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Paige Bueckers

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

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Talent score
82
#3 in the W
Trade value
98
#2 in the W
Contract surplus
+38.8
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Bueckers is outproducing her contract by 38.8 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

Paige Bueckers headshot

Paige Bueckers

82
Dallas Wings · G · age 24
Value & contract
Talent
82
Elite
Trade value
98
Elite
Surplus
+38.8
Bargain
Talent trend82▲ +1
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract3 yrs · $0K gtd
2026$500KNON-GTD
2027$550KNON-GTD
2028$622KOPT
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 42 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
97
20.9
Assists
94
5.9
Rebounds
69
4.1
Usage
90
25.4 %
Efficiency
82
61 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 2,507 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
89
+1.3
Defense
88
+1.3

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

Stands out for scoring and assists. Reads as an Elite-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
82 talent
2027
84 proj
79–90
2028
85 proj
79–93

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%
2025DAL3633.319.23.95.41.60.52.047.7%33.1%88.8%
2026DAL4232.820.94.15.91.00.42.251.2%41.0%87.1%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20278420.44.25.8
20288520.84.36.0

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.

Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 67
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 66
Seattle Storm8-36 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 0.7M space
build this trade · fit score 65

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Paige Bueckers, 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.

Indiana Fever sendsIND B- · DAL C+
Caitlin Clark2027 1st
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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.

  • Kristi Toliver · 2012 · age 26
  • Skylar Diggins · 2014 · age 24
  • Sabrina Ionescu · 2023 · age 26

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