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Jonquel Jones

New York Liberty · C · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
71
#14 in the W
Trade value
71
#18 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 2028, Jones 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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Jonquel Jones

71
New York Liberty · C · age 32
Value & contract
Talent
71
All-Star
Trade value
71
All-Star
Surplus
-1.1
Fair value
Talent trend71– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract3 yrs · $3.75M gtd
2026$1.19MGTD
2027$1.25MGTD
2028$1.31MGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 43 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
78
14.5
Assists
73
2.6
Rebounds
96
9.1
Usage
70
20.8 %
Efficiency
94
63 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 2,229 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
98
+2.9
Defense
98
+2.6

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

Stands out for offense and defense. Reads as an All-Star-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
71 talent
2027
68 proj
62–75
2028
65 proj
59–74

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%
2016CON3414.16.83.70.60.61.10.753.1%33.3%73.9%
2017CON3428.515.411.91.50.91.51.753.4%44.6%81.8%
2018CON3420.511.85.51.70.41.21.655.0%46.7%67.1%
2019CON3428.814.69.71.51.32.01.944.8%30.9%81.8%
2021CON2731.719.411.22.81.31.32.951.5%36.2%80.2%
2022CON3326.414.68.61.81.11.22.651.3%36.9%80.2%
2023NYL4025.011.38.41.80.61.32.152.7%35.2%86.3%
2024NYL4030.013.99.13.20.81.32.353.4%38.6%78.7%
2025NYL3126.813.68.12.70.51.12.149.0%42.4%76.9%
2026NY4328.214.59.12.60.61.12.149.5%39.2%81.2%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20276812.88.12.5
20286511.77.72.4

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 62
Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 47

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Jonquel Jones, 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.

Indiana Fever sendsIND C+ · NY C+
Kelsey Mitchell2027 1st
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C+ · NY C+
Leila Lacan2027 3th
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Minnesota Lynx sendsMIN C · NY B
Napheesa Collier
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · NY B-
Rhyne Howard
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · NY B-
Nneka Ogwumike
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C+ · NY C+
Natisha Hiedeman2027 1st
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH B- · NY C+
Shakira Austin
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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.

  • Asjha Jones · 2012 · age 32
  • Michelle Snow · 2010 · age 31
  • DeWanna Bonner · 2019 · age 32

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