WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Defensive Rating
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WNBA Leaders and Records for Defensive Rating: Season · Career · Active · Progressive · Yearly · Top 10
Year | Player | DRtg |
2024 | Napheesa Collier | 91.25 |
2023 | A'ja Wilson | 93.18 |
2022 | Jonquel Jones | 94.28 |
2021 | Jonquel Jones | 88.30 |
2020 | Natasha Howard | 88.72 |
2019 | Nneka Ogwumike | 91.38 |
2018 | Jessica Breland | 93.68 |
2017 | Sylvia Fowles | 89.61 |
2016 | Sylvia Fowles | 91.59 |
2015 | LaToya Sanders | 86.42 |
2014 | Brittney Griner | 90.11 |
2013 | Tamika Catchings* | 88.29 |
2012 | Sancho Lyttle | 88.84 |
2011 | Jayne Appel-Marinelli | 92.38 |
2010 | Tamika Catchings* | 91.37 |
2009 | Tamika Catchings* | 89.27 |
2008 | Lisa Leslie* | 87.23 |
2007 | Tamika Catchings* | 81.25 |
2006 | Tamika Catchings* | 84.64 |
2005 | Kristin Haynie | 85.83 |
2004 | Lisa Leslie* | 84.54 |
2003 | Yolanda Griffith* | 87.80 |
2002 | Sheryl Swoopes* | 84.71 |
2001 | Penny Taylor | 82.39 |
2000 | Sheryl Swoopes* | 85.40 |
1999 | Yolanda Griffith* | 86.78 |
1998 | Sheryl Swoopes* | 85.42 |
1997 | Toni Foster | 82.65 |
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