which wnba forwards have the best defensive rating

Angel Reese has the best defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 94.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
Which wnba forwards have the best defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games this regular season?
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Angel Reese
A. Reese
94.6
2026
ATL ATL
5
31.8
12.8
11.4
2.6
1.4
1.2
4.4
10.8
40.7
0.0
0.6
0.0
4.0
6.0
66.7
47.6
5.8
5.6
4.8
159
64
57
13
7
6
24
18
+1
2Laeticia Amihere
L. Amihere
97.0
2026
GSV GSV
5
15.0
5.2
4.6
1.6
0.4
1.0
2.0
3.6
55.6
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.2
2.6
46.2
54.8
1.8
2.8
1.2
75
26
23
8
2
5
6
12
+39
3Mackenzie Holmes
M. Holmes
97.8
2026
SEA SEA
7
15.3
4.7
4.3
0.6
0.9
0.6
1.7
3.1
54.5
0.3
0.6
50.0
1.0
1.3
77.8
63.6
1.3
3.0
0.4
107
33
30
4
6
4
3
18
-41
4Gabby Williams
G. Williams
97.8
2026
GSV GSV
5
26.2
13.2
3.6
2.6
2.0
0.4
4.2
11.6
36.2
2.4
5.8
41.4
2.4
3.2
75.0
50.7
1.0
2.6
2.2
131
66
18
13
10
2
11
6
+20
5Monique Billings
M. Billings
98.5
2026
IND IND
5
22.8
6.8
5.8
1.4
1.4
0.6
2.2
5.8
37.9
0.4
1.0
40.0
2.0
2.6
76.9
49.0
2.2
3.6
1.2
114
34
29
7
7
3
6
10
+1
6Nia Coffey
N. Coffey
99.2
2026
MIN MIN
6
26.0
7.8
5.7
1.0
0.5
1.3
3.2
6.0
52.8
1.3
3.3
40.0
0.2
0.2
100.0
64.5
0.7
5.0
1.3
156
47
34
6
3
8
8
21
+20
7Jordan Horston
J. Horston
99.5
2026
SEA SEA
7
17.4
2.9
3.0
0.9
1.1
0.3
1.1
4.0
28.6
0.1
1.4
10.0
0.4
0.6
75.0
33.6
0.3
2.7
1.3
122
20
21
6
8
2
9
10
+17
8Myisha Hines-Allen
M. Hines-Allen
99.6
2026
IND IND
6
18.7
5.2
3.5
3.2
1.0
0.5
2.0
3.7
54.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
1.2
1.2
100.0
61.8
0.8
2.7
1.7
112
31
21
19
6
3
10
15
+26
9Cheyenne Parker-Tyus
C. Parker-Tyus
99.8
2026
LVA LVA
5
11.2
4.0
2.4
0.6
0.4
1.2
1.6
3.0
53.3
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.8
1.0
80.0
58.1
0.8
1.6
0.8
56
20
12
3
2
6
4
6
+7
10Brianna Turner
B. Turner
100.4
2026
LVA LVA
6
10.8
1.0
2.7
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.3
0.5
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
100.0
77.3
0.8
1.8
0.5
65
6
16
2
3
4
3
6
0
11Awak Kuier
A. Kuier
101.4
2026
DAL DAL
7
12.9
5.9
2.9
1.0
0.7
0.7
2.0
3.0
66.7
0.7
1.4
50.0
1.1
1.7
66.7
78.0
0.6
2.3
0.7
90
41
20
7
5
5
5
3
+49
12Natasha Howard
N. Howard
101.7
2026
MIN MIN
6
27.8
17.0
8.3
3.8
0.7
0.5
7.3
11.0
66.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.3
4.8
48.3
64.8
4.0
4.3
4.5
167
102
50
23
4
3
27
25
+61
13NaLyssa Smith
N. Smith
102.0
2026
LVA LVA
6
20.0
11.3
6.0
1.2
0.7
1.0
4.5
6.5
69.2
0.2
0.5
33.3
2.2
4.0
54.2
68.6
2.5
3.5
0.8
120
68
36
7
4
6
5
19
+20
14Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
102.5
2026
NYL NYL
6
32.8
20.7
9.3
2.7
1.0
1.5
7.5
16.2
46.4
0.3
2.8
11.8
5.3
6.0
88.9
54.9
1.7
7.7
2.5
197
124
56
16
6
9
15
19
+17
15Alanna Smith
A. Smith
103.2
2026
DAL DAL
7
17.4
3.7
3.4
2.0
1.1
0.6
1.6
4.7
33.3
0.3
2.1
13.3
0.3
0.4
66.7
37.9
1.4
2.0
1.3
122
26
24
14
8
4
9
23
-42
16Naz Hillmon
N. Hillmon
103.3
2026
ATL ATL
5
31.6
6.4
4.4
1.0
0.2
0.0
2.6
6.4
40.6
0.4
2.8
14.3
0.8
1.8
44.4
44.5
1.4
3.0
1.2
158
32
22
5
1
0
6
10
+40
17Janelle Salaün
J. Salaün
103.8
2026
GSV GSV
5
23.4
12.6
2.8
0.8
0.8
0.2
3.8
10.0
38.0
2.4
6.2
38.7
2.6
3.4
76.5
54.8
1.0
1.8
0.4
117
63
14
4
4
1
2
9
+27
18Rickea Jackson
R. Jackson
103.8
2026
CHI CHI
4
29.5
18.0
4.8
2.0
0.3
1.8
6.0
15.0
40.0
1.5
5.3
28.6
4.5
5.5
81.8
51.7
1.0
3.8
2.0
118
72
19
8
1
7
8
7
-15
19Natasha Mack
N. Mack
104.0
2026
PHX PHX
7
24.9
9.7
8.4
1.6
0.7
1.6
4.0
5.9
68.3
0.1
0.3
50.0
1.6
2.0
78.6
72.1
3.3
5.1
0.9
174
68
59
11
5
11
6
22
+38
20Kiki Iriafen
K. Iriafen
104.2
2026
WAS WAS
5
28.8
15.8
11.0
1.8
1.0
0.6
5.8
10.6
54.7
0.6
1.2
50.0
3.6
5.4
66.7
60.9
3.4
7.6
2.4
144
79
55
9
5
3
12
17
-7
21Makayla Timpson
M. Timpson
104.3
2026
IND IND
6
13.5
3.5
3.3
0.5
0.3
0.0
1.7
3.0
55.6
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.7
25.0
53.1
1.3
2.0
0.2
81
21
20
3
2
0
1
8
+7
22Angela Dugalić
A. Dugalić
104.4
2026
WAS WAS
5
10.8
4.4
2.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
1.8
3.2
56.3
0.4
1.2
33.3
0.4
1.0
40.0
60.4
0.2
2.4
0.2
54
22
13
2
2
2
1
6
-23
23Kayla Thornton
K. Thornton
104.5
2026
GSV GSV
5
29.2
10.6
4.8
0.4
0.4
0.6
4.0
9.6
41.7
1.4
4.2
33.3
1.2
1.4
85.7
51.9
1.8
3.0
0.8
146
53
24
2
2
3
4
12
+16
24Serah Williams
S. Williams
105.1
2026
PDX PDX
5
11.0
3.6
2.8
0.4
0.8
0.6
1.4
3.0
46.7
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.8
44.4
47.5
0.4
2.4
0.0
55
18
14
2
4
3
0
6
-5
25Stephanie Talbot
S. Talbot
105.3
2026
LVA LVA
6
17.5
2.8
2.5
1.3
0.7
0.3
1.3
2.7
50.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
50.0
50.4
0.5
2.0
0.7
105
17
15
8
4
2
4
7
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PPG

21.8

Gray

Allisha Gray

RPG

11.4

Reese

Angel Reese

APG

7.2

Canada

Jordin Canada
Team Rankings

ORTG

103.2

11th

DRTG

97.3

1st

NETRTG

5.9

4th

3P%

30.2

12th

2026 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Dream Dream
4
1
.800
2
Fever Fever
4
2
.667
0.5
3
Liberty Liberty
3
3
.500
1.5
4
Sky Sky
3
3
.500
1.5
5
Tempo Tempo
3
4
.429
2.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
5/27
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
9:00 PM
Fri
5/29
ATL ATL
@
PDX PDX
10:00 PM
Tue
6/2
CON CON
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM
Thu
6/4
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Sat
6/6
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
6:00 PM
Last Game
PHX Mercury

2 - 5

80

Final

82

ATL Dream

4 - 1

Sun 24 May 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.8

Plum

Kelsey Plum

24.8

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

23.8

Clark

Caitlin Clark
RPG Leaders

11.4

Reese

Angel Reese

11.0

Iriafen

Kiki Iriafen

10.1

Shepard

Jessica Shepard
APG Leaders

9.0

Clark

Caitlin Clark

8.0

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas

7.2

Canada

Jordin Canada
SPG Leaders

2.8

Canada

Jordin Canada

2.3

Carleton

Bridget Carleton

2.3

Howard

Rhyne Howard
BPG Leaders

2.3

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

2.0

Engstler

Emily Engstler

2.0

Stokes

Kiah Stokes
3PM Leaders

3.3

Plum

Kelsey Plum

3.2

Clark

Caitlin Clark

3.0

Mabrey

Marina Mabrey
TS% Leaders

80.6

Gardner

Rebekah Gardner

78.0

Kuier

Awak Kuier

77.3

Vanloo

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings
Sparks

112.8

Liberty

111.9

Wings

111.4

Fever

109.6

Valkyries

108.6

Mercury

108.4
DRtg Rankings
Dream

97.3

Lynx

100.3

Valkyries

100.8

Fever

101.8

Sky

102.1

Storm

102.2
NetRtg Rankings
Fever

7.8

Valkyries

7.8

Lynx

7.7

Dream

5.9

Aces

4.9

Wings

4.5
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Sun

1-6

Mercury

2-5

Mystics

2-3

Tempo

3-4

Storm

3-4

Fire

3-3

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FanDuel Points Leaders

291

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas

268.6

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

246.7

Sykes

Brittney Sykes
DraftKings Points Leaders

297.3

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas

265.8

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

249

Sykes

Brittney Sykes
USG% Leaders

34.3

Clark

Caitlin Clark

31.9

Mabrey

Marina Mabrey

31.8

Cooke

Zia Cooke
MPG Leaders

36.0

Howard

Rhyne Howard

35.2

Plum

Kelsey Plum

34.6

Gray

Allisha Gray
FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.55

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1.42

Boston

Aliyah Boston

1.40

Clark

Caitlin Clark
DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1.50

Clark

Caitlin Clark

1.41

Boston

Aliyah Boston

WNBA 2026 Standings

TeamWLPCTGB
1
Dream Dream
4
1
.800
2
Fever Fever
4
2
.667
0.5
3
Aces Aces
4
2
.667
0.5
4
Lynx Lynx
4
2
.667
0.5
5
Valkyries Valkyries
3
2
.600
1.0
6
Wings Wings
4
3
.571
1.0
7
Sky Sky
3
3
.500
1.5
8
Sparks Sparks
3
3
.500
1.5
9
Liberty Liberty
3
3
.500
1.5
10
Fire Fire
3
3
.500
1.5
11
Tempo Tempo
3
4
.429
2.0
12
Storm Storm
3
4
.429
2.0
13
Mystics Mystics
2
3
.400
2.0
14
Mercury Mercury
2
5
.286
3.0
15
Sun Sun
1
6
.143
4.0

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)
Mon
5/25
PDX PDX
@
NYL NYL
8:00 PM
Mon
5/25
CON CON
@
GSV GSV
10:00 PM
Wed
5/27
PHX PHX
@
NYL NYL
7:00 PM
Wed
5/27
TOR TOR
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Wed
5/27
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
9:00 PM