WNBA VPM
2026 regular season · through Aug 18, 2026theme
Player profile2026 regular season
Janelle Salaun
Board
#PlayerTmVPM
1+7.24
2+4.93
3+4.56
4+4.44
5+3.92
6+3.74
7+3.72
8+3.70
9+3.69
10+3.56
11+3.53
12+3.39
13+3.10
14+3.10
15+2.90
16+2.90
17+2.85
18+2.77
19+2.74
20+2.66
21+2.41
22+2.23
23+2.17
24+2.16
25+1.99
26+1.96
27+1.88
28+1.59
29+1.45
30+1.42
31+1.40
32+1.38
33+1.35
34+1.16
35+1.12
36+1.10
37+0.94
38+0.92
39+0.84
40+0.79
41+0.78
42+0.75
43+0.73
44+0.63
45+0.61
46+0.59
47+0.58
48+0.57
49+0.41
50+0.40
51+0.32
52+0.29
53+0.29
54+0.27
55+0.23
56+0.15
57+0.03
58−0.01
59−0.03
60−0.08
61−0.22
62−0.27
63−0.33
64−0.34
65−0.48
66−0.51
67−0.51
68−0.54
69−0.61
70−0.65
71−0.66
72−0.67
73−0.68
74−0.72
75−0.74
76−0.76
77−0.83
78−0.84
79−0.85
80−0.90
81−0.94
82−0.96
83−0.97
84−1.00
85−1.07
86−1.12
87−1.12
88−1.13
89−1.20
90−1.24
91−1.26
92−1.32
93−1.34
94−1.58
95−1.61
96−1.61
97−1.73
98−1.79
99−1.79
100−1.80
101−1.80
102−1.87
103−1.93
104−1.97
105−2.05
106−2.07
107−2.09
108−2.09
109−2.12
110−2.12
111−2.27
112−2.28
113−2.36
114−2.44
115−2.47
116−2.47
117−2.51
118−2.58
119−2.58
120−2.59
121−2.62
122−2.67
123−2.69
124−2.71
125−2.72
126−2.73
127−2.77
128−2.87
129−2.91
130−3.08
131−3.10
132−3.10
133−3.10
134−3.16
135−3.32
136−3.42
137−3.45
138−3.57
139−3.65
140−3.75
141−3.76
142−3.95
143−4.08
144−4.31
145−4.37
146−4.50
147−4.82
148−5.85
148 players · sorted by VPM
Player
#36 VPM
+1.10
Janelle Salaun
Offense
O-VPM · percentile dial
Defense
D-VPM · percentile dial
Distribution
76th pct
playersselectedleague mean1000+ poss · mean −0.47
Offense
Σ = O-VPM
−50+5
Defense
Σ = D-VPM
−2.50+2.5
eFG zones
freqfg
−0.10 / −0.11Rim
+0.65 / −0.07Mid
−0.38 / −0.18Three
Off
−0.27+0.17
+0.44+0.21
+0.07−0.44
Def
+0.00−0.11
−0.05−0.02
−0.00−0.17
rim + mid + three = eFG · freq + fg = zone value · off / def · up = good
Signal chain
prior → lineups
Box prior
+0.28
raw box model
Effective prior
+0.37
×1.5, centred
Lineup update
+0.73
2026 possessions
VPM
+1.10
prior + update
prior source2026 boxupdate+0.73 on 2,943 poss
Team mix
lineup-weighted VPM sum · click to filter
Each strip is 5 × the possession-weighted mean VPM of the players currently listed on that roster (pts / 100 poss). Traded players carry all their possessions to their current team.
About
VPM is databallr's WNBA player impact in points per 100 possessions: a single-season prior-centred ridge over 2026 lineups, where each factor's prior is a public box-score model trained only on 2022–2025. Offense + defense = VPM; defense is positive-good.
Offense and defense each split exactly into four factors — eFG (rim + mid + three shot value), FT, TOV (turnover value, positive = fewer / cheaper turnovers), and 2nd chance. The eFG zones module is the rim / mid / three drill-down of the eFG bar.
This is the box-only lane. No tracking-data priors are used, so missing tracking games do not affect it.
as of2026-08-18games266modelsingle_season_box_trueprior_v1solveoff α 5000 · def α 40000 · prior ×1.5priorsbox models trained 2022–2025 onlyqualified≥ 1000 possessionssourcewnba_vpm_boxprior_current.csv
Production & shooting
Production
MIN22.2
PTS13.0
REB3.7
AST1.1
STL0.7
BLK0.1
TOV0.8
Shooting
TS%59.4
2P%47.0
3P%39.6
Shot diet
FT = 0.44 × FTA
RIM11%
MID21%
3P57%
FT11%
Share of FGA + 0.44 × FTA
Shot profile
2026 regular season
Attempt density345 FGA
No qualifying shot log
point to inspect attempts and FG% within 4 ft · ESPN play-by-play · refreshed 2026-08-23
below avgabove avgFT11% freqleague avg
VOL6.5 FTA/100+1.3lg 5.3
6.5 FTA/100 (+1.3)
5.3 FTA/100EFF83.5% FT%+4.8%lg 78.7%
83.5% FT% (+4.8%)
78.7% FT%RIM11% freqleague avg
VOL2.9 FGA/100−2.3lg 5.2
2.9 FGA/100 (−2.3)
5.2 FGA/100EFF70.0% FG%+5.6%lg 64.4%
70.0% FG% (+5.6%)
64.4% FG%MID21% freqleague avg
VOL5.4 FGA/100−0.3lg 5.6
5.4 FGA/100 (−0.3)
5.6 FGA/100EFF34.7% FG%−5.7%lg 40.3%
34.7% FG% (−5.7%)
40.3% FG%3P57% freqleague avg
VOL14.8 3PA/100+8.5lg 6.3
14.8 3PA/100 (+8.5)
6.3 3PA/100EFF39.6% FG%+5.4%lg 34.2%
39.6% FG% (+5.4%)
34.2% FG%frequency beside each zone is its share of FGA + 0.44 × FTA · volume is attempts per 100 of the player’s own on-floor offensive possessions · the league column pools that same ratio over every player, i.e. team attempts per 100 divided by five · bar length is the gap to league on one shared axis per row type — volume rows are comparable to each other, efficiency rows to each other — scaled to the 5th–95th percentile gap that season
Role & playstyle
rail = percentile · tick = median
Offense
Usage · plays/10027.984
Rim rate %12.411
3PA rate %64.390
Self-created %9.07
Assist pts/1006.215
OReb/1002.361
Fouls drawn/1006.580
Lost-ball TOV/1000.460
Defense
Stops/1008.355
Steals/1001.643
Blocks/1000.320
DReb/1006.562
offensive rates are per 100 on-floor offensive possessions, defensive rates per 100 defensive possessions · self-created is the share of made-field-goal points that carried no assist · lost-ball is percentiled so that fewer is better · these are this repo’s box definitions, not a tracking or shot-quality feed
Career log
2 regular seasons
| Production · per game | Shooting | VPM impact | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | AST | REB | STL | BLK | TOV | 3P% | TS% | TS+ | Off | Def | VPM |
| 2026 | GSV | 33 | 22.2 | 13.0 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 39.6 | 59.4 | +3.2 | +1.53 | −0.43 | +1.10 |
| 2025 | GSV | 36 | 26.9 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 36.6 | 52.3 | −1.9 | −1.38 | −0.32 | −1.70 |
| Career | — | 69 | 24.7 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 37.9 | 55.4 | +0.3 | −0.15 | −0.37 | −0.52 |
poor elite · cell tint = percentileclick a season to load it above
the career log spans 2022–2026, the reach of this repo’s WNBA box cache — earlier seasons are absent, not zero · TS+ = TS% − league TS% that season, in percentage points — it is not databallr’s role-adjusted RTS, and not this repo’s rTS/zTS chain · per 75 and per 100 use the average of on-floor offensive and defensive possessions · the career line pools totals and recomputes the rates, and its VPM is possession-weighted · 2022–2025 VPM is the RS+PS solve, 2026 is regular season to date