Defense vs position
WNBA defense vs guards
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Opposing guards put up the most points against the Los Angeles Sparks: 10 per guard per game, 15th of 15, against a league average of 8.9. They put up the fewest against the Golden State Valkyries, at 8.1.
1st allows the least (toughest) and 15th allows the most (softest). These are 2026 numbers through about 46 games per team. It counts every player listed at the position who played, starters and reserves together, so it sits below a starter's line. Read the rank and the gap to the league average, not the raw number against a line.
Green means opponents put up more of that stat, red means less. Ranks are never flipped, so a high rank on a stat like turnovers means opponents turn it over more against this team.
Defense vs guards, 2026
 Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 1015th | 2.412th | 2.711th | 15.115th | 1.17th | 12.415th |
 Indiana Fever | 47 | 9.313th | 2.23rd | 2.68th | 14.112th | 14th | 11.512th |
 Toronto Tempo | 44 | 9.313th | 2.23rd | 2.913th | 14.514th | 1.212th | 11.614th |
 Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 9.212th | 2.38th | 2.42nd | 13.98th | 1.17th | 11.512th |
 Connecticut Sun | 44 | 910th | 2.412th | 2.54th | 13.98th | 14th | 11.411th |
 Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 910th | 2.38th | 315th | 14.313th | 1.212th | 11.38th |
 Dallas Wings | 47 | 8.98th | 2.23rd | 2.68th | 13.76th | 1.17th | 11.16th |
 Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 8.98th | 2.38th | 2.812th | 13.98th | 1.315th | 11.16th |
 Chicago Sky | 44 | 8.87th | 2.514th | 2.54th | 13.76th | 0.91st | 11.38th |
 Seattle Storm | 44 | 8.76th | 2.615th | 2.68th | 13.98th | 0.91st | 11.38th |
 Portland Fire | 44 | 8.65th | 2.12nd | 2.913th | 13.65th | 1.212th | 10.74th |
 Atlanta Dream | 56 | 8.42nd | 2.23rd | 2.31st | 133rd | 14th | 10.74th |
 New York Liberty | 50 | 8.42nd | 2.23rd | 2.54th | 13.14th | 1.17th | 10.63rd |
 Washington Mystics | 46 | 8.42nd | 1.81st | 2.42nd | 12.61st | 0.91st | 10.21st |
 Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 8.11st | 2.38th | 2.54th | 12.92nd | 1.17th | 10.42nd |
Season, last 10 and last 5
Every current number at guards
Open a stat for its full ranking. L10 and L5 are the same defense over its last 10 and last 5 games, each with its own league rank.
Points allowed to guardsLeague average 8.9 per game
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 1015th | 8.26th | 9.39th | Weak |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 9.313th | 7.72nd | 8.76th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 9.313th | 911th | 10.713th | Weak |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 9.212th | 10.215th | 11.614th | Weak |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 910th | 7.72nd | 7.72nd | Soft |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 910th | 8.58th | 1012th | Soft |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 8.98th | 9.214th | 11.715th | Neutral |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 8.98th | 7.72nd | 84th | Neutral |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 8.87th | 7.21st | 7.41st | Neutral |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 8.76th | 8.69th | 8.25th | Solid |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 8.65th | 911th | 9.39th | Solid |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 8.42nd | 85th | 7.83rd | Tough |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 8.42nd | 8.710th | 9.511th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 8.42nd | 911th | 8.87th | Tough |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 8.11st | 8.37th | 98th | Tough |
Rebounds allowed to guardsLeague average 2.3 per game
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 2.615th | 2.49th | 2.13rd | Weak |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 2.514th | 2.12nd | 1.81st | Weak |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 2.412th | 2.49th | 2.24th | Weak |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 2.412th | 2.12nd | 2.35th | Weak |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 2.38th | 2.814th | 314th | Neutral |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 2.38th | 2.511th | 3.115th | Neutral |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 2.38th | 2.612th | 2.710th | Neutral |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 2.38th | 2.12nd | 2.46th | Neutral |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 2.23rd | 2.915th | 2.912th | Tough |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 2.23rd | 2.36th | 2.912th | Tough |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 2.23rd | 2.36th | 2.69th | Tough |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 2.23rd | 2.713th | 2.58th | Tough |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 2.23rd | 2.36th | 2.710th | Tough |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 2.12nd | 2.25th | 2.46th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 1.81st | 1.81st | 22nd | Tough |
Assists allowed to guardsLeague average 2.6 per game
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 315th | 2.914th | 3.515th | Weak |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 2.913th | 2.712th | 2.58th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 2.913th | 315th | 3.314th | Weak |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 2.812th | 2.610th | 2.911th | Weak |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 2.711th | 2.32nd | 1.91st | Soft |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 2.68th | 2.58th | 313th | Neutral |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 2.68th | 2.712th | 2.911th | Neutral |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 2.68th | 2.45th | 2.58th | Neutral |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 2.54th | 2.610th | 2.46th | Solid |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 2.54th | 2.32nd | 22nd | Solid |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 2.54th | 2.32nd | 22nd | Solid |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 2.54th | 2.45th | 2.35th | Solid |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 2.42nd | 2.45th | 2.46th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 2.42nd | 2.58th | 2.710th | Tough |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 2.31st | 2.11st | 2.24th | Tough |
Pts+Rebs+Asts allowed to guardsLeague average 13.7 per game
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 15.115th | 12.63rd | 13.55th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 14.514th | 14.314th | 16.713th | Weak |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 14.313th | 13.610th | 15.812th | Weak |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 14.112th | 12.74th | 14.29th | Weak |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 13.98th | 12.42nd | 122nd | Neutral |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 13.98th | 15.115th | 1714th | Neutral |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 13.98th | 135th | 13.77th | Neutral |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 13.98th | 13.59th | 12.83rd | Neutral |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 13.76th | 11.91st | 11.61st | Solid |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 13.76th | 1413th | 17.615th | Solid |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 13.65th | 13.811th | 14.29th | Solid |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 13.14th | 13.811th | 14.29th | Solid |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 133rd | 135th | 134th | Tough |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 12.92nd | 13.47th | 148th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 12.61st | 13.47th | 13.55th | Tough |
3-PT Made allowed to guardsLeague average 1.1 per game
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 1.315th | 1.312th | 1.310th | Weak |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 1.212th | 1.19th | 1.28th | Weak |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 1.212th | 1.210th | 1.413th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 1.212th | 1.312th | 1.815th | Weak |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 1.17th | 1.312th | 1.413th | Neutral |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 1.17th | 0.95th | 15th | Neutral |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 1.17th | 1.210th | 1.310th | Neutral |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 1.17th | 0.81st | 0.93rd | Neutral |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 1.17th | 0.95th | 1.28th | Neutral |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 14th | 0.81st | 0.41st | Solid |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 14th | 0.81st | 0.72nd | Solid |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 14th | 0.95th | 1.16th | Solid |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 0.91st | 18th | 1.16th | Tough |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 0.91st | 1.312th | 1.310th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 0.91st | 0.81st | 0.93rd | Tough |
Pts+Rebs allowed to guardsLeague average 11.1 per game
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 12.415th | 10.34th | 11.68th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 11.614th | 11.312th | 13.413th | Weak |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 11.512th | 102nd | 11.37th | Weak |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 11.512th | 12.715th | 14.614th | Weak |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 11.411th | 10.13rd | 102nd | Soft |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 11.38th | 9.31st | 9.31st | Neutral |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 11.38th | 10.76th | 12.412th | Neutral |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 11.38th | 11.19th | 10.23rd | Neutral |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 11.16th | 11.514th | 14.614th | Solid |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 11.16th | 10.45th | 10.74th | Solid |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 10.74th | 10.97th | 10.85th | Solid |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 10.74th | 11.19th | 11.79th | Solid |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 10.63rd | 11.413th | 11.910th | Tough |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 10.42nd | 11.19th | 1211th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 10.21st | 10.97th | 10.85th | Tough |
Pts+Asts allowed to guardsLeague average 11.5 per game
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 12.715th | 10.56th | 11.27th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 12.314th | 1214th | 1413th | Weak |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 12.113th | 11.510th | 13.412th | Weak |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 1212th | 10.44th | 11.79th | Weak |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 11.610th | 12.615th | 1413th | Soft |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 11.610th | 10.44th | 115th | Soft |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 11.58th | 102nd | 9.81st | Neutral |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 11.58th | 11.712th | 14.715th | Neutral |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 11.47th | 11.712th | 11.811th | Neutral |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 11.36th | 118th | 10.74th | Solid |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 11.25th | 9.81st | 9.81st | Solid |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 10.93rd | 11.19th | 11.79th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 10.93rd | 11.510th | 11.58th | Tough |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 10.82nd | 10.13rd | 10.13rd | Tough |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 10.61st | 10.67th | 115th | Tough |
Rebs+Asts allowed to guardsLeague average 4.9 per game
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 5.315th | 5.111th | 5.913th | Weak |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 5.213th | 4.96th | 4.64th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 5.213th | 5.314th | 5.913th | Weak |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 5.112th | 4.52nd | 4.21st | Weak |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 510th | 5.314th | 5.612th | Soft |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 510th | 4.96th | 4.97th | Soft |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 4.99th | 4.84th | 4.21st | Neutral |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 4.85th | 4.63rd | 4.33rd | Solid |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 4.85th | 4.84th | 5.913th | Solid |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 4.85th | 5.111th | 58th | Solid |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 4.85th | 59th | 5.511th | Solid |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 4.73rd | 4.96th | 5.410th | Tough |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 4.73rd | 5.111th | 4.75th | Tough |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 4.52nd | 59th | 5.29th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 4.21st | 4.31st | 4.75th | Tough |
Steals allowed to guardsLeague average 0.8 per game
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 0.87th | 0.61st | 0.84th | Neutral |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 0.87th | 0.72nd | 0.98th | Neutral |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 0.87th | 0.99th | 111th | Neutral |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 0.87th | 0.99th | 111th | Neutral |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 0.87th | 115th | 1.315th | Neutral |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 0.87th | 0.72nd | 111th | Neutral |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 0.87th | 0.86th | 0.71st | Neutral |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 0.87th | 0.86th | 0.71st | Neutral |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 0.87th | 0.99th | 0.98th | Neutral |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 0.71st | 0.99th | 1.114th | Tough |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 0.71st | 0.72nd | 0.84th | Tough |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 0.71st | 0.99th | 0.98th | Tough |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 0.71st | 0.72nd | 0.71st | Tough |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 0.71st | 0.99th | 0.84th | Tough |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 0.71st | 0.86th | 0.84th | Tough |
Blocks allowed to guardsLeague average 0.2 per game
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 0.313th | 0.414th | 0.514th | Weak |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 0.313th | 0.414th | 0.615th | Weak |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 0.313th | 0.312th | 0.412th | Weak |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.25th | Tough |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 0.21st | 0.11st | 01st | Tough |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.25th | Tough |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 0.21st | 0.11st | 01st | Tough |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 0.21st | 0.312th | 0.412th | Tough |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 0.21st | 0.11st | 0.25th | Tough |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.25th | Tough |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.311th | Tough |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.13rd | Tough |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.25th | Tough |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.13rd | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 0.21st | 0.24th | 0.25th | Tough |
Turnovers allowed to guardsLeague average 1.4 per game
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 1.615th | 1.39th | 1.411th | Weak |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 1.511th | 1.39th | 1.14th | Soft |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 1.511th | 0.81st | 0.61st | Soft |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 1.511th | 1.411th | 1.36th | Soft |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 1.511th | 1.26th | 1.36th | Soft |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 1.46th | 1.714th | 1.914th | Solid |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 1.46th | 1.613th | 1.513th | Solid |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 1.46th | 1.815th | 2.415th | Solid |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 1.46th | 1.12nd | 1.36th | Solid |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 1.46th | 1.411th | 1.36th | Solid |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 1.33rd | 1.26th | 1.25th | Tough |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 1.33rd | 1.12nd | 1.411th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 1.33rd | 1.26th | 1.36th | Tough |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 1.22nd | 1.12nd | 0.92nd | Tough |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 1.11st | 1.12nd | 13rd | Tough |
Fantasy Score (PP/UD) allowed to guardsLeague average 17.1 per game
| Los Angeles Sparks | 44 | 18.515th | 16.14th | 17.26th | Weak |
| Phoenix Mercury | 44 | 18.114th | 17.310th | 19.712th | Weak |
| Toronto Tempo | 44 | 1813th | 1814th | 20.113th | Weak |
| Seattle Storm | 44 | 17.612th | 16.86th | 16.13rd | Weak |
| Portland Fire | 44 | 17.411th | 17.712th | 18.711th | Soft |
| Indiana Fever | 47 | 17.310th | 151st | 16.94th | Soft |
| Chicago Sky | 44 | 178th | 15.12nd | 15.11st | Neutral |
| Connecticut Sun | 44 | 178th | 15.33rd | 15.11st | Neutral |
| Las Vegas Aces | 51 | 16.96th | 18.715th | 20.814th | Solid |
| Minnesota Lynx | 46 | 16.96th | 16.75th | 17.87th | Solid |
| Dallas Wings | 47 | 16.85th | 17.813th | 22.115th | Solid |
| New York Liberty | 50 | 16.34th | 17.411th | 188th | Solid |
| Golden State Valkyries | 57 | 16.13rd | 17.18th | 18.29th | Tough |
| Atlanta Dream | 56 | 162nd | 17.18th | 18.310th | Tough |
| Washington Mystics | 46 | 15.91st | 177th | 17.15th | Tough |
Using defense vs position on a prop
Find the opponent
Say a guard's line is against the Los Angeles Sparks. The row shows 10 points per guard per game, 15th of 15.
Compare with the league
The league average against guards is 8.9, so this defense gives up 1.1 more per guard. That puts it in the "Weak" bucket.
Check the recent games
Over the last 5 it is 9.3, lower than the season, so check whether the defense has improved. A big gap between the season and the last 5 is worth a look before you trust either one.
Then check the player
A matchup is one input. In the app, see how the player has done against today's exact line and compare every book's price.
How this is counted
Each number is what opposing players put up against this team, per game, averaged over the team's 2026 games. It counts every player listed at the position who played, starters and reserves together, so it sits below a starter's line. Read the rank and the gap to the league average, not the raw number against a line. Teams are ranked on that number league-wide: 1st allows the least, last allows the most, for every stat, with ties sharing a rank. Last 10 and last 5 are the same defense over its most recent games; a dash means too few games to rank (under 3 for L10, under 2 for L5). Computed each morning from every box score of the season, preseason excluded, and refreshed here by 8:40 AM ET.
Defense vs position FAQ
Which WNBA team is worst against guards?
On points, the Los Angeles Sparks: 10 per guard per game in 2026, 15th of 15, against a league average of 8.9. These are 2026 numbers through about 46 games per team.
Which WNBA team is best against guards?
On points, the Golden State Valkyries: 8.1 per guard per game, 1st of 15.
Does a higher rank mean a softer matchup?
Yes. 1st allows the least and 15th allows the most. Ranks are never flipped, so a high rank on a stat like turnovers means opponents turn it over more against this team.
Why is the number lower than a guard's usual line?
It is an average per player at the position, not a team total or a star's number. It counts every player listed at the position who played, starters and reserves together, so it sits below a starter's line. Read the rank and the gap to the league average, not the raw number against a line. The league average here is 8.9.
Which defense has been getting softer against guards?
On points, the Dallas Wings have the biggest jump in the last 5 games: 11.7 per game, up from 8.9 on the season.
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