wnba guards best defensive rating

Kaila Charles has the lowest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 101.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
wnba guards best defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kaila Charles
K. Charles
101.3
2026
27
19.6
5.8
4.4
1.2
0.6
0.3
2.1
5.5
38.5
0.6
2.4
26.6
1.0
1.3
76.5
48.2
1.5
2.9
1.0
528
157
120
33
17
7
26
62
+122
2Veronica Burton
V. Burton
101.7
2026
27
28.3
11.9
3.4
5.5
1.3
0.6
3.8
9.3
40.9
1.3
3.6
35.1
3.0
3.7
81.0
54.2
1.0
2.4
1.7
764
321
92
149
36
15
46
76
+156
3Aziaha James
A. James
102.3
2026
26
11.9
6.2
2.4
1.3
0.8
0.2
2.3
5.9
39.2
0.4
1.6
23.8
1.2
1.6
75.6
47.1
0.7
1.8
0.7
309
161
63
33
22
6
17
43
+27
4Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
102.8
2026
25
34.8
17.6
3.9
3.4
2.4
0.8
5.8
14.1
40.8
3.2
8.9
35.4
2.9
3.3
86.7
56.4
0.8
3.1
1.4
869
439
98
84
61
20
35
69
+77
5Olivia Miles
O. Miles
103.1
2026
26
30.8
19.3
4.7
6.0
1.3
0.8
6.8
13.7
49.4
1.3
3.7
35.8
4.5
5.2
87.3
60.6
0.7
4.1
3.1
800
503
123
155
34
20
80
81
+228
6Courtney Williams
C. Williams
103.5
2026
28
30.7
15.3
5.4
4.2
1.3
0.3
6.5
14.0
46.1
1.3
3.3
38.0
1.1
1.3
85.7
52.3
0.9
4.5
2.0
860
427
151
117
36
9
55
53
+147
7Alicia Flórez
A. Flórez
103.7
2026
17
16.7
4.5
1.9
3.0
0.8
0.1
1.6
5.0
32.9
0.4
2.0
20.6
0.8
1.5
50.0
39.4
0.5
1.4
1.5
284
76
33
51
14
2
26
31
-41
8Jordin Canada
J. Canada
104.0
2026
26
31.5
11.7
3.6
7.7
2.2
0.2
4.0
8.9
45.3
0.8
2.7
28.6
2.8
3.5
79.3
55.6
0.7
2.9
2.2
819
303
94
199
56
5
58
67
+159
9Sonia Citron
S. Citron
104.2
2026
23
33.7
17.2
3.8
3.7
1.3
0.7
5.3
11.2
46.9
1.1
4.0
26.9
5.6
6.3
88.9
61.5
0.8
3.0
2.7
775
395
88
86
29
15
63
50
+3
10Maya Caldwell
M. Caldwell
104.5
2026
28
14.1
4.3
2.1
1.1
0.6
0.3
1.5
4.1
36.0
0.8
2.0
38.6
0.6
0.7
89.5
49.4
0.8
1.4
0.6
394
121
59
32
18
7
18
37
+89
11Kayla McBride
K. McBride
104.5
2026
28
32.4
18.2
3.6
2.2
1.7
0.3
6.0
13.0
45.8
2.6
6.6
39.8
3.6
4.0
91.1
61.6
0.6
3.0
1.5
907
510
102
62
47
8
42
54
+186
12Cotie McMahon
C. McMahon
105.1
2026
24
19.8
6.0
3.0
2.0
0.5
0.1
2.1
5.5
38.2
0.7
2.0
32.7
1.2
2.1
56.0
47.1
0.6
2.4
1.2
474
144
71
49
13
3
28
46
-62
13Tiffany Hayes
T. Hayes
105.2
2026
25
15.4
7.0
1.2
2.2
0.4
0.2
2.2
5.0
45.2
0.5
1.6
30.8
2.1
2.4
85.2
58.3
0.2
1.0
1.0
385
176
30
55
11
4
24
44
+52
14Flau'jae Johnson
F. Johnson
106.0
2026
29
28.6
13.7
5.3
3.0
1.3
0.8
4.8
12.1
39.7
1.3
4.5
28.2
2.9
3.5
81.4
50.4
1.0
4.2
2.5
828
398
153
86
37
24
72
75
-11
15Allisha Gray
A. Gray
106.7
2026
26
33.0
19.1
3.2
2.3
1.5
0.3
6.4
14.2
45.4
1.7
5.4
32.1
4.5
6.0
75.2
56.9
0.7
2.5
1.5
859
497
84
59
39
9
40
72
+139
16Azzi Fudd
A. Fudd
107.0
2026
25
31.6
13.3
1.8
1.9
1.7
0.9
5.4
11.7
45.9
2.0
5.2
38.8
0.6
0.8
78.9
55.4
0.6
1.2
1.0
789
333
45
47
43
22
24
57
+145
17Kaitlyn Chen
K. Chen
107.1
2026
27
14.7
7.7
1.3
1.9
0.3
0.0
3.1
5.4
57.5
0.6
1.3
42.9
1.0
1.4
70.3
64.4
0.4
0.9
1.1
397
209
34
50
8
0
29
33
+23
18Leila Lacan
L. Lacan
107.3
2026
17
29.4
12.9
1.8
4.5
2.1
0.2
4.8
11.1
43.4
1.2
3.8
31.3
2.1
2.9
73.5
52.2
0.5
1.3
2.1
499
220
30
77
35
4
36
54
-42
19Saniya Rivers
S. Rivers
107.5
2026
22
22.3
6.7
2.3
3.1
1.0
0.7
2.6
7.4
35.0
0.4
2.0
18.2
1.2
1.7
68.4
41.2
0.4
1.9
1.6
490
148
50
68
22
16
35
41
-114
20Kennedy Burke
K. Burke
107.5
2026
25
23.4
7.8
3.2
1.6
1.0
0.8
2.6
6.9
38.4
1.1
3.3
32.9
1.4
2.1
69.2
50.0
1.2
2.1
1.6
586
195
81
39
26
19
39
39
-62
21Antonia Delaere
A. Delaere
107.9
2026
28
12.6
3.1
0.8
1.3
0.5
0.0
1.1
2.3
46.9
0.7
1.5
46.5
0.2
0.2
100.0
64.5
0.3
0.5
0.5
354
86
21
35
15
0
13
32
+79
22Katie Lou Samuelson
K. Lou Samuelson
108.2
2026
23
15.7
4.5
2.1
0.8
0.7
0.0
1.4
3.3
43.4
0.9
2.3
37.0
0.7
1.0
73.9
59.8
0.3
1.9
0.4
360
103
49
18
17
1
10
22
-104
23Marine Johannes
M. Johannes
108.6
2026
25
23.1
9.4
2.6
2.8
1.0
0.2
3.2
7.9
40.6
2.3
6.2
37.0
0.7
0.8
85.0
56.9
0.5
2.1
1.9
578
234
65
69
24
4
47
49
+65
24Pauline Astier
P. Astier
108.6
2026
27
24.2
9.7
2.7
3.6
1.0
0.2
3.5
6.5
53.4
0.5
1.3
36.1
2.3
2.6
87.1
63.3
0.5
2.2
1.7
653
262
73
98
26
5
46
80
+57
25Charlisse Leger-Walker
C. Leger-Walker
108.6
2026
26
22.7
6.9
2.2
3.3
1.1
0.1
2.5
6.7
37.6
0.7
2.5
27.3
1.2
1.7
74.4
46.9
0.2
2.0
1.6
589
180
57
85
28
3
41
57
-70
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/44TG and defensive rating going back to the 1997 season.

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