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PlayersKealia Watt

Kealia Watt

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1992-01-31 (age 34)
Height:
165 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 98 GP · 7,901 min · 25 goals · 14 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Dash201816891130574330000.590.75
22017Dash1010886220251810000.200.41
32018Dash19181479540312218100.300.55
42019Dash23221829210342017000.100.15
52021Chicago Stars2624201854055322768.1400.220.40
5 Yrs989279012514020213510268.1500.280.44

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Dash1689112.948.060.1610.5310.58-0.050.564.550.240.278
22017Dash88620.811.190.082.192.22-0.040.222.080.210.116
32018Dash147952.432.570.155.055.39-0.340.314.050.250.244
42019Dash182920.881.120.040.670.96-0.300.033.950.190.350
52021Chicago Stars201854.250.750.192.542.340.200.113.700.170.414
5 Yrs79012511.3113.690.1320.9821.49-0.530.2418.330.211.402

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120161821061143played her role
22017101082played her role
3201818117117played her role
420192222211played her role
520201015455played her role
620212710171413a 9, played like a winger
6 Yrs105317427117924played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Alyssa ThompsonAngel City2023Forward0.896
2Julie DoylePride2024Midfielder0.835
3Simone CharleyThorns2021Forward0.833
4Messiah BrightPride2023Forward0.832
5Racheal KundananjiBay2025Forward0.826
6DudinhaSan Diego Wave2025Forward0.823
7Barbra BandaPride2024Forward0.821
8Tara RuddSpirit2022Defender0.816
9Caiya HanksThorns2025Forward0.802
10Rosemonde KouassiSpirit2024Forward0.801