Kia Nurse has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 120.6 rating.

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wnba highest defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player this regular season

	NAME	DRTG	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	Kia Nurse K. Nurse	120.6	2026	TOR	29	12.2	4.6	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.9	33.6	0.8	2.7	30.4	1.1	1.2	94.3	51.8	0.2	0.9	0.3	355	133	31	25	8	0	9	34	-118
2	Chance Gray C. Gray	119.2	2026	LAS	25	10.6	3.0	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.9	2.4	38.3	0.6	1.8	35.6	0.5	0.6	85.7	55.9	0.2	0.9	0.7	264	74	28	21	3	0	18	22	-109
3	Carla Leite C. Leite	118.9	2026	PDX	28	26.0	15.5	2.3	6.2	0.6	0.0	4.7	10.5	44.6	0.8	2.1	36.7	5.4	6.1	88.8	59.0	0.7	1.6	3.4	727	435	63	174	17	1	96	75	-58
4	Maria Conde M. Conde	118.5	2026	TOR	29	27.0	9.1	4.7	2.5	0.5	0.1	3.1	8.5	36.6	1.7	4.6	36.1	1.2	1.4	87.8	50.0	1.0	3.7	1.5	782	264	136	73	14	4	44	58	-131
5	Karlie Samuelson K. Samuelson	118.0	2026	PDX	18	14.9	4.4	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.1	41.1	0.9	2.7	34.7	0.9	0.9	94.1	62.2	0.4	0.8	0.3	268	79	22	17	8	3	6	26	-64
6	Kelsey Plum K. Plum	117.7	2026	TOT	13	33.5	23.6	2.1	6.2	1.1	0.0	8.1	15.2	53.0	2.6	6.6	39.5	4.8	5.9	81.8	66.2	0.2	1.8	3.1	435	307	27	81	14	0	40	43	+8
7	Marina Mabrey M. Mabrey	117.5	2026	TOR	27	29.4	20.9	3.5	3.7	1.0	0.4	6.9	15.5	44.2	3.2	8.3	38.7	4.0	4.5	88.5	59.8	0.6	2.9	3.2	795	565	95	101	28	10	87	69	-114
8	Nyadiew Puoch N. Puoch	117.5	2026	PDX	29	16.9	3.4	1.8	0.7	0.6	0.1	1.3	3.8	35.5	0.3	1.7	18.0	0.4	0.7	60.0	41.7	0.8	1.0	0.6	489	99	51	19	17	3	17	59	-83
9	Frieda Buhner F. Buhner	117.4	2026	PDX	27	15.0	6.2	2.0	0.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.6	44.0	0.7	2.2	33.3	1.4	1.6	90.5	58.5	0.7	1.4	0.8	406	168	55	20	10	2	22	46	-63
10	Rae Burrell R. Burrell	117.3	2026	LAS	28	28.4	13.4	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.6	10.0	45.9	1.5	3.8	39.6	2.6	3.3	79.6	58.1	0.6	1.8	2.3	794	374	65	64	22	15	65	51	-126
11	Brittney Sykes B. Sykes	117.0	2026	TOR	15	31.8	20.1	3.8	3.5	1.3	0.5	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.1	3.9	27.1	6.2	6.9	89.4	55.0	1.0	2.8	2.3	477	301	57	52	20	7	35	39	-26
12	Erica Wheeler E. Wheeler	117.0	2026	LAS	28	28.0	9.1	1.9	5.4	1.1	0.1	3.3	8.6	37.9	1.2	4.3	27.7	1.4	1.6	86.7	48.9	0.3	1.5	2.0	783	254	52	150	31	2	55	84	-28
13	Kiki Rice K. Rice	116.9	2026	TOR	13	25.7	11.8	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	3.8	7.8	48.0	0.8	2.5	34.4	3.4	4.0	84.6	61.3	1.2	3.3	1.6	334	153	59	35	11	2	21	41	+3
14	Megan DiLeo M. DiLeo	115.9	2026	PDX	28	23.4	12.8	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	5.0	9.3	54.2	1.3	3.4	37.9	1.4	1.7	85.1	63.8	1.2	2.8	0.7	655	358	111	28	12	18	19	75	-106
15	Luisa Geiselsöder L. Geiselsöder	115.5	2026	PDX	21	16.6	4.5	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.4	1.6	4.8	33.0	0.8	2.6	29.1	0.6	0.7	80.0	44.1	0.5	2.1	0.9	348	94	55	27	7	8	19	53	-26
16	Julie Allemand J. Allemand	115.5	2026	TOR	23	29.2	6.6	3.2	5.5	1.5	0.5	2.5	4.6	55.2	1.2	2.9	41.8	0.3	0.3	87.5	69.6	0.2	3.0	1.7	671	151	73	127	34	11	40	43	-66
17	Teja Oblak T. Oblak	115.3	2026	PDX	24	13.0	6.0	1.5	2.8	0.7	0.0	2.3	5.2	45.2	0.8	2.0	38.8	0.5	0.7	75.0	54.6	0.5	1.0	2.6	313	143	35	66	16	0	62	39	-51
18	Laura Juškaitė L. Juškaitė	115.1	2026	TOR	29	24.4	10.0	3.9	1.7	1.2	0.2	3.5	7.3	47.9	1.1	2.9	36.5	1.9	2.4	80.0	59.7	1.0	2.9	1.8	708	291	112	48	36	7	51	105	-41
19	Lexi Held L. Held	114.9	2026	TOT	30	15.5	4.8	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.8	4.6	38.7	0.7	2.2	33.8	0.6	0.6	94.4	50.0	0.4	0.8	0.9	465	145	35	42	11	4	26	38	-32
20	Nyara Sabally N. Sabally	114.7	2026	TOR	20	23.6	12.0	4.8	1.7	0.9	0.9	4.4	8.1	54.0	0.8	1.8	41.7	2.5	3.5	72.5	62.4	1.6	3.2	1.4	472	239	96	33	17	18	27	60	-51
21	Jovana Nogic J. Nogic	114.3	2026	PHX	16	20.2	10.4	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.0	3.1	7.4	42.0	2.0	4.8	42.1	2.1	2.4	89.5	61.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	323	166	17	26	10	0	23	36	+8
22	Zia Cooke Z. Cooke	114.2	2026	SEA	32	14.8	7.3	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	33.9	0.8	2.7	31.0	1.9	2.3	80.0	46.8	0.5	1.2	1.0	472	235	55	28	9	0	33	46	-94
23	Isabelle Harrison I. Harrison	114.1	2026	TOR	17	23.6	13.2	6.1	1.5	0.7	0.6	5.1	10.2	50.3	0.9	2.2	39.5	2.1	2.9	71.4	57.6	1.7	4.4	1.6	402	224	104	26	12	11	28	47	-98
24	Ariel Atkins A. Atkins	113.7	2026	LAS	26	27.7	9.5	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.4	3.4	8.9	38.4	1.3	4.3	30.1	1.4	1.4	97.3	49.9	0.7	2.2	1.8	720	248	77	74	40	11	48	79	-44
25	Rachel Banham R. Banham	113.6	2026	CHI	26	12.3	3.7	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.2	3.8	32.0	0.8	2.8	29.7	0.4	0.5	84.6	45.9	0.1	0.8	0.8	320	97	24	27	4	6	21	30	-24

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.9

Mabrey

RPG

6.1

Harrison

APG

5.5

Allemand

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.0

8th

DRTG

116.3

15th

NETRTG

-7.3

14th

3P%

35.7

4th

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Liberty	18	13	.581	1.5
4	Mystics	16	12	.571	2.0
5	Sky	11	19	.367	8.0
6	Tempo	10	19	.345	8.5
7	Sun	7	23	.233	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/4	TOR	@	GSV	10:00 PM
Thu 8/6	TOR	@	PDX	10:00 PM
Mon 8/10	TOR	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Wed 8/12	TOR	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Tue 8/18	IND	@	TOR	7:00 PM

Last Game

Tempo

10 - 19

Final

Valkyries

20 - 9

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WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.6

Wilson

24.0

Mitchell

21.5

Clark

RPG Leaders

11.8

Shepard

11.8

Reese

9.6

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.4

Thomas

8.0

Clark

7.7

Canada

SPG Leaders

2.5

Howard

2.1

Canada

1.9

Lacan

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.9

Stokes

1.8

Griner

3PM Leaders

3.2

Mabrey

3.1

Howard

2.9

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.6

Allemand

68.6

Cunningham

68.4

Carter

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

116.2

115.0

114.4

111.9

111.2

109.8

DRtg Rankings

101.7

103.4

103.9

105.8

106.1

107.7

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

7.5

7.0

6.7

5.1

4.0

Tank Leaderboard

6-26

7-23

10-19

11-19

12-19

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,434

Wilson

1,274.4

Stewart

1,120.6

Shepard

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,419

Wilson

1,264.8

Stewart

1,184.3

Shepard

USG% Leaders

33.0

Wilson

32.1

Clark

31.0

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.6

Howard

34.0

Thomas

33.8

Citron

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.61

Wilson

1.34

Boston

1.29

Clark

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Wilson

1.39

Clark

1.35

Boston

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

14-9

13-9

14-10

12-12

Worst Record ATS

7-16

8-15

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10-12

11-12

11-10

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	25	6	.806
2	Aces	21	9	.700	3.5
3	Valkyries	20	9	.690	4.0
4	Wings	19	11	.633	5.5
5	Fever	19	11	.633	5.5
6	Dream	18	11	.621	6.0
7	Liberty	18	13	.581	7.0
8	Mystics	16	12	.571	7.5
9	Sparks	11	17	.393	12.5
10	Mercury	12	19	.387	13.0
11	Sky	11	19	.367	13.5
12	Fire	11	19	.367	13.5
13	Tempo	10	19	.345	14.0
14	Sun	7	23	.233	17.5
15	Storm	6	26	.188	19.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/17	LVA	@	ATL	85-84
Sun 5/17	SEA	@	IND	78-89
Sun 5/17	TOR	@	LAS	106-96
Mon 5/18	WAS	@	DAL	69-92
Mon 5/18	CON	@	PDX	82-83

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/4	TOR	@	GSV	10:00 PM
Wed 8/5	PHX	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Wed 8/5	SEA	@	NYL	7:00 PM
Wed 8/5	DAL	@	WAS	7:30 PM
Wed 8/5	LAS	@	CHI	9:00 PM

Kia Nurse has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 120.6 rating.

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2.5

2.1

1.9

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

1,434

1,274.4

1,120.6

1,419

1,264.8

1,184.3

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32.1

31.0

34.6

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33.8

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