Indiana Fever · C · 2026 stats, contract & trade value
Add Russell to the Trade Machine →In 2026, Russell is outproducing her contract by 0.0 pts of talent. She's a free agent after this season, so the figure reflects her 2026 salary alone.
Below the >70%-of-team-games qualified cutoff — percentiles are indicative, still ranked against the qualified pool.
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | NY | 2 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 75.0% |
| 2018 | SEA | 22 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 48.4% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| 2019 | SEA | 34 | 25.6 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 51.7% | 0.0% | 64.6% |
| 2020 | SEA | 22 | 13.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 41.0% | 0.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021 | SEA | 30 | 24.7 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 61.7% | 0.0% | 76.6% |
| 2022 | SEA | 5 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% |
| 2023 | SEA | 37 | 19.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 51.6% | 0.0% | 60.5% |
| 2024 | SEA | 37 | 15.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 51.7% | 0.0% | 63.6% |
| 2025 | LA | 20 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 44.4% | 0.0% | 71.4% |
| 2026 | IND | 7 | 9.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 25.0% | 0.0% | 70.0% |
| Season | Talent | PPG | RPG | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 23 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| 2028 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
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 →
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.
No team can currently assemble a fair, cap-legal package for Mercedes Russell. At her trade value and contract, the model doesn’t see a within-one-letter deal — the mark of a player who is effectively untradeable at fair value right now.
The closest player-seasons in league history (1997–2025) to her current age, per-36 profile, and role — the careers her projection walks alongside.
Durability context: 70% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.
