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Li Yueru

Dallas Wings · C · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
23
#152 in the W
Trade value
23
#149 in the W
Contract surplus
+0.0
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
C
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Yueru is outproducing her contract by 0.0 pts of talent. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

Li Yueru headshot

Li Yueru

23
Dallas Wings · C · age 27
Value & contract
Talent
23
Replacement
Trade value
23
Replacement
Surplus
0
Fair value
Talent trend23– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract1 yr · $0K gtd
2026$278KNON-GTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 33 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
9
3.3
Assists
6
0.5
Rebounds
44
2.8
Usage
22
14.9 %
Efficiency
34
53 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 630 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
36
−0.9
Defense
31
−0.9

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

A balanced profile without a standout skill; assists is the soft spot. Reads as a Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
23 talent
2027 · FA
23 proj
20–30
2028 · FA
20 proj
20–28

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%
2022CHI165.11.81.50.10.10.10.844.4%0.0%100.0%
2024LA3814.45.13.70.60.30.20.946.3%26.7%89.8%
2025SEA/DAL2220.17.45.81.00.40.41.042.1%35.3%84.2%
2026DAL3310.33.32.80.50.10.30.638.3%22.9%75.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027234.23.10.7
2028203.82.90.7

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 21
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 19
Los Angeles Sparks16-28 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.5M space
build this trade · fit score 18

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Li Yueru, 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+ · DAL C+
Frieda Buhner
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Las Vegas Aces sendsLV C · DAL B
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus
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Phoenix Mercury sendsPHX C · DAL B
Jovana Nogić
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Indiana Fever sendsIND C+ · DAL C+
Tyasha Harris
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C+ · DAL B-
Saniya Rivers
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · DAL B-
Monique Akoa Makani
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C+ · DAL C+
Mackenzie Holmes
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · DAL C+
Georgia Amoore
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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.

Dallas Wings 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.

  • Sandrine Gruda · 2014 · age 28
  • Vicki Baugh · 2015 · age 27
  • Carolyn Swords · 2016 · age 27

Durability context: 53% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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