Top 10 Players in PER and Box Plus/Minus

[Gael]

Monday, March 2, 2026

The only players in the top 10 of all three advanced, multi-factorial stat lists are Sarah Strong, Brooklyn Meyer, Hannah Hidalgo and Mikayla Blakes.

PER

1.	Sarah Strong UConn	46.1
2.	Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State	46.0
3.	Avery Koenen North Dakota State	45.6
4.	Audi Crooks Iowa State	42.1
5.	Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame	40.2
6.	Mia Nicastro Western Illinois	38.6
7.	Lauren Whittaker Gonzaga	38.2
8.	Lauren Betts UCLA	37.3
9.	Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt	37.2
10.	Madina Okot South Carolina	37.0

Box Plus/Minus

1.	Sarah Strong UConn	27.6
2.	MiLaysia Fulwiley LSU	21.2
3.	Kiki Rice UCLA	19.2
4.	Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame	19.1
5.	Azzi Fudd UConn	18.7
6.	Madison Booker Texas	18.2
7.	Lauren Betts UCLA	17.9
8.	Gianna Kneepkens UCLA	17.5
9.	Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt	17.1
10.	Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State	17.0

Win Shares

1.	Sarah Strong UConn	10.0
2.	Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame	9.4
3.	Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt	9.3
4.	Avery Koenen North Dakota State	9.2
5.	Mia Nicastro Western Illinois	9.2
6.	Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State	9.2
7.	Olivia Miles TCU	9.1
8.	Nikola Priede Vermont	8.8
9.	Madison Booker Texas	8.7
10.	Maggie Doogan Richmond	8.4

 

[Gael]

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Only Sarah Strong, Hannah Hidalgo and Mikayla Blakes are in the top ten of all three stats. I'm not sure I would rely on any of them as predictive of AA status—certainly not PER. BPM looks like it might be the best multi-factorial stat of the three.

PER

1.	Sarah Strong UConn	46.8
2.	Avery Koenen North Dakota State	46.5
3.	Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State	45.7
4.	Audi Crooks Iowa State	41.7
5.	Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame	40.0
6.	Lauren Whittaker Gonzaga	38.2
7.	Mia Nicastro Western Illinois	38.0
8.	Lauren Betts UCLA	37.1
9.	Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt	36.6
10.	Gracie Merkle Penn State	36.5

Box Plus/Minus

1.	Sarah Strong UConn	28.3
2.	MiLaysia Fulwiley LSU	21.2
3.	Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame	19.3
4.	Azzi Fudd UConn	18.9
5.	Kiki Rice UCLA	18.8
6.	Madison Booker Texas	18.8
7.	Lauren Betts UCLA	18.1
8.	KK Arnold UConn	17.7
9.	Gianna Kneepkens UCLA	17.2
10.	Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt	16.8

Win Shares

1.	Sarah Strong UConn	10.8
2.	Avery Koenen North Dakota State	10.4
3.	Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame	10.2
4.	Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State	10.1
5.	Mia Nicastro Western Illinois	9.7
6.	Olivia Miles TCU	9.7
7.	Madison Booker Texas	9.5
8.	Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt	9.3
9.	Nikola Priede Vermont	9.0
10.	Joyce Edwards South Carolina	8.6