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Jonquel Jones

New York Liberty · interior anchor · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
72
#11 in the W
Trade value
72
#14 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.1
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
bigs
interior anchor
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2028, Jones is producing 0.1 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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Jonquel Jones

72
New York Liberty · interior anchor · age 32
Salary: $1190KYears left: 3
Contract outlook
2026
$1190K
72 talent
2027
$1250K
69 proj
6376
2028
$1309K
66 proj
6075

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%
2016CON3414.16.83.70.60.61.10.753.1%33.3%73.9%
2017CON3428.515.411.91.50.91.51.753.4%44.6%81.8%
2018CON3420.511.85.51.70.41.21.655.0%46.7%67.1%
2019CON3428.814.69.71.51.32.01.944.8%30.9%81.8%
2021CON2731.719.411.22.81.31.32.951.5%36.2%80.2%
2022CON3326.414.68.61.81.11.22.651.3%36.9%80.2%
2023NYL4025.011.38.41.80.61.32.152.7%35.2%86.3%
2024NYL4030.013.99.13.20.81.32.353.4%38.6%78.7%
2025NYL3126.813.68.12.70.51.12.149.0%42.4%76.9%
2026NY2629.714.89.22.50.71.12.149.2%40.5%79.6%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20276912.88.02.4
20286611.77.62.3

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.

Toronto Tempo10-16 · thinnest in rebounding / size + perimeter defense
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Chicago Sky9-18 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
build this trade (64% fit)
Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
build this trade (64% fit)

New York Liberty 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.

  • Asjha Jones · 2012 · age 32
  • Michelle Snow · 2010 · age 31
  • DeWanna Bonner · 2019 · age 32

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