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Nia Coffey

Minnesota Lynx · bench scoring · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
41
#79 in the W
Trade value
42
#67 in the W
Contract surplus
+2.3
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
bigs
bench scoring
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2027, Coffey is outproducing her contract by 2.3 pts of talent — contract surplus averages every remaining year, with future seasons projected on the league aging curve and discounted.

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Nia Coffey

41
Minnesota Lynx · bench scoring · age 30
Salary: $350KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$350K
41 talent
2027
$368K
39 proj
3346
2028
FA
37 proj
3146

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%
2017SAS277.81.81.90.20.20.20.627.1%0.0%72.7%
2018LVA2813.85.32.40.60.30.21.338.0%40.0%61.8%
2019ATL2813.95.02.80.40.50.50.833.8%37.9%54.8%
2020PHO1515.32.72.50.80.30.30.542.1%33.3%16.7%
2021LAS3225.28.23.80.90.81.21.442.1%41.7%77.8%
2022ATL1621.06.45.20.80.60.12.234.7%29.0%74.2%
2023ATL3121.96.94.81.50.51.21.443.2%40.2%62.5%
2024ATL4013.33.22.41.10.30.71.032.4%27.3%76.2%
2025ATL4410.33.92.61.00.20.40.737.4%29.3%72.0%
2026MIN2826.17.75.22.21.01.40.845.0%39.1%60.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027396.14.01.8
2028375.43.81.7

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
build this trade (49% fit)
Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
build this trade (46% fit)
Los Angeles Sparks10-16 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
build this trade (44% 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.

  • Theresa Plaisance · 2021 · age 30
  • Margo Dydek · 2004 · age 31

Durability context: 38% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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