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Michaela Onyenwere

Washington Mystics · F · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
32
#108 in the W
Trade value
26
#130 in the W
Contract surplus
-15.9
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Onyenwere is producing 15.9 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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Michaela Onyenwere

32
Washington Mystics · F · age 27
Salary: $700KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$700K
32 talent
2027
$735K
32 proj
2639
2028
FA
30 proj
2338

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%
2021NYL3222.58.62.90.60.40.31.140.1%32.7%83.6%
2022NYL3413.74.72.10.40.40.20.737.7%30.0%83.6%
2023PHO4023.88.93.71.30.80.52.040.4%31.5%75.9%
2024CHI3418.76.61.81.00.60.41.341.5%36.8%61.0%
2025CHI4216.95.81.61.10.40.11.342.2%35.3%84.3%
2026WSH2926.19.13.11.70.50.11.843.6%40.4%81.7%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027328.22.71.6
2028307.62.51.6

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 Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 27
Portland Fire14-20 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 27
Seattle Storm7-29 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 26

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Michaela Onyenwere — 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.

Connecticut Sun sendsneeds a filler · 115% of her value
2027 2nd
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Portland Fire sendscap-legal · 119% of her value
Frieda Buhner
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Seattle Storm sendsneeds a filler · 108% of her value
2027 3th (via DAL)
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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.

Washington Mystics 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.

  • Kara Lawson · 2006 · age 26
  • Sydney Wiese · 2020 · age 26
  • Roneeka Hodges · 2008 · age 26

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