wnba player with highest defensive rating

Kia Nurse has the worst defensive rating this season, with a 121.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
wnba player with highest defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kia Nurse
K. Nurse
121.6
2026
32
12.1
4.8
1.0
0.8
0.3
0.0
1.4
4.0
35.2
0.9
2.8
31.9
1.1
1.2
91.9
53.0
0.2
0.8
0.3
387
153
32
27
8
0
10
37
-113
2Maria Conde
M. Conde
119.2
2026
32
27.1
9.0
4.7
2.6
0.5
0.2
3.1
8.5
36.9
1.7
4.6
36.1
1.1
1.3
87.8
50.0
1.0
3.7
1.5
868
289
149
82
15
5
49
65
-163
3Marina Mabrey
M. Mabrey
118.8
2026
31
29.5
20.8
3.4
3.7
0.9
0.4
6.8
15.3
44.6
3.2
8.4
38.6
4.0
4.5
88.5
60.4
0.5
2.8
3.1
916
645
104
115
28
11
96
82
-166
4Chance Gray
C. Gray
118.4
2026
31
10.4
2.8
1.2
0.9
0.1
0.0
0.8
2.4
35.1
0.6
1.8
33.3
0.5
0.6
83.3
52.5
0.3
0.9
0.6
323
86
37
29
4
0
20
24
-139
5Kiki Rice
K. Rice
117.9
2026
17
25.6
11.2
4.0
2.8
0.9
0.2
3.6
7.5
48.4
0.8
2.2
34.2
3.2
3.8
84.4
61.2
1.1
2.9
1.5
436
191
68
47
15
3
26
53
-28
6Brittney Sykes
B. Sykes
117.7
2026
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
7Carla Leite
C. Leite
117.4
2026
32
25.5
15.7
2.2
6.2
0.6
0.1
4.7
10.3
45.7
0.8
2.2
38.6
5.5
6.3
86.7
60.3
0.6
1.6
3.4
815
503
71
198
20
2
110
85
-38
8Karlie Samuelson
K. Samuelson
116.7
2026
23
15.3
4.8
1.4
0.9
0.4
0.1
1.4
3.3
41.6
1.1
3.0
36.8
0.9
1.0
87.5
62.8
0.5
0.9
0.4
352
110
33
20
10
3
9
35
-46
9Rae Burrell
R. Burrell
116.7
2026
34
29.0
14.1
2.4
2.5
0.8
0.5
4.8
10.6
45.7
1.6
4.1
39.7
2.8
3.5
81.4
58.4
0.6
1.8
2.3
987
480
81
84
27
18
78
56
-162
10Kelsey Plum
K. Plum
116.3
2026
TOT
16
31.4
22.3
2.2
5.6
1.0
0.0
7.6
14.4
52.8
2.4
6.3
38.6
4.6
5.6
81.1
65.8
0.2
2.0
2.9
503
356
35
90
16
0
47
51
-13
11Erica Wheeler
E. Wheeler
116.3
2026
34
27.8
9.2
2.0
5.3
1.0
0.1
3.4
8.7
39.1
1.3
4.4
28.5
1.1
1.3
86.7
49.6
0.3
1.8
1.9
946
314
69
181
35
2
66
100
-30
12Frieda Buhner
F. Buhner
116.1
2026
32
15.2
6.5
2.3
0.7
0.3
0.1
2.2
4.9
44.3
0.9
2.5
35.0
1.2
1.4
88.6
58.4
0.8
1.5
0.8
485
207
73
23
11
2
26
50
-71
13Julie Allemand
J. Allemand
116.1
2026
26
29.2
6.6
3.1
5.7
1.5
0.4
2.5
4.5
56.4
1.3
2.9
44.0
0.3
0.3
87.5
71.4
0.2
2.9
1.7
759
172
81
149
40
11
45
52
-95
14Laura Juškaitė
L. Juškaitė
115.7
2026
33
24.4
10.1
3.9
1.6
1.2
0.2
3.6
7.7
46.5
1.0
3.0
33.3
1.9
2.4
80.8
57.6
1.0
2.9
1.8
805
332
129
52
41
8
60
114
-64
15Isabelle Harrison
I. Harrison
115.1
2026
21
22.5
12.0
5.7
1.6
0.6
0.7
4.6
9.4
49.2
0.8
2.1
36.4
2.0
2.8
71.2
56.5
1.7
4.0
1.7
473
252
120
34
13
14
36
57
-100
16Lexi Held
L. Held
115.0
2026
TOT
34
15.0
4.6
1.2
1.3
0.3
0.1
1.7
4.4
38.0
0.7
2.1
33.3
0.6
0.6
86.4
49.2
0.4
0.8
0.8
510
157
40
45
11
4
28
44
-56
17Nyadiew Puoch
N. Puoch
114.9
2026
34
17.2
3.9
1.8
0.7
0.8
0.1
1.5
4.1
37.0
0.4
1.9
22.7
0.5
0.8
61.5
44.5
0.8
1.1
0.5
586
133
62
23
26
4
18
71
-100
18Megan DiLeo
M. DiLeo
114.7
2026
33
23.8
12.9
4.2
1.0
0.4
0.6
5.1
9.4
54.2
1.3
3.5
36.8
1.5
1.8
80.0
63.5
1.4
2.8
0.8
785
427
139
33
14
21
25
86
-74
19Nyara Sabally
N. Sabally
114.4
2026
24
23.9
12.3
5.3
1.7
1.0
0.9
4.5
8.5
52.7
0.8
2.1
39.2
2.5
3.4
72.0
61.2
1.8
3.5
1.6
573
295
126
41
24
21
38
65
-82
20Luisa Geiselsöder
L. Geiselsöder
114.2
2026
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
21Jovana Nogic
J. Nogic
114.1
2026
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
22Zia Cooke
Z. Cooke
113.9
2026
37
14.8
7.5
1.6
0.9
0.3
0.0
2.4
6.7
35.7
0.8
2.6
30.2
1.9
2.3
81.2
48.2
0.5
1.2
1.1
546
276
60
32
11
0
40
50
-104
23Teja Oblak
T. Oblak
113.6
2026
26
13.3
5.9
1.6
3.0
0.7
0.0
2.3
5.3
43.8
0.8
2.1
38.9
0.5
0.7
72.2
53.1
0.5
1.1
2.5
347
154
42
78
18
1
66
41
-42
24Kahleah Copper
K. Copper
113.2
2026
35
32.9
20.5
3.6
1.9
0.7
0.1
6.8
15.8
43.3
1.7
5.8
29.4
5.1
6.5
78.9
55.0
0.5
3.1
2.5
1,152
718
126
67
25
3
87
94
-108
25Kelsey Mitchell
K. Mitchell
112.9
2026
35
33.0
24.2
1.7
2.7
1.0
0.1
8.6
17.1
50.3
2.9
6.5
43.7
4.1
4.9
84.7
62.8
0.5
1.2
1.8
1,155
846
59
93
36
4
62
87
+215
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/44TG and defensive rating going back to the 1997 season.

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.588
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.371
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Tue
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8/23
@
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8/26
@
10:00 PM
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.429
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.371
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11
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23
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12
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