Quick. Try to name the most impactful players from the 2025 WNBA season. How to best quantify that is up to you.  A'ja Wilson, surely. Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Allisha Gray and Breanna Stewart also fit the bill. Now, try some math. Every lineup, every possession and its scoring margin fed as inputs. Solve for which players have the greatest impact on their team’s success (or failure), and out come individual ratings. Wilson, of course, is still No. 1. But the results get a little weird. Naz Hillmon, last season’s Sixth Player of the Year, ranks second. Leïla Lacan, fifth. And Thomas … seventh? … followed by Veronica Burton, 2025’s Most Improved Player, eighth.…