what wnba player has the best defensive rating

Anastasiia Olairi Kosu has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 95.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
What wnba player has the best defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games this regular season?
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Anastasiia Olairi Kosu
A. Olairi Kosu
95.3
2026
11
10.9
4.5
2.3
0.6
0.7
0.5
1.8
3.6
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.9
90.0
55.2
1.3
1.0
0.5
120
49
25
7
8
6
5
14
+48
2Natasha Howard
N. Howard
95.7
2026
12
28.4
17.4
7.3
3.3
1.6
0.8
7.5
11.5
65.2
0.1
0.4
20.0
2.3
3.8
60.9
66.0
3.3
4.1
3.6
341
209
88
39
19
9
43
42
+161
3Nia Coffey
N. Coffey
95.8
2026
12
26.9
8.7
6.3
2.0
0.8
1.2
3.4
7.1
48.2
1.8
4.3
41.2
0.1
0.1
100.0
60.9
0.9
5.3
1.0
323
104
75
24
9
14
12
29
+94
4Courtney Williams
C. Williams
96.3
2026
12
30.6
17.0
5.6
4.1
1.5
0.4
7.5
15.3
49.2
1.4
3.5
40.5
0.6
0.8
77.8
54.6
0.5
5.1
1.9
367
204
67
49
18
5
23
23
+99
5Olivia Miles
O. Miles
96.7
2026
12
30.7
17.8
5.2
6.3
1.4
0.8
6.2
11.6
53.2
1.1
2.9
37.1
4.3
4.8
91.2
64.9
0.6
4.6
3.0
368
213
62
76
17
9
36
35
+160
6Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
98.1
2026
13
32.8
20.4
8.8
2.8
1.5
0.9
6.3
14.2
44.3
0.5
3.1
17.5
7.2
8.1
89.5
57.3
1.4
7.4
2.5
426
265
114
36
20
12
33
30
+82
7Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
98.1
2026
11
34.6
18.5
3.5
3.5
3.2
0.6
5.8
14.1
41.3
3.5
9.1
38.0
3.4
4.0
84.1
58.2
0.8
2.6
1.5
381
203
38
38
35
7
17
30
+59
8Aziaha James
A. James
98.3
2026
12
12.2
6.6
2.3
1.3
1.1
0.3
2.4
6.7
36.3
0.6
2.0
29.2
1.2
1.5
77.8
44.9
0.7
1.7
0.5
146
79
28
16
13
3
6
27
-9
9Kayla McBride
K. McBride
98.4
2026
12
30.8
13.8
4.3
2.5
1.6
0.3
4.4
10.8
41.1
1.8
5.2
33.9
3.3
3.8
86.7
55.8
0.7
3.6
1.3
370
166
51
30
19
3
15
17
+112
10Angel Reese
A. Reese
99.1
2026
12
31.0
14.6
11.9
3.2
1.4
0.9
4.9
11.4
43.1
0.2
1.4
11.8
4.6
5.9
77.5
52.0
5.6
6.3
3.9
372
175
143
38
17
11
47
42
+54
11Jonquel Jones
J. Jones
99.1
2026
12
29.1
13.3
9.6
2.9
0.6
1.3
4.3
9.8
43.6
1.6
4.2
38.0
3.3
3.8
84.8
58.3
2.2
7.4
2.2
349
160
115
35
7
15
26
39
+58
12Madina Okot
M. Okot
99.2
2026
12
9.1
4.5
3.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
1.9
3.4
56.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.7
1.2
57.1
57.3
0.9
2.5
1.5
109
54
41
3
3
3
18
21
+4
13Aliyah Boston
A. Boston
99.2
2026
11
25.7
17.4
8.2
2.5
1.1
1.3
6.2
12.3
50.4
1.1
2.6
41.4
3.9
4.5
87.8
61.0
2.3
5.9
2.8
283
191
90
27
12
14
31
41
+21
14Kiah Stokes
K. Stokes
99.5
2026
12
21.3
3.8
4.7
1.5
0.7
1.8
1.5
3.5
42.9
0.5
1.3
37.5
0.3
0.5
50.0
50.4
0.9
3.8
0.4
256
45
56
18
8
22
5
30
-16
15Angela Dugalić
A. Dugalić
99.5
2026
11
13.6
5.5
4.4
0.7
0.7
0.4
2.2
4.3
51.1
0.3
1.4
20.0
0.8
1.2
69.2
56.9
0.8
3.5
0.7
150
60
48
8
8
4
8
18
-49
16A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
99.7
2026
12
32.0
26.4
9.3
3.3
1.1
2.3
9.3
18.0
51.9
1.3
2.4
55.2
6.4
7.7
83.7
61.8
2.0
7.3
2.7
384
317
111
40
13
28
32
21
+87
17Maya Caldwell
M. Caldwell
99.8
2026
12
14.8
4.6
2.1
1.1
0.5
0.4
1.5
4.4
34.0
0.9
2.3
39.3
0.7
0.8
88.9
48.3
0.6
1.5
0.8
177
55
25
13
6
5
9
18
+60
18Awak Kuier
A. Kuier
100.0
2026
9
14.0
6.3
3.0
0.9
0.6
0.9
2.1
3.2
65.5
0.8
1.6
50.0
1.3
1.8
75.0
79.1
0.4
2.6
0.9
126
57
27
8
5
8
8
5
+58
19Dominique Malonga
D. Malonga
101.2
2026
6
22.5
14.8
6.0
0.5
1.0
1.0
5.8
11.8
49.3
0.7
1.8
36.4
2.5
3.8
65.2
54.9
1.3
4.7
2.3
135
89
36
3
6
6
14
18
+7
20Mackenzie Holmes
M. Holmes
101.6
2026
14
14.9
4.1
4.4
0.8
0.7
0.4
1.5
2.7
55.3
0.4
0.6
55.6
0.7
0.9
76.9
65.2
1.3
3.1
0.7
208
57
61
11
10
6
10
29
-56
21Myisha Hines-Allen
M. Hines-Allen
101.6
2026
12
18.1
4.8
3.8
2.3
0.8
0.5
1.9
3.8
50.0
0.2
0.8
22.2
0.8
1.1
76.9
56.1
0.6
3.2
1.8
217
58
45
27
10
6
21
31
+58
22Jordin Canada
J. Canada
101.7
2026
12
30.3
11.1
3.4
6.7
1.9
0.1
3.9
8.3
47.0
0.8
2.7
31.3
2.4
3.1
78.4
57.2
0.4
3.0
2.3
363
133
41
80
23
1
28
30
+51
23Gabby Williams
G. Williams
101.9
2026
12
26.0
15.4
3.9
2.3
1.8
0.3
5.3
12.9
41.3
2.2
5.5
39.4
2.6
3.4
75.6
53.5
0.8
3.1
1.4
312
185
47
28
21
3
17
18
+42
24Alanna Smith
A. Smith
102.0
2026
11
16.8
3.4
3.4
1.7
0.9
0.5
1.5
4.3
34.0
0.2
1.9
9.5
0.3
0.5
60.0
37.6
1.2
2.2
1.6
185
37
37
19
10
5
18
30
-35
25Jordan Horston
J. Horston
102.1
2026
14
19.4
4.6
3.9
1.4
1.1
0.6
1.8
5.4
32.9
0.4
1.9
18.5
0.6
0.7
90.0
39.8
0.8
3.1
1.4
272
64
55
19
16
9
20
21
-19
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