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Brittney Griner

Connecticut Sun · C · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
51
#51 in the W
Trade value
39
#77 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 44
Contract surplus
-20.5
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
C
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Griner is producing 20.5 pts below what her salary should buy. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

Brittney Griner headshot

Brittney Griner

51
Connecticut Sun · C · age 35
Value & contract
Talent
51
Rotation
Trade value
39
Replacement
Surplus
-20.5
Albatross
Talent trend51– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract1 yr · $1.19M gtd
2026$1.19MGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 18 GP

Below the >70%-of-team-games qualified cutoff — percentiles are indicative, still ranked against the qualified pool.

PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
72
13.2
Assists
70
2.5
Rebounds
83
5.8
Usage
79
22.9 %
Efficiency
54
56 % TS
Stands out for rebounding. Reads as a Rotation-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
51 talent
2027 · FA
46 proj
40–53
2028 · FA
41 proj
35–50

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. Years marked FA are past her current deal — projection only.

Career stats
SeasonTeamGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTOVFG%3P%FT%
2013PHO2725.912.66.31.00.53.01.755.6%0.0%72.4%
2014PHO3430.715.68.01.60.63.81.957.8%0.0%80.2%
2015PHO2630.715.18.11.30.34.02.256.5%0.0%77.3%
2016PHO3429.214.56.51.00.43.12.154.8%0.0%83.1%
2017PHO2631.521.97.61.90.72.52.557.7%0.0%81.2%
2018PHO3432.620.57.72.10.52.62.454.4%25.0%80.0%
2019PHO3132.820.77.22.40.72.02.556.4%33.3%80.8%
2020PHO1231.817.77.53.00.31.82.549.7%0.0%80.9%
2021PHO3032.820.59.52.70.41.92.257.5%44.4%84.6%
2023PHO3127.617.56.32.20.51.62.156.0%11.1%77.2%
2024PHO3028.717.86.62.30.51.51.857.9%50.0%77.7%
2025ATL27—9.85.20.8——————
2026CONN1825.313.25.82.50.41.81.852.7%25.0%67.2%
2026 proj—37—12.66.21.40.41.5————
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027469.44.71.5
2028417.94.11.3

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.

Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 50
Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 39

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Brittney Griner, 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.

Toronto Tempo sendsTOR C+ · CONN B-
Brittney Sykes
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Phoenix Mercury sendsPHX C · CONN B
Kahleah Copper
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · CONN B-
Bridget Carleton
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Dallas Wings sendsDAL C+ · CONN B-
Arike Ogunbowale
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New York Liberty sendsNY C · CONN B
Satou Sabally
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL B- · CONN B-
Naz Hillmon
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV C+ · CONN B-
Gabby Williams
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · CONN B-
Cotie McMahon
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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.

Connecticut Sun teammates

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.

  • Kym Hampton · 1997 · age 35
  • Yolanda Griffith · 2003 · age 34
  • Tamika Catchings · 2016 · age 37

Durability context: 40% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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