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Chicago Sky

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Chicago Sky
Program History

2021 Team Stats (42 games)

83.6
PPG
80.5
Opp
+3.1
Margin
44.7%
FG%
34.1%
3P%
84.6%
FT%
35.4
RPG
21.7
APG
13.7
TO
82.3
Est. poss./game
85.5
Adj PPG
81.8
Adj Opp PPG
#4
Scoring Rank

Model Outputs

2021
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1166 (#3) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1095 (#4) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +39 elo More → 1080 (#5) HCA +39 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +0.3 More → +3.8 (#4) HCA +0.3
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +0.1 More → +3.3 (#4) HCA +0.1
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.593 (#6) -
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +4.3 More → 0.621 (#4) AdjNet +4.3
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +4.3 More → 0.622 (#4) AdjNet +4.3
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 85.5 | AdjD 81.8 More → 0.583 (#4) AdjO 85.5 | AdjD 81.8
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 85.3 | AdjD 82.5 More → 0.565 (#5) AdjO 85.3 | AdjD 82.5
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.632 (#4) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.628 (#5) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 96 | GP 29 More → 1135 (#5) RD 96 | GP 29

2021 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2021-05-15 @ Washington Mystics W 70 - 56
2021-05-19 @ Atlanta Dream W 85 - 77
2021-05-23 vs New York Liberty L 85 - 93
2021-05-25 vs Atlanta Dream L 83 - 90
2021-05-28 vs Los Angeles Sparks L 61 - 76
2021-05-30 vs Los Angeles Sparks L 79 - 82
2021-06-01 vs Phoenix Mercury L 83 - 84
2021-06-03 @ Phoenix Mercury L 74 - 77
2021-06-05 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 63 - 68
2021-06-09 vs Indiana Fever W 92 - 76
2021-06-12 @ Indiana Fever W 83 - 79
2021-06-15 @ Minnesota Lynx W 105 - 89
2021-06-17 vs Connecticut Sun W 81 - 75
2021-06-19 vs Connecticut Sun W 91 - 81
2021-06-22 @ New York Liberty W 92 - 72
2021-06-24 @ New York Liberty W 91 - 68
2021-06-27 @ Connecticut Sun L 58 - 74
2021-06-30 @ Dallas Wings W 91 - 81
2021-07-02 @ Dallas Wings L 91 - 100
2021-07-10 vs Washington Mystics L 85 - 89
2021-08-15 vs Seattle Storm W 87 - 85
2021-08-17 vs Dallas Wings L 76 - 80
2021-08-21 vs Minnesota Lynx L 95 - 101
2021-08-24 @ Atlanta Dream W 86 - 79
2021-08-27 @ Seattle Storm W 73 - 69
2021-08-29 @ Seattle Storm W 107 - 75
2021-08-31 @ Phoenix Mercury L 83 - 103
2021-09-02 @ Las Vegas Aces L 83 - 90
2021-09-05 vs Las Vegas Aces W 92 - 84
2021-09-12 vs Washington Mystics L 71 - 79
2021-09-17 vs Las Vegas Aces L 70 - 103
2021-09-19 vs Indiana Fever W 98 - 87
2021-09-23 vs Dallas Wings W 81 - 64
2021-09-26 @ Minnesota Lynx W 89 - 76
2021-09-28 @ Connecticut Sun W 101 - 95
2021-09-30 @ Connecticut Sun L 68 - 79
2021-10-03 vs Connecticut Sun W 86 - 83
2021-10-06 vs Connecticut Sun W 79 - 69
2021-10-10 @ Phoenix Mercury W 91 - 77
2021-10-13 @ Phoenix Mercury L 86 - 91
2021-10-15 vs Phoenix Mercury W 86 - 50
2021-10-17 vs Phoenix Mercury W 80 - 74

2021 Roster

Minutes by Position

Each player's share of the team's minutes per game (season minutes over the roster's), placed by position, so every column is one game's minutes. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Kahleah Copper Kahleah Copper G 44 30.8 15.0 4.4 1.8 1.0 0.2 1.9 11.9 8.6 -94 42 -2.2 -2.3 47.4 31.9 80.0 -0.37 55.8 51.1
Allie Quigley Allie Quigley G 37 26.5 13.6 2.7 2.1 0.5 0.3 1.2 10.8 7.3 -91 36 -2.5 -2.8 43.7 42.1 97.4 -0.58 58.4 54.0
Candace Parker Candace Parker F 34 28.2 13.4 8.3 4.1 1.1 1.1 2.4 11.1 14.5 -133 33 -4.0 -4.4 46.6 31.8 82.1 -1.26 54.9 51.2
Courtney Vandersloot Courtney Vandersloot - 43 31.1 11.0 3.8 8.8 1.6 0.5 3.1 9.4 13.2 -128 42 -3.0 -3.1 45.7 34.4 85.5 -0.8 54.3 51.1
Diamond DeShields Diamond DeShields G 44 24.1 9.8 3.2 2.1 1.2 0.3 1.9 8.7 6.1 - - - - 37.8 28.1 80.0 - 48.4 41.3
Azurá Stevens Azurá Stevens F 40 21.0 8.0 5.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 6.7 7.8 -26 40 -0.7 -0.9 49.2 31.2 80.4 0.63 55.7 53.0
S. Dolson S. Dolson C 36 19.1 6.7 3.3 1.2 0.3 0.8 1.3 5.4 5.5 - - - - 49.5 36.4 95.7 - 58.2 55.6
S. Taylor S. Taylor - 1 10.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 8.0 -2.0 - - - - 37.5 0 0 - 37.5 37.5
Astou Ndour-Fall Astou Ndour-Fall C 31 14.7 5.6 3.8 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 5.0 5.0 98 29 3.4 5.4 40.0 23.3 88.6 1.77 49.6 43.2
Ruthy Hebard Ruthy Hebard F 36 15.0 5.1 3.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 4.1 6.2 - - - - 52.7 0.0 80.6 - 56.5 52.7
J. January J. January - 1 15.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 - - - - 25.0 0.0 100.0 - 41.0 25.0
B. Boyd-Jones B. Boyd-Jones G 4 16.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 1.5 0.0 1.8 3.5 5.8 - - - - 28.6 16.7 83.3 - 42.1 32.1
Dana Evans Dana Evans G 32 8.2 3.3 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.6 2.8 1.6 -13 38 -0.3 -0.8 34.8 40.7 87.5 0.18 52.7 47.2
S. Watts S. Watts - 7 13.9 2.7 3.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.3 3.3 2.9 - - - - 26.1 9.1 75.0 - 35.8 28.3
Natasha Mack Natasha Mack F 5 7.2 2.0 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.2 3.0 - - - - 50.0 0 80.0 - 61.0 50.0
S. Heal S. Heal G 4 7.8 2.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.0 -1.0 - - - - 12.5 0.0 100.0 - 37.6 12.5
L. Brown L. Brown G 26 8.4 1.9 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.4 2.2 1.5 - - - - 28.6 25.6 100.0 - 42.3 38.4
Alexis Prince Alexis Prince F 2 5.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.5 -1.5 - - - - 14.3 0.0 0 - 14.3 14.3
K. Thornton K. Thornton - 1 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.0 - - - - 0.0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0
S. Campisano S. Campisano - 1 7.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 - - - - 0.0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG

2021 Shot Zones

3059 located field-goal attempts in 44 games (ESPN). Each zone is coloured by the player with the largest share of the team's made-shot points there (left) and of its misses there (right).

Copper24% Parker17% Quigley31% Quigley24% Vandersloot25% Quigley35% Quigley29% Quigley26% Evans20% Quigley29%
Points: who the team's points here most likely come from
Copper27% DeShields15% Quigley16% DeShields22% Vandersloot19% DeShields24% Stevens35% Quigley24% Vandersloot18% Vandersloot16%
Misses: who misses most here

Kahleah CopperAllie QuigleyCourtney VanderslootCandace ParkerDiamond DeShieldsAzurá StevensDana Evans

Zone FGM-FGA FG% Pts Top scorer Runner-up Most misses Runner-up
Restricted area 624-1030 60.6 1248 Kahleah Copper 24% (298 pts) Candace Parker 15% (186 pts) Kahleah Copper 27% (110 misses) Diamond DeShields 15% (59 misses)
Paint (non-RA) 244-570 42.8 488 Candace Parker 17% (82 pts) Allie Quigley 15% (72 pts) Diamond DeShields 15% (50 misses) Candace Parker 14% (47 misses)
Mid-range left 51-172 29.7 102 Allie Quigley 31% (32 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 22% (22 pts) Allie Quigley 16% (19 misses) Kahleah Copper 14% (17 misses)
Mid-range center 51-123 41.5 102 Allie Quigley 24% (24 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 20% (20 pts) Diamond DeShields 22% (16 misses) Kahleah Copper 21% (15 misses)
Mid-range right 75-219 34.2 150 Courtney Vandersloot 25% (38 pts) Allie Quigley 17% (26 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 19% (28 misses) Allie Quigley 18% (26 misses)
Left corner 3 26-60 43.3 78 Allie Quigley 35% (27 pts) Diamond DeShields 19% (15 pts) Diamond DeShields 24% (8 misses) Kahleah Copper 15% (5 misses)
Right corner 3 14-34 41.2 42 Allie Quigley 29% (12 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 21% (9 pts) Azurá Stevens 35% (7 misses) Kahleah Copper 25% (5 misses)
Above-break 3 left 114-348 32.8 342 Allie Quigley 26% (90 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 18% (63 pts) Allie Quigley 24% (56 misses) Kahleah Copper 16% (38 misses)
Above-break 3 center 55-190 28.9 165 Dana Evans 20% (33 pts) Allie Quigley 15% (24 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 18% (24 misses) Allie Quigley 17% (23 misses)
Above-break 3 right 106-313 33.9 318 Allie Quigley 29% (93 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 11% (36 pts) Courtney Vandersloot 16% (33 misses) Allie Quigley 14% (30 misses)