Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professionalbasketball player who played her entire career with theSeattle Storm of theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Bird was drafted first overall pick by the Storm in the2002 WNBA draft[2] and is considered one of the greatest players in WNBA history.[3] As of 2024, Bird is the only WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. She also held a front office position for theNBA'sDenver Nuggets as their Basketball Operations Associate. Bird was inducted into theWomen's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2025.[4][5]
In addition to her WNBA career, she played for three teams in the Russian league[6] and holdsdual citizenship with theUnited States andIsrael.[7]
In high school, Bird was the New York State Player of the Year, theNew York Daily News Player of the Year, and aWBCA All-American. In her senior year on the undefeatedUniversity of Connecticut team in 2002, she won theWade Trophy and theNaismith Award as College Player of the Year.[8][9] She finished her University of Connecticut (UConn) career ranked first in three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage, and second in assists and steals. She won theNancy Lieberman Award three times as the top point guard in the nation.[10][9] Additionally, Bird led her UConn team to a record of 114–4.[11]
Bird has won a joint-record fourWNBA championships with the Storm (2004,2010,2018,2020),[12] a historic fiveOlympic gold medals (2004,2008,2012,2016, and2020),[13] two NCAA Championships withUConn (2000, 2002); and fourFIBA World Cups (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018). She is one of only 11 women to attain all four accolades. She is also a five-timeEuroLeague Women champion (2007–2010, 2013).[14] During her WNBA career, she has been selected to thirteenWNBA All-Star teams and eightAll-WNBA teams. Additionally, she was voted by fans as one of theWNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time in 2011, was voted into theWNBA Top 20@20 as one of the league's top 20 players of all time in 2016, and was voted intoThe W25 as one of the league's top 25 players of all time in 2021. Her fifth Olympic gold medal, at the2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, makes her one of only two Olympic basketball players—of either gender—ever to win five gold medals,[15] with the other player being her US Olympic teammateDiana Taurasi.[13]
Bird publicly confirmed on June 16, 2022, that she would retire from playing professional basketball after the2022 WNBA season.[16] Her season ended on September 7, 2022, with the Storm's playoff loss to the Las Vegas Aces.[17]
Bird was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on April 5, 2025.[18]
Bird was born inSyosset, New York, onLong Island, to Herschel and Nancy Bird.[19][14] She has an older sister named Jen.[20] Her father's ancestry isRussian-Jewish.[21][22] In the 1900s, Bird's paternal grandparents immigrated to the United States from what later becameUkraine. Upon her grandfather's arrival at Ellis Island in New York, their original last name was switched from "Boorda" to "Bird".[23][21][24][25][26]
To avoid European rules, which limit European basketball teams to having only two Americans at a time, Bird obtainedIsraeli citizenship, based on herJewish father and paternal grandparents.[21][23] But she always represented the United States, her birth country, in international competitions.[27]
Bird was interested in sports from an early age, partly influenced by her athletic older sister.[9] Besides basketball, she played soccer and tennis and ran track.[28] Her fifth-grade yearbook lists her potential future careers as a lawyer, doctor, and professional soccer player.[29][30] Bird started playingAmateur Athletic Union basketball in the sixth grade. At the age of 11, she played during halftime of aSt. John's University basketball game. Her play was so impressive that a security guard asked for her autograph.[20]
Bird played her freshman and sophomore years atSyosset High School, but wanted more competition. Consequently, she enrolled atChrist the King Regional High School inQueens, New York.[31] Bird spent two seasons at Christ the King, where she competed on their Lady Royals basketball team.[32] The Royals record was 24–3 in her junior year. In the second season, her team finished undefeated and won the New York state championship, and the national title. Bird won many awards, including the New York State Player of the Year and theNew York Daily News Player of the Year. She was named aWBCA All-American.[33] She participated in theWomen's Basketball Coaches AssociationHigh School All-America Game, scoring 11 points.[34]
Bird was recruited by several university teams, including UConn,Stanford, andVanderbilt. She leaned toward selecting the UConn Huskies, but hesitated when two point guards announced their commitments to the team. After one of the point guards withdrew, Bird decided to accept UConn's offer.[35] In addition, she favored UConn because it was close to her home and had increased playing opportunities.[9] Eight games into her freshman season, Bird suffered atorn ACL. Since she had played more than 20% of the team's games in the 1998–1999 season, she was not able toredshirt.[28] In her sophomore season (1999–2000), she returned to lead the team to a 36–1 record, the Big East Championship, and the championship at the2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. In her junior season (2000–2001), the Huskies went 32–3, with the final loss coming against UConn's Big East rivalNotre Dame in the Final Four. However, the Huskies went 39–0 in her senior season (2001–2002), and, subsequently, Bird won theWade Trophy,Honda Sports Award andNaismith Award as College Player of the Year.[8][36]
During her junior year, Bird played in a game against Notre Dame which sportswriter Jeff Goldberg referred to as "the best women's basketball game ever played".[37] Goldberg memorialized the game in his bookBird at the Buzzer, describing how Bird took the eponymous shot at the buzzer to win the game.[38]
She finished her UConn career on many of the record lists. As of 2005[update] she ranked No. 24 on the 1,000-point list with 1,378 points, No. 2 in assists with 585, and seventh with 243 steals.[20] She ranked number 1 in three-point field goal percentage (45.9) and free throw percentage (89.2).[20] She won two National Championships, three Big East Championships, and Big East regular season titles. Bird was the first winner of theNancy Lieberman Award in 2000, given to the top point guard in the nation, and won it again in 2001 and 2002.[20] Her record at UConn in games she played is 114–4. Bird was a member of the inaugural class (2006) of inductees to theUniversity of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.[39]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage |
| FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | Data not available | * | Led Division I |
| * | Denotes season(s) in which Bird won anNCAA Championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | Connecticut | 8 | .390 | .316 | .750 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 5.1 | |||
| 1999–00* | Connecticut | 37 | .502 | .497 | .898 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 10.9 | |||
| 2000–01 | Connecticut | 34 | .443 | .432 | .778 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 10.9 | |||
| 2001–02* | Connecticut | 39 | .505 | .466 | .942 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 14.4 | |||
| Career | 118 | .481 | .459 | .892 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 11.7 | ||||
TheSeattle Storm selected Bird with the first overall pick of the2002 WNBA draft.[20] She would play alongside superstarLauren Jackson who was also drafted first overall theyear before. In her rookie season, Bird started all 32 games for the Storm and averaged 14.4 ppg. She was selected as a starter on the 2002 WNBA Western Conference All-Star team. Bird was the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award and one of only two rookies to make the All-WNBA First Team.[20] Both Bird and Jackson led the Storm to their first playoff appearance. During her first year in the league, Bird scored a career-high 33 points in a regular-season game against thePortland Fire.[42] From 2002 (rookie season) to 2022 (retirement), she made a record 13 appearances playing in the Western Conference All-Star team.[9][2][1]
In 2004, the Storm acquired shooting guardBetty Lennox in adispersal draft, joining Bird and Lauren Jackson to form a dominant trio of star players that helped lead the Storm to its first WNBA Championship.[43][44] With the WNBA Championship win, Bird became one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, Fiba World Cup gold, and a WNBA Championship.[45][46] The others areSheryl Swoopes,Cynthia Cooper-Dyke,Tamika Catchings,Brittney Griner and fellow HuskiesSwin Cash,Kara Wolters,Diana Taurasi,Maya Moore,Breanna Stewart, andAsjha Jones.[citation needed]
En route to the Storm's second championship, Bird had one of the most clutch moments in WNBA Playoff history; during the Conference Finals against the championship-defendingPhoenix Mercury with the Storm up 1–0 in the series, Bird hit a game-winning three-pointer with two seconds left in Game 2 to put the Storm up 91–88, after erasing a 19-point deficit to advance to the 2010 WNBA Finals.[47] Also in Game 1 of the 2010 WNBA Finals, Bird hit a game-winning jump shot with 2 seconds left to put the Storm up 79–77 and would later sweep the series.[48] In 2011, she was voted one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time by current players and coaches, the media, and fans on the WNBA website.[49][50]
During the 2012 WNBA season, Bird experienced knee problems, yet she managed to play 29 games throughout the regular season and the playoffs. In the off-season, Bird had knee surgery, which would prevent her from playing the entire 2013 season.[51]
Bird returned for the 2014 WNBA season.[52] That year, she played 33 games, averaged 10.6 ppg[53] and 4.0 apg,[54] and was voted as a WNBA all-star.[14] However, the Storm did not make it to the 2014 playoffs and would also fail to do so the following year.[55]
On February 16, 2016, Bird re-signed with the Storm to a multi-year deal in free agency.[56]
In the 2016 season, Bird would have a resurgence, putting up her best numbers since coming back from knee surgery. She averaged 12.8 ppg while shooting a career-high in 3-point field goal percentage and led the league in assists with 5.8 apg. For the fifth time in her career and the first time in 12 years, Bird was named to the All-WNBA First Team. Prior to the season, the Storm selectedBreanna Stewart first overall in the2016 WNBA draft, their second number one overall pick in a row after draftingJewell Loyd the year before. With the addition of Stewart and Loyd quickly developing into a star player, the Storm made it back to the playoffs for the first time in 3 years with a 16–18 record. With the WNBA's new playoff format in effect, the Storm were the number 7 seed in the league and faced theAtlanta Dream in the first round, losing the single elimination game 94–85. Bird was also listed in theWNBA Top 20@20, a list of the league's best 20 players ever in celebration of the WNBA's twentieth anniversary.[57]
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In April 2017, Bird underwent left knee surgery, which caused her to miss training camp.[58][59] However, she returned on May 21, 2017, following her recovery and made her season debut, making her both the oldest active player and starter in the WNBA.[60][61] She scored 9 points and 10 assists in an 81–71 victory over theWashington Mystics.[62] On June 11, 2017, Bird scored a season-high 21 points and 10 assists in a 94–86 loss to theNew York Liberty.[63] She was voted into the2017 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her 10th all-star game appearance (tyingTamika Catchings for most all-star game appearances). Bird had set the All-Star Game record for assists with a performance of 8 points and 11 assists for the Western Conference All-Stars team in a 130–121 victory.[64] On September 1, 2017, Bird became the WNBA all-time leader in assists with a career total of 2,600 assists, passingTicha Penicheiro in a 110–106 overtime loss to the Washington Mystics.[65] She finished the game with 19 points and a season-high 13 assists. Bird would finish off the 2017 season, averaging a career-high in assists per game as the Storm finished 14–19[65] with the 8th seed in the league.[66] The Storm would lose 79–69 to the Phoenix Mercury in the first-round elimination game.[67]
On July 8, 2018, Bird scored a season-high 21 points in a 97–91 victory over the Washington Mystics. During that game, she became the Storm's all-time leading scorer, passingLauren Jackson's 6,007 points.[68] On July 19, 2018, Bird was voted into the2018 WNBA All-Star Game, passingTamika Catchings for most all-star appearances.[69][70] On July 22, 2018, Bird broke yet another record, this time for the most WNBA regular-season games played after she passedDelisha Milton-Jones by playing her 500th game against the Atlanta Dream.[71] By the end of the season, Bird finished with a career-high in assists, field goal shooting, and a new career-high in three-point shooting percentage as the Storm finished as the number 1 seed in the league with a 26–8 record, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals and home court advantage throughout the playoffs. In the semi-finals, the Storm defeated the Phoenix Mercury in a hard-fought five-game series. The Storm had a 2–0 lead, lost two in a row, and finished the series with a win in game 5 at home. Bird scored a season-high 22 points in game 5.[72][73] With that win, the Storm would advance to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2010.[74] They would sweep the Washington Mystics in the Finals, winning their first championship in 8 years.[75]
In August 2018, Sue Bird became vice president of the WNBA players union. During her term, Bird was a part of the leadership that navigated the WNBA during theCOVID-19 pandemic in 2020[76] and negotiated with the league on how to play the game safely with other teams. As the MNBA worked on the players' contracts, they were united in prioritizing activism and listed their use of social justice messages during games as a top "nonnegotiable". Consequently, Bird's presidency is credited with the WNBA allowing the players to express social justice messages, for example, on jerseys and basketball courts.[77]
In May 2019, Bird needed arthroscopic surgery on her left knee and could not play in either of the Storm's preseason games.[78] She underwent surgery on May 30,[79] missing the remainder of the 2019 season as she recovered.[80] Another key player for the Storm, Breanna Stewart, also missed the 2019 season due to injuries. The Storm still secured a playoff berth, winning their Round 1 matchup of the playoffs without Bird and Stewart.[81] The team, however, was eliminated in the second-round elimination game by the Los Angeles Sparks.[82]
In 2020, Bird returned to play, limited to playing 11 games in the regular season.[83] Due to the pandemic, the season was delayed and shortened to 22 games, with all activities occurring at theIMG Academy[84] in thewubble, the contained Academy area.[85] She had reaggravated her knee during the season, causing her to miss five games.[86] With an active roster, the Storm finished 18–4 with the number 2 seed, receiving a double bye to the semi-finals.[87] In the semi-finals, they would sweep theMinnesota Lynx in three games, advancing back to the WNBA Finals for the second time in three years.[88] In the Finals, the Storm would win the championship after defeating theLas Vegas Aces in a three-game sweep, earning Bird her fourth WNBA championship, making her the first player in WNBA history to win a championship in three different decades.[83][87]
In 2021, Bird re-signed with the Storm on a one-year deal, which allowed her to play her 18th season in the league, moving her past Milton-Jones for most seasons played in the WNBA.[89][90] During a game against the Los Angeles Sparks in July 2021, Bird surpassedKatie Smith's 6452 career points on theWNBA career scoring list with her first three-pointer, ending the game with 6490 points.[91][92] She was honored inThe W25 list, the WNBA's official list recognizing "the 25 greatest and most influential players in WNBA history", selected to commemorate the league's 25th season (2021).[93]
On June 16, 2022, Bird announced that she would be retiring following the2022 WNBA season.[94]
On July 23, 2023, Bird's number 10 jersey was retired by theSeattle Storm during a ceremony atClimate Pledge Arena and attended by team owners and former teammatesSwin Cash andLauren Jackson.[95]
In the 2004–05 WNBA off-season, she played in Russia with Storm teammateKamila Vodichkova on theDynamo Moscow.[96] In the 2005–06 WNBA off-season, she played on the same team, reaching the Russian championship and the Euroleague women's playoffs.[97]
In the 2006–07 WNBA off-season, she joined Storm teammateLauren Jackson and fellow UConn starsDiana Taurasi andSvetlana Abrosimova on the Russian teamSparta&K[98] to win both theRussian Super League and theEuroLeague Women championships.[45] Bird would keep playing with the team for the next four WNBA off-seasons.[54]
From 2011 to 2014, Bird played three off-seasons forUMMC Ekaterinburg in theRussian League, adding three more consecutive championships in the Russian league.[54][11]
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Bird has competed withUSA Basketball as a member of the 2000Jones Cup Team inTaipei, Taiwan. She started all four games, leading the team with 17 assists and helping them to the gold medal.[99]
In 2002, Bird was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships inZhangjiagang,Changzhou, andNanjing, China. The team was coached byVan Chancellor. Bird scored 4.3 points per game. The USA team won all nine games, including a close title game against Russia, which was a one-point game late in the game.[100]
In the 2003–2004 off-season, Bird was named to the United States2004 Women's Olympic Basketball Team's roster.[101] The USA team went on to win the gold at the games inAthens, Greece.[102]
In 2006, Bird was invited back to the National team for the World Championships held inSao Paulo, Brazil in September 2006. WithLisa Leslie andDawn Staley retiring andSheryl Swoopes sidelined by injuries, Bird,Candace Parker, andDiana Taurasi stepped up to leading roles on the national team. The USA team won eight of the nine games they played but fell against Russia 75–68 in the medal round; they ended up with the bronze medal. Over the nine games, Bird hit 50% of her three-point attempts, tying her for accuracy leadership with Taurasi and Swoopes. She also led the team with 41 assists.[103]
In the summer of 2008, Bird once again qualified for the Olympic basketball team, which won the 2008 gold medal inBeijing, China. Bird started all eight games and tied with teammate Tamika Catchings with 14 steals, both ranking seventh in the tournament's top 10 for steals.[104]
Bird was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp for the 2010 World Championship in the fall of 2009. Usually, players for the 2010 USA FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics teams are selected from the National Team. Following the training camp, the team was scheduled to play in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational in Ekaterinburg, Russia.[105][106]
On July 10, 2010, Bird competed with the National team in the WNBA-sponsored All-Star game, which pitted the USA National team against the "best-of-the-best" WNBA All-Stars.[107][108][109] In non-Olympic seasons, the WNBA normally holds the annual All-Star game between top players in the Eastern and Western Conferences.[110] University of Connecticut head coachGeno Auriemma coached the National team in this game, training camp, and through 2012. Team USA won the exhibition game 99–72, with players like Bird,[107] who subsequently qualified for the USA team competing in the FIBA World Championships in the Czech Republic, held in September and October 2010.[111]
Because many team members were still playing in theWNBA until just before the World Cup,[108] the USA World team had only one day of practice with the entire 12-member squad before they opened play inOstrava, Czech Republic. Even with limited practice, the team won its first game against Greece by 26 points. They continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, withSwin Cash,Angel McCoughtry,Maya Moore,Diana Taurasi,Lindsay Whalen, andSylvia Fowles all ending as high scorers in the first few games. USA's sixth game was against undefeated Australia. They took a 24-point lead and ultimately prevailed with an 83–75 victory. Team USA won its next two games by over 30 points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. They had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer. Team USA went on to win the championship and gold medal. Bird averaged 5.6 points per game and led the team in assists with 26.[112]
Bird competed for the U.S. in the2012 Summer Olympics. The Americans won their fifth straight gold medal.[113]
In 2014, Bird played for Team USA during the2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, in which they defeated Spain 77–64 to win the gold medal.
Bird competed for Team USA in the2016 Summer Olympics, helping the team win its sixth straight gold medal. In the gold medal game, they beat Spain 101–72. This was Bird's fourth Olympic title.[114][115]
In 2018, Bird once again qualified for Team USA during the2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup held in Spain. USA defeated Australia 73–56 to win the gold medal. By winning the gold medal, Bird became the only player in history, male or female, to win four World Cup gold medals. Bird finished the final with five assists, bringing her career total to 107 assists in the FIBA World Cup—making her the leader for the U.S. with the most assists at the World Cup.[116]
On July 23, 2021, in the lead-up to her quest for her fifth gold medal, Bird carried the U.S. flag at the opening ceremony of theTokyo Summer Olympics. Bird and baseball playerEddy Alvarez were selected by fellow athletes to be the flag bearers. Bird described the honor as "mind-blowing".[117] The Games were delayed from 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[118] On May 8, 2025 it was announced that Bird would be the 1st managing director for the USA national women's team. She will be in charge of picking the coaching staff for the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Bird publicly came out as alesbian on July 20, 2017, revealing that she had been dating soccer playerMegan Rapinoe for several months after the two met at the2016 Rio Olympics.[119] In 2018, she and Rapinoe became the first same-sex couple on the cover ofESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue".[120] They announced their engagement on October 30, 2020.[121]
In 2020, Bird and Rapinoe were the first LGBTQ+ couple to co-host theESPYs.[122] She was included in the 2022 Queer 50 list.[123]
In 2022, Bird became a part-owner ofNational Women's Soccer League franchiseNJ/NY Gotham FC as a minority investor in the club. Along with her investment, Bird is required to be an advisor to the league, assisting to promote the club at all market levels—local, national, and international.[124][125] She also joined the ownership group of theSeattle Storm, Force 10 Hoops, in 2024.[126][127] On July 16, 2024,Mattel announced a Sue Bird Barbie as part of their 65th anniversary of the Barbie doll.[128]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Bird won aWNBA championship |
| ‡ | WNBA record |
As of September 1, 2024
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Seattle | 32° | 32° | 35.0 | .403 | .401 | .911° | 2.6 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 14.4 |
| 2003 | Seattle | 34° | 34° | 33.4 | .421 | .350 | .884 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 12.4 |
| 2004† | Seattle | 34° | 34° | 33.4 | .463 | .438 | .859 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 12.9 |
| 2005 | Seattle | 30 | 30 | 34.0 | .442 | .437 | .855 | 2.4 | 5.9° | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 12.1 |
| 2006 | Seattle | 34° | 34° | 31.3 | .411 | .366 | .868 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 11.4 |
| 2007 | Seattle | 29 | 29 | 31.7 | .428 | .338 | .846 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 10.4 |
| 2008 | Seattle | 33 | 33 | 33.7 | .441 | .343 | .871 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 14.1 |
| 2009 | Seattle | 31 | 31 | 35.5° | .408 | .360 | .854 | 2.5 | 5.8° | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 12.8 |
| 2010† | Seattle | 33 | 33 | 30.5 | .434 | .399 | .857 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 11.1 |
| 2011 | Seattle | 34° | 34° | 33.0 | .449 | .428 | .875 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 14.7 |
| 2012 | Seattle | 29 | 29 | 31.0 | .459 | .384 | .783 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 12.2 |
| 2013 | Did not play (injury) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Seattle | 33 | 33 | 29.2 | .386 | .345 | .831 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 10.6 |
| 2015 | Seattle | 27 | 27 | 28.6 | .384 | .301 | .796 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | Seattle | 34° | 34° | 31.6 | .449 | .444 | .786 | 2.9 | 5.8° | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 12.8 |
| 2017 | Seattle | 30 | 30 | 30.0 | .427 | .393 | .774 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 10.6 |
| 2018† | Seattle | 31 | 31 | 26.5 | .466 | .448 | .828 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 10.1 |
| 2019 | Did not play (injury) | ||||||||||||
| 2020† | Seattle | 11 | 11 | 23.4 | .494 | .469 | .750 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 9.8 |
| 2021 | Seattle | 30 | 30 | 27.7 | .431 | .419 | .833 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 10.0 |
| 2022 | Seattle | 31 | 31 | 26.4 | .403 | .389 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 7.8 |
| Career | 19 years, 1 team | 580‡ | 580‡ | 31.2 | .429 | .392 | .853 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 11.7 |
| All-Star | 12‡ | 11‡ | 20.6 | .463 | .395 | .714 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 6.8 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Seattle | 2 | 2 | 36.5 | .409 | .273 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| 2004† | Seattle | 8 | 8 | 29.1 | .377 | .300 | .762 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
| 2005 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 34.3 | .273 | .133 | .875 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 2006 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 35.0 | .361 | .333 | .625 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 12.7 |
| 2007 | Seattle | 2 | 2 | 35.5 | .458 | .583 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 16.5 |
| 2008 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 37.0 | .460 | .294 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 19.7 |
| 2009 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 36.3 | .333 | .417 | .875 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 11.3 |
| 2010† | Seattle | 7 | 7 | 37.0 | .386 | .333 | .769 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 12.1 |
| 2011 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 33.7 | .444 | .500 | .857 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 15.7 |
| 2012 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 35.3 | .439 | .500 | .833 | 1.7 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 16.3 |
| 2016 | Seattle | 1 | 1 | 34.2 | .357 | .333 | .000 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 2017 | Seattle | 1 | 1 | 31.0 | .444 | .333 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 2018† | Seattle | 8 | 8 | 28.4 | .387 | .364 | .750 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 2020† | Seattle | 6 | 6 | 26.5 | .392 | .316 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 9.2° | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 9.5 |
| 2021 | Seattle | 1 | 1 | 37.0 | .417 | .500 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 2022 | Seattle | 6 | 6 | 35.7 | .431 | .433 | 1.000 | 2.2 | 7.7° | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 10.2 |
| Career | 16 years, 1 team | 60 | 60 | 32.9 | .396 | .365 | .845 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 11.7 |
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Further Honors
While just squeaking in at the eighth seed wasn't what the team had in mind in May....
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