Every Fever game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Fever are 94-138 (40.5%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Roy Gulbeyan has the most Fever games in this sample (33).
Indiana Fever commits the 3rd-most fouls in the WNBA.
Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (586) exceed 232 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 Indiana Fever 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)
62 of 232 games match this window
Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
171.9
Season avg
170.1
Pressure impact
+1.8
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
38.7
Season avg
38
Pressure impact
+0.7
Over rate
Tight-game avg
46.8%
Season avg
41.8%
Pressure impact
+5.0 pp
Over benchmark: 170.1 combined points · Seasons: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 · 232 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
Individual refs: stats for one official across all Fever games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Fever went 94-138 (40.5%) 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 Fever.
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.