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WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Defensive Win Shares

WNBA Leaders and Records for Defensive Win Shares: Season · Career · Active · Progressive · Yearly · Top 10

* - Hall of Famer; Bold=active player

Table
Year	Player	DWS
2026	Olivia Miles	0.83
2025	A'ja Wilson	3.28
2024	A'ja Wilson	3.82
2023	A'ja Wilson	3.55
2022	Alyssa Thomas	2.73
2021	Jonquel Jones	2.89
2020	Breanna Stewart	1.99
2019	Natasha Howard	2.63
2018	Sylvia Fowles*	2.91
2017	Sylvia Fowles*	3.43
2016	Sylvia Fowles*	2.97
2015	Kiah Stokes	2.40
2014	Brittney Griner	2.92
2013	Erika de Souza	2.76
2012	Sancho Lyttle	3.17
2011	Sylvia Fowles*	2.71
2010	Tamika Catchings*	3.07
2009	Tamika Catchings*	3.12
2008	Lisa Leslie*	3.17
2007	Tamika Catchings*	2.65
2006	Tamika Catchings*	3.69
2005	Tamika Catchings*	3.39
2004	Lisa Leslie*	3.74
2003	Yolanda Griffith*	2.88
2002	Sheryl Swoopes*	3.82
2001	Yolanda Griffith*	2.67
2000	Sheryl Swoopes*	3.57
1999	Sheryl Swoopes*	3.08
1998	Teresa Weatherspoon*	2.67
1997	Teresa Weatherspoon*	2.35

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