top 10 players in defensive rating 2025

Yvonne Anderson had the lowest defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 in 2025, with an 87.0 rating.

NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Yvonne Anderson
Y. Anderson
87.0
2025
MIN MIN
1
12.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
12
0
1
2
2
0
0
3
+13
2Marième Badiane
M. Badiane
87.7
2025
MIN MIN
3
3.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.7
11
0
1
0
2
0
2
6
-7
3Maria Kliundikova
M. Kliundikova
92.0
2025
MIN MIN
34
11.0
4.4
3.0
0.6
0.7
0.8
1.9
3.8
50.0
0.2
0.7
32.0
0.4
0.6
57.1
53.9
1.3
1.7
0.7
373
148
102
19
25
26
23
48
+78
4Kyara Linskens
K. Linskens
92.5
2025
GSV GSV
4
6.8
1.0
1.5
0.3
0.3
0.8
0.5
1.3
40.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
40.0
0.3
1.3
0.5
27
4
6
1
1
3
2
7
+7
5Taylor Thierry
T. Thierry
93.0
2025
ATL ATL
17
2.1
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.6
18.2
0.1
0.2
33.3
0.1
0.2
25.0
23.5
0.1
0.2
0.1
36
6
6
2
4
0
1
1
-9
6Natasha Mack
N. Mack
94.5
2025
PHX PHX
34
18.3
4.7
5.8
0.9
0.9
1.5
2.1
3.6
57.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.5
1.1
47.2
56.9
2.3
3.5
0.4
623
159
197
30
30
52
15
55
+132
7A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
94.7
2025
LVA LVA
40
31.2
23.4
10.2
3.1
1.6
2.3
8.3
16.5
50.5
0.6
1.5
42.4
6.2
7.3
85.5
59.6
2.3
7.9
2.2
1,247
937
407
122
64
92
87
75
+292
8Laeticia Amihere
L. Amihere
94.9
2025
GSV GSV
29
13.3
5.4
4.3
0.9
0.6
0.4
1.8
3.9
45.6
0.1
0.7
14.3
1.7
2.2
77.8
55.0
1.2
3.1
1.1
385
156
125
27
17
13
32
36
-8
9Alanna Smith
A. Smith
94.9
2025
MIN MIN
42
26.5
9.6
5.1
2.9
1.3
1.9
3.8
7.9
48.5
1.3
3.8
32.9
0.7
1.5
47.7
56.3
1.5
3.5
1.5
1,114
404
214
121
55
80
65
116
+236
10Napheesa Collier
N. Collier
94.9
2025
MIN MIN
33
32.3
22.9
7.3
3.2
1.6
1.5
8.3
15.7
53.1
1.5
3.8
40.3
4.7
5.2
90.6
63.6
1.9
5.4
2.1
1,065
755
241
105
54
50
70
78
+343
11Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
97.0
2025
PHX PHX
39
31.3
15.4
8.8
9.2
1.6
0.4
6.2
11.6
53.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
3.0
4.3
69.2
56.8
1.6
7.2
3.5
1,221
599
344
357
62
17
135
82
+192
12MacKenzie Holmes
M. Holmes
97.3
2025
SEA SEA
10
5.8
1.0
0.9
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.5
0.7
71.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
71.4
0.3
0.6
0.0
58
10
9
2
5
1
0
7
-27
13Brionna Jones
B. Jones
97.5
2025
ATL ATL
44
26.6
12.8
7.3
2.2
1.1
0.8
5.1
9.7
52.7
0.3
1.0
26.1
2.3
3.0
77.3
58.1
3.1
4.2
1.5
1,169
564
319
95
48
36
64
109
+263
14Dominique Malonga
D. Malonga
97.6
2025
SEA SEA
42
14.3
7.7
4.6
0.9
0.4
0.7
3.5
6.3
55.1
0.1
0.4
22.2
0.7
1.2
56.9
56.6
1.3
3.4
1.1
600
323
195
36
17
28
48
87
-20
15Makayla Timpson
M. Timpson
97.6
2025
IND IND
31
7.1
2.6
1.8
0.0
0.4
0.3
1.0
1.8
56.1
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.9
66.7
59.5
0.6
1.3
0.3
219
82
57
1
13
8
8
24
+1
16Jessica Shepard
J. Shepard
97.9
2025
MIN MIN
40
20.9
8.0
7.3
2.6
0.5
0.1
3.3
5.2
63.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.6
54.4
63.4
2.3
5.0
1.5
835
320
293
104
19
4
58
44
+158
17Emily Engstler
E. Engstler
97.9
2025
WAS WAS
40
12.8
3.7
3.3
1.5
0.7
0.7
1.3
3.4
39.6
0.4
1.6
25.4
0.6
0.9
66.7
48.7
0.9
2.3
1.0
512
146
130
58
28
27
38
52
-74
18Nia Coffey
N. Coffey
98.0
2025
ATL ATL
44
10.3
3.9
2.6
1.0
0.2
0.4
1.3
3.3
37.4
0.5
1.9
29.3
0.8
1.1
72.0
50.3
0.6
2.0
0.7
455
170
114
46
10
18
30
47
+43
19Jordin Canada
J. Canada
98.0
2025
ATL ATL
28
28.0
11.2
3.3
5.7
1.7
0.3
3.9
9.8
39.6
0.9
3.1
29.1
2.6
3.4
76.0
49.8
0.3
3.0
2.2
783
314
91
159
48
9
62
46
+190
20Monique Billings
M. Billings
98.1
2025
GSV GSV
26
18.2
7.3
4.5
0.5
0.6
0.8
2.8
5.8
47.7
0.4
1.4
27.8
1.4
2.0
67.9
54.5
1.4
3.0
0.8
474
190
116
14
16
21
21
44
-11
21Shakira Austin
S. Austin
98.1
2025
WAS WAS
38
23.0
12.7
6.4
1.8
1.1
1.1
5.0
10.8
46.5
0.1
0.4
13.3
2.6
3.8
66.4
50.6
1.5
4.9
2.4
874
481
242
68
41
43
92
81
-111
22Brittney Griner
B. Griner
98.2
2025
ATL ATL
39
20.8
9.8
5.2
0.8
0.1
1.2
4.0
7.7
51.8
0.1
0.5
26.3
1.7
2.2
76.5
56.4
0.9
4.3
1.5
810
382
203
33
5
47
59
75
+30
23Courtney Williams
C. Williams
98.3
2025
MIN MIN
44
28.6
13.6
4.9
6.2
1.3
0.3
5.6
13.2
42.8
1.3
3.4
38.9
1.0
1.2
84.9
49.6
0.5
4.4
2.3
1,260
599
216
271
55
14
101
86
+321
24Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
98.4
2025
NYL NYL
31
30.6
18.3
6.5
3.5
1.4
1.4
6.1
13.2
46.1
0.7
2.8
24.1
5.5
6.5
83.7
57.0
1.0
5.5
1.9
948
566
203
108
42
42
60
59
+192
25Gabby Williams
G. Williams
98.7
2025
SEA SEA
44
31.6
11.6
4.3
4.2
2.3
0.5
4.5
10.7
42.2
1.1
3.7
30.5
1.5
1.7
85.3
50.8
0.5
3.8
1.9
1,391
510
189
185
99
21
84
64
+156
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Lynx Lynx
34
10
.773
2
Aces Aces
30
14
.682
4.0
3
Mercury Mercury
27
17
.614
7.0
4
Storm Storm
23
21
.523
11.0
5
Valkyries Valkyries
23
21
.523
11.0
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Lynx Lynx
34
10
.773
Aces Aces
30
14
.682
4.0
Mercury Mercury
27
17
.614
7.0
Storm Storm
23
21
.523
11.0
Valkyries Valkyries
23
21
.523
11.0
Sparks Sparks
21
23
.477
13.0
Wings Wings
10
34
.227
24.0
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Dream Dream
30
14
.682
Liberty Liberty
27
17
.614
3.0
Fever Fever
24
20
.545
6.0
Mystics Mystics
16
28
.364
14.0
Sun Sun
11
33
.250
19.0
Sky Sky
10
34
.227
20.0