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DiJonai Carrington

Chicago Sky · G · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
33
#103 in the W
Trade value
27
#128 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 28
Contract surplus
-13.6
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Carrington is producing 13.6 pts below what her salary should buy. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

DiJonai Carrington headshot

DiJonai Carrington

33
Chicago Sky · G · age 28
Value & contract
Talent
33
Replacement
Trade value
27
Replacement
Surplus
-13.6
Overpaid
Talent trend33– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract1 yr · $650K gtd
2026$650KGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 11 GP

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

PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
54
8.8
Assists
9
0.6
Rebounds
50
3.1
Usage
95
28.1 %
Efficiency
5
44 % TS
Stands out for usage; efficiency is the soft spot. Reads as a Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
33 talent
2027 · FA
31 proj
25–38
2028 · FA
30 proj
23–38

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%
2021CON249.22.82.00.50.50.10.932.9%14.3%73.3%
2022CON3617.56.83.11.10.80.11.641.4%30.6%75.0%
2023CON3217.28.32.91.30.60.11.141.7%37.1%75.7%
2024CON3929.612.75.01.61.60.41.940.3%25.0%79.0%
2025DAL/MIN31—9.53.61.51.1—————
2026CHI1116.28.83.10.60.60.20.833.0%28.0%73.7%
2026 proj—30—8.63.01.21.10.3————
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027317.83.01.2
2028307.32.81.2

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 32
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 31
Seattle Storm8-36 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 0.7M space
build this trade · fit score 29

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for DiJonai Carrington, 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.

Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · CHI B-
Teja Oblak
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C · CHI B-
Saniya Rivers
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New York Liberty sendsNY C · CHI B-
Marine Johannès
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C · CHI B
Monique Akoa Makani
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C · CHI B-
Jade Melbourne
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C · CHI 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.

Chicago Sky 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.

  • Erin Perperoglou · 2006 · age 28
  • Crystal Bradford · 2021 · age 28
  • DeMya Walker · 2006 · age 29

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