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Raven Johnson

Indiana Fever · defensive specialist · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
31
#115 in the W
Trade value
30
#113 in the W
Contract surplus
-1.7
talent vs. salary expectation
Position group
guards
defensive specialist
Talent & trade value 20–9966+ star40–65 rotationunder 40 fringe

Over her deal through 2029, Johnson is producing 1.7 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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Raven Johnson

31
Indiana Fever · defensive specialist · age 23
Salary: $289KYears left: 4Drafted: 2026 Rd1 Pk10
Contract outlook
2026
$289K
31 talent
2027
$301K
32 proj
2439
2028
$331K
33 proj
2539
2029
$374K
34 proj
2640

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%
2026IND2612.83.92.21.50.40.11.040.2%25.6%80.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027324.42.31.5
2028334.72.41.6

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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Las Vegas Aces18-8 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
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Los Angeles Sparks10-16 · thinnest in perimeter defense + rebounding / size
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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.

  • Gabby Williams · 2019 · age 23
  • Tierra Ruffin-Pratt · 2014 · age 24
  • Edwina Brown · 2000 · age 22

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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