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Paige Bueckers

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

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Talent score
80
#4 in the W
Trade value
94
#2 in the W
Contract surplus
+36.6
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 36.6 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Paige Bueckers

80
Dallas Wings · G · age 24
Salary: $500KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$500K
80 talent
2027
$550K
82 proj
7788
2028
$622K
82 proj
7690

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%
2026DAL3333.420.54.15.80.80.42.150.7%38.4%86.6%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20278220.04.25.7
20288220.14.25.8

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 Mystics19-14 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 64
Connecticut Sun8-24 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 64
Seattle Storm7-29 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 63

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Paige Bueckers — 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.

Washington Mystics sendsneeds a filler · 119% of her value
Sonia CitronCotie McMahon
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Connecticut Sun sendsneeds a filler · 117% of her value
Leila LacanAaliyah Edwards
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Seattle Storm sendsneeds a filler · 116% of her value
Dominique MalongaJade Melbourne
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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.

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

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