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PlayersKristen McNabb

Kristen McNabb

Kristen McNabb

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1994-04-17 (age 32)
Height:
165 cm

Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 176 GP · 13,797 min · 8 goals · 1 assists

Composite 2026: 0.358 — ranked 123 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12017Reign18141392100841300.060.06
22018Reign20121290000103200.000.00
32019Reign15101189010525500.000.08
42021Reign2216147610053675.3300.060.06
52022Wave242321232002051368.0300.080.08
62023Wave1413117010041466.4400.080.08
72024Wave24211942100123980.7210.050.05
82025Wave2420186520085387.8300.100.10
92026Wave1515135000062686.5100.000.00
9 Yrs1761441379781069255079.42610.050.06

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12017Reign139210.270.730.02-2.010.73-2.74-0.132.690.170.410
22018Reign129000.10-0.100.01-0.100.48-0.58-0.012.040.140.400
32019Reign118900.20-0.200.02-0.720.34-1.06-0.052.260.170.271
42021Reign147610.470.530.032.092.67-0.580.134.120.250.378
52022San Diego Wave212321.610.390.071.022.24-1.230.045.530.230.651
62023San Diego Wave117010.510.490.041.091.85-0.750.082.930.230.250
72024San Diego Wave194211.38-0.380.061.403.03-1.630.066.010.280.403
82025San Diego Wave186521.240.760.060.522.85-2.320.033.830.180.242
92026San Diego Wave135000.42-0.420.031.582.06-0.490.114.180.280.287
9 Yrs1379786.201.800.044.8716.25-11.380.0333.590.223.292

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
120260.3390.1640.3210.4890.0380.358123385

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
1201714131131played her role
22018129393played her role
32019113323335a fullback, played like a 6
4202082411233played her role
520211912611261played her role
62022281439217110played her role
7202314131131played her role
8202424168168played her role
9202520317218played her role
102026151515played her role
10 Yrs16563791310657723played her role

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Jen BeattieBay FC2024Defender0.860
2Becky SauerbrunnThorns2024Defender0.836
3Annaïg ButelSpirit2024Defender0.815
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5Kaleigh RiehlRoyals2024Defender0.778
6Kylie NadanerPride2024Defender0.769
7Abby ErcegRacing2024Defender0.766
8Savy KingAngel City2025Defender0.739
9Gabrielle RobinsonCurrent2025Defender0.731
10Emily MengesThorns2023Defender0.724