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Rhyne Howard

Atlanta Dream · G · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
71
#13 in the W
Trade value
73
#14 in the W
Contract surplus
+5.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Howard is outproducing her contract by 5.3 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Rhyne Howard

71
Atlanta Dream · G · age 26
Salary: $1100KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$1100K
71 talent
2027
$1125K
70 proj
6576
2028
$1150K
70 proj
6478

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%
2022ATL3431.316.24.52.81.60.81.636.1%34.3%79.2%
2023ATL3932.917.54.93.51.30.61.938.5%35.2%78.8%
2024ATL3033.917.34.43.11.80.61.737.1%32.9%78.4%
2025ATL3334.917.54.54.61.50.81.737.6%32.2%85.6%
2026ATL3234.317.83.93.62.40.91.341.1%37.9%85.8%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20277017.14.03.9
20287017.14.03.9

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 60
Portland Fire14-20 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 58
Washington Mystics19-14 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 56

What would it take?

A fair package each interested team would have to send for Rhyne Howard — 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 · 119% of her value
Leila LacanKennedy Burke
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Portland Fire sendscap-legal · 97% of her value
Carla Leite
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Washington Mystics sendscap-legal · 107% of her value
Sonia Citron
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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.

  • Alana Beard · 2007 · age 26
  • Diana Taurasi · 2007 · age 26
  • Jia Perkins · 2008 · age 27

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