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Kate Martin

Los Angeles Sparks · 3&D wing · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
20
#166 in the W
Trade value
20
#166 in the W
Contract surplus
-0.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
wings
3&D wing
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Martin is producing 0.3 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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Kate Martin

20
Los Angeles Sparks · 3&D wing · age 26
Salary: $144KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$144K
20 talent
2027
$289K
20 proj
2027
2028
FA
20 proj
2026

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%
2024LVA3411.52.61.60.90.20.20.630.7%35.5%91.7%
2025GSV4216.46.22.71.00.40.10.832.3%31.0%78.0%
2026LA147.32.61.00.40.20.10.136.4%29.2%62.5%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027202.91.20.6
2028202.91.20.6

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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Los Angeles Sparks 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.

  • Carla Boyd · 2001 · age 26
  • Deanna Jackson · 2005 · age 26
  • Shekinna Stricklen · 2016 · age 26

Durability context: 65% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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