Sam Hiatt
Portland Thorns FC · Centre-back · Deep Builder
Centre-back2026 seasonUSAage 28.51571 min5 ft 10 inDeep Builder
Sam does one thing better than almost anyone in the league: 76th percentile for defensive disruption, now 28.5 and at the stable part of the curve.
In plain EnglishTouches the ball more than one in every ten times her team does.
+0.016
goals added / 96
67th
percentile in position
-0.010
2027 projection
$242,627
cap-implied wage, 2025
$186,866
forward implied wage
Contribution profilepercentile within position
Above the 65th percentile in defensive disruption.
Style metrics2026 season
| Share of team touches | 11.7% |
| Average pass distance | 22.5 yds |
| Average pass verticality | 7.9 yds |
| Pass difficulty attempted | 16.6% |
| Shots per 96 | 0.31 |
| Key passes per 96 | 0.18 |
| Expected goals per 96 | 0.026 |
| Expected assists per 96 | 0.038 |
| Finishing vs expectation | -0.026 |
These are the inputs to the style space that assigns her archetype — descriptive of how she plays, deliberately separate from how well.
Cap-implied valuepriced on 2025
| Goals above replacement | 2.27 |
| Share of base cap | 7.3% |
| Forward re-pricing | −$55,761 |
Cap-implied wage distributes the league's published 2025 wage pool in proportion to goals added above replacement. It is what the cap says she should command — the NWSL does not publish actual salaries.
Career record
| Season | Club | Pos | Age | Min | g+/96 | Pctile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SEA | CB | 23.5 | 803 | -0.045 | 21 |
| 2022 | SEA | CB | 24.5 | 2669 | -0.070 | 11 |
| 2023 | SEA | CB | 25.5 | 2016 | -0.030 | 32 |
| 2024 | NJY | CB | 26.5 | 1309 | -0.112 | 2 |
| 2025 | POR | CB | 27.5 | 2373 | +0.009 | 63 |
| 2026 | POR | CB | 28.5 | 1571 | +0.016 | 67 |
Style comparablessame role, ranked by fit
| Player | Pos | Club | Season | Age | g+/96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becky Sauerbrunn | CB | POR | 2024 | 39.1 | +0.039 |
| Kaleigh Kurtz | CB | DEN | 2026 | 31.8 | +0.000 |
| Kaleigh Riehl | CB | UTA | 2024 | 27.7 | +0.013 |
| Esme Morgan | CB | WAS | 2025 | 24.7 | +0.048 |
| Arin Wright | CB | LOU | 2024 | 31.5 | -0.016 |
| Kayla Sharples | CB | KC | 2025 | 28.0 | +0.038 |
| Annaïg Butel | CB | WAS | 2024 | 32.4 | -0.048 |
| Kylie Nadaner | CB | ORL | 2024 | 32.3 | +0.059 |