499
82
90
27
20
81
57
-173
10Julie Allemand
J. Allemand
116.4
2026
27
29.1
6.5
3.1
5.7
1.5
0.4
2.5
4.4
55.8
1.3
2.9
43.6
0.3
0.4
80.0
70.7
0.2
2.9
1.7
785
176
84
153
40
11
47
54
-115
11Kelsey Plum
K. Plum
116.2
2026
TOT
16
31.4
22.3
2.2
5.6
1.0
0.0
7.6
14.4
52.8
2.4
6.3
38.6
4.6
5.6
81.1
65.8
0.2
2.0
2.9
503
356
35
90
16
0
47
51
-13
12Erica Wheeler
E. Wheeler
116.2
2026
34
27.8
9.2
2.0
5.3
1.0
0.1
3.4
8.7
39.1
1.3
4.4
28.5
1.1
1.3
86.7
49.6
0.3
1.8
1.9
946
314
69
181
35
2
66
100
-30
13Frieda Buhner
F. Buhner
116.1
2026
32
15.2
6.5
2.3
0.7
0.3
0.1
2.2
4.9
44.3
0.9
2.5
35.0
1.2
1.4
88.6
58.4
0.8
1.5
0.8
485
207
73
23
11
2
26
50
-71
14Laura Juškaitė
L. Juškaitė
116.0
2026
35
24.4
9.9
3.9
1.6
1.2
0.2
3.5
7.7
45.9
0.9
3.0
31.4
1.9
2.3
79.3
56.5
1.0
2.9
1.8
854
346
137
56
42
8
63
118
-90
15Lexi Held
L. Held
115.0
2026
TOT
34
15.0
4.6
1.2
1.3
0.3
0.1
1.7
4.4
38.0
0.7
2.1
33.3
0.6
0.6
86.4
49.2
0.4
0.8
0.8
510
157
40
45
11
4
28
44
-56
16Nyadiew Puoch
N. Puoch
114.9
2026
34
17.2
3.9
1.8
0.7
0.8
0.1
1.5
4.1
37.0
0.4
1.9
22.7
0.5
0.8
61.5
44.5
0.8
1.1
0.5
586
133
62
23
26
4
18
71
-100
17Megan DiLeo
M. DiLeo
114.7
2026
33
23.8
12.9
4.2
1.0
0.4
0.6
5.1
9.4
54.2
1.3
3.5
36.8
1.5
1.8
80.0
63.5
1.4
2.8
0.8
785
427
139
33
14
21
25
86
-74
18Isabelle Harrison
I. Harrison
114.6
2026
23
22.5
11.4
5.8
1.7
0.7
0.8
4.4
9.3
47.0
0.7
2.0
34.8
1.9
2.8
67.7
53.8
1.7
4.1
1.7
517
262
134
38
15
19
38
62
-121
19Nyara Sabally
N. Sabally
114.5
2026
24
23.9
12.3
5.3
1.7
1.0
0.9
4.5
8.5
52.7
0.8
2.1
39.2
2.5
3.4
72.0
61.2
1.8
3.5
1.6
573
295
126
41
24
21
38
65
-82
20Luisa Geiselsöder
L. Geiselsöder
114.2
2026
21
16.6
4.5
2.6
1.3
0.3
0.4
1.6
4.8
33.0
0.8
2.6
29.1
0.6
0.7
80.0
44.1
0.5
2.1
0.9
348
94
55
27
7
8
19
53
-26
21Jovana Nogic
J. Nogic
114.1
2026
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
22Zia Cooke
Z. Cooke
113.9
2026
37
14.8
7.5
1.6
0.9
0.3
0.0
2.4
6.7
35.7
0.8
2.6
30.2
1.9
2.3
81.2
48.2
0.5
1.2
1.1
546
276
60
32
11
0
40
50
-104
23Teja Oblak
T. Oblak
113.6
2026
26
13.3
5.9
1.6
3.0
0.7
0.0
2.3
5.3
43.8
0.8
2.1
38.9
0.5
0.7
72.2
53.1
0.5
1.1
2.5
347
154
42
78
18
1
66
41
-42
24Kahleah Copper
K. Copper
113.2
2026
35
32.9
20.5
3.6
1.9
0.7
0.1
6.8
15.8
43.3
1.7
5.8
29.4
5.1
6.5
78.9
55.0
0.5
3.1
2.5
1,152
718
126
67
25
3
87
94
-108
25Kelsey Mitchell
K. Mitchell
113.1
2026
36
32.8
24.3
1.7
2.6
1.0
0.1
8.7
17.1
50.7
2.9
6.5
44.3
4.1
4.8
85.0
63.3
0.5
1.2
1.8
1,180
875
62
95
37
4
64
89
+235
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.389
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.265
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