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Michaela Onyenwere

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

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Talent score
32
#113 in the W
Trade value
29
#120 in the W
Contract surplus
-8.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
F
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Onyenwere is producing 8.3 pts below what her salary should buy — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

Michaela Onyenwere headshot

Michaela Onyenwere

32
Washington Mystics · F · age 27
Value & contract
Talent
32
Replacement
Trade value
29
Replacement
Surplus
-8.3
Overpaid
Talent trend32– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract2 yrs · $700K gtd
2026$700KGTD
2027$735KNON-GTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 40 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
57
9.0
Assists
52
1.7
Rebounds
39
2.6
Usage
29
15.8 %
Efficiency
73
59 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 1,830 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
13
−1.9
Defense
56
−0.3

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

A balanced profile without a standout skill; offense is the soft spot. Reads as a Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
32 talent
2027
32 proj
26–39
2028 · FA
30 proj
23–38

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%
2026WSH4024.89.02.61.70.40.21.643.8%39.5%84.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027328.22.41.6
2028307.62.21.6

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 Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 27
Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 26

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Michaela Onyenwere, 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.

Chicago Sky sendsCHI C · WSH B
Skylar Diggins
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Toronto Tempo sendsTOR C · WSH B
Brittney Sykes
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · WSH B-
Naz Hillmon
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Golden State Valkyries sendsGSV C+ · WSH B-
Kayla Thornton
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C+ · WSH B-
Brittney Griner
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Dallas Wings sendsDAL C · WSH B-
Arike Ogunbowale
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · WSH C+
Teja Oblak
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C+ · WSH C+
Mackenzie Holmes
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Las Vegas Aces sendsLV C+ · WSH C+
Jewell Loyd
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Indiana Fever sendsIND C+ · WSH B-
Monique Billings
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C · WSH B-
Monique Akoa Makani
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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.

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
  • Roneeka Hodges · 2009 · age 27
  • Sydney Wiese · 2020 · age 26

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