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Lindsay WhalenWWikipedia↗

Guard · 5′8″ 150 lb · Born 1982-05-09 · High school: Hutchinson · College: Minnesota 2000-01 to 2002-03 · 2004 WNBA draft, round 1, pick 4 by Connecticut Sun

Seasons

18 (3 College · 15 WNBA)

Teams

3 (1 College · 2 WNBA)

Championships

WNBA 2011, WNBA 2013, WNBA 2015, WNBA 2017

WNBA playoff seasons

Awards and honours

Hall of Fame, class of 2022 (player)
Hall of Fame, class of 2023 (player)
WNBA All-WNBA Team (first team) ×3: 2008, 2011, 2013
WNBA All-WNBA Team (second team) ×2: 2012, 2014
WNBA All-Star Game selection ×6: 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015

NCAA College career game logs →

2 × 20 min, 30-second clock, arc 19 ft 9 in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Per-game averages as published: these seasons have no box scores here, so no season totals.

Season	Team	G	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
2000-01	Minnesota	25	17.0	4.0	3.3	1.7	0.1	.476	.302	.735
2001-02	Minnesota	30	22.2	5.5	5.3	2.7	0.2	.561	.349	.770
2002-03	Minnesota	31	20.6	5.0	6.2	1.9	0.0	.546	.324	.847

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%
2004	Sun	33	27	28.7	275	8.3	2.7	4.5	1.2	0.0	2.8	.454	.351	.730	.571
2005	Sun	34	32	30.8	411	12.1	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.6	.466	.348	.801	.564
2006	Sun	34	33	25.2	296	8.7	3.6	4.5	1.0	0.1	2.3	.389	.129	.903	.519
2007	Sun	34	34	30.6	454	13.4	4.8	5.0	2.1	0.1	2.2	.468	.209	.785	.556
2008	Sun	33	30	27.5	435	13.2	5.3	5.0	1.4	0.0	1.8	.461	.338	.803	.572
2009	Sun	34	33	29.4	419	12.3	4.6	4.6	1.3	0.1	1.9	.430	.265	.891	.538
2010	Lynx	34	33	32.6	416	12.2	3.9	5.4	1.4	0.1	2.2	.410	.227	.899	.524
2011	Lynx	34	34	28.1	464	13.6	3.5	5.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	.511	.405	.730	.569
2012	Lynx	33	33	26.9	381	11.5	4.2	5.4	0.7	0.2	2.1	.505	.500	.727	.560
2013	Lynx	34	34	29.6	505	14.9	4.4	5.8	0.8	0.1	2.2	.486	.111	.783	.534
2014	Lynx	34	34	30.5	478	14.1	4.2	5.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	.480	.100	.770	.534
2015	Lynx	29	29	30.2	315	10.9	2.9	4.3	0.4	0.1	2.1	.462	.429	.882	.528
2016	Lynx	32	32	24.5	315	9.8	2.6	3.8	0.6	0.0	1.5	.512	.273	.892	.572
2017	Lynx	22	22	23.5	177	8.0	2.5	4.1	0.5	0.1	2.0	.451	.353	.750	.520
2018	Lynx	32	29	19.2	182	5.7	2.6	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	.363	.357	.881	.457
Total	15 seasons	486	469	28.0	5,523	11.4	3.7	4.8	1.0	0.1	2.1	.461	.290	.812	.544

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2004	Sun	8	7	31.9	107	13.4	2.2	5.1	1.4	0.4	2.1	.462	.364	.811	.593
2005	Sun	8	7	27.5	78	9.8	3.0	2.9	0.8	0.1	2.5	.333	.200	.771	.489
2006	Sun	5	5	31.0	63	12.6	3.8	2.2	0.8	0.2	3.6	.339	.333	.720	.464
2007	Sun	3	3	37.0	40	13.3	7.0	5.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	.326	.231	.900	.419
2008	Sun	3	3	30.3	40	13.3	4.7	4.0	1.3	0.0	2.3	.400	.250	.867	.539
2011	Lynx	8	8	32.0	96	12.0	3.6	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.5	.463	.286	.818	.519
2012	Lynx	9	9	30.9	120	13.3	3.8	4.2	1.0	0.0	2.7	.437	.333	.871	.510
2013	Lynx	7	7	29.1	68	9.7	4.6	4.7	0.9	0.0	2.4	.410	.000	.621	.455
2014	Lynx	5	5	32.8	103	20.6	6.0	6.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	.525	.429	.696	.566
2015	Lynx	10	10	23.5	65	6.5	2.1	3.3	0.4	0.0	1.2	.348	.125	.842	.417
2016	Lynx	8	8	26.8	105	13.1	1.9	3.9	0.4	0.1	2.0	.569	.429	.833	.629
2017	Lynx	8	8	22.9	59	7.4	2.0	4.9	0.5	0.1	1.8	.457	.222	.789	.536
2018	Lynx	1	1	30.0	9	9.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.333	.200		.375
Total	13 seasons	83	81	28.9	953	11.5	3.3	4.1	0.8	0.1	2.3	.430	.280	.786	.514

Coaching

Season	Team	Role
2025	Lynx	Assistant Coach
2026	Lynx	Assistant Coach

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Awards and honours

NCAA College career game logs →

WNBA WNBA career game logs →

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