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Bridget Carleton

Portland Fire · 3&D wing · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
48
#57 in the W
Trade value
39
#80 in the W
Contract surplus
-23.2
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
wings
3&D wing
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Carleton is producing 23.2 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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Bridget Carleton

48
Portland Fire · 3&D wing · age 28
Salary: $1190KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$1190K
48 talent
2027
$1250K
46 proj
4053
2028
$1309K
44 proj
3752

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%
2019CON, MIN84.90.40.50.10.00.00.112.5%25.0%0.0%
2020MIN2225.86.63.52.50.70.01.252.0%45.7%64.3%
2021MIN3219.34.82.31.50.80.20.840.1%36.5%80.0%
2022MIN3616.84.32.11.10.40.10.640.0%34.9%73.1%
2023MIN3815.13.22.30.90.30.10.434.5%33.7%73.3%
2024MIN4030.09.93.82.31.10.31.045.6%45.5%79.5%
2025MIN4427.96.53.62.00.80.30.840.2%37.3%72.0%
2026POR2630.413.73.82.11.70.51.340.5%37.4%90.2%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027469.93.62.1
2028449.33.42.1

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.

Toronto Tempo10-16 · thinnest in rebounding / size + perimeter defense
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Chicago Sky9-18 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
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Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
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Portland Fire 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.

  • Eva Nemcova · 1999 · age 27
  • DeWanna Bonner · 2014 · age 27
  • Karima Christmas-Kelly · 2017 · age 28

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