worst defensive rating for wnba players 2026

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

Interpreted as:
worst defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games for wnba players 2026
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
6Carla Leite
C. Leite
117.7
2026
31
25.4
15.5
2.3
6.2
0.6
0.1
4.5
10.1
45.0
0.8
2.2
38.2
5.5
6.3
88.2
60.2
0.6
1.6
3.4
788
480
70
193
18
2
106
81
-41
7Brittney 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
8Karlie Samuelson
K. Samuelson
116.9
2026
22
15.2
4.6
1.3
0.9
0.5
0.1
1.4
3.3
41.7
1.1
2.9
37.5
0.8
0.9
94.7
63.5
0.5
0.9
0.4
335
102
29
20
10
3
8
33
-50
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
116.3
2026
31
15.1
6.4
2.2
0.7
0.4
0.1
2.2
4.9
44.4
0.8
2.4
33.8
1.3
1.4
88.6
58.1
0.7
1.5
0.8
467
198
69
23
11
2
25
50
-70
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
15Nyadiew Puoch
N. Puoch
115.2
2026
33
17.2
3.9
1.8
0.7
0.8
0.1
1.5
4.1
37.0
0.4
1.9
21.9
0.5
0.8
61.5
44.4
0.7
1.0
0.5
569
130
58
22
25
4
17
68
-97
16Megan DiLeo
M. DiLeo
115.1
2026
32
23.7
12.9
4.2
1.0
0.4
0.7
5.1
9.3
54.2
1.3
3.4
36.4
1.5
1.9
80.0
63.3
1.3
2.8
0.8
758
412
134
32
12
21
25
85
-81
17Isabelle 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
18Lexi Held
L. Held
114.9
2026
TOT
33
15.0
4.7
1.2
1.3
0.3
0.1
1.7
4.5
37.8
0.7
2.2
32.4
0.6
0.7
86.4
48.8
0.4
0.8
0.8
495
154
39
44
11
4
28
43
-49
19Luisa Geiselsöder
L. Geiselsöder
114.4
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
20Zia Cooke
Z. Cooke
114.4
2026
36
14.7
7.4
1.7
0.9
0.3
0.0
2.4
6.7
35.3
0.8
2.6
31.2
1.9
2.3
81.7
48.0
0.5
1.2
1.0
530
266
60
31
10
0
37
50
-88
21Nyara 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
22Jovana Nogic
J. Nogic
114.2
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
23Teja Oblak
T. Oblak
113.8
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
34
32.8
20.6
3.5
1.9
0.7
0.1
6.9
15.8
43.3
1.7
5.9
29.0
5.1
6.5
78.8
55.0
0.5
3.0
2.6
1,116
699
119
66
25
3
87
91
-106
25Kelsey Mitchell
K. Mitchell
113.1
2026
34
32.9
24.3
1.7
2.7
1.0
0.1
8.6
17.0
50.6
2.9
6.6
43.6
4.2
5.0
84.7
63.4
0.5
1.2
1.8
1,119
826
58
92
35
4
61
83
+212
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.371
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11
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.353
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.242
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.194
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