highest defensive rating defenders this season

Kia Nurse has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 119.6 rating.

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highest defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player defenders 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	26	11.7	4.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.8	35.0	0.8	2.7	31.4	1.2	1.3	93.9	53.7	0.2	0.8	0.3	305	123	26	18	7	0	9	31	-83
2	Maria Conde M. Conde	117.7	2026	TOR	26	26.5	8.8	4.6	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.9	8.1	36.2	1.7	4.3	38.1	1.3	1.5	87.2	50.4	1.0	3.6	1.4	690	229	119	65	11	4	37	53	-99
3	Chance Gray C. Gray	117.7	2026	LAS	23	10.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.8	2.3	36.5	0.6	1.7	34.2	0.5	0.6	85.7	54.2	0.2	1.0	0.7	236	63	28	16	3	0	16	21	-86
4	Carla Leite C. Leite	117.2	2026	PDX	25	25.9	15.3	2.4	6.0	0.6	0.0	4.6	10.4	43.8	0.8	2.2	34.5	5.4	6.2	88.3	58.4	0.7	1.7	3.4	648	383	60	151	16	1	85	62	-42
5	Kelsey Plum K. Plum	116.8	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
6	Rae Burrell R. Burrell	116.8	2026	LAS	26	28.1	13.0	2.3	2.2	0.7	0.6	4.5	9.8	45.3	1.4	3.7	37.9	2.7	3.4	78.7	57.3	0.6	1.7	2.2	730	338	60	57	17	15	58	49	-122
7	Marina Mabrey M. Mabrey	116.6	2026	TOR	25	29.4	21.0	3.4	3.6	1.1	0.4	6.9	15.6	44.0	3.3	8.4	39.2	3.9	4.4	88.3	59.6	0.6	2.7	3.2	735	524	84	91	27	10	81	65	-91
8	Frieda Buhner F. Buhner	116.4	2026	PDX	24	14.8	6.2	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.1	2.1	4.8	44.7	0.7	2.3	30.9	1.3	1.4	88.2	57.8	0.7	1.3	0.8	355	149	47	16	8	2	19	37	-62
9	Brittney Sykes B. Sykes	116.1	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
10	Nyadiew Puoch N. Puoch	116.1	2026	PDX	26	16.5	3.0	1.6	0.7	0.6	0.1	1.2	3.8	32.7	0.3	1.8	17.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	37.9	0.8	0.8	0.5	430	79	42	19	16	3	14	51	-77
11	Erica Wheeler E. Wheeler	116.1	2026	LAS	26	28.0	8.7	2.0	5.1	1.1	0.1	3.2	8.7	36.4	1.0	4.3	24.3	1.3	1.5	87.2	46.5	0.3	1.6	2.0	728	225	51	133	28	2	52	77	-54
12	Kiki Rice K. Rice	115.5	2026	TOR	10	26.7	12.7	4.7	2.6	1.0	0.1	4.0	7.5	53.3	0.9	2.3	39.1	3.8	4.5	84.4	67.0	1.2	3.5	1.3	267	127	47	26	10	1	13	28	+33
13	Teja Oblak T. Oblak	114.8	2026	PDX	21	13.1	5.8	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.0	2.3	5.2	44.0	0.8	2.0	40.5	0.4	0.6	75.0	53.4	0.5	1.0	2.4	275	122	31	58	12	0	50	35	-32
14	Megan DiLeo M. DiLeo	114.4	2026	PDX	25	23.0	12.6	3.8	1.0	0.4	0.6	5.0	9.0	55.4	1.3	3.2	40.0	1.4	1.6	82.9	64.9	1.0	2.8	0.7	574	314	95	24	11	15	17	69	-94
15	Julie Allemand J. Allemand	114.3	2026	TOR	20	29.2	6.5	3.4	5.4	1.5	0.4	2.5	4.6	54.3	1.2	2.9	40.4	0.4	0.4	87.5	68.0	0.2	3.2	1.8	583	130	68	108	30	8	35	40	-33
16	Luisa Geiselsöder L. Geiselsöder	114.2	2026	PDX	20	17.2	4.7	2.7	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.7	5.0	33.3	0.8	2.7	29.6	0.6	0.8	80.0	44.5	0.5	2.2	0.9	344	94	53	27	7	8	18	53	-27
17	Lexi Held L. Held	114.0	2026	TOT	27	16.6	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.9	4.8	40.0	0.8	2.3	35.5	0.6	0.7	94.4	51.8	0.4	0.9	1.0	449	143	34	42	11	4	26	37	-16
18	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
19	Nyara Sabally N. Sabally	113.6	2026	TOR	18	24.1	11.7	4.8	1.8	0.9	1.0	4.3	7.9	53.8	0.6	1.7	36.7	2.5	3.3	76.3	62.1	1.6	3.2	1.1	433	210	86	32	16	18	20	54	-32
20	Jovana Nogic J. Nogic	113.5	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
21	Laura Juškaitė L. Juškaitė	113.3	2026	TOR	26	23.5	9.2	3.8	1.6	1.3	0.2	3.2	6.9	46.1	1.0	2.7	35.2	1.8	2.2	82.8	58.1	1.0	2.8	1.7	610	239	99	42	35	6	43	95	+14
22	Isabelle Harrison I. Harrison	112.7	2026	TOR	16	24.1	13.8	6.4	1.6	0.8	0.7	5.3	10.3	51.8	0.9	2.1	44.1	2.2	3.1	71.4	59.3	1.8	4.6	1.7	385	220	102	25	12	11	27	46	-77
23	Ariel Atkins A. Atkins	112.5	2026	LAS	24	27.3	9.2	2.9	2.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	9.0	36.7	1.2	4.3	27.5	1.4	1.5	97.1	47.7	0.7	2.2	1.8	655	220	69	63	38	10	43	74	-49
24	Zia Cooke Z. Cooke	112.5	2026	SEA	29	15.0	7.6	1.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.4	7.0	35.0	0.9	2.8	30.9	1.8	2.2	82.5	47.5	0.5	1.3	1.1	435	219	52	28	9	0	32	44	-81
25	Kahleah Copper K. Copper	112.3	2026	PHX	27	32.5	20.5	3.7	1.8	0.7	0.1	6.8	15.9	42.8	1.6	5.9	27.5	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.6	0.6	3.1	2.5	877	553	101	48	20	3	67	66	-109

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.0

Mabrey

RPG

6.4

Harrison

APG

5.4

Allemand

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.8

7th

DRTG

115.3

15th

NETRTG

-5.5

11th

3P%

36.2

3rd

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Liberty	15	12	.556	2.0
4	Mystics	14	12	.538	2.5
5	Tempo	10	16	.385	6.5
6	Sky	9	18	.333	8.0
7	Sun	7	20	.259	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 7/28	TOR	@	MIN	8:00 PM
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

Last Game

Aces

18 - 7

109

Final

Tempo

10 - 16

Mon 20 Jul 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.1

Wilson

23.9

Plum

23.3

Mitchell

RPG Leaders

12.0

Shepard

11.5

Reese

9.5

Austin

APG Leaders

8.3

Thomas

7.9

Clark

7.7

Canada

SPG Leaders

2.4

Howard

2.2

Canada

2.1

Lacan

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.8

Stokes

1.8

Griner

3PM Leaders

3.3

Mabrey

3.2

Howard

2.7

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

68.4

Carter

68.0

Allemand

67.1

Cunningham

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

114.7

113.5

113.4

112.3

110.3

110.1

DRtg Rankings

101.0

102.7

104.0

105.1

107.3

107.4

NetRtg Rankings

10.8

7.3

7.1

5.8

5.0

Tank Leaderboard

6-23

7-20

9-18

10-18

10-16

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,211.6

Wilson

1,076.6

Stewart

1,013.3

Shepard

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,195

Wilson

1,077

Shepard

1,073.3

Stewart

USG% Leaders

32.9

Wilson

32.7

Clark

31.3

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.8

Howard

34.5

Plum

33.7

Citron

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.60

Wilson

1.34

Boston

1.27

Clark

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.57

Wilson

1.37

Clark

1.36

Boston

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

13-8

12-8

11-9

11-7

Worst Record ATS

7-12

7-11

7-13

9-11

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	22	6	.786
2	Valkyries	19	8	.704	2.5
3	Aces	18	8	.692	3.0
4	Wings	18	9	.667	3.5
5	Fever	17	10	.630	4.5
6	Dream	16	10	.615	5.0
7	Liberty	15	12	.556	6.5
8	Mystics	14	12	.538	7.0
9	Fire	11	16	.407	10.5
10	Tempo	10	16	.385	11.0
11	Sparks	10	16	.385	11.0
12	Mercury	10	18	.357	12.0
13	Sky	9	18	.333	12.5
14	Sun	7	20	.259	14.5
15	Storm	6	23	.207	16.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 5/9	DAL	@	IND	107-104
Sat 5/9	PHX	@	LVA	99-66
Sat 5/9	ATL	@	MIN	91-90
Sat 5/9	CHI	@	PDX	98-83
Sun 5/10	SEA	@	CON	89-82

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 7/28	CON	@	WAS	7:30 PM
Tue 7/28	TOR	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Tue 7/28	IND	@	SEA	9:30 PM
Tue 7/28	PDX	@	LVA	10:00 PM
Tue 7/28	NYL	@	LAS	10:00 PM

Kia Nurse has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 119.6 rating.

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WNBA 2026 Leaders

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

1,211.6

1,076.6

1,013.3

1,195

1,077

1,073.3

32.9

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31.3

34.8

34.5

33.7

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