wnba players with best defensive rating 2026

Anastasiia Olairi Kosu has the best defensive rating this season, with a 95.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
wnba players with best defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games 2026
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Anastasiia Olairi Kosu
A. Olairi Kosu
95.3
2026
11
10.9
4.5
2.3
0.6
0.7
0.5
1.8
3.6
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.9
90.0
55.2
1.3
1.0
0.5
120
49
25
7
8
6
5
14
+48
2Natasha Howard
N. Howard
95.7
2026
12
28.4
17.4
7.3
3.3
1.6
0.8
7.5
11.5
65.2
0.1
0.4
20.0
2.3
3.8
60.9
66.0
3.3
4.1
3.6
341
209
88
39
19
9
43
42
+161
3Nia Coffey
N. Coffey
95.8
2026
12
26.9
8.7
6.3
2.0
0.8
1.2
3.4
7.1
48.2
1.8
4.3
41.2
0.1
0.1
100.0
60.9
0.9
5.3
1.0
323
104
75
24
9
14
12
29
+94
4Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
96.1
2026
10
34.5
17.9
3.4
3.5
3.1
0.6
5.7
13.7
41.6
3.3
8.7
37.9
3.2
3.8
84.2
58.2
0.9
2.5
1.6
345
179
34
35
31
6
16
27
+71
5Courtney Williams
C. Williams
96.3
2026
12
30.6
17.0
5.6
4.1
1.5
0.4
7.5
15.3
49.2
1.4
3.5
40.5
0.6
0.8
77.8
54.6
0.5
5.1
1.9
367
204
67
49
18
5
23
23
+99
6Madina Okot
M. Okot
96.4
2026
11
9.4
4.6
3.6
0.2
0.3
0.3
2.0
3.6
55.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.6
1.1
58.3
56.3
1.0
2.6
1.6
103
51
40
2
3
3
18
20
+11
7Angel Reese
A. Reese
96.6
2026
11
30.7
13.6
12.2
3.2
1.4
0.9
4.4
10.5
41.7
0.2
1.2
15.4
4.7
5.9
80.0
52.2
5.5
6.6
4.1
338
150
134
35
15
10
45
37
+61
8Olivia Miles
O. Miles
96.7
2026
12
30.7
17.8
5.2
6.3
1.4
0.8
6.2
11.6
53.2
1.1
2.9
37.1
4.3
4.8
91.2
64.9
0.6
4.6
3.0
368
213
62
76
17
9
36
35
+160
9Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
97.9
2026
12
32.6
20.5
8.6
2.6
1.5
0.9
6.4
14.7
43.8
0.6
3.2
18.4
7.1
7.8
90.4
56.6
1.5
7.1
2.4
391
246
103
31
18
11
29
28
+62
10Aliyah Boston
A. Boston
98.0
2026
10
25.1
15.7
7.8
2.4
1.1
1.2
5.5
10.9
50.5
1.0
2.4
41.7
3.7
4.3
86.0
61.4
1.8
6.0
2.8
251
157
78
24
11
12
28
37
+12
11Kayla McBride
K. McBride
98.4
2026
12
30.8
13.8
4.3
2.5
1.6
0.3
4.4
10.8
41.1
1.8
5.2
33.9
3.3
3.8
86.7
55.8
0.7
3.6
1.3
370
166
51
30
19
3
15
17
+112
12A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
98.5
2026
11
31.6
25.9
9.6
3.3
1.1
2.4
9.3
17.8
52.0
1.4
2.5
55.6
6.0
7.2
83.5
61.8
2.0
7.6
2.6
348
285
106
36
12
26
29
20
+63
13Angela Dugalić
A. Dugalić
98.7
2026
10
13.3
5.0
4.2
0.8
0.8
0.4
2.1
4.1
51.2
0.3
1.3
23.1
0.5
0.9
55.6
55.6
0.8
3.4
0.7
133
50
42
8
8
4
7
18
-47
14Jonquel Jones
J. Jones
98.8
2026
11
29.4
13.1
9.5
2.7
0.6
1.1
4.2
9.9
42.2
1.4
3.9
34.9
3.4
4.0
84.1
56.1
2.2
7.4
2.0
323
144
105
30
7
12
22
34
+60
15Jordin Canada
J. Canada
99.4
2026
11
30.4
11.8
3.5
6.6
1.9
0.1
4.3
8.6
49.5
0.9
2.8
32.3
2.4
3.0
78.8
59.3
0.5
3.0
2.5
334
130
38
73
21
1
27
26
+50
16Kiah Stokes
K. Stokes
99.5
2026
12
21.3
3.8
4.7
1.5
0.7
1.8
1.5
3.5
42.9
0.5
1.3
37.5
0.3
0.5
50.0
50.4
0.9
3.8
0.4
256
45
56
18
8
22
5
30
-16
17Maya Caldwell
M. Caldwell
99.8
2026
12
14.8
4.6
2.1
1.1
0.5
0.4
1.5
4.4
34.0
0.9
2.3
39.3
0.7
0.8
88.9
48.3
0.6
1.5
0.8
177
55
25
13
6
5
9
18
+60
18Aziaha James
A. James
100.6
2026
11
11.7
6.5
2.5
1.1
0.9
0.3
2.4
6.5
36.6
0.6
1.9
33.3
1.2
1.5
76.5
45.9
0.7
1.7
0.5
129
72
27
12
10
3
5
23
-3
19Myisha Hines-Allen
M. Hines-Allen
100.9
2026
11
17.6
4.8
3.3
2.2
0.9
0.5
1.9
3.9
48.8
0.2
0.8
22.2
0.8
1.0
81.8
55.4
0.6
2.6
1.8
194
53
36
24
10
5
20
29
+33
20Awak Kuier
A. Kuier
101.0
2026
8
13.9
6.6
3.0
0.9
0.6
0.9
2.1
3.3
65.4
0.9
1.6
53.8
1.5
2.0
75.0
80.2
0.5
2.5
0.8
111
53
24
7
5
7
6
4
+56
21Mackenzie Holmes
M. Holmes
101.0
2026
13
15.5
4.4
4.6
0.8
0.8
0.4
1.6
2.9
55.3
0.4
0.7
55.6
0.8
1.0
76.9
65.2
1.3
3.3
0.8
201
57
60
11
10
5
10
28
-47
22Monique Billings
M. Billings
101.4
2026
10
20.8
5.7
5.0
1.0
0.9
0.7
2.0
4.9
40.8
0.3
1.1
27.3
1.4
2.1
66.7
48.9
1.9
3.1
0.8
208
57
50
10
9
7
8
23
-8
23Allisha Gray
A. Gray
101.4
2026
11
33.4
19.2
3.8
1.7
1.3
0.5
6.3
14.4
43.7
1.8
5.5
32.8
4.8
5.8
82.8
56.7
0.5
3.4
1.7
367
211
42
19
14
5
19
24
+79
24Jordan Horston
J. Horston
101.6
2026
13
18.9
4.1
3.9
1.2
1.2
0.6
1.5
5.1
30.3
0.3
1.8
17.4
0.7
0.8
90.0
37.6
0.8
3.1
1.5
246
53
51
15
15
8
20
17
-22
25Azurá Stevens
A. Stevens
101.8
2026
7
19.1
9.4
5.1
1.4
0.7
0.4
3.7
9.6
38.8
0.4
3.3
13.0
1.6
2.0
78.6
45.1
1.0
4.1
1.0
134
66
36
10
5
3
7
16
-44
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/44TG and defensive rating going back to the 1997 season.

More WNBA News

More Lynx Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

17.8

Miles

Olivia Miles

RPG

7.3

Howard

Natasha Howard

APG

6.3

Miles

Olivia Miles
Team Rankings

ORTG

112.8

1st

DRTG

96.8

1st

NETRTG

16.0

1st

3P%

37.9

1st

2026 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Lynx Lynx
10
2
.833
2
8
3
.727
1.5
3
7
4
.636
2.5
4
7
5
.583
3.0
5
6
7
.462
4.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
6/13
@
8:00 PM
Mon
6/15
@
8:00 PM
Wed
6/17
@
10:00 PM
Fri
6/19
@
10:00 PM
Sun
6/21
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Wings

7 - 4

76

Final

100

MIN Lynx

10 - 2

Tue 9 Jun 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

WNBA 2026 Rankings

WNBA Fantasy 2026

WNBA 2026 Betting

WNBA 2026 Standings

TeamWLPCTGB
1
10
2
.833
2
8
3
.727
1.5
3
8
3
.727
1.5
4
8
4
.667
2.0
5
7
4
.636
2.5
6
7
5
.583
3.0
7
6
5
.545
3.5
8
6
5
.545
3.5
9
6
7
.462
4.5
10
5
6
.455
4.5
11
4
6
.400
5.0
12
4
8
.333
6.0
13
4
9
.308
6.5
14
3
10
.231
7.5
15
2
11
.154
8.5

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
5/8
@
68-65
Fri
5/8
@
75-106
Fri
5/8
@
91-80
Sat
5/9
@
107-104
Sat
5/9
@
99-66

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
6/10
@
7:00 PM
Wed
6/10
@
10:00 PM
Thu
6/11
@
7:00 PM
Thu
6/11
@
7:30 PM
Thu
6/11
@
9:00 PM