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Kayla Alexander · WNBA 2018 — Beyond the Box

Kayla Alexander

SportsDataverse / WNBA StatsREG · 2018 · Coverage: partial · Freshness: unknown · Publication: partialSource as of: Sep 12, 2018 · Data through: Sep 12, 2018

2018 per game

PTS: 2.7
REB: 2.2
AST: 0.2
STL: 0.1
BLK: 0.3

30 GP · 8.6 MIN

The read

No dimension is above the 75th percentile. Playmaking is the weak spot.

Fingerprint · percentile, line is the median

Scoring48th percentile
Shooting46th percentile
Playmaking2nd percentile
Rebounding32nd percentile
Defense38th percentile

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Reported cap charge

Shot zones · 2018

No regular-season shot locations for 2018.

Shooting splits

Shooting splits for the selected season. An em dash means the value is unavailable.
Split	Made–att.	Value	Pctl
Field goals	33–61	54.1%	—
Threes	0–0	—	—
Free throws	14–17	82.4%	—
True shooting	—	58.4%	83
Effective FG	—	54.1%	80
3PA rate	—	0.00	0
FT rate	—	0.28	57

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2013	47.3%
2014	51.3%
2015	46.2%
2016	59.6%
2017	60.7%
2018	58.4%
2019	78.1%
2026	51.4%

True shooting by season

TS% 47.3% (2013) → 51.4% (2026); low 46.2%, high 78.1%. Seasons with unknown attempts are omitted.

DAWG — Recorded Actions · Regular season 2018

34.8Qualified · #105 of 126 (#20 of 23 centres)

Average of four component percentiles, 0–100, against her position in the same era; against every position it is 45.4. Compared with centres: her team's roster listing this season. Game-resample stability range 28.3–48.9 (not a credible interval).

Qualified: 257 minutes meets the 170-minute display threshold.

Four index components for regular season 2018: recorded count, rates per 40 minutes and percentile against this edition's era-local reference (computed from the adjusted rate). An em dash means the value is unavailable.
Component	Count	Observed /40	Adjusted /40	80% range	Pctl (pos)	Pctl (league)
Steals	4	0.62	1.06	0.73–1.43	37.0	17.1
Blocks	10	1.56	1.39	0.90–1.94	58.7	84.5
Offensive rebounds	21	3.27	3.05	2.27–3.89	37.0	79.0
Assists	5	0.78	1.15	0.68–1.67	6.5	1.2

How much each estimate leans on the league

Steals: 46% of the adjusted rate comes from this player's own record and 54% from the league population.
Blocks: 79% of the adjusted rate comes from this player's own record and 21% from the league population.

Accompanying diagnostics (not in the index)

Box-score diagnostics shown beside the index; none are added or subtracted.
Recorded action	Count	Observed /40
Defensive rebounds	44	6.85
Turnovers	19	2.96
Personal fouls	37	5.76

Turnovers with a credited steal: 4
Turnovers without a credited steal: 15
Offensive fouls committed: 9
Charges drawn: Unsupported: the feed does not name the player who drew the foul
Late, close steals / blocks: 0 / 0
Overtime steals / blocks: 0 / 0

Play-by-play steals, blocks, rebounds, assists and turnovers match the box score across 30 games. “Late, close” means the last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime with the score within five before the event. A turnover without a credited steal is not necessarily a dead ball. Per-possession rates are not shown because on-court time is not independently verified.

DAWG — Recorded Actions · Postseason 2018

No recorded appearance in the postseason for this player, so there is no profile.

DAWG — Recorded Actions by season

Every season and phase with a DAWG profile for this player. Each index is relative to that season's players (or, for postseasons, pooled nearby postseasons).
Season	Phase	Pos	DAWG	League	Rank	Min	State
2013	Regular	C	35.4	47.4	102	372	Qualified
2014	Regular	C	34.9	47.4	102	298	Qualified
2014	Post	C	46.7	58.1	—	1	Provisional
2015	Regular	C	42.4	47.8	93	359	Qualified
2016	Regular	C	36.5	47.6	98	490	Qualified
2017	Regular	C	42.5	54.5	87	523	Qualified
2018	Regular	C	34.8	45.4	105	257	Qualified
2019	Regular	C	48.7	51.6	—	20	Provisional

How this is calculated, and what it leaves out

DAWG — Recorded Actions covers four selected recorded box-score actions: steals, blocks, offensive rebounds and assists. It omits unrecorded off-ball work such as screens, box-outs, rotations, deflections and closeouts. It is not the full four-pillar DAWG model, and it does not measure motivation, toughness, complete defensive effectiveness or total player value.

Each component is counted per 40 played minutes, including overtime. The observed rate is count ÷ (minutes ÷ 40). The adjusted rate blends that record with the league population, using a Gamma–Poisson model fitted on nearby seasons (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) and never on the season being scored. Fewer minutes means more pull toward the league average; with many minutes the adjusted and observed rates nearly agree. For high-minute passers the pull is slightly too strong: on the 2026 holdout their adjusted assist rates predicted about 5% worse than their observed rates.

Each player is judged against her own position. Guards, forwards and centres come from her team's roster listing that season (the first letter of a hybrid such as G-F), not from the stats being ranked, so a guard's blocks are compared with other guards' and a centre's assists with other centres'. The DAWG index averages these position-relative percentiles; the league index beside it uses the whole league.

The league-wide reference is frozen and era-local: REG player-seasons in 2018 with at least 170 minutes and all four components observed (126 player-seasons, reference c53cdfb942e6). League rates have changed a lot since 1997 (assists per 40 are roughly 25–35% higher today), so a player is compared with her own era, and the index is not an absolute comparison across eras. The index is the plain average of the four component percentiles, with equal weights chosen as a first-version policy rather than learned basketball values. It is an average of percentiles, not the percentile of the index itself, a probability or points added. If any component is missing, the index is not shown, and the remaining components are never re-weighted.

Turnovers, personal fouls and defensive rebounds are shown separately and are not subtracted. Their meaning depends on role and game context, so the index is a positive-activity profile, not net value.

Covers four selected recorded box-score actions only; unrecorded off-ball work (screens, box-outs, rotations, deflections, closeouts) is omitted.
Percentiles compare each player with her own position group (guards, forwards or centres, from her team's roster listing) in the same era; they are not absolute comparisons across eras or positions. The league-wide index is shown alongside.

See the full DAWG — Recorded Actions table

BIRD scoring impact

Edition: WNBA 2026 season incl. playoffs
State: Season summary
Evidence through: 2026-09-29
Units: pts / 100 possessions vs. the WNBA reference

Prior-dominated. Admitted possessions cut the prior variance of total BIRD by only 24% (threshold 50%), so the prior still sets most of this estimate.

BIRD-OFF

Offensive scoring impact

−2.07

BIRD-OFF posterior intervals
50%	[−3.77, −0.38]
80%	[−5.29, +1.14]
95%	[−6.99, +2.84]

BIRD-DEF

Positive values mean fewer opponent points

−0.52

BIRD-DEF posterior intervals
50%	[−1.69, +0.65]
80%	[−2.75, +1.71]
95%	[−3.93, +2.89]

BIRD

OFF + DEF from the joint posterior

−2.59

BIRD posterior intervals
50%	[−4.85, −0.33]
80%	[−6.89, +1.70]
95%	[−9.16, +3.98]

Joint interval viewOFF, DEF, and Total

95% interval
80% band
50% interval

Contract value · 2026

Kayla Alexander carries a $32K reported cap charge for 2026, but could not be priced: not enough minutes last season.

Reported cap charges: Her Hoop Stats. Model: Beyond the Box wnba-contract-surplus-2.0.0.

Reported cap charge by season

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2026	$31,586

2026.

Ledger

Reported cap charges by season and team. An em dash means the value is not reported.
Season	Team	Cap charge	Status	Protection
2026	Toronto Tempo	$31,586	—	—

Reported cap charges from Her Hoop Stats WNBA Salary Cap Database, observed Oct 2, 2026. Not verified salary, earnings or guarantees. Her Hoop Stats cap sheet

Historical reported money

Historical reported salary and cap charge observations by season, team, and source.
Season	Amount type	Team	Amount	Status	Source
2026	Reported cap charge	TOR	$31,586	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2020	Reported salary	MIN	$68,000	Status not reportedAmount not independently verified	Mendeley dataset
2019	Reported salary	CHI	$6,069	Status not reportedAmount not independently verified	Mendeley dataset
2018	Reported salary	IND	$91,800	Status not reportedAmount not independently verified	Mendeley dataset

Source-reported observations; amounts are not independently verified. No totals are calculated. Captured Oct 12, 2026; original historical availability is unknown.

Draft

Year: 2013
Round: 1
Pick: 8
Team: Las Vegas Aces

Career by season

Published regular-season lines by season, newest first; one row per team. An em dash means the value is unavailable.
Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	GS	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	USG%	AST%
2026	Toronto Tempo	4	10.1	2.3	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	—	42.9%	—	75.0%	51.4%	14.8%	7.5%

2019	Post	C	43.8	52.5	—	3	Provisional

2020	Regular	C	52.9	55.7	—	88	Provisional

2026	Regular	C	35.0	56.3	—	40.3	Provisional

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2026	$31,586

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2013	2.79
2014	2.79
2015	3.31
2016	8
2017	6.24
2018	2.67
2019	3
2026	2.25

View full data table

Career shooting by season data table
Season	FG%	3P%	TS%
2013	41.7%	—	47.3%
2014	43.4%	—	51.3%
2015	41.6%	—	46.2%
2016	54.6%	—	59.6%
2017	58.2%	—	60.7%
2018	54.1%	—	58.4%
2019	75.0%	—	78.1%
2020	—	—	—
2026	42.9%	—	51.4%

BIRD posterior summary for Kayla Alexander
Component	Summary
OFF	mean −2.07; 50% interval [−3.77, −0.38]; 80% interval [−5.29, +1.14]; 95% interval [−6.99, +2.84]
DEF	mean −0.52; 50% interval [−1.69, +0.65]; 80% interval [−2.75, +1.71]; 95% interval [−3.93, +2.89]
Total	mean −2.59; 50% interval [−4.85, −0.33]; 80% interval [−6.89, +1.70]; 95% interval [−9.16, +3.98]