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Kelli Hubly

Kelli Hubly

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1994-08-09 (age 31)
Height:
175 cm

Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 116 GP · 8,563 min · 3 goals · 2 assists

Composite 2026: -1.008 — ranked 369 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12017Thorns2024000000000.000.00
22018Thorns119863000004100.000.00
32019Thorns33253000002000.000.00
42021Thorns1812116300042282.9100.000.00
52022Thorns24242160100112383.0200.040.04
62023Thorns22171576100106283.3410.060.06
72024Thorns21201809020301083.0600.000.10
82025Bay9765410031382.2100.140.14
92026Bay66100040194.4000.000.00
9 Yrs11692856332035112783.11510.030.05

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12017Thorns240-0.020.00-0.02-0.06-0.01-0.020.010
22018Thorns86300.891.01-0.120.092.450.260.443
32019Thorns25300.180.30-0.120.070.770.270.077
42021Thorns116300.56-0.560.041.552.38-0.830.123.670.280.367
52022Thorns216010.500.500.022.764.28-1.520.115.440.230.553
62023Thorns157610.940.060.051.222.87-1.650.073.800.220.390
72024Thorns180900.37-0.370.021.592.80-1.220.084.760.240.537
82025Bay65411.34-0.340.18-0.300.92-1.21-0.040.980.140.175
92026Bay6100.25-0.250.38-0.36-0.29-0.07-0.530.230.340.007
9 Yrs856333.96-0.960.047.5114.27-6.760.0822.090.232.559

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120220.3071.4060.3990.7390.81013247
22023-0.3501.1731.125-1.1370.274120240
32026-0.282-1.294-0.795-1.2960.052-1.008369385

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
1201891845played her role
2201932121played her role
3202061515played her role
4202117116116played her role
5202230301281played her role
62023222222played her role
720242323221played her role
82025777played her role
8 Yrs117511291062played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Kayla SharplesChicago Stars2022Defender0.881
2Sam HiattThorns2026Defender0.859
3Gina Loren LewandowskiGotham FC2022Defender0.845
4Taylor Maree LeachKC Current2021Defender0.845
5Kate Del FavaRoyals2025Defender0.828
6Paige NielsenDash2025Defender0.816
7Ellie JeanRacing Lou2026Defender0.813
8Jenna WalkerKC Current2023Defender0.809
9Elizabeth BallKC Current2025Defender0.808
10Lauren FlynnRoyals2025Defender0.803