which wnba guards have the best defensive rating

Brittany Boyd-Jones has the lowest career defensive rating by a guard, with a 95.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
Which wnba guards have the best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played?
NAMEDRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Brittany 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
2Alana Beard
A. Beard
96.2
3,408
128
26.6
5.9
3.0
2.0
1.6
0.4
2.5
5.4
46.4
0.2
0.6
30.8
0.8
1.0
77.6
51.1
0.7
2.3
1.1
757
389
260
203
53
137
314
+582
3DiJonai 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
4Epiphanny Prince
E. Prince
97.5
2,925
164
17.8
7.7
1.9
2.0
0.9
0.2
2.7
6.5
41.8
0.9
2.3
37.8
1.4
1.5
88.5
53.4
0.5
1.4
0.9
1,256
310
333
148
26
151
217
+79
5Sugar Rodgers
S. Rodgers
99.0
3,706
185
20.0
8.0
2.7
1.8
0.7
0.3
2.7
7.4
36.2
1.5
4.3
35.3
1.1
1.3
83.9
50.2
0.5
2.2
1.2
1,477
496
335
130
57
224
361
+65
6Natisha 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
7Rhyne 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
8Jordin 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
9Shenise Johnson
S. Johnson
99.4
2,225
108
20.6
8.8
3.4
1.9
1.1
0.2
3.1
7.4
41.7
0.8
2.2
35.6
1.9
2.1
88.7
52.9
0.9
2.5
1.4
951
371
208
119
22
154
181
-5
10Essence Carson
E. Carson
99.5
3,386
169
20.0
6.3
2.1
1.2
0.7
0.3
2.4
5.9
40.0
0.6
2.0
31.9
0.9
1.1
82.8
49.2
0.4
1.7
0.9
1,059
359
202
116
44
149
208
+102
11Riquna Williams
R. Williams
99.6
4,000
182
22.0
10.0
2.2
1.4
0.9
0.3
3.2
8.3
39.0
1.7
4.7
37.5
1.8
2.0
85.8
54.2
0.3
1.9
0.9
1,816
401
256
167
47
163
353
+346
12Brittney 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
13Chelsea Gray
C. Gray
100.0
10,413
369
28.2
11.9
3.2
5.1
1.2
0.3
4.5
9.8
45.9
1.1
2.9
38.0
1.9
2.2
86.7
55.8
0.4
2.8
2.4
4,409
1,188
1,870
436
119
869
603
+1909
14Jasmine Thomas
J. Thomas
100.0
6,738
254
26.5
10.1
2.8
4.1
1.2
0.2
3.7
9.7
38.5
1.1
3.4
33.9
1.5
1.8
83.5
48.3
0.5
2.2
2.2
2,574
700
1,036
295
61
558
464
+587
15Renee Montgomery
R. Montgomery
100.1
3,911
172
22.7
8.3
1.6
3.1
0.9
0.1
2.8
7.1
38.9
1.4
4.2
34.1
1.3
1.6
84.1
53.1
0.2
1.3
1.7
1,429
270
525
162
16
288
262
+274
16Lindsay Whalen
L. Whalen
100.2
2,781
115
24.2
8.6
2.6
3.8
0.5
0.1
3.3
7.3
45.3
0.3
0.9
35.6
1.7
2.0
86.4
52.9
0.4
2.2
1.7
989
304
437
63
8
194
184
+421
17Courtney Williams
C. Williams
100.3
9,219
333
27.7
12.2
5.2
4.1
0.9
0.3
5.3
12.1
43.6
0.8
2.0
37.4
0.9
1.2
75.1
48.4
1.1
4.2
1.9
4,061
1,747
1,365
308
101
643
553
+880
18Tanisha Wright
T. Wright
100.6
2,657
127
20.9
5.8
2.3
3.3
0.8
0.2
2.1
5.3
40.6
0.4
1.1
36.0
1.1
1.4
78.9
48.9
0.6
1.7
1.9
733
287
415
102
21
239
267
+15
19Tierra Ruffin-Pratt
T. Ruffin-Pratt
100.7
4,059
182
22.3
6.3
3.3
2.0
0.8
0.4
2.1
5.9
35.3
0.4
1.3
32.9
1.8
2.3
77.3
46.1
0.9
2.4
1.1
1,152
606
355
148
64
204
433
-32
20Sabrina Ionescu
S. Ionescu
100.8
5,691
181
31.4
16.7
5.5
5.9
1.0
0.4
5.6
13.8
40.4
2.5
7.3
35.0
3.1
3.4
91.3
54.9
0.8
4.7
2.9
3,030
993
1,067
182
65
517
304
+582
21Seimone Augustus
S. Augustus
100.9
3,478
143
24.3
9.9
2.3
2.5
0.5
0.2
4.3
9.2
46.3
0.5
1.4
34.0
0.9
1.1
82.5
51.2
0.3
2.0
1.3
1,421
328
362
73
30
179
149
+582
22Jackie Young
J. Young
101.0
7,281
243
30.0
14.0
4.1
4.2
1.1
0.3
5.0
10.8
46.7
1.3
3.4
37.8
2.7
3.1
86.0
57.7
0.9
3.3
1.7
3,412
1,002
1,029
271
64
424
503
+1576
23Veronica Burton
V. Burton
101.1
2,788
151
18.5
5.4
2.4
3.2
0.8
0.4
1.5
4.1
36.4
0.7
2.0
32.5
1.7
1.9
89.0
54.2
0.7
1.7
1.1
809
359
479
127
55
161
243
+233
24Shatori Walker-Kimbrough
S. Walker-Kimbrough
101.4
4,769
274
17.4
5.6
1.5
1.2
0.7
0.3
1.9
4.6
42.2
0.6
1.8
35.0
1.1
1.3
88.2
54.8
0.3
1.2
0.9
1,544
408
326
204
84
242
282
-3
25Sydney Colson
S. Colson
101.6
2,839
255
11.1
2.9
0.8
1.7
0.6
0.1
1.0
2.5
39.8
0.2
0.8
31.0
0.6
0.8
78.6
49.9
0.2
0.6
0.9
728
200
444
158
30
228
309
-385
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