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Iliana Rupert

Golden State Valkyries · C · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
39
#87 in the W
Trade value
39
#78 in the W
Contract surplus
-1.1
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
C
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Rupert is producing 1.1 pts below what her salary should buy — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Iliana Rupert

39
Golden State Valkyries · C · age 25
Value & contract
Talent
39
Replacement
Trade value
39
Replacement
Surplus
-1.1
Fair value
Talent trend39– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract2 yrs · $450K gtd
2026$450KGTD
2027$473KNON-GTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box score

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

PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
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Assists
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Rebounds
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Usage
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Efficiency
— % TS
A Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
39 talent
2027
40 proj
35–46
2028 · FA
40 proj
34–48

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%
2022LVA1713.13.82.30.90.40.00.546.3%36.8%33.3%
2023ATL207.91.81.90.50.30.30.535.3%27.3%62.5%
2025GSV2123.19.33.91.6——————
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027409.44.01.7
2028409.43.91.8

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.

Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 26
Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 25
Seattle Storm8-36 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 0.7M space
build this trade · fit score 24

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Iliana Rupert, 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.

Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C+ · GSV B-
Aaliyah Edwards
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · GSV C+
Jordan Harrison
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA B · GSV C
Mackenzie Holmes
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C · GSV B
DeWanna Bonner
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Las Vegas Aces sendsLV C · GSV B-
NaLyssa Smith
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · GSV B-
Lauren Betts
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · GSV B-
Rae Burrell
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New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · GSV B-
Leonie Fiebich
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Toronto Tempo sendsTOR C+ · GSV B-
Aneesah Morrow
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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.

Golden State Valkyries 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.

  • Andrea Congreaves · 1997 · age 28
  • Andrea Stinson · 1997 · age 30
  • Bridget Pettis · 1997 · age 27

Durability context: 57% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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