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PlayersKristen Hamilton

Kristen Hamilton

Kristen Hamilton

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1992-04-17 (age 34)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 164 GP · 9,921 min · 29 goals · 12 assists

Composite 2024: 1.302 — ranked 6 of 338 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Flash120204000333100.000.00
22017Courage16121133310312025000.240.32
32018Courage23888434027205400.310.71
42019Courage22171359950463111000.600.93
52021Current4836329440066404864.9400.110.11
62022Current2524209872039251865.9000.300.39
72023Current1412861200138669.2100.210.21
82024Current4881001173.3001.021.02
92025000000000
9 Yrs16410999212912022614811665.81000.260.37

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Flash20400.000.000.000.090.12-0.030.040.210.090.012
22017Courage113334.28-1.280.341.761.89-0.120.141.860.150.192
32018Courage88432.250.750.230.731.71-0.990.071.590.160.207
42019Courage135995.733.270.386.146.29-0.150.412.740.180.131
52021KC Current329443.820.180.101.911.95-0.050.052.570.070.141
62022KC Current209875.161.840.225.485.98-0.500.242.130.090.136
72023KC Current86122.48-0.480.262.193.88-1.690.230.440.050.023
82024KC Current8810.730.270.741.891.860.031.940.110.11
9202500
9 Yrs99212924.454.550.2220.1923.68-3.500.1811.650.110.842

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
120222.4241.048-0.366-0.6601.3393247
220232.0380.8100.604-1.1391.1116240
320242.4570.7700.818-1.3371.3026338

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
12017134541129a winger, played like a 9
220188152134a winger, played like a 9
320191712311215played her role
4202041313played her role
520212114882316a winger, played like a 9
6202231372111020played her role
7202317171115played her role
82024222played her role
8 Yrs11371028681262084played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Aïssata TraoréLegacy2026Forward0.608
2Joelle Catherine JohnsonCurrent2021Forward0.586
3Chardonnay CurranCurrent2022Midfielder0.539
4Parker RobertsPride2021Midfielder0.539
5Micayla JohnsonStars2025Forward0.519
6Ivonne ChacónStars2025Forward0.515
7Mariana SpeckmaierSpirit2021Midfielder0.512
8Natalie JacobsSpirit2021Defender0.501
9Sofia CookGotham2025Midfielder0.496
10Brianna PintoGotham2021Midfielder0.487