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Sami Whitcomb

Phoenix Mercury · 3&D wing · 2026 stats, contract & trade value

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Talent score
35
#96 in the W
Trade value
29
#121 in the W
Contract surplus
-15.8
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, Whitcomb is producing 15.8 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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Sami Whitcomb

35
Phoenix Mercury · 3&D wing · age 36
Salary: $735KYears left: 2
Contract outlook
2026
$735K
35 talent
2027
$700K
30 proj
2437
2028
FA
25 proj
2034

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%
2017SEA3312.24.51.71.00.70.00.936.1%33.3%81.0%
2018SEA318.62.90.90.50.50.10.534.9%36.2%100.0%
2019SEA3320.47.21.72.41.10.11.636.8%34.2%100.0%
2020SEA2216.58.12.32.00.70.11.044.3%38.1%100.0%
2021NYL3028.111.75.02.71.00.32.147.3%42.5%81.8%
2022NYL3521.36.52.32.30.70.11.436.8%35.1%87.0%
2023SEA4024.59.72.92.90.90.32.040.0%38.5%83.0%
2024SEA4015.35.01.91.60.80.21.034.6%29.2%81.8%
2025PHO4323.99.12.62.50.80.21.638.5%36.1%85.2%
2026PHX413.53.82.31.50.80.01.335.7%25.0%100.0%
Projected · 2027–2028
SeasonTalentPPGRPGAPG
2027306.62.31.9
2028255.31.91.7

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.

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 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.

  • Michelle Edwards · 2000 · age 35
  • Elena Tornikidou · 2000 · age 36
  • Katie Smith · 2011 · age 38

Durability context: 73% of her 40 nearest comps had no qualified season two years on — projection ranges assume she's still playing.

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