Score vs average
163.0
-3.0 vs league average
74 games
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Michael Price
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Michael Price
Referee · WNBA
Fouls vs average
34.2
-1.7 vs league average
74 games
Close-game scoring
161.9
-1.1 vs league in tight games
23 close games
How games feel
Typical historical game environment associated with this official. Descriptive history only.
Slightly lower-scoring environment
High evidence
Games officiated by this official averaged 163.5 combined points, 3.2 fewer points per game than the league average.
League average 166.7 combined points
Below-average fouls volume
High evidence
Averaged 34.6 fouls per game (-1.5 vs league).
League average 36.1 fouls
Standout Los Angeles Sparks split
Limited evidence
Los Angeles Sparks is 7-4 (63.6%) across 11 games with this official, +27.2 percentage points above the team baseline (36.4%).
Team baseline 36.4% across 198 games
Fewer late-game whistles
High evidence
In close finishes, whistle rate historically drops versus earlier periods after intentional-foul filtering.
Late-game profile: Swallows Whistle
Low game-to-game volatility
High evidence
Whistle volume stays relatively steady game to game in the scouting sample window.
Descriptive stability of whistle volume, not a market forecast
Multi-season sample on file
High evidence
Profile spans 3 seasons in this dataset (2021–2025).
Team effects versus baseline
Win rate with this official compared with each team's overall win rate in the same seasons on file (2021 to 2026). A positive delta means the team wins more often with this official assigned; a negative delta means less often. Rows are sorted by the largest absolute gaps. Descriptive history only - not proof of cause. Minimum 8 shared games per row.
| Team | Games | W-L with official | Team baseline | Delta (pp) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Liberty | 10 | 9-1 (90.0%) | 61.8% | Thin | |
 Los Angeles Sparks | 11 | 7-4 (63.6%) | 36.5% | Thin | |
 Indiana Fever | 11 | 2-9 (18.2%) | 40.5% | Thin | |
 Phoenix Mercury | 15 | 4-11 (26.7%) | 44.3% | Thin | |
 Dallas Wings | 14 | 8-6 (57.1%) | 41.6% | Thin | |
 Washington Mystics | 14 | 5-9 (35.7%) | 46.1% | Thin | |
 Connecticut Sun | 11 | 5-6 (45.5%) | 55.0% | Thin | |
 Seattle Storm | 13 | 5-8 (38.5%) | 47.8% | Thin | |
 Atlanta Dream | 10 | 4-6 (40.0%) | 48.3% | Thin | |
 Chicago Sky | 12 | 6-6 (50.0%) | 42.2% | Thin | |
 Minnesota Lynx | 9 | 6-3 (66.7%) | 64.8% | Thin | |
 Las Vegas Aces | 14 | 10-4 (71.4%) | 71.8% | Thin |
Historical environment
Scoring, whistle, and stability context from this official's verified sample versus league averages. Descriptive history only. Window: 2022–2026.
League comparison
Combined score
Official 163.5Baseline 166.7-3.2 vs leagueper game
Fouls-1.5 vs league
Whistle detail
Whistle profile
Whistle volume, penalty disposition, and high-leverage game-state tendencies.
45
Near-average foul-call profile
Stability
- Sample size
- 74 games (48 in 2022–2026)
- Seasons on file
- 2021, 2023, 2025
Officiating style
Official Michael Price profiles as a game-flow (high subjective ratio) over the last 50 games. Whistle volume stays relatively stable in high-stakes settings.
- 90% subjective vs 10% procedural whistle mix.
- Not pressure-sensitive in the last 50 games.
Win/loss and line history
General stats
- Games
- 48
- Avg combined score
- 163.5
- -3.2 vs league avg
- Games over benchmark
- 43.8%
- Combined beat 166.7 benchmark
- Fouls per game
- 34.6
- -1.5 vs league avg
- Seasons
- 3 seasons
Pressure
Late-game whistle tendency versus earlier periods. Zero on the scale is the neutral / no-shift anchor for this official (same whistle rate late as earlier), not a league average and not a betting recommendation.
Tight-game proxy
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Frequent crew partners
Officials who have appeared on the same crew most often in the available dataset.
Officials with similar historical profiles
Similarity is descriptive and based on available historical metrics. It does not imply identical decision-making.
- 41.5% over · -1.9 whistlesimilar over rate · similar whistle tendency
- 41.0% over · -1.3 whistlesimilar over rate · similar whistle tendency
- 42.1% over · -1.5 whistlesimilar over rate · similar whistle tendency
Pre-Game Context
Refficacy Dimensions
Referee Efficacy Radar
This officialLeague norm (50)
- Run stoppages70 index
How often this crew whistles during opponent scoring runs.
- Scoring pace36 index
Combined scoring in this crew's games versus league average.
- Whistle mix65 index
Contact and administrative whistle share relative to league norms.
3 metrics excluded due to insufficient event data
Index scores computed from 50 logged games in analysis window
How to read this profile
Scoring and foul totals come from WNBA Stats API game logs. Ref×team win-loss records are rebuilt from verified game logs. Team foul splits live on team pages. Tonight's assignment signals are on the WNBA slate.
1471 WNBA games from ESPN with scores, foul totals, and referee crews. Matrix: 680/807 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 13 games skipped (no officials listed). Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.