When we built Total Player Value, we wanted a single number that captured everything a player does on a basketball court: scoring efficiency, defensive disruption, playmaking gravity, and the subtle stuff that box scores miss. The result is a composite that weights offensive and defensive BPM, usage-adjusted true shooting, rebounding rate, and our proprietary gravity component that measures how much a player warps the opposing defense simply by being on the floor. The model is normalized to league average — 50 is an average WNBA starter, anything above 75 is elite.
A'ja Wilson leads the league at 88.5. That number reflects three things working together: her usage rate, her true shooting percentage, and her defensive rating. Wilson is the rare player who dominates on both ends without sacrificing efficiency for volume. Napheesa Collier at 82.0 is the real conversation starter. Her two-way versatility grades as the most balanced profile in the model, and she posted that number on a Minnesota roster that asked her to do everything.
The list gets interesting below the top two. Maria Kliundikova at 59.1 is the name most people won't recognize, and that's exactly the point. She spent last season as a reserve on the Lynx behind Collier and Bridget Carleton. Her per-36 numbers have been All-Star caliber for two years. The Toronto Tempo just picked her in the expansion draft and handed her a starting role. That is how you find value. Nyara Sabally at 49.1 is similarly undervalued by the market, which is why New York let her go. Both players are now in Toronto's opening day lineup.
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