Rebecca Allen (basketball)

Rebecca Allen

Allen with the Chicago Sky in 2025
No. 9–Chicago Sky
Position	Guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 32) Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	162 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Carey Grammar (Victoria)
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2010	Dandenong Rangers
2010–2012	Australian Institute of Sport
2012–2015	Melbourne Boomers
2015–2019	New York Liberty
2015–2016	South East Queensland Stars
2016–2017	Good Angels Košice
2017–2018	ASVEL Féminin
2018–2020	Arka Gdynia
2020–2023	Valencia Basket
2021–2022	New York Liberty
2023	Connecticut Sun
2024	Phoenix Mercury
2025–present	Chicago Sky
Career highlights
WNBL Defensive Player of the Year (2014) SEABL Grand Final MVP (2013) SEABL Youth Player of the Year (2011)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing   Australia FIBA World Cup 2018 Spain 2014 Turkey 2022 Australia FIBA Asia Cup 2019 Bangalore

Rebecca Kate "Bec" Allen (born 6 November 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Allen was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals. ^[1]

Early life

Allen was born in Wangaratta, Victoria and moved to Melbourne with her family when she was five years old. ^[2] She is a dizygotic twin. ^[3] She played in the junior competition for the suburb Nunawading. Allen was sought out by the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) at the age of 16. ^[4]

Career

WNBL

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Allen has played for the Dandenong Rangers (2009–2010), Australian Institute of Sport (2010–2012), Melbourne Boomers (2012–2015) and South East Queensland Stars (2015–2016). ^[5] In 2014, Allen was awarded the WNBL Robyn Maher Defensive Player of the Year. ^[6]

Alongside the WNBL, in Australia Allen played with the Knox Raiders for the 2013 SEABL Season where the team took home the Championship. Allen starred and was awarded the Barbara Barton (Grand Final MVP) medal. She was previously awarded the 2011 SEABL Youth Player of the Year. ^[7]

WNBA

New York Liberty (2015–2022)

After her success at the World Championship, where she won a bronze medal, Allen signed as a free agent with the New York Liberty for the 2015 WNBA season. ^[8] She made her WNBA debut in the Liberty's 2015 season opener against Atlanta, scoring six points. ^[9] Shortly into the 2015 season, Allen suffered a season-ending right knee cartilage injury and decided to return home to Australia to undergo surgery. ^[10]

Connecticut Sun (2023)

Allen was traded to the Connecticut Sun in January 2023, as part of a three-team deal. ^[11]

Phoenix Mercury (2024)

On 3 February 2024, the Connecticut Sun traded Allen to the Phoenix Mercury in a sign-and-trade deal in exchange for Moriah Jefferson. ^[12] Allen played in only 18 games all season. She struggled with injuries, and a hamstring injury sustained in July while preparing for the Paris Olympics tournament kept her sidelined for the rest of the regular season. ^[13] She was officially ruled out of the postseason after undergoing surgery to address her lingering back issues. ^[14]

Chicago Sky (2025–present)

On 2 February 2025, Allen was traded to the Connecticut Sun. The deal was originally reported as Allen, Natasha Cloud, and the 12th pick in the 2025 WNBA draft being traded in exchange for Alyssa Thomas and Tyasha Harris; ^[15] however, it was officially part of a larger four-team trade. ^[16] Subsequently, on 4 February 2025, Allen was traded to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Lindsay Allen and the rights to Nikolina Milić. ^[17]

LIGA FEMENINA ENDESA

In 2020, after the pandemic, she signed with the Spanish team, Valencia Basket.

National Team

Youth Level

Allen made her debut for the Gems at the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women held in Chile. ^[18]

Senior Level

Allen is a current member of the Australian Women's basketball squad. ^[5] Following good form in preliminary lead-up games, Allen was selected to represent the Opals at the 2014 World Championship held in Turkey where she would make her national team debut. ^[19]

In 2019, Allen was named to the final roster for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup. ^[20] After strong showings throughout this tournament, Allen was named to the tournament All-Star Five. ^[21]

Allen, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament. The Opals lost their first two group stage matches. They looked flat against Belgium and then lost to China in heartbreaking circumstances. In their last group match the Opals needed to beat Puerto Rico by 25 or more in their final match to progress. This they did by 27 in a very exciting match. However, they lost to the United States in their quarterfinal 79 to 55. ^[22]

Allen was in the squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics tournament. However, a hamstring injury sustained in the final warm-up game ruled her out of the tournament. ^[13]

Personal life

Allen completed a Masters in Marketing at Deakin University. ^[23]

Allen joined the NBL commentary team for the 2024–25 season. ^[24]

Career statistics

Legend

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

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics ^[25]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2015	New York	2	0	17.0	.300	.000	—	4.5	0.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	3.0
2016	New York	21	6	13.3	.459	.567	.867	1.7	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	5.7
2017	New York	33	0	9.2	.376	.341	.333	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.8
2018	New York	28	0	10.4	.376	.263	.840	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	3.8
2019	New York	24	2	17.2	.417	.426	.813	2.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.7	7.2
2020	Did not play (opted out)
2021	New York	25	13	24.6	.343	.381	.892	3.7	1.1	1.6	1.2	0.8	9.2
2022	New York	25	19	20.9	.379	.313	.833	3.4	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.0	7.0
2023	Connecticut	40	27	21.5	.408	.348	.704	2.8	0.9	0.9	1.3	0.9	6.4
2024	Phoenix	18	18	24.8	.417	.352	.667	3.9	1.1	0.9	0.7	1.0	7.4
Career	9 years, 3 teams	216	85	17.4	.392	.363	.804	2.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	6.0

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2017	New York	1	0	6.7	1.000	1.000	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0
2021	New York	1	1	29.0	.500	.600	—	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0°	0.0	11.0
2022	New York	3	0	16.3	.286	.167	1.000	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3
2023	Connecticut	6	6	30.8	.489	.423	1.000	5.5	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.0	9.7
2024	Phoenix	Did not play (injury)
Career	4 years, 2 teams	11	7	24.5	.457	.421	1.000	4.2	1.3	1.1	1.3	0.8	7.7

See also

• List of Australian WNBA players

References

1. "Rebecca Allen Olympics 2021 | Rebecca Allen Olympic Medals List, Records, Stats, Age, Appearances - myKhel.com". mykhelcom. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
2. Walker-Mitchell, Donna (26 August 2017). "Allen's key: Rebecca Allen, 24, basketballer". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
3. "Aussies in the WNBA: Rebecca Allen | Basketball.com.au". www.basketball.com.au. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
4. "Rebecca Allen". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. Basketball Australia. Opals Players: Rebecca Allen Archived 13 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 26 July 2014.
6. Ward, Roy (3 March 2014). Rebecca Allen re-signs with Melbourne Boomers. The Age. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
7. South East Australian Basketball League (19 December 2013). WNBL star Rebecca Allen returns to the Spectres Archived 15 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine . SEABL. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
8. Basketball Australia (3 February 2015). Allen signs with New York Liberty Archived 17 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 5 February 2015.
9. Rebecca Allen Bio. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
10. Rebecca Allen to Miss Remainder of 2015 Season (18 June 2015). Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
11. "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rebecca Allen, Tyasha Harris and the No. 6 Pick in a Three-Team Trade". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
12. "Sun trading Rebecca Allen to Mercury for Moriah Jefferson". espn.com. WNBA. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
13. "Australia loses Bec Allen for Paris Olympics with hamstring injury in final warmup game". AP News. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
14. Ortiz, Jenna. "Mercury forward Rebecca Allen to miss entire postseason with back injury". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
15. "Alyssa Thomas heading to Mercury from Sun in trade, AP source says". AP News. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
16. "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rebecca Allen, Natasha Cloud, Jacy Sheldon and the No. 8 Overall Pick". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
17. "Chicago Sky Acquire Rebecca Allen from Connecticut". sky.wnba.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
18. FIBA Archive. Under 19 World Championship for Women. Team: Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
19. Basketball Australia (10 September 2014). Jayco Oplas Team Named for FIBA World Championship for Women Archived 22 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 13 September 2014.
20. "CHEMIST WAREHOUSE AUSTRALIAN OPALS ANNOUNCE TEAM FOR FIBA WOMEN'S ASIA CUP". australia.basketball. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
21. "Japan's Nako Motohashi named MVP to headline Women's Asia Cup All-Star Five". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
22. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
23. "The 2024 Paris Olympics start this week! Meet the Deakin students representing Australia". Deakin Life. Deakin University. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
24. "Champions light up broadcast". NBL Official Website. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
25. "Rebecca Allen WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.

External links

• Bec Allen on Instagram
• Career statistics from WNBA.com    ·  Basketball Reference  
• Bec Allen at FIBA ( archive )
• Bec Allen at Olympedia
• Bec Allen at Olympics.com
• Bec Allen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Rebecca Allen at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Rebecca Allen Interview at Nostresport.com. Retrieved 6 February 2023