Candace Parker
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1986 (40 years old)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.Position
Power Forward
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Retired
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Black
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3
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6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
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184 lb (83 kg)
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Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She spent 13 seasons on the Sparks, two seasons with the Chicago Sky, and one season with the Las Vegas Aces, winning a championship with each team.
A versatile player, Parker mainly played the forward and center positions. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade Female Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only woman to receive a Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year award twice. As a college player for Tennessee, she led the team to two consecutive national championships (2007, 2008), was named the Final Four's most outstanding player in both occasions and was a two-time consensus national player of the year. As a redshirt freshman, she became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game. After being selected in the WNBA Draft, Parker signed long-term endorsement deals with Adidas and Gatorade.
In 2016, Parker led the Sparks to win their first WNBA Finals title since 2002 and won the WNBA Finals MVP Award. In 2021, she helped the Sky win their first title. Parker won two WNBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2008, 2013), a WNBA All-Star Game MVP Award (2013), two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012), and the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2008). She got selected to six All-WNBA teams and five All-Star teams, and was the first player to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP awards in the same season. Parker became the second player to dunk in a WNBA game on June 22, 2008.
Since 2018, Parker has been an analyst and commentator for TNT Sports, providing coverage for NBA games on TNT and NBA TV and for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Following her retirement in spring of 2024, Parker was named president of Adidas women's basketball.
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 WNBA |  Las Vegas Aces | 2023 | |
 All-WNBA First Team |  Chicago Sky | 2022 | |
 WNBA All Star | Chicago Sky | 2022 | |
 WNBA 25th Anniversary Team | Chicago Sky | 2021 | |
| WNBA | Chicago Sky | 2021 | |
| WNBA All Star | Chicago Sky | 2021 | |
 Associated Press Athlete of the Year | Chicago Sky | 2021 | |
 WNBA peak performer |  Los Angeles Sparks | 2020 | |
 WNBA rebounding leader | Los Angeles Sparks | 2020 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Los Angeles Sparks | 2020 | |
 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year | Los Angeles Sparks | 2020 | |
| WNBA All Star | Los Angeles Sparks | 2018 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Los Angeles Sparks | 2017 | |
| WNBA All Star | Los Angeles Sparks | 2017 | |
 WNBA 20th Anniversary Team | Los Angeles Sparks | 2016 | |
 WNBA Finals MVP | Los Angeles Sparks | 2016 | |
| WNBA | Los Angeles Sparks | 2016 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Los Angeles Sparks | 2014 | |
| WNBA All Star | Los Angeles Sparks | 2014 | |
 WNBA MVP | Los Angeles Sparks | 2013 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Los Angeles Sparks | 2013 | |
 WNBA All Star Game MVP | Los Angeles Sparks | 2013 | |
| WNBA All Star | Los Angeles Sparks | 2013 | |
 FIBA EuroLeague Women |  UMMC Ekaterinburg Women | 2012-2013 | |
 EuroLeague Women Final Four MVP | UMMC Ekaterinburg Women | 2012-2013 | |
 Basketball Olympics Gold Women |  United States Basketball Women | 2012 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Los Angeles Sparks | 2012 | |
| WNBA All Star | Los Angeles Sparks | 2011 | |
| WNBA peak performer | Los Angeles Sparks | 2009 | |
| WNBA rebounding leader | Los Angeles Sparks | 2009 | |
 NCAA Basketball Women |  Tennessee Women | 2008 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2008 | |
| WNBA MVP | Los Angeles Sparks | 2008 | |
| WNBA peak performer | Los Angeles Sparks | 2008 | |
| WNBA rebounding leader | Los Angeles Sparks | 2008 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Los Angeles Sparks | 2008 | |
 WNBA Rookie of the Year | Los Angeles Sparks | 2008 | |
| NCAA Basketball Women | Tennessee Women | 2007 |
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| Tennessee Women | 2004-2008 | Youth | - | - |
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| United States Basketball Women | 2006-2012 | International | - | - | |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 2008-2020 | Permanent | - | - | |
 UMMC Ekaterinburg Women | 2010-2015 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Fenerbahçe Women | 2017 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Chicago Sky | 2021-2022 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Las Vegas Aces | 2023 | Permanent | - | - |
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