Kayla McBride leads WNBA weekly Gravity rankings at 16.4

Player tracking measures attention above expectation

Wire Report IntelligenceUpdated Aug 271 min read

All eyes on K-Mac. 👀 Kayla McBride leads the league in Gravity this week at 16.4. She continues to demand defensive att Via @WNBA on X

What happened: Gravity quantifies how much a player pulls defenders away from their normal assignments. The model compares actual defensive pressure with the pressure expected from offensive spacing.

Why it matters: The metric captures off-ball influence that traditional scoring statistics miss. McBride's record 10-three game on Aug. 9 helps explain why defenses track her so closely.

By the numbers: McBride posted a 16.4 Gravity score for the week. She set the WNBA single-game record with 10 3-pointers on Aug. 9 and moved into fourth place on the career 3-point list on Aug. 20.

What to watch: Her Gravity score bears watching as defenses adjust during the closing stretch of the regular season.

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@WNBA 2026-08-27T16:00:11.041599+00:00

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