Women's national basketball team representing the United States
United States FIBA ranking 1 (August 8, 2025)[ 1] FIBA zone FIBA Americas National federation USA Basketball Coach Kara Lawson Nickname(s) Team USA USBWNT Olympic Games Appearances 13 Medals Gold: (1984 ,1988 ,1996 ,2000 ,2004 ,2008 ,2012 ,2016 ,2020 ,2024 )Silver: (1976 )Bronze: (1992 )World Cup Appearances 18 Medals Gold: (1953 ,1957 ,1979 ,1986 ,1990 ,1998 ,2002 ,2010 ,2014 ,2018 ,2022 )Silver: (1983 )Bronze: (1994 ,2006 )AmeriCup Appearances 8 Medals Gold: (1993 ,2007 ,2019 ,2021 ,2025 )Silver: (1997 ,2023 )First international Paraguay 28–60United States (Santiago , Chile; March 8, 1953)Biggest win South Korea 69–145United States (Sydney , Australia; September 26, 2022)Biggest defeat United States 77–112Soviet Union (Montreal , Canada; July 23, 1976)
TheUSA Basketball Women's National Team ,[ 2] commonly known asTeam USA , is governed byUSA Basketball and competes inFIBA Americas . The team is by far the most successful in international women's basketball, having won 10 out of the 12 Olympic tournaments it has entered. It has also won 9 of the last 12 World Cups (including the last 4), and 11 titles overall. The team is currently ranked first in theFIBA World Rankings .
In 2016, it was named the USA Basketball Team of the Year for a record sixth time (having been previously honored in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012). It was also named theUSOC Team of the Year in 1996.[ 3]
The team is one of the most dominant in all Olympic sports, with a 78–3 record in Olympic play, and a record eight consecutive titles. They have no Olympic losses since 1992, no losses in any major tournament since 2006, and theirgold medal in 2024 broke theU.S. men's basketball team's record (1936–1968) for the most consecutive Olympic team victories in all Olympic sports.[ 4]
The 1953 team Layshia Clarendon playing for Team USA in an exhibition game before the 2018 World CupTeam USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic Games record Year Result Position Pld W L PF PA PD 1976 Silver medalists 2nd of 6 5 3 2 415 417 −2 1980 Withdrew 1984 Gold medalists 1st of 6 6 6 0 516 320 +196 1988 Gold medalists 1st of 8 5 5 0 461 392 +69 1992 Bronze medalists 3rd of 8 5 4 1 479 334 +145 1996 Gold medalists 1st of 12 8 8 0 819 590 +229 2000 Gold medalists 1st of 12 8 8 0 648 474 +174 2004 Gold medalists 1st of 12 8 8 0 672 482 +190 2008 Gold medalists 1st of 12 8 8 0 754 453 +301 2012 Gold medalists 1st of 12 8 8 0 725 450 +275 2016 Gold medalists 1st of 12 8 8 0 817 519 +298 2020 Gold medalists 1st of 12 6 6 0 528 412 +116 2024 Gold medalists 1st of 12 6 6 0 516 422 +94 2028 Qualified as host Total 10 titles 13/14 81 78 3 7350 5265 +2085
FIBA Women's World Cup[ edit ] FIBA Women's World Cup record Year Result Position Pld W L PF PA PD 1953 Champions 1st of 10 6 5 1 248 183 +65 1957 Champions 1st of 12 9 8 1 555 409 +146 1959 Withdrew 1964 Fourth place 4th of 13 9 5 4 411 422 −11 1967 Preliminary round 11th of 11 6 1 5 251 347 −96 1971 Preliminary round 8th of 13 8 6 2 534 470 +64 1975 Preliminary round 8th of 13 7 4 3 540 425 +115 1979 Champions 1st of 12 6 5 1 463 402 +61 1983 Runners-up 2nd of 14 8 6 2 731 593 +138 1986 Champions 1st of 12 7 7 0 637 447 +190 1990 Champions 1st of 16 8 8 0 729 507 +222 1994 Third place 3rd of 16 8 7 1 793 618 +175 1998 Champions 1st of 16 9 9 0 757 586 +171 2002 Champions 1st of 16 9 9 0 797 493 +304 2006 Third place 3rd of 16 9 8 1 774 529 +245 2010 Champions 1st of 16 9 9 0 866 550 +316 2014 Champions 1st of 16 6 6 0 553 380 +173 2018 Champions 1st of 16 6 6 0 526 404 +122 2022 Champions 1st of 12 8 8 0 790 464 +326 2026 Qualified Total 11 titles 19/20 138 117 21 10.955 8229 +2726
FIBA Women's AmeriCup[ edit ] Roster for the2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup .[ 5]
United States women's national basketball team roster Players Coaches Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captainClub – describes last club before the tournamentAge – describes age on 28 June 2025
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FIBA World Cup
Players medal leaders [ edit ] List of head coaches [ edit ] Billie Moore (1975 PAG, 1976 Oly)Pat Summitt (1979 PAG, 1979 WC, 1979 JC, 1983 WC, 1984 Oly, 1984 JC)Kay Yow (1981 WUG, 1986 Good, 1986 WC, 1988 Oly)Theresa Grentz (1985 JC, 1990 Good, 1990 WC, 1992 Oly)Tara VanDerveer (1991 WUG, 1994 Good, 1994 WC, 1996 Oly)Nell Fortner (1998 JC, 1998 WC, 1999 PAG, 2000 Oly)Van Chancellor (2002 WC, 2004 Oly)Anne Donovan (2006 WC, 2008 Oly)Geno Auriemma (2010 WC, 2012 Oly, 2014 WC, 2016 Oly)Dawn Staley (2007 PAG, 2018 WC, 2019 Amer, 2021 Amer, 2021 Oly)Cheryl Reeve (2022 WC, 2024 Oly)Highest field goal percentage [ edit ] Highest 3-point field goal percentage [ edit ] 3-point field goals have been kept as an official statistic since the 1988 Olympics.
Highest free throw percentage [ edit ]
Steals have been kept as an official statistic since the 1984 Olympics.
Blocks have been kept as an official statistic since the 1984 Olympics. Most points averaged [ edit ]
Opponents Played Won Lost % Won Biggest victory Biggest defeat Angola 1 1 0 100% +75 (119:44) – Argentina 3 3 0 100% +25 (64:39) – Australia 10 10 0 100% +18 (88:70) – Belarus 1 1 0 100% +46 (107:61) – Brazil 9 6 3 66.6% +40 (99:59) −12 (44:56) Bulgaria 5 2 3 40% +22 (99:77) −28 (40:68) Canada 7 6 1 85.7% +41 (87:46) −6 (68:74) Chile 2 2 0 100% +29 (76:47) – China 5 5 0 100% +47 (119:72) –
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United States women's national basketball team squads
United States Olympic Games squads
United States FIBA World Cup squads
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