worst defensive rating 2026

Kia Nurse has the worst defensive rating this season, with a 120.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
worst defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player 2026
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kia Nurse
K. Nurse
120.1
2026
37
13.2
5.4
1.1
1.0
0.4
0.0
1.6
4.4
35.4
1.1
3.2
32.5
1.2
1.3
89.6
53.5
0.2
0.9
0.4
489
198
42
38
13
0
15
47
-126
2Maria Conde
M. Conde
118.6
2026
33
26.9
8.9
4.6
2.6
0.5
0.2
3.1
8.4
37.0
1.6
4.5
35.3
1.1
1.2
87.8
49.8
1.0
3.7
1.6
888
293
153
86
15
5
53
65
-160
3Kiki Rice
K. Rice
118.2
2026
22
26.5
12.6
3.6
3.1
0.8
0.2
4.1
8.4
48.9
0.9
2.5
37.0
3.5
4.0
86.5
62.1
1.1
2.5
1.4
584
277
80
69
18
5
31
68
-53
4Marina Mabrey
M. Mabrey
118.2
2026
32
29.5
20.8
3.3
3.7
0.9
0.4
6.8
15.4
44.1
3.3
8.5
38.5
3.9
4.5
88.1
59.9
0.5
2.8
3.1
944
667
105
118
29
12
99
84
-180
5Chance Gray
C. Gray
118.1
2026
35
11.1
2.9
1.2
1.0
0.1
0.0
0.9
2.5
36.4
0.6
1.9
33.8
0.5
0.6
85.0
53.2
0.3
0.9
0.6
390
103
41
34
5
0
22
26
-146
6Carla Leite
C. Leite
117.9
2026
35
25.8
15.6
2.1
6.3
0.6
0.1
4.7
10.4
45.1
0.9
2.3
37.0
5.4
6.2
87.1
59.5
0.6
1.5
3.3
904
547
73
222
22
2
115
91
-45
7Brittney Sykes
B. Sykes
117.3
2026
17
29.4
18.6
3.5
3.4
1.2
0.5
6.0
14.4
41.8
0.9
3.6
25.8
5.6
6.3
89.7
54.3
0.9
2.5
2.1
500
316
59
57
20
8
36
41
-28
8Temi Fágbénlé
T. Fágbénlé
117.2
2026
21
17.0
5.8
3.2
1.0
0.5
0.3
2.3
4.4
52.7
0.5
1.2
40.0
0.6
1.1
54.2
58.4
1.1
2.0
1.2
356
121
67
21
10
6
25
51
-81
9Karlie Samuelson
K. Samuelson
117.0
2026
26
15.5
4.9
1.5
0.8
0.5
0.1
1.4
3.5
40.2
1.1
3.1
35.0
1.0
1.1
89.3
60.9
0.5
0.9
0.3
403
127
38
21
12
3
9
42
-50
10Frieda Buhner
F. Buhner
116.8
2026
35
14.9
6.3
2.2
0.7
0.3
0.1
2.1
4.9
42.8
0.9
2.5
36.0
1.2
1.3
89.1
56.9
0.7
1.4
0.9
522
220
76
24
11
2
31
55
-98
11Erica Wheeler
E. Wheeler
116.1
2026
37
27.4
9.1
2.0
5.1
0.9
0.1
3.3
8.5
39.2
1.3
4.4
29.8
1.1
1.3
87.2
50.0
0.2
1.7
1.9
1,013
335
73
189
35
2
72
105
-48
12Julie Allemand
J. Allemand
116.0
2026
29
28.7
6.3
3.1
5.6
1.4
0.4
2.4
4.4
54.3
1.2
2.9
42.4
0.3
0.4
76.9
69.3
0.2
2.9
1.8
831
184
90
161
40
12
51
56
-125
13Kelsey Plum
K. Plum
115.8
2026
TOT
17
30.5
21.5
2.1
5.4
1.0
0.0
7.4
14.3
51.9
2.4
6.2
37.7
4.4
5.4
81.3
64.7
0.2
1.9
2.8
519
366
35
91
17
0
48
56
-31
14Rae Burrell
R. Burrell
115.8
2026
37
29.0
14.4
2.3
2.5
0.8
0.6
4.9
10.6
46.4
1.6
4.2
38.7
2.8
3.6
79.5
58.7
0.6
1.8
2.4
1,072
531
86
94
31
24
89
61
-186
15Nyadiew Puoch
N. Puoch
115.5
2026
37
17.3
3.8
1.9
0.7
0.7
0.1
1.5
4.1
35.5
0.5
1.9
24.3
0.4
0.7
61.5
43.1
0.8
1.1
0.5
641
141
72
26
27
4
20
79
-105
16Laura Juškaitė
L. Juškaitė
115.4
2026
38
24.8
10.2
4.2
1.7
1.2
0.2
3.6
7.7
46.6
1.0
3.1
31.9
2.0
2.5
78.9
57.5
1.1
3.1
2.0
942
386
159
65
44
9
77
127
-97
17Megan DiLeo
M. DiLeo
115.3
2026
36
23.9
13.2
4.2
0.9
0.4
0.6
5.1
9.3
54.8
1.4
3.6
37.7
1.6
2.0
81.7
64.7
1.3
2.9
0.7
861
475
151
34
14
23
26
98
-70
18Lexi Held
L. Held
114.9
2026
TOT
37
14.9
4.8
1.1
1.3
0.4
0.1
1.7
4.5
37.6
0.8
2.2
34.6
0.6
0.7
88.9
49.8
0.4
0.7
0.8
551
176
41
48
14
4
31
47
-54
19Luisa Geiselsöder
L. Geiselsöder
114.6
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
20Teja Oblak
T. Oblak
114.4
2026
28
13.1
5.6
1.5
3.0
0.6
0.0
2.2
5.1
42.7
0.8
2.0
38.2
0.5
0.6
72.2
51.7
0.5
1.0
2.5
366
156
42
85
18
1
69
43
-49
21Nyara Sabally
N. Sabally
113.8
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
22Kelsey Mitchell
K. Mitchell
113.5
2026
39
32.9
24.8
1.7
2.8
1.1
0.1
8.7
17.1
51.0
3.0
6.6
45.5
4.4
5.1
85.4
64.1
0.5
1.2
1.8
1,282
967
65
108
41
5
69
97
+254
23Kahleah Copper
K. Copper
113.5
2026
38
32.9
21.3
3.6
1.9
0.8
0.1
7.2
16.1
44.5
1.7
5.7
29.8
5.3
6.7
78.8
56.0
0.5
3.1
2.4
1,252
810
136
71
29
3
91
102
-116
24Zia Cooke
Z. Cooke
113.5
2026
39
14.8
7.5
1.6
1.0
0.3
0.0
2.4
6.7
35.0
0.8
2.6
30.1
1.9
2.4
81.7
47.9
0.5
1.2
1.1
578
291
64
40
13
0
41
53
-85
25Tyasha Harris
T. Harris
113.3
2026
34
14.0
4.1
1.1
2.0
0.3
0.1
1.4
3.4
41.7
0.6
1.9
34.9
0.7
0.8
88.5
55.8
0.1
0.9
0.5
476
141
37
67
10
5
18
39
+101
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.590
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.385
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.263
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8:00 PM
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TeamWLPCTGB
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31
8
.795
2
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11
.718
3.0
3
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26
13
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25
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25
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6
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15
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23
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8
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16
.590
8.0
9
Fire Fire - e
15
23
.395
15.5
10
Sky Sky - e
15
24
.385
16.0
11
13
25
.342
17.5
12
13
26
.333
18.0
13
Tempo Tempo - e
11
27
.289
19.5
14
Sun Sun - e
10
28
.263
20.5
15
Storm Storm - e
8
31
.205
23.0

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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105-89
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85-86
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76-72

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
8/28
@
7:30 PM
Fri
8/28
@
7:30 PM
Fri
8/28
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Fri
8/28
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1:00 PM