highest defensive rating last season wnba

Kia Nurse had the highest defensive rating in 2025, with a 115.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player last season wnba
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kia Nurse
K. Nurse
115.0
2025
CHI CHI
44
21.9
7.2
2.3
1.3
0.3
0.0
2.3
6.6
35.4
1.4
4.1
33.5
1.1
1.4
79.0
49.6
0.4
1.9
1.3
962
316
103
55
14
2
55
72
-312
2Lindsay Allen
L. Allen
114.5
2025
CON CON
31
14.5
2.4
1.0
2.0
0.3
0.2
0.8
2.1
40.0
0.1
0.6
16.7
0.6
0.7
82.6
49.3
0.3
0.7
1.0
450
74
32
61
10
6
31
37
-145
3Michaela Onyenwere
M. Onyenwere
114.3
2025
CHI CHI
42
16.9
5.8
1.6
1.1
0.4
0.1
2.1
5.0
42.2
0.6
1.6
35.3
1.0
1.2
84.3
52.5
0.4
1.2
1.3
711
245
69
48
16
4
56
75
-147
4Rachel Banham
R. Banham
114.3
2025
CHI CHI
44
24.6
9.0
1.7
2.7
0.6
0.3
2.9
7.7
38.2
2.0
5.5
35.7
1.2
1.3
88.1
54.4
0.1
1.5
1.6
1,081
396
74
119
26
11
71
84
-314
5Rickea Jackson
R. Jackson
114.0
2025
LAS LAS
38
30.9
14.7
3.2
1.7
0.6
0.4
5.4
12.7
42.4
1.7
4.9
34.8
2.2
2.6
84.7
53.0
1.0
2.2
2.1
1,173
558
122
64
23
14
78
71
-111
6Bria Hartley
B. Hartley
113.1
2025
CON CON
38
22.8
8.9
2.0
3.1
0.8
0.0
2.8
7.7
36.2
1.4
3.9
36.7
1.9
2.4
77.2
50.5
0.3
1.7
1.8
867
337
75
117
29
0
69
95
-263
7Maddy Siegrist
M. Siegrist
112.8
2025
DAL DAL
26
27.0
12.7
4.3
0.8
0.7
0.6
5.1
10.3
49.1
1.0
3.1
32.1
1.5
2.2
69.0
56.0
2.0
2.3
0.5
702
330
111
21
19
15
14
50
-92
8Arike Ogunbowale
A. Ogunbowale
112.7
2025
DAL DAL
29
33.3
15.5
2.5
4.1
1.3
0.2
5.1
13.9
36.4
1.7
5.4
30.4
3.7
4.0
93.1
49.4
0.3
2.1
2.1
966
450
72
120
39
7
60
74
-111
9Jacy Sheldon
J. Sheldon
112.7
2025
TOT
30
23.6
7.5
1.9
1.9
0.9
0.2
2.8
5.9
46.6
1.2
3.0
39.6
0.7
0.8
88.0
59.3
0.7
1.2
1.0
708
224
57
56
27
6
31
72
-269
10Marina Mabrey
M. Mabrey
112.5
2025
CON CON
35
31.5
14.4
4.2
4.0
0.7
0.3
5.1
13.9
36.7
1.9
7.0
27.0
2.3
2.6
87.0
47.7
0.5
3.7
2.8
1,103
504
146
141
24
10
98
100
-293
11Kelsey Plum
K. Plum
112.4
2025
LAS LAS
43
35.1
19.5
3.1
5.7
1.2
0.1
6.1
14.4
42.2
2.3
6.5
35.5
5.1
5.7
89.3
57.8
0.2
2.8
3.0
1,508
839
132
247
53
4
131
117
-71
12Sarah Ashlee Barker
S. Ashlee Barker
112.3
2025
LAS LAS
34
14.1
3.1
1.9
0.9
0.3
0.1
1.0
3.1
33.7
0.5
1.8
29.5
0.5
0.7
70.8
45.8
0.3
1.6
1.1
481
105
66
31
11
4
37
45
-104
13Rae Burrell
R. Burrell
112.0
2025
LAS LAS
28
18.4
7.5
2.3
1.2
0.6
0.2
2.8
6.4
43.3
0.8
2.4
32.8
1.3
1.7
74.5
53.1
0.6
1.7
0.9
515
211
65
34
16
6
25
36
+1
14Sevgi Uzun
S. Uzun
111.7
2025
TOT
25
17.6
3.1
1.2
2.5
0.5
0.1
1.2
3.8
32.6
0.2
1.2
16.7
0.4
0.6
68.8
38.2
0.0
1.2
1.7
439
78
31
63
13
3
43
37
-52
15Aziaha James
A. James
111.6
2025
DAL DAL
38
17.7
7.5
2.9
1.6
0.6
0.2
2.8
7.5
37.3
0.8
2.9
28.6
1.1
1.4
74.5
46.2
0.9
2.0
1.0
673
285
111
59
24
7
38
46
-131
16Haley Peters
H. Peters
111.2
2025
CON CON
33
11.5
2.1
2.2
0.8
0.3
0.1
0.8
2.5
30.5
0.2
1.2
20.5
0.3
0.4
76.9
38.8
0.8
1.5
0.7
380
68
74
25
11
3
22
50
-112
17Grace Berger
G. Berger
111.1
2025
TOT
19
22.0
3.4
3.3
3.1
0.7
0.4
1.4
4.7
29.2
0.1
1.2
8.7
0.5
0.8
66.7
33.5
0.6
2.7
1.1
418
64
63
58
14
7
21
37
-131
18Rebecca Allen
R. Allen
110.9
2025
CHI CHI
44
18.7
5.1
2.6
1.3
0.5
0.5
1.9
5.5
34.2
1.0
3.0
31.8
0.4
0.7
61.3
44.4
0.4
2.2
0.9
821
225
113
57
23
23
39
62
-231
19Odyssey Sims
O. Sims
110.7
2025
TOT
24
28.0
10.1
2.4
3.8
0.7
0.0
3.7
9.0
41.4
0.9
2.7
32.8
1.8
2.3
78.2
50.6
0.4
2.0
1.4
671
242
57
90
17
1
33
48
+30
20Paige Bueckers
P. Bueckers
110.4
2025
DAL DAL
36
33.3
19.2
3.9
5.4
1.6
0.5
7.2
15.1
47.7
1.1
3.3
33.1
3.8
4.2
88.8
56.7
0.7
3.3
2.0
1,199
692
142
194
57
18
72
82
-104
21Tina Charles
T. Charles
110.4
2025
CON CON
43
28.4
16.3
5.8
1.7
0.8
0.4
6.0
13.8
43.8
0.3
1.1
26.1
3.9
4.6
85.7
51.5
1.4
4.3
1.9
1,222
700
248
74
33
19
82
89
-406
22JJ Quinerly
JJ Quinerly
110.1
2025
DAL DAL
34
15.9
6.5
1.9
2.3
0.9
0.2
2.4
5.5
42.6
0.6
1.6
38.9
1.1
1.3
86.7
52.9
0.5
1.3
1.5
539
220
63
78
29
7
52
70
-45
23Julie Vanloo
J. Vanloo
110.0
2025
TOT
35
12.8
2.8
0.9
1.9
0.4
0.0
0.9
3.2
29.7
0.7
2.6
27.2
0.2
0.3
80.0
42.9
0.1
0.8
1.4
449
99
32
68
15
0
49
45
-127
24Li Yueru
L. Yueru
110.0
2025
TOT
31
16.7
6.0
4.5
0.9
0.3
0.3
2.0
4.9
40.5
0.6
1.8
36.4
1.4
1.6
86.0
53.4
1.7
2.9
1.0
519
187
141
29
9
9
30
57
-25
25Julie Allemand
J. Allemand
109.9
2025
LAS LAS
34
28.3
5.4
3.7
5.0
1.3
0.0
2.1
4.7
44.0
0.8
3.0
27.7
0.4
0.6
78.9
54.7
0.4
3.4
1.6
963
183
127
170
45
1
53
55
+56
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Team Leaders

PPG

18.0

Jackson

Rickea Jackson

RPG

10.4

Cardoso

Kamilla Cardoso

APG

5.3

Diggins

Skylar Diggins
Team Rankings

ORTG

106.0

10th

DRTG

103.5

5th

NETRTG

2.5

8th

3P%

29.0

13th

2026 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
3
Fever Fever
3
2
.600
0.5
4
Tempo Tempo
3
2
.600
0.5
5
Sky Sky
3
2
.600
0.5
6
Mystics Mystics
2
2
.500
1.0
7
Sun Sun
1
5
.167
3.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
5/23
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Wed
5/27
TOR TOR
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Fri
5/29
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
7:30 PM
Tue
6/2
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
7:30 PM
Fri
6/5
CON CON
@
CHI CHI
7:30 PM
Last Game
DAL Wings

3 - 2

99

Final

89

CHI Sky

3 - 2

Wed 20 May 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.8

Plum

Kelsey Plum

25.6

Sykes

Brittney Sykes

25.0

Wilson

A'ja Wilson
RPG Leaders

12.8

Iriafen

Kiki Iriafen

12.7

Reese

Angel Reese

10.4

Cardoso

Kamilla Cardoso
APG Leaders

9.0

Clark

Caitlin Clark

8.4

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas

7.3

Burton

Veronica Burton
SPG Leaders

3.3

Canada

Jordin Canada

2.4

Carleton

Bridget Carleton

2.3

Johannes

Marine Johannes
BPG Leaders

2.7

Stokes

Kiah Stokes

2.0

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

2.0

Stewart

Breanna Stewart
3PM Leaders

3.8

Johannes

Marine Johannes

3.6

Mabrey

Marina Mabrey

3.3

Salaün

Janelle Salaün
TS% Leaders

85.7

Vanloo

Julie Vanloo

77.0

Gardner

Rebekah Gardner

76.1

Fowler

Alex Fowler

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings
Liberty

119.4

Wings

114.9

Tempo

112.5

Valkyries

110.2

Fever

109.7

Mercury

109.3
DRtg Rankings
Dream

99.2

Aces

100.1

Valkyries

100.9

Fever

102.3

Sky

103.5

Liberty

103.8
NetRtg Rankings
Liberty

15.5

Valkyries

9.3

Fever

7.4

Aces

7.3

Wings

6.8

Tempo

6.0
Tank Leaderboard
Sun

1-5

Storm

1-4

Sparks

1-3

Fire

2-3

Mercury

2-3

Lynx

2-2

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

218.6

Sykes

Brittney Sykes

205.6

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

199.2

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas
DraftKings Points Leaders

217.3

Sykes

Brittney Sykes

204

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

203.5

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas
USG% Leaders

35.3

Clark

Caitlin Clark

32.2

Sykes

Brittney Sykes

32.2

Mabrey

Marina Mabrey
MPG Leaders

37.5

Howard

Rhyne Howard

35.3

Plum

Kelsey Plum

34.8

McBride

Kayla McBride
FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.49

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1.46

Clark

Caitlin Clark

1.44

Okot

Madina Okot
DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.55

Clark

Caitlin Clark

1.50

Okot

Madina Okot

1.48

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

WNBA 2026 Standings

TeamWLPCTGB
1
Aces Aces
4
1
.800
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
0.5
3
Dream Dream
2
1
.667
1.0
4
Valkyries Valkyries
2
1
.667
1.0
5
Sky Sky
3
2
.600
1.0
6
Wings Wings
3
2
.600
1.0
7
Fever Fever
3
2
.600
1.0
8
Tempo Tempo
3
2
.600
1.0
9
Mystics Mystics
2
2
.500
1.5
10
Lynx Lynx
2
2
.500
1.5
11
Mercury Mercury
2
3
.400
2.0
12
Fire Fire
2
3
.400
2.0
13
Sparks Sparks
1
3
.250
2.5
14
Storm Storm
1
4
.200
3.0
15
Sun Sun
1
5
.167
3.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
5/8
WAS WAS
@
TOR TOR
68-65
Fri
5/8
CON CON
@
NYL NYL
75-106
Fri
5/8
GSV GSV
@
SEA SEA
91-80
Sat
5/9
DAL DAL
@
IND IND
107-104
Sat
5/9
PHX PHX
@
LVA LVA
99-66

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
5/21
GSV GSV
@
NYL NYL
8:00 PM
Thu
5/21
TOR TOR
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Thu
5/21
LAS LAS
@
PHX PHX
10:00 PM
Fri
5/22
DAL DAL
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM
Fri
5/22
GSV GSV
@
IND IND
7:30 PM