Diana Taurasi
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Born
1982 (44 years old)
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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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.
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 Basketball Olympics Gold Women |  United States Basketball Women | 2024 | |
 WNBA All Star |  Phoenix Mercury | 2021 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2020 | |
 FIBA Womens World Cup |  United States Basketball | 2018 | |
 All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2018 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2018 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2017 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2016 | |
 FIBA EuroLeague Women |  UMMC Ekaterinburg Women | 2015-2016 | |
| FIBA Womens World Cup | United States Basketball Women | 2014 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2014 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2014 | |
 WNBA Finals MVP | Phoenix Mercury | 2014 | |
 WNBA | Phoenix Mercury | 2014 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2013 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2013 | |
| FIBA EuroLeague Women | UMMC Ekaterinburg Women | 2012-2013 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2012 | |
 WNBA peak performer | Phoenix Mercury | 2011 | |
 WNBA scoring champion | Phoenix Mercury | 2011 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2011 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2011 | |
| FIBA Womens World Cup | United States Basketball | 2010 | |
| WNBA peak performer | Phoenix Mercury | 2010 | |
| WNBA scoring champion | Phoenix Mercury | 2010 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2010 | |
| FIBA EuroLeague Women |  WBC Sparta&K | 2009-2010 | |
| WNBA peak performer | Phoenix Mercury | 2009 | |
| WNBA scoring champion | Phoenix Mercury | 2009 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2009 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2009 | |
| WNBA Finals MVP | Phoenix Mercury | 2009 | |
| WNBA | Phoenix Mercury | 2009 | |
| FIBA EuroLeague Women | WBC Sparta&K | 2008-2009 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2008 | |
| WNBA scoring champion | Phoenix Mercury | 2008 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2008 | |
| FIBA EuroLeague Women | WBC Sparta&K | 2007-2008 | |
| WNBA peak performer | Phoenix Mercury | 2007 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2007 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2007 | |
| WNBA | Phoenix Mercury | 2007 | |
| FIBA EuroLeague Women | WBC Sparta&K | 2006-2007 | |
| WNBA peak performer | Phoenix Mercury | 2006 | |
| WNBA scoring champion | Phoenix Mercury | 2006 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2006 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2006 | |
| WNBA All Star | Phoenix Mercury | 2005 | |
 NCAA Basketball Women |  UConn Women | 2004 | |
| Basketball Olympics Gold Women | United States Basketball Women | 2004 | |
 WNBA Rookie of the Year | Phoenix Mercury | 2004 | |
| All-WNBA First Team | Phoenix Mercury | 2004 | |
| NCAA Basketball Women | UConn Women | 2003 | |
| NCAA Basketball Women | UConn Women | 2002 |
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| UConn Women | 2000-2004 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
| Phoenix Mercury | 2004-2024 | Permanent | - | - | |
| United States Basketball Women | 2004-2024 | International | - | - | |
 WBC Dynamo Moscow | 2005-2006 | Permanent | - | - | |
| WBC Sparta&K | 2006-2010 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Fenerbahçe Women | 2010-2011 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Galatasaray S.K. Women | 2011-2012 | Permanent | - | - | |
 UMMC Ekaterinburg Women | 2012-2017 | Permanent | - | - |
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