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Alyssa Thomas

Phoenix Mercury · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
82
#4 in the W
Trade value
85
#6 in the W
Contract surplus
+7.6
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Thomas is outproducing her contract by 7.6 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

Alyssa Thomas headshot

Alyssa Thomas

82
Phoenix Mercury · F · age 34
Value & contract
Talent
82
Elite
Trade value
85
Elite
Surplus
+7.6
Underpaid
Talent trend82– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract3 yrs · $3.6M gtd
2026$1.2MGTD
2027$1.2MGTD
2028$1.2MGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 42 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
74
14.3
Assists
100
8.5
Rebounds
91
7.8
Usage
73
21.5 %
Efficiency
59
57 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 2,575 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
91
+1.4
Defense
98
+2.6

wRAPM — her effect on team net scoring per 100 possessions, adjusted for teammates and opponents.

Stands out for assists and defense. Reads as an Elite-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
82 talent
2027
75 proj
69–82
2028
67 proj
61–76

Projected per stat on the fitted league aging curves (scoring fades, rebounding holds, minutes drive late decline) — 4,700 player-seasons, 1997–2025. Ranges are 10th–90th percentile from held-out backtest error.

Career stats
SeasonTeamGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTOVFG%3P%FT%
2014CON3427.310.05.11.51.00.21.743.4%20.0%75.7%
2015CON2426.08.85.21.41.20.21.841.1%0.0%69.2%
2016CON3127.111.16.02.31.40.22.448.7%0.0%63.4%
2017CON3329.814.86.84.51.60.43.050.9%0.0%56.7%
2018CON2430.610.38.14.21.20.42.046.4%0.0%54.7%
2019CON3430.211.67.83.11.90.42.050.5%0.0%49.6%
2020CON2132.815.59.04.82.00.32.550.0%0.0%68.6%
2021CON217.45.55.02.00.50.01.526.7%0.0%75.0%
2022CON3632.113.48.26.11.70.22.950.0%0.0%73.0%
2023CON4036.115.59.87.91.80.53.447.4%0.0%71.5%
2024CON4032.410.68.47.91.60.53.650.9%0.0%62.8%
2025PHO3931.315.48.89.21.60.43.553.2%0.0%69.2%
2026PHX4233.214.37.88.51.30.53.552.1%33.3%68.7%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20277512.67.37.8
20286710.86.67.1

Future-year talent figures above are projections on the league aging curve (fit from 4,692 player-seasons, 1997–2025), not measurements — they fade in the display because they should.How the projections work →

Best team fits

Her attribute profile scored against each team's current roster deficits — where she'd fill the biggest hole, not just where she'd be fun.

Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 81
Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 76

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Alyssa Thomas, built and graded by the same engine that grades trades. A deal only appears if it’s cap-legal both ways and lands within one letter grade on both sides — the model’s bar for a fair trade. Sorted by which teams most need her; open one in the machine to tweak it.

New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · PHX B-
Breanna Stewart
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA B- · PHX C+
Nneka Ogwumike2027 1st
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · PHX B
Sonia Citron
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C · PHX B-
Carla Leite2027 1st
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN B · PHX C
Leila Lacan2027 1st
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A starting point, not a prediction — each package is the fewest fair pieces the model can assemble, and a real deal would flex around roster fit and both front offices.

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Aging comps

The closest player-seasons in league history (1997–2025) to her current age, per-36 profile, and role — the careers her projection walks alongside.

  • Courtney Vandersloot · 2022 · age 34
  • Courtney Williams · 2023 · age 30

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