2024 WNBA Defensive Rating: Team Defense Rankings and Efficiency Stats

2024 WNBA Defensive Rating: Team Defense Rankings and Efficiency Stats

Updated Oct. 20, 2024 10:49 p.m. ET
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Which WNBA teams have been the best on defense? See below, as a complete list of rankings across several stats is available.

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WNBA Team Defense Rankings

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Scoring Defense

# Team Points Allowed Avg. Points Allowed per 100 Poss.
1 Sun 73.6 95.1
2 Lynx 75.6 94.8
3 Liberty 76.5 93.9
4 Storm 78.8 94.8
5 Dream 79.8 98.3
6 Aces 80.9 97.5
7 Mystics 82.3 99.4
8 Sky 82.5 100.9
9 Mercury 84.8 102.9
10 Sparks 85.6 104.6
11 Fever 87.7 105.1
12 Wings 92.1 109

Field Goal % Defense

# Team Opp. Field Goal % Opp. FG Made Per Game Opp. FG Att. Per Game
1 Lynx 41 28.2 68.7
2 Liberty 42.5 29.1 68.3
3 Storm 42.6 28.8 67.7
4 Dream 42.9 28.9 67.4
5 Mercury 43.1 30.9 71.7
5 Sun 43.1 27.2 63
7 Aces 43.3 30.1 69.5
8 Fever 44.1 31.2 70.6
9 Mystics 44.3 29.3 66.1
10 Sky 44.6 30.1 67.4
11 Sparks 46.4 31.7 68.3
12 Wings 47.5 33.5 70.5

Three-Point Defense

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# Team Opp. 3PT % Opp. 3PT Made Per Game Opp. 3PT Att. Per Game
1 Lynx 30.1 6.8 22.7
2 Sun 31.3 6.5 20.6
3 Liberty 32.4 7 21.5
4 Sky 32.6 7.1 21.7
5 Storm 32.9 6.9 21
6 Mystics 33.3 7.8 23.3
7 Mercury 34.2 9.4 27.4
8 Dream 34.4 8 23.1
9 Aces 35.1 7.7 22
10 Sparks 36 7.9 21.9
11 Fever 36.1 9.2 25.5
12 Wings 36.5 8.6 23.4

Defensive Rebounds

# Team Def. Reb. Per Game Opp. 2nd Chance Points Avg. Reb. Per Game
1 Aces 28.5 10.2 34.1
2 Liberty 28.1 8.9 36.6
3 Dream 26.9 9.2 36.1
4 Fever 26.8 12.1 35.1
4 Lynx 26.8 10.6 34.3
6 Storm 26 10.9 34.7
7 Sky 25.8 10.4 36.6
8 Mercury 25.6 12.9 32.3
9 Sparks 25.3 10.7 32.7
10 Sun 25.1 8.9 33.5
11 Mystics 24.8 10.3 31.9
12 Wings 24.3 11.5 34.8

Opponent Assists and Turnovers

# Team Opp. Assists Per Game Opp. Turnovers Per Game Opp. Assist/Turnover Ratio
1 Lynx 18.6 14.9 1.24
2 Sun 19.1 15 1.28
3 Liberty 19.4 12.7 1.54
4 Storm 19.5 15 1.3
5 Aces 19.9 12.6 1.58
6 Mystics 20.1 15 1.34
6 Dream 20.1 12.5 1.61
8 Sparks 21.3 12.6 1.69
9 Fever 21.4 11.6 1.84
10 Sky 21.7 12.6 1.72
11 Mercury 22 12 1.84
12 Wings 23.1 12.8 1.81

Points in the Paint Defense

# Team Points Allowed in the Paint Per Game
1 Sun 33.9
2 Dream 34
3 Mystics 34.2
4 Aces 34.6
4 Fever 34.6
6 Mercury 34.7
7 Lynx 35
8 Liberty 35.4
9 Sky 36.7
10 Storm 38.1
11 Sparks 38.8
12 Wings 40.7

Defensive Team Statistics

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