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Jonquel Jones

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

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Talent score
72
#12 in the W
Trade value
72
#15 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.1
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
C
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Jones is producing 0.1 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

72
New York Liberty · C · age 32
Salary: $1190KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$1190K
72 talent
2027
$1250K
69 proj
6376
2028
$1309K
66 proj
6075

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%
2026NY3429.214.59.42.90.71.12.149.1%38.6%81.2%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20276912.78.22.7
20286611.67.82.5

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 Fire14-20 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 62
Connecticut Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 58
Washington Mystics19-14 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 49

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Jonquel Jones — assembled and priced by the same engine that grades trades, most valuable pieces first until the outgoing value matches hers. Open one in the machine to tweak it.

Portland Fire sendscap-legal · 99% of her value
Carla Leite
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Connecticut Sun sendsneeds a filler · 119% of her value
Leila LacanGianna Kneepkens
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Washington Mystics sendscap-legal · 108% of her value
Sonia Citron
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A starting point, not a prediction — each package is the fewest fair pieces by model value, and a real deal would flex around roster fit and both front offices. “Needs a filler” means the salaries don't yet fit under the cap without another piece.

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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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