Joyner Holmes

Last updated
Joyner Holmes
No. 8–Seattle Storm
Position Power Forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1998-02-22) February 22, 1998 (age 26)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Cedar Hill
(Cedar Hill, Texas)
College Texas (2016–2020)
WNBA draft 2020: 2nd round, 19th overall pick
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020–2021 New York Liberty
2021 Las Vegas Aces
2022 Connecticut Sun
2023 Los Angeles Sparks
2023–present Seattle Storm
2024 Athinaikos
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Women's basketball
FIBA U-17 World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Czech Republic National team
FIBA U-19 World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Italy National team

Joyner Michelle Holmes (born February 22, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has played for the New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces. She played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. [1]

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Early life

Holmes played high school basketball for Cedar Hill High School. [2] In her senior year, she averaged 24.8 points per game, 8.1 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per game, 2.6 steals per game and 0.8 blocks per game. She was named Co-MVP of the 2016 Jordan Brand Classic game. [3] She participated in the 2016 McDonald’s All-American game and she was ranked No. 3 by ESPN HoopGurlz in the 2016 recruiting class. [4]

College career

Holmes attended the University of Texas, where she played for the Longhorns women's basketball team, In her freshman season, she averaged 12.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. [5] In her Sophomore season, she averaged 6.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. [6] In her junior year, she averaged 11.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. [7] In her senior year, she averaged 13.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2 assists per game. [8] [9]

Professional career

On April 17, 2020, the Seattle Storm selected Holmes as the 19th pick in the second round of the 2020 WNBA draft. [10]

On June 26, 2020, Holmes signed with the New York Liberty. [11]

National team career

Holmes helped the United States under-17 team win a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA U-17 World Championship, She averaged 10.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1 assist per game. [12] She also won a silver medal at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup with the United States under-19 team, and she averaged 9 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. [13] [14]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics [15]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2020 New York 19010.0.306.107.7502.70.70.10.10.72.9
2021 New York 105.0———0.01.00.00.01.00.0
Las Vegas 405.8.500.750—1.00.50.00.30.33.3
2022 Connecticut 2607.9.311.227.7691.30.50.30.10.72.0
2023 Los Angeles 5012.0.348.286.7503.40.20.00.40.84.2
Seattle 29210.2.379.317.7652.30.90.30.30.53.2
2024 Seattle 2708.6.423.194.6361.80.90.20.20.82.9
Career5 years, 5 teams11129.1.363.241.7372.00.70.20.20.72.8

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2022 Connecticut 704.1.500.0001.0001.30.70.10.00.10.9
2024 Seattle 102.0———0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career2 years, 2 teams803.9.500.0001.0001.10.60.10.00.10.8

College

Source [16]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
2016–17Texas3443.6%16.7%68.2%8.181.851.120.7712.09
2017–18Texas2538.4%–56.5%6.041.400.400.406.84
2018–19Texas2545.4%26.5%49.4%6.681.720.400.9611.80
2019–20Texas3040.9%18.2%62.2%8.672.071.001.4713.10
Career11442.4%19.8%60.2%7.511.780.770.9111.14
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
2016–17Texas3416838521273107278633826411
2017–18Texas2568177073562151351010171
2018–19Texas251242739343877167431024295
2019–20Texas301633996336198260623044393
Career11452312341786207344856203881041270

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