Caitlin is the better player. The gravity alone is enough beyond the vision, the ball handling, the passing skills, the ability to shoot against contests, and everything else.
However, Paige is the clear cut number two (none of this maybe top-5 crap. She'll be the number one pick in the W next year). JuJu will be right there with her and may pass her in a couple years but Paige is in a league of her own as second best right now. Heck, ask JuJu. Paige is a great on- and off-ball defender. She is not perfectly positionless but she can play all five roles from competently to elite. Advanced metrics, which this site tends to emphasize, love her. For example, this is Paige compared to Caitlin going into last weekend. This is not to say Paige > Caitlin as much as it is to say Paige > the rest of the field
PPP
P: 1.20
C: 1.04
PPSA
P: 1.30
C: 1.23
EFG
P: 61.2%
C: 57.4%
TOV
P: 7.7%
C: 15.8%
Ast/TOV
P: 2.71
C: 1.85
STL
P: 3.4%
C: 2.4%
BLK
P: 4.8%
C: 1.5%
OFF Rating
P: 130.4 (WOW)
C: 122
DEF Rating
P: 77.5
C: 89.4
WS/40
P: .30
C: .30
However, Paige is the clear cut number two (none of this maybe top-5 crap. She'll be the number one pick in the W next year). JuJu will be right there with her and may pass her in a couple years but Paige is in a league of her own as second best right now. Heck, ask JuJu. Paige is a great on- and off-ball defender. She is not perfectly positionless but she can play all five roles from competently to elite. Advanced metrics, which this site tends to emphasize, love her. For example, this is Paige compared to Caitlin going into last weekend. This is not to say Paige > Caitlin as much as it is to say Paige > the rest of the field
PPP
P: 1.20
C: 1.04
PPSA
P: 1.30
C: 1.23
EFG
P: 61.2%
C: 57.4%
TOV
P: 7.7%
C: 15.8%
Ast/TOV
P: 2.71
C: 1.85
STL
P: 3.4%
C: 2.4%
BLK
P: 4.8%
C: 1.5%
OFF Rating
P: 130.4 (WOW)
C: 122
DEF Rating
P: 77.5
C: 89.4
WS/40
P: .30
C: .30