No. 32–Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | 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 | ||||||||||||||
2017 | OGM Ormanspor | ||||||||||||||
2018 | MBK Ružomberok | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Diósgyőri VTK | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Gorzów Wielkopolski | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
2021–present | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | A.S. Ramat Hasharon | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Maccabi Bnot Ashdod | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Çankaya Üniversitesi S.K. | ||||||||||||||
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Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
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Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (born May 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins and was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.
Walker-Kimbrough played four years of college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins between 2013 and 2017. She earned first-team All-Big Ten as a sophomore, junior and senior, and Big Ten All-Defensive Team as a junior and senior. [1]
Walker-Kimbrough was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics. [2] [3] She played her first three WNBA seasons with the Mystics. [1]
On April 15, 2020, Walker-Kimbrough was traded to the New York Liberty in a deal that sent Tina Charles to Washington. [4] Two days later, the Liberty traded her to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the draft rights of Jocelyn Willoughby. [5]
Walker-Kimbrough started the 2021 WNBA season with the Connecticut Sun, where she played one game. She later returned to the Washington Mystics. [1] She continued with the Mystics in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [1]
Walker-Kimbrough started the 2017–18 season in Turkey with OGM Ormanspor. In January 2018, she joined MBK Ružomberok in Slovakia. [1] She played for Diósgyőri VTK in Hungary in 2018–19 and 2019–20, and then Gorzów Wielkopolski in Poland 2020–21. For the 2021–22 season, she played for A.S. Ramat Hasharon in Israel. [1] She continued in Israel in 2022–23 with Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, where she averaged 20.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. [6] For the 2023–24 season, she played for Çankaya Üniversitesi S.K. in Turkey. [1]
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 season(s) in which Walker-Kimbrough won a WNBA championship |
Stats current as of game on September 3, 2024
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 |
2024 | Washington | 33 | 2 | 22.5 | .402 | .337 | .804 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
Career | 8 years, 3 teams | 226 | 53 | 18.9 | .420 | .352 | .889 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2013–14 | Maryland | 35 | 0 | 17.3 | .478 | .397 | .766 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
2014–15 | Maryland | 37 | 37 | 29.5 | .513 | .340 | .804 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 13.3 |
2015–16 | Maryland | 35 | 34 | 31.3 | .543 | .545 | .809 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 19.5 |
2016–17 | Maryland | 35 | 34 | 29.2 | .526 | .450 | .816 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 18.8 |
Career | 142 | 105 | 26.9 | .520 | .459 | .803 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 15.2 |
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