Janelle Salaun listed out for the Valkyries: the 22.3 minutes and who takes them

The read

ESPN’s injury feed lists Janelle Salaun as Out (not injury related). She has averaged 22.3 minutes across 38 games this season, and the Valkyries have already played one recent game without her — the only direct evidence of how the minutes move.

The listing

The listing: ESPN’s WNBA injury feed carries Janelle Salaun as Out with a not injury related injury, last updated Sep 12 at 1:56 PM ET, with ESPN’s estimated return date of September 18 (an estimate, not a confirmation; feed updated Sep 12). That is ESPN’s status, not the league’s official injury report.

Her role and the rotation

Her 2026 regular season in the ESPN game log: 38 games, 12.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 22.3 minutes. Over her last 10 of those games she averaged 13.4 points in 22.3 minutes.

The Valkyries are 27-11 in the 38 games she has played and 2-0 in the 2 she has not. A split like that mixes opponents, dates and every other lineup change, so it describes the season rather than measuring her.

The Valkyries have already played one game of their last five without Janelle Salaun (August 30 against the Fire). The largest minutes increase in that game was Juste Jocyte’s: 21, against 5.7 a game in the other four. That is box-score observation, not a published lineup.

She is not the team’s only listing: ESPN’s feed also carries Gabby Williams (Out), Cecilia Zandalasini (Out) and Iliana Rupert (Out).

The Golden State Valkyries are 29-11, the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, 2 games back, 8-2 over their last 10, scoring 82.6 a game and allowing 75.4.

The market

The next price: in PropBetEdge’s latest capture for POR at GS (Sep 18), Valkyries are 12.5-point favorites and the total sits at 161.5. With the bookmaker margin removed, the market’s consensus makes the Valkyries an 85.8% winner — a market benchmark, not a PropBetEdge projection.

That capture (Sep 12, 1:00 PM ET, 8 books) predates the feed’s update, so it may not reflect this listing; the next captures are the first test.

What matters next

What to watch: the Valkyries’ next game, POR at GS on Friday, September 18; the first box score without her, which is the first real evidence of who takes her minutes; and player-prop lines, captured only inside 36 hours of tip.