what current player has the highest defensive rating nba

Jacy Sheldon has the worst career defensive rating by an active player, with a 113.7 rating.

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What current player has the highest defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played NBA?

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jacy Sheldon J. Sheldon	113.7	2,386	105	22.7	6.4	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.4	5.5	43.0	0.9	2.7	34.8	0.8	0.9	89.2	54.8	0.6	1.2	1.2	677	184	212	81	29	124	266	-470
2	Sarah Ashlee Barker S. Ashlee Barker	112.3	1,123	60	18.7	6.4	3.1	1.6	0.6	0.2	2.4	5.3	44.8	0.9	2.5	35.8	0.7	1.0	72.9	55.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	383	183	93	34	13	89	109	-155
3	Maddy Siegrist M. Siegrist	112.2	2,119	125	17.0	7.5	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	3.0	6.0	49.5	0.5	1.6	34.4	1.0	1.2	77.9	56.8	1.3	1.5	0.4	933	351	83	51	44	47	163	-139
4	Rickea Jackson R. Jackson	111.9	2,443	82	29.8	14.2	3.6	1.6	0.6	0.4	5.2	12.0	43.7	1.4	4.0	34.3	2.4	2.9	82.5	53.7	1.1	2.5	2.0	1,165	296	131	51	35	162	148	-368
5	Carla Leite C. Leite	111.4	1,452	69	21.0	11.2	1.7	4.0	0.7	0.1	3.4	8.0	42.9	0.6	2.1	27.6	3.8	4.4	85.8	56.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	771	119	273	46	5	167	140	+33
6	Rae Burrell R. Burrell	111.3	2,447	131	18.7	7.8	1.9	1.4	0.7	0.3	2.6	6.1	42.0	0.9	2.5	36.4	1.7	2.2	79.2	55.0	0.6	1.4	1.2	1,021	253	179	87	38	156	181	-309
7	Kelsey Mitchell K. Mitchell	111.3	9,621	312	30.8	18.1	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.1	6.4	14.5	44.0	2.5	6.4	38.7	2.9	3.4	83.1	56.5	0.4	1.5	2.0	5,659	607	892	253	44	611	666	-671
8	Julie Allemand J. Allemand	111.1	2,840	107	26.5	5.8	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	4.4	47.3	1.1	2.8	38.1	0.6	0.7	78.7	61.5	0.3	2.9	1.8	617	347	532	124	24	189	187	-216
9	Paige Bueckers P. Bueckers	110.6	2,336	70	33.4	19.8	4.0	5.6	1.2	0.5	7.5	15.3	49.1	1.4	3.9	35.8	3.5	3.9	88.0	58.4	0.7	3.3	2.1	1,388	280	390	85	32	148	169	-16
10	Kia Nurse K. Nurse	110.1	6,136	277	22.2	8.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	2.7	7.4	36.1	1.4	4.3	32.5	1.7	2.0	84.8	50.9	0.4	1.8	1.2	2,341	630	424	141	20	323	500	-1295
11	Kayla Alexander K. Alexander	109.9	2,431	206	11.8	4.0	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.6	3.2	50.7	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.0	76.3	55.1	1.1	1.7	0.8	827	578	63	47	92	171	308	-522
12	Skylar Diggins S. Diggins	109.9	11,244	354	31.8	16.3	2.9	5.3	1.3	0.7	5.4	12.9	41.8	1.3	3.9	32.9	4.2	5.0	84.0	53.8	0.7	2.2	2.6	5,758	1,015	1,861	463	232	912	831	+325
13	Sug Sutton S. Sutton	109.6	2,885	145	19.9	5.6	1.6	3.3	0.6	0.1	2.1	5.4	39.6	0.6	2.0	32.3	0.7	0.9	75.9	48.4	0.2	1.4	1.7	819	233	475	84	9	240	176	-438
14	Odyssey Sims O. Sims	109.3	8,942	343	26.1	10.7	2.3	3.7	1.0	0.1	3.8	9.7	39.8	0.7	2.5	28.1	2.3	2.8	81.6	49.0	0.5	1.8	1.9	3,660	805	1,260	340	41	645	633	-12
15	Aziaha James A. James	108.8	1,065	72	14.8	6.8	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	2.5	6.6	37.8	0.6	2.3	26.5	1.2	1.6	73.7	46.5	0.8	1.9	0.8	491	193	100	49	16	61	99	-95
16	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	108.7	8,751	260	33.7	19.2	3.2	3.8	1.4	0.1	6.5	16.6	39.0	2.3	6.8	34.3	3.9	4.5	87.0	51.6	0.6	2.6	2.2	4,999	836	1,000	374	28	563	649	-453
17	Zia Cooke Z. Cooke	108.6	1,613	131	12.3	5.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.7	5.1	32.8	0.6	1.8	30.4	1.1	1.4	77.3	43.7	0.3	0.7	0.9	656	129	94	43	16	112	134	-352
18	Saniya Rivers S. Rivers	108.6	1,730	71	24.4	7.9	2.6	2.8	1.3	0.8	3.0	8.0	38.1	0.7	2.5	28.9	1.1	1.6	68.4	45.5	0.5	2.0	1.4	562	182	202	90	58	101	125	-435
19	Leila Lacan L. Lacan	108.5	1,350	49	27.6	11.1	2.2	4.1	2.0	0.3	4.3	9.6	44.8	0.8	3.0	27.5	1.6	2.1	78.2	52.6	0.6	1.6	2.1	542	108	199	96	13	101	154	-117
20	Julie Vanloo J. Vanloo	108.3	1,456	80	18.2	5.3	1.3	3.4	0.5	0.0	1.9	5.4	34.1	1.3	4.1	31.7	0.3	0.4	75.9	47.2	0.1	1.2	2.0	422	107	268	36	1	163	142	-172
21	Li Yueru L. Yueru	108.2	1,418	111	12.8	4.5	3.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.5	3.5	42.6	0.3	0.9	30.7	1.2	1.5	85.1	54.4	1.2	2.2	0.8	494	375	65	27	25	90	183	-115
22	Michaela Onyenwere M. Onyenwere	108.2	4,260	212	20.1	7.2	2.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	2.5	6.2	40.9	0.8	2.4	34.4	1.3	1.7	79.0	52.1	0.8	1.7	1.4	1,527	534	215	108	56	292	492	-474
23	Jade Melbourne J. Melbourne	108.1	2,736	145	18.9	6.0	1.7	2.5	0.7	0.2	2.1	4.9	42.3	0.5	1.8	28.8	1.3	1.8	74.1	52.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	866	242	360	95	22	225	312	-323
24	Katie Lou Samuelson K. Lou Samuelson	108.0	3,211	167	19.2	5.7	2.4	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.9	4.9	39.3	1.0	2.9	33.7	0.8	1.0	81.3	52.8	0.4	2.0	0.7	944	402	217	107	34	113	222	-366
25	Rachel Banham R. Banham	107.8	5,034	334	15.1	5.7	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.1	2.0	5.1	38.5	1.2	3.3	36.4	0.6	0.7	81.7	52.8	0.1	1.1	0.9	1,914	406	530	121	45	310	510	-219

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Wilson

24.2

Mitchell

22.0

Clark

RPG Leaders

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Reese

11.2

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9.6

Wilson

APG Leaders

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McBride

BPG Leaders

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Stokes

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3PM Leaders

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Mabrey

2.9

McBride

TS% Leaders

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Allemand

68.4

Carter

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Cunningham

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

115.7

115.2

112.8

112.5

110.8

110.3

DRtg Rankings

101.5

103.4

104.3

105.1

108.1

108.2

NetRtg Rankings

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4.3

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Stewart

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Thomas

DraftKings Points Leaders

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Wilson

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Stewart

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Thomas

USG% Leaders

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Clark

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MPG Leaders

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Howard

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Thomas

33.6

Citron

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Wilson

1.36

Boston

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Malonga

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

1.36

Boston

1.36

Clark

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17-12

17-13

16-12

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	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	29	7	.806
2	Valkyries - x	25	9	.735	3.0
3	Aces - x	24	12	.667	5.0
4	Fever	23	12	.657	5.5
5	Dream	21	13	.618	7.0
6	Liberty	22	14	.611	7.0
7	Mystics	20	14	.588	8.0
8	Wings	20	16	.556	9.0
9	Fire	15	20	.429	13.5
10	Sky	13	22	.371	15.5
11	Mercury	13	23	.361	16.0
12	Sparks	12	22	.353	16.0
13	Tempo	10	23	.303	17.5
14	Sun - e	8	25	.242	19.5
15	Storm - e	7	30	.189	22.5