No. 32–Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | May 18, 1995||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Hopewell (Aliquippa, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||||
College | Maryland (2013–2017) | ||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2017: 1st round, 6th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
2021-Present | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
2022–present | Maccabi Bnot Ashdod | ||||||||||||||
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Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (born May 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, and the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft. [1]
She is one of Western Pennsylvania's most decorated women's athletes in the region's history. [2]
On April 15, 2020, the Washington Mystics traded Walker-Kimbrough to the New York Liberty in a deal that sent 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player Tina Charles to Washington. [3] Two days later, the New York Liberty traded her to the Phoenix Mercury on draft night in exchange for the draft rights of Jocelyn Willoughby. [4]
In 2022-23 with the Israeli team Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, Walker-Kimbrough averaged 20.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. [5]
Source [6]
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 | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2013-14 | Maryland | 35 | 326 | 47.8% | 39.7% | 76.6% | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 9.3 |
2014-15 | Maryland | 37 | 492 | 51.3% | 34.0% | 80.4% | 5.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 13.3 |
2015-16 | Maryland | 35 | 681 | 54.3% | 54.5% | 80.9% | 6.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 19.5 |
2016-17 | Maryland | 35 | 657 | 52.6% | 45.0% | 81.6% | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 18.8 |
Career | 142 | 2156 | 52.0% | 45.9% | 80.3% | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 15.2 |
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017 | Washington | 27 | 8 | 12.4 | .371 | .333 | .854 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
2018 | Washington | 19 | 1 | 8.8 | .429 | .304 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
2019 † | Washington | 34 | 1 | 17.1 | .432 | .310 | .930 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
2020 | Phoenix | 21 | 10 | 19.0 | .429 | .431 | .920 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
2021 | Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Washington | 16 | 13 | 21.6 | .513 | .320 | .857 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 7.4 | |
2022 | Washington | 35 | 3 | 20.1 | .402 | .347 | .902 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 6.9 |
2023 | Washington | 40 | 15 | 24.8 | .429 | .390 | .936 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
Career | 7 years, 3 teams | 193 | 51 | 18.3 | .425 | .356 | .906 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017 | Washington | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2018 | Washington | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.000 | — | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
2019 † | Washington | 8 | 0 | 7.0 | .412 | .429 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
2020 | Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 19.0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
2022 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 20.5 | .556 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
2023 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | .400 | .000 | .500 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
Career | 5 years, 2 teams | 21 | 1 | 8.2 | .489 | .500 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
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