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Kayla McBride

Minnesota Lynx · secondary scorer · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
63
#22 in the W
Trade value
60
#29 in the W
Contract surplus
-6.9
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
guards
secondary scorer
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, McBride is producing 6.9 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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Kayla McBride

63
Minnesota Lynx · secondary scorer · age 33
Salary: $1190KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$1190K
63 talent
2027
$1250K
60 proj
5467
2028
FA
54 proj
4863

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%
2014SAS3426.013.02.31.71.00.11.240.6%39.6%84.6%
2015SAS2728.013.83.11.61.10.11.738.2%37.3%87.9%
2016SAS1730.817.14.01.91.10.12.036.7%30.5%85.3%
2017SAS3033.215.44.12.61.10.21.938.1%31.0%92.5%
2018LVA3132.318.23.93.51.10.12.044.9%39.3%91.7%
2019LVA3429.113.34.22.61.20.11.742.5%42.8%90.6%
2020LVA2226.612.52.32.41.20.11.442.5%34.2%89.7%
2021MIN3231.613.73.62.20.80.21.143.3%37.9%91.0%
2022MIN3129.813.32.82.11.00.11.540.5%35.6%90.9%
2023MIN3831.814.33.22.21.20.21.742.4%34.2%86.7%
2024MIN4031.714.92.53.21.20.12.041.5%40.1%89.5%
2025MIN3931.314.22.33.51.30.11.741.6%39.5%90.5%
2026MIN2832.418.23.62.21.70.31.545.8%39.8%91.1%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
20276014.73.02.7
20285412.82.62.4

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.

Chicago Sky9-18 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
build this trade (57% fit)
Dallas Wings18-9 · thinnest in scoring + perimeter defense
build this trade (54% fit)
Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
build this trade (53% fit)

Minnesota Lynx 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.

  • Andrea Stinson · 1999 · age 32
  • Katie Douglas · 2011 · age 33
  • Tonya Edwards · 1999 · age 32

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