top 5 wnba players with best defensive ratings

Jonquel Jones has the best career defensive rating, with a 92.7 rating.

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top 5 wnba players with best defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played
NAMEDRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jonquel Jones
J. Jones
92.7
7,848
306
25.6
13.4
8.4
2.0
0.8
1.3
4.9
9.5
51.4
1.2
3.0
38.3
2.5
3.1
79.2
61.6
2.4
6.0
2.0
4,086
2,570
599
246
404
606
860
+1974
2A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
93.1
8,330
267
31.2
21.4
9.3
2.3
1.3
2.0
7.8
15.7
49.8
0.3
0.9
36.5
5.5
6.6
82.1
57.5
2.0
7.4
1.7
5,719
2,494
613
335
533
441
521
+1634
3Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
93.4
9,488
292
32.5
20.5
8.5
3.2
1.4
1.5
7.0
15.0
46.9
1.6
4.5
34.9
4.9
5.9
83.6
58.4
1.3
7.2
1.9
5,985
2,474
927
410
425
545
640
+1937
4Shakira Austin
S. Austin
94.3
2,328
105
22.2
10.7
6.6
1.2
0.9
1.0
4.2
8.7
48.6
0.0
0.2
15.0
2.3
3.5
64.4
52.5
1.6
4.9
2.0
1,124
689
129
99
101
210
239
+57
5Napheesa Collier
N. Collier
94.4
6,460
193
33.5
18.4
7.8
3.0
1.7
1.2
6.9
14.0
49.2
1.0
2.9
33.6
3.6
4.3
84.2
57.8
2.0
5.8
2.2
3,542
1,510
570
325
239
422
504
+929
6Brionna Jones
B. Jones
95.1
5,718
263
21.7
10.5
5.1
1.2
1.0
0.5
4.1
7.5
55.0
0.1
0.3
22.7
2.2
2.8
77.2
59.9
2.3
2.8
1.3
2,765
1,333
325
265
125
346
625
+1086
7Alanna Smith
A. Smith
95.1
3,819
183
20.9
7.3
4.6
1.9
1.0
1.2
2.8
6.2
45.5
0.8
2.7
31.1
0.9
1.4
64.2
54.1
1.3
3.2
1.3
1,343
834
355
182
219
237
443
+514
8Kiah Stokes
K. Stokes
95.2
6,129
321
19.1
3.3
5.4
0.7
0.5
1.0
1.3
2.7
48.5
0.1
0.6
21.1
0.5
0.7
67.5
53.7
1.3
4.1
0.7
1,057
1,742
222
164
316
235
605
+102
9Brittany Boyd-Jones
B. Boyd-Jones
95.9
2,380
130
18.3
6.2
3.2
3.9
1.4
0.1
2.2
5.6
39.2
0.2
0.9
26.9
1.6
2.2
73.4
47.5
0.6
2.6
2.2
809
412
508
176
12
281
287
-171
10Ezi Magbegor
E. Magbegor
96.0
5,205
206
25.3
9.7
6.0
1.7
0.8
1.7
3.9
7.5
51.8
0.4
1.1
33.2
1.5
2.0
75.2
57.5
1.7
4.3
1.3
1,995
1,243
344
174
354
271
576
+224
11Amanda Zahui B.
A. Zahui B.
97.0
3,331
231
14.4
5.6
3.5
0.7
0.5
0.7
2.1
5.0
41.7
0.6
1.9
30.0
0.8
1.1
74.3
50.6
0.8
2.7
1.2
1,285
819
153
104
171
271
530
-485
12DiJonai Carrington
D. Carrington
97.5
3,237
162
20.0
8.5
3.5
1.2
1.0
0.2
3.0
7.5
39.9
0.6
2.0
29.3
1.9
2.5
77.7
49.4
1.1
2.4
1.5
1,376
571
200
157
40
250
353
+211
13Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
97.7
10,960
358
30.6
12.5
7.7
5.1
1.6
0.3
4.9
10.0
48.9
0.0
0.1
3.8
2.8
4.3
65.1
52.9
2.0
5.6
2.7
4,488
2,740
1,820
556
121
965
925
+1446
14Natasha Howard
N. Howard
98.0
8,776
380
23.1
11.5
5.7
1.5
1.1
0.9
4.5
9.3
48.3
0.4
1.4
29.0
2.1
2.8
74.5
54.5
1.8
3.9
2.1
4,367
2,174
562
434
356
784
1,088
+717
15Cheyenne Parker-Tyus
C. Parker-Tyus
98.1
5,486
281
19.5
9.1
5.1
1.1
0.8
0.9
3.5
7.2
48.8
0.2
0.8
29.4
1.9
2.5
77.5
55.4
1.6
3.4
1.5
2,565
1,424
303
213
249
435
660
-419
16Mercedes Russell
M. Russell
98.9
3,552
209
17.0
4.6
3.8
0.9
0.6
0.3
1.9
3.7
52.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.1
65.3
54.7
1.1
2.7
0.9
966
786
192
118
69
187
324
+50
17Brianna Turner
B. Turner
98.9
4,774
212
22.5
4.1
5.7
1.3
0.7
1.1
1.8
3.2
57.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.8
63.3
58.9
1.5
4.2
1.1
879
1,214
267
149
227
228
406
-264
18Nia Coffey
N. Coffey
99.0
4,024
261
15.4
4.8
3.0
0.9
0.4
0.6
1.7
4.5
37.6
0.6
1.8
35.2
0.8
1.1
66.7
47.8
0.6
2.5
1.0
1,255
795
227
107
151
274
448
-457
19Myisha Hines-Allen
M. Hines-Allen
99.0
4,484
240
18.7
7.8
5.0
2.1
0.8
0.3
3.0
6.8
43.8
0.5
1.6
33.8
1.3
1.7
74.9
51.4
1.2
3.8
1.5
1,873
1,208
497
181
69
363
493
-286
20Natisha Hiedeman
N. Hiedeman
99.2
4,664
234
19.9
7.3
1.8
2.5
0.8
0.1
2.6
6.3
41.7
1.2
3.2
37.6
0.9
1.2
71.9
53.8
0.3
1.5
1.1
1,710
421
581
184
31
269
404
+478
21Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
99.3
4,518
136
33.2
17.1
4.6
3.5
1.5
0.7
5.6
15.0
37.4
2.7
8.0
33.6
3.2
4.0
80.3
51.0
0.8
3.8
1.7
2,329
626
481
210
97
234
356
+100
22Gabby Williams
G. Williams
99.4
4,801
191
25.1
8.3
4.0
2.9
1.5
0.3
3.3
7.8
42.7
0.6
2.2
27.5
1.1
1.4
77.9
49.7
0.9
3.1
1.6
1,590
758
546
296
61
305
302
+45
23Jordin Canada
J. Canada
99.4
5,941
230
25.8
9.3
2.5
5.0
1.6
0.2
3.2
8.1
39.2
0.5
1.9
25.3
2.4
3.0
80.2
49.0
0.4
2.2
2.1
2,132
582
1,139
359
40
489
395
+308
24Brittney Sykes
B. Sykes
99.8
7,588
279
27.2
12.3
4.0
2.9
1.3
0.5
4.4
10.6
41.1
0.8
2.7
30.2
2.7
3.6
75.6
50.2
0.8
3.2
2.0
3,425
1,105
814
351
129
556
662
-189
25Azurá Stevens
A. Stevens
99.8
5,206
220
23.7
10.1
5.6
1.3
0.9
1.0
3.9
8.6
44.9
1.1
3.1
35.0
1.3
1.6
78.6
54.0
1.4
4.2
1.3
2,219
1,237
292
201
230
286
463
-294
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating and minutes played going back to the 1997 season.

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