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Li Yueru

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

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Talent score
25
#145 in the W
Trade value
25
#136 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
C
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Yueru is producing 0.3 pts below what her salary should buy. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.

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Li Yueru

25
Dallas Wings · C · age 27
Salary: $278KYears left: 1
Contract outlook
2026
$278K
25 talent
2027
FA
25 proj
2032
2028
FA
23 proj
2031

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%
2026DAL2610.43.32.70.50.20.20.538.5%22.6%72.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027254.33.10.7
2028233.92.90.7

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.

Toronto Tempo10-23 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size · 0.6M space
build this trade · fit score 24
Portland Fire14-20 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 21
Connecticut Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 19

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Li Yueru — 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.

Toronto Tempo sendsneeds a filler · 120% of her value
2027 2nd
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Portland Fire sendscap-legal · 120% of her value
Amy Okonkwo
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Connecticut Sun sendsneeds a filler · 120% of her value
2027 2nd
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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.

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

Durability context: 50% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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