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WNBA Season Leaders and Records for Defensive Rating

WNBA Leaders and Records: Season ▪ Career ▪ Active ▪ Yearly

Rank	Player	DRtg	Year
1.	Tamika Catchings	81.25	2007
2.	Penny Taylor	82.39	2001
3.	Toni Foster	82.53	1997
4.	Sue Wicks	82.77	1997
5.	Kym Hampton	83.44	1997
6.	Umeki Webb	83.71	1997
7.	Teresa Weatherspoon	84.36	1997
8.	Lisa Leslie	84.55	2004
9.	Tamika Catchings	84.62	2006
10.	Sheryl Swoopes	84.71	2002
11.	Rushia Brown	84.78	2001
12.	Tia Jackson	84.91	1997
13.	Lisa Leslie	85.08	1997
14.	Tammy Jackson	85.35	1997
15.	Michelle Snow	85.38	2002
16.	Sheryl Swoopes	85.40	2000
17.	Sheryl Swoopes	85.42	1998
18.	Margo Dydek	85.53	2006
19.	Kristin Haynie	85.83	2005
20.	Teresa Weatherspoon	86.07	1998
21.	Vicky Bullett	86.09	1997
22.	Marlies Askamp	86.09	1997
23.	Lisa Leslie	86.18	2002
24.	Cindy Brown	86.20	1998
25.	Yolanda Griffith	86.26	2005
26.	Cheryl Ford	86.28	2007
27.	Cheryl Ford	86.32	2006
28.	Debbie Black	86.41	2001
29.	Michele Timms	86.49	1997
30.	Yolanda Griffith	86.78	1999
31.	Lisa Leslie	86.85	2000
32.	Margo Dydek	86.90	2005
33.	Rebekkah Brunson	86.91	2005
34.	Elena Baranova	86.93	2001
35.	Rebecca Lobo	87.00	1997
36.	Kim Perrot	87.01	1997
37.	Mery Andrade	87.02	2001
38.	Cheryl Ford	87.05	2005
39.	Tamika Catchings	87.05	2005
40.	Kim Perrot	87.10	1998
41.	Sancho Lyttle	87.18	2008
42.	Lisa Leslie	87.23	2008
43.	Sheryl Swoopes	87.28	1999
44.	Chasity Melvin	87.40	2001
45.	Jennifer Gillom	87.41	1997
46.	Vicky Bullett	87.43	1998
47.	DeMya Walker	87.48	2005
48.	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba	87.48	2005
49.	Ann Wauters	87.50	2001
50.	Bridget Pettis	87.58	1997
51.	Yolanda Griffith	87.71	2000
52.	Yolanda Griffith	87.80	2003
53.	Lisa Leslie	87.82	1998
54.	Yolanda Griffith	87.89	2001
55.	Tari Phillips	87.96	2000
56.	Jennifer Gillom	88.02	1998
57.	Tina Thompson	88.12	1998
58.	Lisa Leslie	88.13	2006
59.	Janice Braxton	88.19	1997
60.	Kym Hampton	88.27	1998
61.	Rushia Brown	88.27	1997
62.	Sancho Lyttle	88.38	2006
63.	Vanessa Hayden	88.39	2004
64.	Sue Wicks	88.41	2001
65.	Michelle Snow	88.51	2003
66.	Merlakia Jones	88.56	2001
67.	Sharon Manning	88.68	1998
68.	Ticha Penicheiro	88.76	2005
69.	Monica Lamb	88.80	1998
70.	Margo Dydek	88.83	2001
71.	Cheryl Ford	88.85	2003
72.	Jennifer Rizzotti	88.92	2001
73.	Kara Braxton	88.94	2006
74.	Candace Parker	88.99	2008
75.	Helen Darling	89.13	2001
76.	Sharon Manning	89.14	1997
77.	Tina Thompson	89.22	2000
78.	Tammy Sutton-Brown	89.35	2007
79.	Tausha Mills	89.39	2001
80.	Mwadi Mabika	89.42	2000
81.	Sue Wicks	89.46	1999
82.	Margo Dydek	89.47	2007
83.	Sue Wicks	89.48	2002
84.	Maria Stepanova	89.53	2001
85.	Alexis Hornbuckle	89.54	2008
86.	Chamique Holdsclaw	89.55	2002
87.	Svetlana Abrosimova	89.57	2004
88.	Vicky Bullett	89.62	2001
89.	Yolanda Griffith	89.63	2008
90.	Ebony Hoffman	89.64	2007
91.	Mwadi Mabika	89.67	1997
92.	Sharon Manning	89.72	2000
93.	Tina Thompson	89.74	2002
94.	Adrian Williams-Strong	89.80	2003
95.	Nicole Powell	89.81	2005
96.	Katie Feenstra	89.86	2007
97.	Sheryl Swoopes	89.87	2003
98.	Lisa Leslie	89.88	2001
99.	Kisha Ford	89.90	2001
100.	Lauren Jackson	89.90	2001

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