Golden State Valkyries

How the Valkyries play under each referee

Every Valkyries game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Valkyries are 50-32 (61.0%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Randy Richardson has the most Valkyries games in this sample (13).

Updated Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 a.m.·2021–2026 (2025-05-17 – 2026-08-26)

Valkyries record: 50-32 (61.0%)

Discipline

19.4 PF/G

-0.5 vs WNBA · 9th most

Home: 18.7
Road: 20.2
Opponent PF/G: 19.1

-0.5 vs WNBA average. Opponent average 19.1 PF/G.

Golden State Valkyries commits 1.5 more fouls per game on the road.

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (103) exceed 82 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Charles Watson
+19.0 pts vs team-0.7
Sarah Williams
+16.8 pts vs team+0.2
Catherine Chang
+5.7 pts vs team+0.0
Randy Richardson
+0.5 pts vs team+2.8
Ryan Sassano
-1.0 pts vs team-0.6
Roy Gulbeyan
-6.5 pts vs team-1.3
Tim Greene
-11.0 pts vs team-1.1
Teresa Stuck
-11.0 pts vs team+2.6
Jason Alabanza
-11.0 pts vs team+0.1
Maj Forsberg
-11.0 pts vs team-1.4
Kevin Fahy
-16.6 pts vs team+0.8

Tight-game proxy

How Golden State Valkyries 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)

20 of 82 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
160.5
Season avg
156.2
Pressure impact
+4.3
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
38.9
Season avg
36.8
Pressure impact
+2.1
Over rate
Tight-game avg
55.0%
Season avg
51.2%
Pressure impact
+3.8 pp

Over benchmark: 156.2 combined points · Seasons: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 · 82 total games in sample

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Valkyries games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Valkyries went 50-32 (61.0%) 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 Valkyries.

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.