WNBA · v0 Research

DVP — Defender vs Position

How each WNBA team's defense allows points, rebounds, assists, and threes to opposing guards, forwards, and centers per game. Built from the last 14 days of player logs. Last updated: May 13, 2026, 12:02 PM ET.

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What this is. A research surface showing the defensive matchup advantage / disadvantage each WNBA team gives to opposing guards, forwards, and centers. Toggle the stat (points, rebounds, assists, threes) and read the "vs Lg Avg" column — positive numbers mean this defense lets that position score MORE than league average (a target for over bettors), negative means LESS (target for unders). Not a betting recommendation; not picks.

Stat

Guards

League allows 29.3 points/game to guards

Defense	Points/G allowed	vs Lg Avg	Games	Sample
Las Vegas Aces	53.0	+23.7	1	low
Indiana Fever	50.0	+20.7	1	low
Chicago Sky	49.0	+19.7	1	low
Golden State Valkyries	46.0	+16.7	1	low
Dallas Wings	41.0	+11.7	2	low
Washington Mystics	40.0	+10.7	2	low
Toronto Tempo	31.0	+1.7	3	medium
Atlanta Dream	30.3	+1.0	3	medium
Portland Fire	30.3	+1.0	3	medium
Connecticut Sun	25.0	-4.3	5	high
Seattle Storm	23.7	-5.7	3	medium
Minnesota Lynx	17.5	-11.8	2	low
Los Angeles Sparks	15.0	-14.3	2	low
New York Liberty	14.3	-15.0	3	medium
Phoenix Mercury	—	—	2	low

Forwards

League allows 17.7 points/game to forwards

Defense	Points/G allowed	vs Lg Avg	Games	Sample
Las Vegas Aces	38.0	+20.3	1	low
Toronto Tempo	32.7	+15.0	3	medium
Indiana Fever	31.0	+13.3	1	low
Dallas Wings	23.0	+5.3	2	low
Seattle Storm	21.0	+3.3	3	medium
Chicago Sky	19.0	+1.3	1	low
Portland Fire	17.3	-0.4	3	medium
New York Liberty	17.0	-0.7	3	medium
Washington Mystics	15.5	-2.2	2	low
Los Angeles Sparks	13.0	-4.7	2	low
Connecticut Sun	12.4	-5.3	5	high
Atlanta Dream	10.7	-7.0	3	medium
Golden State Valkyries	7.0	-10.7	1	low
Minnesota Lynx	5.0	-12.7	2	low
Phoenix Mercury	—	—	2	low

Centers

League allows 9.1 points/game to centers

Defense	Points/G allowed	vs Lg Avg	Games	Sample
Golden State Valkyries	27.0	+17.9	1	low
Chicago Sky	14.0	+4.9	1	low
New York Liberty	13.0	+3.9	3	medium
Seattle Storm	12.7	+3.6	3	medium
Dallas Wings	12.5	+3.4	2	low
Los Angeles Sparks	9.5	+0.4	2	low
Toronto Tempo	9.3	+0.3	3	medium
Connecticut Sun	8.2	-0.9	5	high
Indiana Fever	8.0	-1.1	1	low
Atlanta Dream	6.7	-2.4	3	medium
Washington Mystics	5.5	-3.6	2	low
Portland Fire	5.3	-3.7	3	medium
Minnesota Lynx	2.0	-7.1	2	low
Las Vegas Aces	0.0	-9.1	1	low
Phoenix Mercury	—	—	2	low

Evaluated 15 teams across 238 player-games in the last 14 days.

9 thin-data warnings

CHI (Chicago Sky): 1 game in window — completeness=low
DAL (Dallas Wings): 2 games in window — completeness=low
GS (Golden State Valkyries): 1 game in window — completeness=low
IND (Indiana Fever): 1 game in window — completeness=low
LA (Los Angeles Sparks): 2 games in window — completeness=low
LV (Las Vegas Aces): 1 game in window — completeness=low
MIN (Minnesota Lynx): 2 games in window — completeness=low
PHX (Phoenix Mercury): 2 games in window — completeness=low
WSH (Washington Mystics): 2 games in window — completeness=low

How this works

For each game in the 14-day window, every player's stat line is credited to their opponent's defense, bucketed by the player's primary position (Guard / Forward / Center). The per-game value is the team's average across all games it has played in the window.

Position bucketing — players are sorted into G / F / C by the first letter of their listed position. Combo positions like "G/F" are credited to the G bucket. v0.5 will split Guard / Wing / Big using position_full where it adds precision.
vs League Avg — this team's per-game allowed minus the league pool average for that position. Color cues: green = strong defense (below avg), red = weak defense (above avg).
Completeness pill — High (5+ games), Medium (3–4), Low (1–2), Insufficient (0).
Excluded — preseason exhibitions vs national teams are filtered out at the source (opponent must be a known WNBA franchise).

Refreshes each top-of-hour WNBA pipeline cycle. Source feed: public/wnba/dvp.json, built by scripts/wnba/build_wnba_dvp.py.