Dallas Wings · interior anchor · 2026 stats, contract & trade value
Add Shepard to the Trade Machine →Over her deal through 2027, Shepard is outproducing her contract by 5.5 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.
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.
| Season | Team | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | MIN | 6 | 18.7 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 37.9% | 14.3% | 75.0% |
| 2021 | MIN | 22 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 36.4% | 8.3% | 75.0% |
| 2022 | MIN | 36 | 26.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 50.2% | 26.1% | 73.4% |
| 2023 | MIN | 21 | 26.9 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 51.6% | 0.0% | 77.4% |
| 2025 | MIN | 40 | 20.9 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 63.8% | 0.0% | 54.4% |
| 2026 | DAL | 27 | 33.3 | 14.9 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 59.7% | 0.0% | 73.8% |
| Season | Talent | PPG | RPG | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 66 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 4.4 |
| 2028 | 64 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 4.3 |
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 →
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.
The closest player-seasons in league history (1997–2025) to her current age, per-36 profile, and role — the careers her projection walks alongside.