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Kate Martin · WNBA 2026 — Beyond the Box

Kate Martin

ESPN WNBA current-season summaryREG · 2026 · Coverage: partial · Freshness: stale · Publication: partialSource as of: Oct 27, 2026 · Data through: Oct 27, 2026

2026 per game

PTS: 2.6
REB: 1.0
AST: 0.4
STL: 0.3
BLK: 0.2

19 GP · 7.6 MIN

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Last 10 games vs season average

Chart data by game date
Game date	Value
2026-06-17	0
2026-07-06	8
2026-07-10	2
2026-07-13	0
2026-07-17	0
2026-07-22	0
2026-08-18	0
2026-08-20	3
2026-09-22	5
2026-09-24	5
Reference	2.58

L10 PTS: 2.3
vs season: −0.3
L10 +/-: —

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Points per game by season

Game by game · 2026

Each point is one published game. The line is the trailing mean of the last five known games; unknown values leave gaps and remain explicit in the data table.

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PTS trend data by game date
Game	Game date	Raw metric	5-game rolling mean
1	May 15, 2026	0.0	0.0
2	May 17, 2026	11.0	5.5
3	May 21, 2026	0.0	3.7
4	May 23, 2026	0.0	2.8
5	May 30, 2026	2.0	2.6
6	Jun 5, 2026	5.0	3.6
7	Jun 7, 2026	5.0	2.4
8	Jun 13, 2026	0.0	2.4
9	Jun 15, 2026	3.0	3.0
10	Jun 17, 2026	0.0	2.6
11	Jul 6, 2026	8.0	3.2
12	Jul 8, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
13	Jul 10, 2026	2.0	2.6
14	Jul 13, 2026	0.0	2.6
15	Jul 15, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
16	Jul 17, 2026	0.0	2.0
17	Jul 19, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
18	Jul 22, 2026	0.0	2.0
19	Jul 28, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
20	Aug 2, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
21	Aug 5, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
22	Aug 6, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
23	Aug 9, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
24	Aug 11, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
25	Aug 13, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
26	Aug 15, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
27	Aug 18, 2026	0.0	0.4
28	Aug 20, 2026	3.0	0.6
29	Aug 22, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
30	Aug 24, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
31	Aug 28, 2026	Unknown	Unknown
32	Sep 22, 2026	5.0	1.6
33	Sep 24, 2026	5.0	2.6

Splits · points per game

Home (10): 3.9
Away (9): 1.1
Starter (0): —
Bench (19): 2.6
Wins (7): 1.7
Losses (12): 3.1

Game log

Regular-season game lines, newest first, up to 60 games. Participation status is published evidence; completion status is also shown, and unknown does not imply played, did not play, or completed. An em dash means the value is unavailable.
Date	Opp	Result	Participation	Completion	MIN	PTS	FG	3P	FT	REB	OREB	DREB	AST	TOV	STL	BLK	PF	+/-
Sep 24, 2026	@ Washington Mystics	L 93–101	Played	Final	9	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—
Sep 22, 2026	vs Toronto Tempo	W 97–85	Played	Final	16	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	—
Aug 28, 2026	vs Washington Mystics	W 88–82	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 24, 2026	vs Atlanta Dream	L 71–78	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 22, 2026	vs Connecticut Sun	W 77–68	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 20, 2026	vs Atlanta Dream	L 88–124	Played	Final	4	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	—
Aug 18, 2026	@ Connecticut Sun	L 77–85	Played	Final	12	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	2	2	1	0	2	1	—	—
Aug 15, 2026	@ Washington Mystics	L 70–80	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 13, 2026	@ New York Liberty	L 81–85	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 11, 2026	vs Phoenix Mercury	L 87–94	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 9, 2026	vs Golden State Valkyries	L 78–84	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 6, 2026	@ Minnesota Lynx	W 89–82	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 5, 2026	@ Chicago Sky	L 88–95	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 2, 2026	@ Portland Fire	W 106–101	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 28, 2026	vs New York Liberty	L 109–113	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 22, 2026	vs Phoenix Mercury	L 82–86	Played	Final	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Jul 19, 2026	@ Dallas Wings	L 82–90	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 17, 2026	@ Chicago Sky	L 82–96	Played	Final	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Jul 15, 2026	@ Minnesota Lynx	L 87–96	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 13, 2026	@ Atlanta Dream	L 92–101	Played	Final	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Jul 10, 2026	vs Chicago Sky	W 102–87	Played	Final	5	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	—	—
Jul 8, 2026	vs Indiana Fever	W 106–92	Did not play	Final	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 6, 2026	vs Seattle Storm	L 64–82	Played	Final	17	8	1-7	1-6	5-6	6	1	5	0	0	1	0	—	—
Jun 17, 2026	vs Minnesota Lynx	L 83–99	Played	Final	7	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	—	—
Jun 15, 2026	@ Golden State Valkyries	L 58–78	Played	Final	11	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	—	—
Jun 13, 2026	@ Phoenix Mercury	W 111–102	Played	Final	4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Jun 7, 2026	vs Portland Fire	W 89–72	Played	Final	8	5	2-5	1-3	0-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	—	—
Jun 5, 2026	vs Dallas Wings	L 96–104	Played	Final	3	5	2-2	1-1	0-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—
May 30, 2026	@ Connecticut Sun	L 81–84	Played	Final	13	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	—	—
May 23, 2026	@ Las Vegas Aces	W 101–95	Played	Final	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	—
May 21, 2026	@ Phoenix Mercury	W 97–88	Played	Final	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
May 17, 2026	vs Toronto Tempo	L 96–106	Played	Final	18	11	4-7	3-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	—
May 15, 2026	vs Toronto Tempo	W 99–95	Played	Final	6	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	—	—

Shot zones · 2026

Most attempts: Right corner three18% of attempts

17/40 field goals by zone · Source: ESPN via SportsDataverse (espn_wnba.shots), regular season.

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Shot zone data table, 2026
Zone	Made–att.	FG%	League %	vs league	Share
At the rim (0–4 ft)	4–5	80.0%	64.1%	—	12.5%
Short, left (4–10 ft)	1–1

DAWG — Recorded Actions · Regular season 2026

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

DAWG — Recorded Actions · Postseason 2026

Unavailable. No accepted WNBA Stats postseason box or play-by-play partition exists for 2026 in the local archive.

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 (2022–2025) 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 2026 with at least 220 minutes and all four components observed (160 player-seasons, reference 4dbe09916e4b). 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_boxscores · partition updated 2026-09-28
Play-by-play: No accepted wnba_stats.play_by_play partition for 2026; PBP diagnostics are not shown for this season. (no last_good wnba_stats.play_by_play partition for season 2026)
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.

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 48% (threshold 50%), so the prior still sets most of this estimate.

BIRD-OFF

Offensive scoring impact

+0.93

BIRD-OFF posterior intervals
50%	[−0.45, +2.32]
80%	[−1.70, +3.56]
95%	[−3.09, +4.96]

BIRD-DEF

Positive values mean fewer opponent points

−1.70

BIRD-DEF posterior intervals
50%	[−2.76, −0.65]
80%	[−3.71, +0.30]
95%	[−4.77, +1.36]

BIRD

OFF + DEF from the joint posterior

−0.77

BIRD posterior intervals
50%	[−2.64, +1.10]
80%	[−4.32, +2.78]
95%	[−6.20, +4.66]

Joint interval viewOFF, DEF, and Total

95% interval
80% band
50% interval

Draft

Undrafted, or no draft record is published.

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	Unknown team	19	7.6	2.6	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	—	41.5%	33.3%	62.5%	55.0%	—	—

Chart data by season
Season	Value
2026	2.58

Short, middle (4–10 ft)	0–3	0.0%	41.1%	—	7.5%

Short, right (4–10 ft)	1–1	100.0%	42.4%	—	2.5%

Mid-range, left baseline (10–16 ft)	0–0	—	40.9%	—	0.0%

Mid-range, left wing (10–16 ft)	0–0	—	39.2%	—	0.0%

Mid-range, middle (10–16 ft)	0–0	—	41.4%	—	0.0%

Mid-range, right wing (10–16 ft)	0–0	—	39.6%	—	0.0%

Mid-range, right baseline (10–16 ft)	0–0	—	36.8%	—	0.0%

Long two, left baseline	0–0	—	36.6%	—	0.0%

Long two, left wing	0–0	—	38.2%	—	0.0%

Long two, middle	1–1	100.0%	38.1%	—	2.5%

Long two, right wing	0–0	—	38.5%	—	0.0%

Long two, right baseline	0–0	—	32.7%	—	0.0%

Left corner three	2–5	40.0%	35.1%	—	12.5%

Right corner three	4–7	57.1%	35.7%	—	17.5%

Above-break three, left	1–3	33.3%	33.9%	—	7.5%

Above-break three, top	2–6	33.3%	35.0%	—	15.0%

Above-break three, right	1–6	16.7%	35.2%	—	15.0%

Deep three	0–2	0.0%	30.1%	—	5.0%

Shooting splits

Shooting splits for the selected season. An em dash means the value is unavailable.
Split	Made–att.	Value	Pctl
Field goals	17–41	41.5%	—
Threes	10–30	33.3%	—
Free throws	5–8	62.5%	—
True shooting	—	55.0%	—
Effective FG	—	53.7%	—
3PA rate	—	0.73	—
FT rate	—	0.20	—

BIRD posterior summary for Kate Martin
Component	Summary
OFF	mean +0.93; 50% interval [−0.45, +2.32]; 80% interval [−1.70, +3.56]; 95% interval [−3.09, +4.96]
DEF	mean −1.70; 50% interval [−2.76, −0.65]; 80% interval [−3.71, +0.30]; 95% interval [−4.77, +1.36]
Total	mean −0.77; 50% interval [−2.64, +1.10]; 80% interval [−4.32, +2.78]; 95% interval [−6.20, +4.66]