wnba defensive player rankings for this year

	NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kayla Alexander K. Alexander	2026	TOR	4	10.0	2.3	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	42.9	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.0	75.0	51.4	1.0	1.8	1.0	40	9	11	2	1	1	4	4	-33
2	Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	2026	GSV	35	22.2	3.7	5.3	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.5	3.5	42.6	0.5	1.7	30.5	0.2	0.4	46.7	50.2	1.1	4.2	0.5	777	129	186	42	21	60	17	82	+26
3	Skylar Diggins S. Diggins	2026	CHI	19	29.1	14.2	3.2	4.9	0.9	0.6	4.6	11.7	39.2	1.4	3.6	38.2	3.6	4.7	77.5	51.5	0.7	2.5	1.7	553	269	60	93	18	11	33	41	-80
4	Erica Wheeler E. Wheeler	2026	LAS	36	27.4	9.3	2.0	5.2	1.0	0.1	3.4	8.6	39.6	1.3	4.4	30.2	1.1	1.3	87.2	50.7	0.3	1.7	1.9	988	333	71	186	35	2	70	104	-35
5	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	2026	LVA	38	33.0	12.1	3.1	6.8	1.3	0.3	4.4	10.1	43.7	1.8	4.8	37.6	1.5	1.6	93.3	56.1	0.3	2.9	2.8	1,254	458	119	260	49	13	106	81	+184
6	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	2026	CHI	21	21.8	9.1	2.7	5.0	1.2	0.3	3.0	7.3	41.8	1.0	2.6	37.0	2.1	2.8	75.9	53.8	0.4	2.2	1.9	457	192	56	105	25	6	40	35	-36
7	Dearica Hamby D. Hamby	2026	LAS	37	29.2	14.8	7.1	2.5	1.5	0.4	5.7	10.3	55.3	0.2	1.0	24.3	3.2	4.6	70.0	60.2	2.0	5.1	2.0	1,079	548	264	92	55	15	75	110	-137
8	Damiris Dantas D. Dantas	2026	IND	12	8.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.1	2.7	40.6	0.6	1.7	35.0	0.6	0.8	77.8	55.6	0.3	1.2	0.8	98	40	18	4	2	2	9	22	-15
9	Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	2026	CHI	37	29.1	11.5	3.6	5.0	1.1	0.3	3.8	7.9	48.5	1.2	3.4	35.5	2.6	3.1	86.7	62.1	0.3	3.3	2.3	1,076	426	134	186	40	12	86	114	-82
10	Alysha Clark A. Clark	2026	DAL	25	11.2	2.2	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.8	36.4	0.4	1.2	31.0	0.6	0.8	73.7	52.5	0.3	1.2	0.6	281	55	38	17	5	4	15	46	-17
11	Kayla McBride K. McBride	2026	MIN	38	32.4	18.3	3.1	2.1	1.7	0.2	6.0	12.7	47.2	2.9	6.9	42.6	3.3	3.6	92.0	63.9	0.6	2.5	1.3	1,233	694	117	79	64	9	50	73	+285
12	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	2026	PHX	35	34.0	14.8	7.7	8.3	1.4	0.5	5.6	10.9	51.4	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.5	5.1	69.3	56.2	1.7	6.1	3.6	1,189	517	270	290	49	16	126	91	-79
13	Rebecca Allen R. Allen	2026	NYL	23	18.7	5.7	2.3	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.0	4.7	42.2	1.3	3.1	40.3	0.5	0.6	84.6	57.5	0.6	1.7	0.5	429	132	52	15	14	10	12	50	-25
14	Odyssey Sims O. Sims	2026	DAL	29	15.3	5.1	1.0	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.8	4.7	37.8	0.5	1.6	31.9	1.1	1.2	86.1	49.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	444	148	29	62	16	2	31	38	+2
15	Natasha Howard N. Howard	2026	MIN	38	29.3	15.1	7.8	3.3	1.7	0.9	6.2	10.5	59.4	0.1	0.4	20.0	2.5	3.5	71.6	62.6	3.3	4.4	2.5	1,115	573	295	126	64	35	96	132	+338
16	Stefanie Dolson S. Dolson	2026	SEA	38	15.3	3.3	2.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.4	45.6	0.5	1.3	38.8	0.7	0.8	83.3	61.0	0.6	1.7	0.8	581	126	86	42	12	16	30	79	-137
17	Kayla Thornton K. Thornton	2026	GSV	36	24.8	8.1	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.6	7.2	36.5	1.6	4.5	35.0	1.3	1.4	92.0	52.0	1.4	3.4	0.7	892	293	170	26	23	8	25	75	+167
18	Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	2026	GSV	34	16.9	8.6	2.0	2.5	0.7	0.2	2.8	6.2	44.5	0.5	2.0	26.1	2.5	3.1	80.2	56.5	0.5	1.5	1.1	575	291	68	84	25	7	38	70	+95
19	Jewell Loyd J. Loyd	2026	LVA	37	26.6	7.7	2.4	1.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	7.1	35.2	1.6	5.1	31.9	1.1	1.3	81.6	50.1	0.5	1.9	1.0	986	286	88	54	39	5	36	86	+78
20	Cheyenne Parker-Tyus C. Parker-Tyus	2026	LVA	26	10.7	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.7	3.2	52.4	0.2	0.5	42.9	1.6	2.0	78.8	63.2	0.9	1.7	0.6	277	135	68	15	10	16	16	45	-24
21	Elizabeth Williams E. Williams	2026	CHI	38	16.4	5.0	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.4	46.4	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.2	44.6	47.2	1.2	2.2	0.8	624	191	130	53	20	30	31	49	-29
22	DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner	2026	PHX	37	27.6	10.6	6.1	1.5	1.2	0.8	3.5	8.9	39.4	1.2	4.5	26.2	2.4	2.8	84.8	52.2	0.8	5.3	0.8	1,021	393	225	57	43	29	29	62	-73
23	Betnijah Laney-Hamilton B. Laney-Hamilton	2026	TOT	23	16.1	4.4	1.8	1.7	0.4	0.1	1.3	4.0	33.7	0.6	2.3	25.0	1.1	1.4	78.8	47.4	0.3	1.6	1.3	371	101	42	39	9	3	31	31	+60
24	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	2026	LAS	36	31.1	16.6	8.7	3.0	1.1	0.4	6.4	12.8	50.4	1.3	3.5	38.4	2.3	2.7	85.7	59.2	1.8	7.0	1.9	1,120	596	314	109	39	13	67	62	-163
25	Brittney Griner B. Griner	2026	CON	18	25.3	13.2	5.8	2.5	0.4	1.8	5.4	10.2	52.7	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.4	3.6	67.2	56.1	1.9	3.9	1.8	455	238	105	45	8	32	32	48	-64

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WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.0

Wilson

24.8

Mitchell

22.1

Clark

RPG Leaders

12.0

Reese

11.1

Shepard

9.6

Austin

APG Leaders

8.3

Thomas

8.3

Clark

7.4

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SPG Leaders

2.4

Howard

2.0

Canada

1.8

Reese

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.8

Griner

1.7

Stokes

3PM Leaders

3.3

Mabrey

3.3

Howard

3.0

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.3

Allemand

68.4

Carter

67.8

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

116.2

115.3

112.8

112.6

111.8

111.0

DRtg Rankings

101.3

104.2

104.6

104.9

107.6

108.1

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11.1

7.8

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4.6

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9-27

11-26

13-24

15-23

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,799.7

Wilson

1,530.2

Stewart

1,405.9

Reese

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,781.8

Wilson

1,515.3

Stewart

1,468

Clark

USG% Leaders

32.8

Wilson

31.8

Clark

30.5

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.5

Howard

34.0

Thomas

33.3

Citron

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

1.35

Boston

1.32

Malonga

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

1.35

Boston

1.34

Clark

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

18-13

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18-15

17-13

17-14

Worst Record ATS

10-20

12-19

13-18

13-16

14-13

15-14

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	31	7	.816
2	Valkyries - x	25	11	.694	5.0
3	Aces - x	26	13	.667	5.5
4	Dream - x	24	13	.649	6.5
5	Fever - x	25	14	.641	6.5
6	Liberty - x	23	15	.605	8.0
7	Mystics - x	22	15	.595	8.5
8	Wings	22	16	.579	9.0
9	Fire	15	22	.405	15.5
10	Sky - e	15	23	.395	16.0
11	Sparks - e	13	24	.351	17.5
12	Mercury - e	13	24	.351	17.5
13	Tempo - e	11	26	.297	19.5
14	Sun - e	9	27	.250	21.0
15	Storm - e	7	31	.184	24.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 6/8	NYL	@	CON	89-80
Mon 6/8	IND	@	WAS	78-76
Mon 6/8	SEA	@	LVA	91-101
Tue 6/9	ATL	@	CHI	82-75
Tue 6/9	DAL	@	MIN	76-100

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/24	GSV	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Mon 8/24	ATL	@	LAS	10:00 PM
Tue 8/25	CHI	@	CON	7:00 PM
Tue 8/25	PDX	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Tue 8/25	WAS	@	PHX	10:00 PM

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1.8

2.0

1.8

1.7

3.3

3.3

3.0

69.3

68.4

67.8

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1,405.9

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31.8

30.5

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34.0

33.3

1.56

1.35

1.32

1.54

1.35

1.34

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