![]() Ndour-Fall playing in 2019 | |
No. 45 – Emlak Konut | |
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Position | Center /power forward |
League | Turkish Women's Basketball League |
Personal information | |
Born | (1994-08-22)August 22, 1994 (age 30) Dakar, Senegal |
Nationality | Spanish[1] |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 173 lb (78 kg) |
Career information | |
WNBA draft | 2014: 2nd round, 16th overall pick |
Drafted by | San Antonio Stars |
Playing career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
2011–2014 | Gran Canaria |
2014 | San Antonio Stars |
2014–2015 | Fenerbahçe |
2015–2016 | Perfumerías Avenida |
2016 | San Antonio Stars |
2016–2018 | Passalacqua Ragusa |
2018–2019 | Chicago Sky |
2018–2019 | Çukurova Basketbol |
2019–2020 | Dynamo Kursk |
2020 | Dallas Wings |
2020–2021 | Hatayspor |
2021 | Chicago Sky |
2021–2022 | Reyer Venezia |
2022–2023 | Famila Schio |
2023–2024 | Gran Canaria |
2024–present | Connecticut Sun |
2024–2025 | Emlak Konut |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at WNBA.com | |
Stats atBasketball Reference ![]() | |
Astou Ndour-Fall (néeNdour; born August 22, 1994) is a Spanish professionalbasketball player for theConnecticut Sun of theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Emlak Konut of theTurkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Senegal, she representsSpain internationally.
Astou Ndour was born inDakar, Senegal on August 8, 1994. Both of her parents had been basketball players. She was a stand-out basketball player at her school in Dakar. Ndour-Fall moved toLas Palmas,Canary Islands where she was adopted by the ex-coach Domingo Díaz and his wife, when she was 14. She continued to play basketball for her school's team in Las Palmas.[2][3]
Ndour-Fall joined the youth system ofGran Canaria in 2009. She also played in the Junior Spanish Championship that year. Ndour-Fall became a naturalized Spanish citizen in 2011. She was a part of the Spanish youth team that won the silver medal at the2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women where she nearly averaged adouble-double.[2][4] As a member of the Spanish Youth National Team, Ndour-Fall's teams always won a medal in each tournament she played, including the bronze medal at the Under-18 European Championship for Women.[4]
Ndour-Fall started to play with theSpain women's national basketball team on 2014 when she was 20 years old, although she couldn't play the2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, since Spain opted to takeSancho Lyttle, andFIBA Regulations establish that only one naturalized player per roster can participate in national teams competitions.
In 2015, she was part of the Spanish roster that won the bronze medal at theEuroBasket Women 2015 inHungary andRomania. Ndour-Fall was acquired from theSan Antonio Stars by the Chicago Sky in exchange forClarissa Dos Santos in February 2017.[5] In May 2017, Ndour-Fall was suspended by the Sky due to injury.[6]
In 2018 she signed for Turkish teamÇukurova Basketbol[7] and in 2019 for Russian teamDynamo Kursk.
Ndour-Fall played for theSan Antonio Stars in the 2014 and 2016 WNBA seasons. She was traded to theChicago Sky in 2017, and played for that team in the 2018 and 2019 seasons.[5] In 2019, she averaged 17.5 minutes and 6.8 points per game in the regular season and 25.5 minutes and 16.5 points in the playoffs as a starter.[8] Ending the season as arestricted free agent, she was re-signed and traded to theDallas Wings before the 2020 season.[9] She was waived by the Wings after the season, and signed a one-year contract to return to the Sky.[10][11]
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 Ndour–Fall won aLega Basket Femminile championship | |
Denotes seasons in which Ndour–Fall won aSpanish National League championship | |
† | Denotes seasons in which Ndour–Fall won aWNBA championship |
Season | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3PT% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2010–11 | ![]() | 9 | 5.7 | .533 | — | .571 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
2011–12 | 23 | 24.3 | .547 | .345 | .750 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 9.7 | |
2012–13 | 18 | 32.8 | .524 | .316 | .714 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 14.5 | |
2013–14 | 25 | 17.3 | .520 | .382 | .672 | 13.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 17.3 | |
2014–15 | ![]() | 16 | 14.2 | .543 | .200 | .739 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 8.6 |
2015–16 | ![]() | 31 | 22.5 | .551 | .289 | .694 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 10.0 |
2016–17 | ![]() | 25 | 30.8 | .541 | .400 | .697 | 8.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 14.3 |
2017–18 | 34 | 29.3 | .596 | .347 | .784 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 14.9 | |
2018–19 | ![]() | 31 | 26.2 | .600 | .333 | .753 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 15.2 |
2019–20 | ![]() | 7 | 17.0 | .373 | .333 | .846 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.9 |
2020–21 | ![]() | 23 | 28.2 | .645 | .333 | .775 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 16.0 |
2021–22 | ![]() | 18 | 25.9 | .561 | .477 | .706 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 15.1 |
2022–23 | ![]() | 25 | 23.8 | .606 | .219 | .745 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 12.4 |
2023–24 | ![]() | 13 | 37.6 | .597 | .309 | .746 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 18.7 |
Season | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3PT% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2010–11 EuroCup | ![]() | 5 | 5.0 | .750 | — | .750 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
2011–12 EuroCup | 10 | 34.4 | .477 | .333 | .725 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 16.1 | |
2014–15 EuroLeague | ![]() | 14 | 18.4 | .484 | .444 | .611 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 9.6 |
2015–16 EuroLeague | ![]() | 14 | 28.7 | .581 | .242 | .857 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 11.3 |
2016–17 EuroCup | ![]() | 10 | 29.6 | .490 | .300 | .703 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 14.7 |
2017–18 EuroCup | 8 | 25.2 | .493 | .542 | .692 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 14.6 | |
2018–19 EuroCup | ![]() | 12 | 24.6 | .577 | .464 | .853 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 15.7 |
2018–19 EuroLeague | 2 | 25.5 | .571 | .400 | .714 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 13.5 | |
2019–20 EuroLeague | ![]() | 4 | 23.3 | .524 | .429 | 1.000 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 8.5 |
2020-21 EuroCup | ![]() | 3 | 28.3 | .556 | .167 | .444 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 15.7 |
2021–22 EuroCup | ![]() | 4 | 32.0 | .448 | .133 | .850 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 12.3 |
2021–22 EuroLeague | 10 | 26.6 | .532 | .324 | .650 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 13.3 | |
2022–23 EuroLeague | ![]() | 19 | 26.9 | .586 | .333 | .750 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
Stats current through end of 2024 season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2014 | San Antonio | 8 | 0 | 4.4 | .421 | .333 | — | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
2015 | — | Did not play | |||||||||||
2016 | San Antonio | 30 | 9 | 14.9 | .396 | .344 | .829 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
2017 | — | Did not play (injury) | |||||||||||
2018 | Chicago | 22 | 9 | 11.6 | .474 | .318 | .769 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
2019 | Chicago | 21 | 11 | 17.5 | .492 | .424 | .722 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 6.8 |
2020 | Dallas | 13 | 7 | 11.6 | .351 | .240 | — | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
2021† | Chicago | 20 | 8 | 17.1 | .397 | .235 | .941 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
2022 | — | Did not play (personal) | |||||||||||
2023 | — | Did not play (suspended) | |||||||||||
2024 | Connecticut | 22 | 0 | 4.2 | .346 | .200 | .833 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
Career | 7 years, 4 teams | 136 | 44 | 12.4 | .420 | .314 | .832 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.7 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2014 | San Antonio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2019 | Chicago | 2 | 2 | 25.5 | .667 | .500 | .667 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
2021† | Chicago | 9 | 0 | 7.7 | .421 | .200 | .667 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
2024 | Connecticut | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 4 years, 3 teams | 15 | 2 | 8.2 | .550 | .364 | .667 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
Ndour-Fall started playing withSpain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of four medals from 2011 to 2014. She made her debut with the senior team in 2014, when she was 20 years old. Up to 2021, she had 75 caps, with 13.1 PPP and 7.2 RPP:[13][14]
Ndour-Fall married Pape Fall in 2021.[15]