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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

* - Hall of Famer; Bold=active player

Table
Year	Player	DRtg
2026	Kiah Stokes	95.49
2025	A'ja Wilson	96.00
2024	Napheesa Collier	91.25
2023	A'ja Wilson	93.10
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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