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Rachel Banham

Chicago Sky · G · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
22
#161 in the W
Trade value
20
#169 in the W
Contract surplus
-5.5
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

In 2026, Banham is producing 5.5 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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Rachel Banham

22
Chicago Sky · G · age 33
Value & contract
Talent
22
Replacement
Trade value
20
Replacement
Surplus
-5.5
Overpaid
Talent trend22– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract1 yr · $425K gtd
2026$425KGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 40 GP
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
25
5.0
Assists
38
1.3
Rebounds
10
1.2
Usage
49
17.2 %
Efficiency
20
50 % TS
On-court impactwRAPM · 1,011 poss · 2026-09-13
PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Offense
27
−1.1
Defense
17
−1.6

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

A balanced profile without a standout skill; rebounding is the soft spot. Reads as a Replacement-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
22 talent
2027 · FA
20 proj
20–27
2028 · FA
20 proj
20–29

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%
2016CON1510.93.70.70.90.50.10.540.8%35.1%66.7%
2017CON309.43.31.10.70.10.00.432.7%28.1%80.0%
2018CON3312.85.20.91.50.50.10.541.4%37.0%86.8%
2019CON2912.23.61.00.90.30.10.932.2%30.6%69.2%
2020MIN2017.06.91.32.40.50.11.046.2%47.2%80.0%
2021MIN2712.65.01.21.60.30.10.939.5%37.3%62.5%
2022MIN3617.57.91.32.30.30.11.343.0%38.3%80.0%
2023MIN3213.65.51.01.70.30.11.137.0%40.2%78.6%
2024CON2112.94.81.20.70.40.20.535.8%34.8%90.0%
2024CHI1619.86.91.81.60.40.10.634.6%38.2%70.0%
2025CHI4424.69.01.72.70.60.31.638.3%35.7%88.1%
2026CHI4013.85.01.21.30.30.20.836.5%32.4%79.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027205.61.41.6
2028204.31.11.3

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.

New York Liberty26-18 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + perimeter defense · 0.4M space
build this trade · fit score 23
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 22
Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 22

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Rachel Banham, 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.

Atlanta Dream sendsATL C+ · CHI B-
Te-Hina Paopao
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New York Liberty sendsNY C+ · CHI B
Raquel Carrera
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C · CHI B
Saniya Rivers
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Washington Mystics sendsWSH C+ · CHI B-
Lucy Olsen
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C+ · CHI B-
Katie Lou Samuelson
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C · CHI B-
Chance Gray
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C · CHI B
Luisa Geiselsoder
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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.

Chicago Sky 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.

  • Shannon Johnson · 2007 · age 33
  • Epiphanny Prince · 2020 · age 33
  • Tonya Edwards · 2001 · age 34

Durability context: 57% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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