worst defensive rating in the wnba

Kia Nurse has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 120.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
worst defensive rating with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player in the wnba this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kia Nurse
K. Nurse
120.5
2026
39
13.6
5.4
1.2
1.0
0.4
0.0
1.6
4.6
35.2
1.1
3.3
33.1
1.1
1.2
89.6
53.0
0.2
0.9
0.5
531
212
45
40
14
0
19
50
-166
2Maria Conde
M. Conde
118.9
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
118.8
2026
24
26.6
12.5
3.5
3.3
0.8
0.2
4.1
8.6
48.1
0.9
2.5
35.0
3.4
4.0
86.3
60.7
1.0
2.5
1.7
639
301
85
78
19
5
40
73
-83
4Marina Mabrey
M. Mabrey
118.5
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
5Carla Leite
C. Leite
117.8
2026
36
25.9
15.9
2.1
6.3
0.7
0.1
4.8
10.5
45.9
0.9
2.4
40.0
5.4
6.1
87.3
60.4
0.6
1.5
3.3
933
573
76
228
24
2
120
96
-32
6Brittney Sykes
B. Sykes
117.5
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
7Chance Gray
C. Gray
117.2
2026
37
11.3
2.9
1.1
1.0
0.2
0.0
0.9
2.5
37.0
0.6
1.9
34.8
0.5
0.5
85.0
54.1
0.3
0.8
0.6
417
109
41
37
6
0
22
27
-166
8Temi Fágbénlé
T. Fágbénlé
116.9
2026
23
17.3
5.5
3.3
1.0
0.5
0.3
2.2
4.3
51.5
0.4
1.2
35.7
0.7
1.1
57.7
57.5
1.1
2.2
1.2
398
127
77
23
12
7
28
54
-120
9Frieda 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
10Julie Allemand
J. Allemand
116.2
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
11Karlie Samuelson
K. Samuelson
116.2
2026
28
15.3
4.5
1.5
0.8
0.5
0.1
1.3
3.5
37.8
1.0
3.0
32.9
0.9
1.0
89.3
57.6
0.5
1.0
0.3
428
127
42
22
15
3
9
45
-44
12Laura Juškaitė
L. Juškaitė
115.6
2026
40
24.9
10.3
4.3
1.7
1.2
0.3
3.6
7.8
46.5
1.0
3.1
31.7
2.0
2.6
79.4
57.4
1.1
3.2
2.1
997
410
171
68
46
10
82
133
-149
13Megan DiLeo
M. DiLeo
115.5
2026
38
24.0
13.2
4.2
0.9
0.4
0.6
5.2
9.4
55.2
1.3
3.7
36.7
1.5
1.9
80.6
64.7
1.4
2.8
0.7
912
503
159
35
14
23
28
100
-63
14Nyadiew Puoch
N. Puoch
115.5
2026
39
17.7
3.9
2.0
0.7
0.7
0.1
1.5
4.2
35.8
0.5
2.0
24.7
0.5
0.8
63.3
43.9
0.8
1.2
0.5
689
154
77
28
28
5
21
85
-110
15Erica Wheeler
E. Wheeler
115.2
2026
39
27.0
9.0
1.9
5.2
0.9
0.1
3.3
8.3
39.7
1.4
4.4
31.2
1.1
1.2
87.2
50.9
0.2
1.7
1.9
1,054
352
76
201
36
4
75
109
-19
16Kelsey Plum
K. Plum
115.1
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
17Teonni Key
T. Key
114.9
2026
35
10.0
2.0
1.8
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.8
2.1
37.3
0.1
0.5
15.8
0.3
0.5
52.6
41.4
0.8
1.1
0.5
350
69
64
17
14
18
18
48
-85
18Rae Burrell
R. Burrell
114.8
2026
39
28.9
14.6
2.4
2.6
0.9
0.6
5.0
10.9
46.2
1.6
4.2
37.6
2.9
3.6
80.3
58.4
0.6
1.8
2.4
1,129
568
93
100
34
24
95
62
-155
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
114.3
2026
29
13.4
5.6
1.6
3.2
0.7
0.0
2.2
5.2
41.7
0.8
2.1
36.7
0.4
0.6
72.2
50.7
0.5
1.1
2.5
388
161
46
92
19
1
72
44
-66
21Lexi Held
L. Held
114.1
2026
TOT
38
15.1
4.9
1.1
1.3
0.4
0.1
1.7
4.6
37.9
0.8
2.3
35.2
0.6
0.7
88.9
50.3
0.4
0.7
0.8
572
187
41
51
17
4
31
48
-23
22Nyara Sabally
N. Sabally
114.1
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
23Kelsey Mitchell
K. Mitchell
113.4
2026
40
32.9
25.0
1.7
2.8
1.1
0.1
8.8
17.2
51.3
3.0
6.7
45.5
4.4
5.2
84.2
64.3
0.5
1.2
1.8
1,314
1,001
68
112
42
5
70
98
+268
24Tyasha Harris
T. Harris
113.3
2026
35
14.0
4.2
1.1
2.0
0.3
0.1
1.4
3.4
42.4
0.7
1.8
35.9
0.7
0.8
88.9
56.6
0.1
0.9
0.5
489
147
38
69
10
5
18
39
+98
25Isabelle Harrison
I. Harrison
113.2
2026
28
23.5
12.4
6.5
1.7
0.8
0.8
4.6
10.3
44.3
0.6
2.2
29.0
2.6
3.6
73.0
52.1
1.8
4.7
1.8
657
347
182
47
22
21
49
71
-163
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15
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.375
16.0
11
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.375
16.0
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.350
17.0
13
Tempo Tempo - e
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.275
20.0
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Sun Sun - e
10
30
.250
21.0
15
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8
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.200
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