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Veronica BurtonWWikipedia↗

Guard · 5′9″ 155 lb · Born 2000-07-12 in Newton, MA · High school: Newton South · College: Northwestern 2018-19 to 2021-22 · 2022 WNBA draft, round 1, pick 7 by Dallas Wings

Seasons

9 (4 College · 5 WNBA)

Teams

4 (1 College · 3 WNBA)

NCAA tournaments

WNBA playoff seasons

Awards and honours

WNBA Most Improved Player: 2025
WNBA All-Defensive Team (second team): 2025
NCAA AP All-America Team (third team): 2021-22

NCAA College career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 30-second clock, arc 22 ft 1¾ in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2018-19	Northwestern	Fr	31	31	31.6	267	8.6	3.9	3.6	2.6	0.4	1.5	.377	.368	.855	.549
2019-20	Northwestern	So	30	30	32.1	349	11.6	4.9	5.1	3.3	0.6	2.1	.437	.327	.793	.565
2020-21	Northwestern	Jr	25	24	34.8	405	16.2	5.2	4.9	3.8	0.4	1.7	.399	.307	.795	.545
2021-22	Northwestern	Sr	29	29	36.8	515	17.8	5.5	6.4	4.0	0.9	2.1	.415	.326	.833	.554
Total	4 seasons		115	114	33.7	1,536	13.4	4.8	5.0	3.4	0.6	1.9	.409	.332	.817	.553

NCAA tournament

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2020-21	Northwestern	Jr	2	2	36.5	17	8.5	5.0	4.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	.263	.250	.714	.381

WNBA WNBA career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 24-second clock, arc 22 ft 1¾ in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2022	Wings	36	6	15.2	94	2.6	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.0	.329	.279	1.000	.515
2023	Wings	40	13	13.8	94	2.4	1.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.4	.294	.271	.912	.465
2024	Sun	31	1	12.8	96	3.1	1.4	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.5	.361	.351	.838	.536
2025	Valkyries	44	44	29.3	525	11.9	4.4	6.0	1.1	0.6	2.1	.387	.345	.878	.553
2026	Valkyries	40	40	28.4	493	12.3	3.5	5.8	1.5	0.4	1.4	.432	.363	.820	.561
Total	5 seasons	191	104	20.5	1,302	6.8	2.6	3.7	1.0	0.4	1.1	.390	.338	.868	.544

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2022	Wings	3	3	28.0	19	6.3	2.7	3.3	2.0	0.3	2.0	.400	.300	.800	.547
2023	Wings	5	0	11.0	9	1.8	1.2	2.2	1.6	0.0	0.2	.154	.111	.800	.293
2024	Sun	7	0	19.1	34	4.9	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.7	.323	.231	.846	.457
2025	Valkyries	2	2	34.5	27	13.5	5.5	8.0	3.5	1.0	5.0	.280	.400	1.000	.477
Total	4 seasons	17	5	20.1	89	5.2	1.9	2.9	1.5	0.4	1.3	.298	.277	.867	.453

WNBA advanced measures (as published by WNBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
2026	Valkyries	40	.190	.568	.508	110.4	96.7	13.7	.346	.062	91.0	.148

Ratings and usage need possession counts on the floor, so they are shown as WNBA Stats publishes them rather than computed here.

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Veronica BurtonWWikipedia↗

Awards and honours

NCAA College career game logs →

WNBA WNBA career game logs →