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Ariel AtkinsWWikipedia↗

Guard · 5′10″ 167 lb · Born 1996-07-30 in Dallas, TX · High school: Duncanville · College: Texas 2014-15 to 2017-18 · 2018 WNBA draft, round 1, pick 7 by Washington Mystics

Seasons

13 (4 College · 9 WNBA)

Teams

4 (1 College · 3 WNBA)

Championships

WNBA 2019

NCAA tournaments

WNBA playoff seasons

Awards and honours

WNBA All-Defensive Team (first team): 2022
WNBA All-Defensive Team (second team) ×4: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2018
WNBA All-Star Game selection ×3: 2021, 2022, 2024

NCAA College career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 30-second clock, arc 20 ft 9 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%
2014-15	Texas	Fr	28	19	22.8	263	9.4	3.3	1.2	1.2	0.2	2.1	.363	.288	.825	.460
2015-16	Texas	So	28	14	20.7	302	10.8	3.8	1.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	.536	.356	.819	.626
2016-17	Texas	Jr	32	32	25.7	409	12.8	4.2	1.6	2.0	0.3	1.4	.456	.377	.818	.538
2017-18	Texas	Sr	35	35	27.8	523	14.9	5.5	3.2	2.5	0.7	2.0	.534	.420	.859	.634
Total	4 seasons		123	100	24.5	1,497	12.2	4.3	1.9	1.8	0.4	1.7	.475	.373	.831	.567

NCAA tournament

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2014-15	Texas	Fr	3	0	17.5	23	7.7	3.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	.286	.100	.500	.312
2015-16	Texas	So	4	4	27.2	72	18.0	5.8	1.2	2.8	0.5	0.8	.609	.583	.750	.696
2016-17	Texas	Jr	3	3	25.5	32	10.7	3.7	1.7	1.0	0.7	2.0	.370	.429	.900	.504
2017-18	Texas	Sr	3	3	30.4	48	16.0	5.7	3.7	1.3	0.0	2.3	.559	.500	1.000	.669
Total	4 seasons		13	10	25.3	175	13.5	4.7	1.6	1.6	0.3	1.4	.472	.415	.800	.560

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%
2018	Mystics	29	24	22.5	327	11.3	2.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.3	.432	.357	.824	.541
2019	Mystics	34	33	24.5	350	10.3	2.9	1.9	1.4	0.5	1.0	.415	.349	.800	.527
2020	Mystics	22	22	31.1	326	14.8	2.9	2.4	1.8	0.3	1.9	.438	.411	.886	.573
2021	Mystics	30	30	30.7	486	16.2	2.8	2.6	1.6	0.5	2.0	.407	.359	.831	.538
2022	Mystics	36	36	29.9	527	14.6	3.2	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.4	.420	.365	.845	.539
2023	Mystics	27	27	25.1	311	11.5	3.1	2.3	1.2	0.3	1.3	.414	.339	.897	.549
2024	Mystics	40	40	29.9	597	14.9	3.4	3.1	1.5	0.4	2.3	.437	.357	.848	.549
2025	Sky	34	34	28.6	447	13.1	3.4	3.6	1.6	0.7	2.5	.444	.361	.860	.546
2026	Sparks	38	38	27.2	323	8.5	2.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.5	.373	.281	.926	.487
Total	9 seasons	290	284	27.7	3,694	12.7	3.0	2.6	1.5	0.4	1.7	.421	.352	.855	.539

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2018	Mystics	9	9	27.8	137	15.2	3.7	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.9	.480	.424	.879	.603
2019	Mystics	9	9	19.8	66	7.3	2.7	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.2	.373	.333	.929	.503
2020	Mystics	1	1	36.0	13	13.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	.375	.000	1.000	.395
2022	Mystics	2	2	33.0	31	15.5	1.5	5.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.379	.500	1.000	.518
2023	Mystics	2	2	33.5	27	13.5	5.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	.345	.250	1.000	.437
Total	5 seasons	23	23	26.0	274	11.9	3.3	2.6	1.1	0.2	1.0	.416	.371	.907	.534

WNBA advanced measures (as published by WNBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
2026	Sparks	38	.162	.490	.446	103.8	106.9	-3.1	.155	.055	99.58	.059

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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Ariel AtkinsWWikipedia↗

Awards and honours

NCAA College career game logs →

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