Diana Taurasi

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Born
1982 (43 years old)
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Chino, California, U.S.

Position
Point Guard

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
3

Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight
163 lb (74 kg)

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Basketball

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Description

Diana Lorena Taurasi (born June 11, 1982) is a former American professional basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for 20 seasons, spending her entire career with the Phoenix Mercury. Taurasi is widely recognized as one of the greatest women's basketball players ever. She rose to fame while playing college basketball at the University of Connecticut.

She was drafted by Phoenix first overall in the 2004 WNBA draft. Taurasi has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2004), three WNBA championships (2007, 2009, and 2014), six Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024), one WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2009), two WNBA Finals MVP Awards (2009 and 2014), five scoring titles (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), and three FIBA World Cups (2010, 2014, and 2018). She has also been selected to ten WNBA All-Star teams and fourteen All-WNBA teams (including ten first-team selections). In 2011, she was voted by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time, and was named by the league to its 20th and 25th anniversary teams, respectively the WNBA Top 20@20 in 2016 and The W25 in 2021. Also in 2021, she was selected by fans as the league's greatest player of all time. On June 18, 2017, Taurasi became the WNBA all-time leading scorer.

Her penchant for scoring in crucial situations has earned her the nickname "White Mamba", coined by Kobe Bryant. Taurasi is one of 11 women to win an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup, and a WNBA Championship.

Trophies

Basketball Olympics Gold… 2024	WNBA All Star 2021	Basketball Olympics Gold… 2020	FIBA Womens World Cup 2018
All-WNBA First Team 2018	WNBA All Star 2018	WNBA All Star 2017	Basketball Olympics Gold… 2016
FIBA EuroLeague Women 2015-2016	WNBA Finals MVP 2014	FIBA Womens World Cup 2014	All-WNBA First Team 2014
WNBA All Star 2014	WNBA 2014	All-WNBA First Team 2013	WNBA All Star 2013
FIBA EuroLeague Women 2012-2013	Basketball Olympics Gold… 2012	WNBA peak performer 2011	WNBA scoring champion 2011
All-WNBA First Team 2011	WNBA All Star 2011	WNBA scoring champion 2010	All-WNBA First Team 2010
FIBA Womens World Cup 2010	WNBA peak performer 2010	FIBA EuroLeague Women 2009-2010	All-WNBA First Team 2009
WNBA peak performer 2009	WNBA All Star 2009	WNBA scoring champion 2009	WNBA 2009
WNBA Finals MVP 2009	FIBA EuroLeague Women 2008-2009	Basketball Olympics Gold… 2008	All-WNBA First Team 2008
WNBA scoring champion 2008	FIBA EuroLeague Women 2007-2008	WNBA All Star 2007	WNBA 2007
WNBA peak performer 2007	All-WNBA First Team 2007	FIBA EuroLeague Women 2006-2007	All-WNBA First Team 2006
WNBA All Star 2006	WNBA peak performer 2006	WNBA scoring champion 2006	WNBA All Star 2005
All-WNBA First Team 2004	Basketball Olympics Gold… 2004	WNBA Rookie of the Year 2004