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Skylar Diggins

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

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Talent score
59
#33 in the W
Trade value
51
#42 in the W
discounted while out — healthy ≈ 58
Contract surplus
-5.2
talent vs. salary expectation
Position
G
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Diggins is producing 5.2 pts below what her salary should buy — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Skylar Diggins

59
Chicago Sky · G · age 36
Value & contract
Talent
59
Starter
Trade value
51
Rotation
Surplus
-5.2
Overpaid
Talent trend59– flat
954320
LG AVG
Last 30 daysToday
Contract2 yrs · $1.86M gtd
2026$920KGTD
2027$940KGTD
GuaranteedNon-guaranteedTeam option

Box scoreper game · 19 GP

Below the >70%-of-team-games qualified cutoff — percentiles are indicative, still ranked against the qualified pool.

PoorGreatpercentile vs qualified
Points
74
14.2
Assists
90
4.9
Rebounds
53
3.2
Usage
76
22.3 %
Efficiency
28
52 % TS
Stands out for assists. Reads as a Starter-level talent.
Talent outlook
2026
59 talent
2027
53 proj
47–60
2028 · FA
48 proj
42–57

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%
2013TUL3226.48.51.93.81.30.22.932.8%24.4%83.3%
2014TUL3435.120.12.55.01.50.62.942.3%28.2%84.2%
2015TUL932.217.82.75.01.60.32.040.5%44.8%91.8%
2016DAL2728.313.11.93.41.10.32.339.0%29.9%78.8%
2017DAL3434.218.53.55.81.30.82.842.2%35.0%89.4%
2018DAL3234.117.93.36.21.40.52.540.3%29.7%83.9%
2020PHO2230.717.73.34.20.90.53.247.4%39.7%90.0%
2021PHO3232.517.73.25.21.10.82.645.2%37.0%81.8%
2022PHO3034.019.74.05.51.51.02.742.9%29.6%84.4%
2024SEA4031.615.12.66.41.70.92.842.7%29.1%86.7%
2025SEA43—15.52.56.0——————
2026CHI1929.114.23.24.90.90.61.739.2%38.2%77.5%
2026 proj—43—15.52.76.11.41.0————
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20275312.52.64.8
20284810.72.34.3

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.

Washington Mystics28-16 · thinnest in playmaking / ball-handling + scoring · 1.4M space
build this trade · fit score 57
Connecticut Sun11-33 · thinnest in scoring + playmaking / ball-handling · 1.0M space
build this trade · fit score 53
Portland Fire17-27 · thinnest in rebounding / size + scoring · 1.9M space
build this trade · fit score 49

What would it take?

The fair package each team would have to send for Skylar Diggins, 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.

Washington Mystics sendsWSH C · CHI B
Lauren Betts2027 1st
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Atlanta Dream sendsATL B · CHI C+
Naz Hillmon
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New York Liberty sendsNY B- · CHI B-
Satou Sabally
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Seattle Storm sendsSEA C+ · CHI B-
Natisha Hiedeman
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Los Angeles Sparks sendsLA C+ · CHI B-
Cameron Brink
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Connecticut Sun sendsCONN C+ · CHI B-
Olivia Nelson-Ododa
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Portland Fire sendsPOR C+ · CHI C+
Sarah Ashlee Barker
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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.

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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.

  • Becky Hammon · 2011 · age 35
  • Sue Bird · 2016 · age 36
  • Kristi Toliver · 2019 · age 33

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