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Odyssey Sims · WNBA 2016 — Beyond the Box

Odyssey Sims

SportsDataverse / WNBA StatsREG · 2016 · Coverage: partial · Freshness: unknown · Publication: partialSource as of: Oct 20, 2016 · Data through: Oct 20, 2016

Odyssey SimsDallas Wings · Drafted 2014 #2 · 13 published seasons

Compared with 137 players, 10+ GP

n is the qualified comparison sample for that metric. A percentile rank needs at least two comparable values; unavailable ranks are left unestimated.

White dot: Average
Blue dot: Good
Red dot: Bad

Scoring

Points per gamen=137

14.0

True shooting %n=137

47.9%

Shooting

Effective FG %n=137

40.2%

3-point %n=115

28.0%

3PA raten=137

0.35

FT raten=137

0.33

Playmaking

Assists per gamen=137

3.9

Rebounding

Rebounds per gamen=137

2.5

Defense

Steals per gamen=137

1.1

Blocks per gamen=137

0.2

Latest team: Dallas Wings

2016 per game

PTS: 14.0
REB: 2.5
AST: 3.9
STL: 1.1
BLK: 0.2

34 GP · 31.6 MIN

The read

Strongest in playmaking.

Fingerprint · percentile, line is the median

Scoring56th percentile
Shooting44th percentile
Playmaking93rd percentile
Rebounding44th percentile
Defense65th percentile

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Reported cap charge

Shot zones · 2016

No regular-season shot locations for 2016.

Shooting splits

Shooting splits for the selected season. An em dash means the value is unavailable.
Split	Made–att.	Value	Pctl
Field goals	153–433	35.3%	—
Threes	42–150	28.0%	36
Free throws	128–145	88.3%	—
True shooting	—	47.9%	23
Effective FG	—	40.2%	12
3PA rate	—	0.35	72
FT rate	—	0.33	57

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2014	51.0%
2015	49.4%
2016	47.9%
2017	52.7%
2018	46.2%
2019	48.8%
2020	51.5%

True shooting by season

DAWG — Recorded Actions · Regular season 2016

45.5Qualified · #71 of 125 (#32 of 56 guards)

Average of four component percentiles, 0–100, against her position in the same era; against every position it is 42.6. Compared with guards: her team's roster listing this season. Game-resample stability range 33.9–55.8 (not a credible interval).

Qualified: 1075 minutes meets the 170-minute display threshold.

Four index components for regular season 2016: 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	37	1.38	1.38	1.13–1.65	40.2	48.4
Blocks	7	0.26	0.29	0.17–0.42	43.8	23.6
Offensive rebounds	20	0.74	0.79	0.59–1.01	33.0	17.2
Assists	131	4.87	4.81	4.29–5.35	65.2	81.2

How much each estimate leans on the league

Steals: 79% of the adjusted rate comes from this player's own record and 21% from the league population.
Blocks: 94% of the adjusted rate comes from this player's own record and 6% from the league population.

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

Evidence-supported. Admitted possessions cut the prior variance of total BIRD by 66% (threshold 50%).

BIRD-OFF

Offensive scoring impact

+0.52

BIRD-OFF posterior intervals
50%	[−0.59, +1.63]
80%	[−1.58, +2.62]
95%	[−2.70, +3.74]

BIRD-DEF

Positive values mean fewer opponent points

+0.31

BIRD-DEF posterior intervals
50%	[−0.55, +1.17]
80%	[−1.33, +1.95]
95%	[−2.20, +2.81]

BIRD

OFF + DEF from the joint posterior

+0.83

BIRD posterior intervals
50%	[−0.67, +2.32]
80%	[−2.02, +3.67]
95%	[−3.53, +5.18]

Joint interval viewOFF, DEF, and Total

95% interval
80% band
50% interval
mean

Contract value · 2026

Paid · 2026 reported cap charge: $278K
Value · from 2026 production: $600K

Producing like a $600K/yr player on a $278K minimum deal: the CBA or team control set this pay, so the gap is not a market verdict.

Paid vs. value, by season

Paid
Value
Value above pay
Pay above value
Dashed: pay set by the CBA or team control

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	$277,500

2026. Seasons with only a status appear as markers below.

2027 UFA

Ledger

Reported cap charges by season and team. An em dash means the value is not reported.
Season	Team	Cap charge	Status	Protection

Draft

Year: 2014
Round: 1
Pick: 2
Team: Dallas Wings

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	Dallas Wings	35	14.3	4.6	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	—	38.5%	30.0%	84.6%	49.0%	17.9%	19.6%

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	66	2.46
Turnovers	86	3.20
Personal fouls	78	2.90

Turnovers with a credited steal: 47
Turnovers without a credited steal: 39
Offensive fouls committed: 6
Charges drawn: Unsupported: the feed does not name the player who drew the foul
Late, close steals / blocks: 7 / 0
Overtime steals / blocks: 1 / 0

Play-by-play steals, blocks, rebounds, assists and turnovers match the box score across 34 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 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
2014	Regular	G	56.5	50.0	45	1170	Qualified
2015	Regular	G	42.6	42.5	91	722	Qualified
2015	Post	G	67.3	55.2	—	67	Provisional
2016	Regular	G	45.5	42.6	71	1075	Qualified
2017	Regular	G	62.9	57.4	27	752	Qualified
2017	Post	G	48.9	42.0	8	278	Qualified
2018	Regular	G	24.6	27.4	120	868	Qualified
2018	Post	G	62.5	52.0	—	29	Provisional
2019	Regular	G	54.7	49.8	46	1084	Qualified
2019	Post	G	72.1	54.9	—	19	Provisional
2020	Regular	G	61.3	50.6	25	240	Qualified
2020	Post	G	54.0	48.0	—	132	Provisional
2021	Regular	G	56.3	53.0	55	755	Qualified
2022	Regular	G	65.3	60.7	—	145	Provisional
2022	Post	G	27.8	26.0	22	167	Qualified
2023	Regular	G	54.2	47.7	50	336	Qualified
2023	Post	G	56.5	47.4	—	94	Provisional
2024	Regular	G	59.0	51.4	40	702	Qualified
2025	Regular	G	30.6	31.1	124	671	Qualified
2025	Post	G	52.9	49.6	10	235	Qualified
2026	Regular	G	35.8	38.4	122	500.7	Qualified

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 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) 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 2016 with at least 170 minutes and all four components observed (125 player-seasons, reference e148bda3df2f). 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.
Position groups are coarse listings: a hybrid such as G-F counts by its first letter. Players with no listing are compared with the whole league.
An average of component percentiles, not a percentile of the composite, a probability, points added or total player value.
Equal component weights are a fixed policy, not learned basketball values.
Adjusted rates are pulled toward the league-wide average, not the position average, so low-minute guards' blocks and offensive rebounds (and centres' assists) read slightly high within their group.
Turnovers and fouls are shown separately and are not subtracted; the index is a positive-activity profile, not net value.
Does not measure motivation, toughness or complete defensive effectiveness.
Component intervals are conditional empirical-Bayes estimates with fitted hyperparameters; they ignore hyperparameter uncertainty.
Conditional empirical-Bayes interval given fitted hyperparameters; hyperparameter uncertainty is not included.
10th-90th percentile of the index over 300 whole-game resamples with the reference fixed. A stability range, not a credible interval or ranking probability.
Percentiles of players with few minutes sit closer to 50 because their adjusted rates are pulled harder; early-season numbers understate standouts.

Edition: wnba_dawg_recorded_actions_v1 v1.2.0
Box source: wnba_stats.player_game_logs · partition updated 2026-09-28
Play-by-play: wnba_stats.play_by_play · 204 of 204 games · diagnostics only
Shrinkage gate: Passed: on the registered 2026 holdout, adjusted rates predicted later counts better than observed rates in all four components.
Status: Method 1.2.0. A descriptive profile of recorded actions; see the limitations above.

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2026	$277,500

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2014	16.74
2015	16
2016	14
2017	9.65
2018	8.24
2019	14.47
2020	9.38
2021	8.7
2022	6.86
2024	12.58
2025	10.08
2026	4.63

2022	40.3%

2024	56.0%

2025	50.6%

2026	49.0%

View full data table

Career shooting by season data table
Season	FG%	3P%	TS%
2014	40.6%	34.6%	51.0%
2015	36.9%	20.7%	49.4%
2016	35.3%	28.0%	47.9%
2017	44.7%	19.0%	52.7%
2018	38.8%	27.3%	46.2%
2019	41.5%	26.9%	48.8%
2020	40.4%	33.3%	51.5%
2021	37.0%	23.2%	42.8%
2022	32.1%	26.7%	40.3%
2023	—	—	—
2024	48.3%	34.5%	56.0%
2025	41.4%	32.8%	50.6%
2026	38.5%	30.0%	49.0%

BIRD posterior summary for Odyssey Sims
Component	Summary
OFF	mean +0.52; 50% interval [−0.59, +1.63]; 80% interval [−1.58, +2.62]; 95% interval [−2.70, +3.74]
DEF	mean +0.31; 50% interval [−0.55, +1.17]; 80% interval [−1.33, +1.95]; 95% interval [−2.20, +2.81]
Total	mean +0.83; 50% interval [−0.67, +2.32]; 80% interval [−2.02, +3.67]; 95% interval [−3.53, +5.18]

2027	Dallas Wings	—	UFA	—

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	DAL	$277,500	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2025	Reported cap charge	IND	$7,949	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2025	Reported cap charge	IND	$13,911	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2025	Reported cap charge	LA	$54,622	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2024	Reported cap charge	DAL	$13,072	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2024	Reported cap charge	LA	$9,851	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2024	Reported cap charge	LA	$15,912	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2023	Reported salary	DAL	$48,460	Status not reportedAmount not independently verified	Mendeley dataset
2023	Reported cap charge	DAL	$48,460	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2023	Reported cap charge	DAL	$4,361	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2022	Reported salary	CON	$2,678	Status not reportedAmount not independently verified	Mendeley dataset
2022	Reported cap charge	CON	$2,678	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2022	Reported cap charge	CON	$3,750	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2022	Reported cap charge	MIN	$6,428	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2021	Reported salary	ATL	$75,000	Status not reportedAmount not independently verified	Mendeley dataset
2021	Reported cap charge	ATL	$75,000	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2021	Reported cap charge	IND	$111,520	Status not reportedReported amount; not independently verified	Her Hoop Stats
2020	Reported salary	MIN	$117,000	Status not reportedAmount not independently verified	Mendeley dataset
2019	Reported salary	MIN	$115,000	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.