WNBA05/14
Statistically significant ref×team split
Seattle Storm
How the Storm play under each referee
Every Storm game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Storm are 111-121 (47.8%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Standout team-official split
The strongest verified team-official win-rate pattern for the Storm in the current sample.
Discipline
19.8 PF/G
-0.1 vs WNBA · 7th most
- Home
- 19.2
- Road
- 20.4
- Opponent PF/G
- 17.4
Near WNBA average. Opponent average 17.4 PF/G.
Seattle Storm commits 1.2 more fouls per game on the road.
Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (600) exceed 232 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
Tight-game proxy
How Seattle Storm 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)
63 of 232 games match this window
Avg combined points
- Tight-game avg
- 167.4
- Season avg
- 164
- Pressure impact
- +3.4
Avg fouls
- Tight-game avg
- 33.9
- Season avg
- 33.9
- Pressure impact
- +0.0
Over rate
- Tight-game avg
- 50.8%
- Season avg
- 48.3%
- Pressure impact
- +2.5 pp
Over benchmark: 164 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 Storm games they worked, even with different partners.
- Team baseline: the Storm went 111-121 (47.8%) 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 Storm.
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.