Connecticut Sun averages 22.4 fouls per game, the highest rate in the league.
Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (589) exceed 231 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
#RefWin ratevs baselineClose gamesOpponent whistle volume minus team volume per game. Positive means your team is whistled less (or the opponent more), a favorable minors/flags edge.
How Connecticut Sun compares in tight final-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores, not last-two-minute reports.
Close games (≤5 pt margin)
47 of 231 games match this window
Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
166.3
Season avg
159.5
Pressure impact
+6.8
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
39.3
Season avg
37.2
Pressure impact
+2.1
Over rate
Tight-game avg
70.2%
Season avg
50.2%
Pressure impact
+20.0 pp
Over benchmark: 159.5 combined points · Seasons: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 · 231 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
Individual refs: stats for one official across all Sun games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Sun went 127-104 (55.0%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than the Sun.
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.