Dan Falkenheim

What's the value of a WNBA player's individual production?

Enter Statistical Plus-Minus. It estimates impact by weighing different contributions from a player's stat line. SPM is more stable than RAPM, and it often produces more sensible rankings.

Ranks + methodology below 👇

There are women’s national team ratings here — very cool! Estimating team strength is a neat analytical space with different approaches.

Also, Jirka’s thesis is linked on @kmedved’s DARKO about page. His original paper can be found here: helda.helsinki.fi/items/4670c7bb…

As a step toward future work, I built a three-year version of my WNBA Statistical Plus-Minus model. It provides an estimate of box-score impact over three seasons.

Here are the top 10 players for 2024–26! Shout if you want to know any player's individual ranking.

Jaloni Cambridge is such a fun player to watch when she’s running the fast break. Outside of MiLaysia Fulwiley, one of the best in transition

the sea lion in this is a star. 10/10, no notes.