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Alana BeardWWikipedia↗

Guard · 5′11″ 160 lb · Born 1982-05-14 · High school: Southwood · College: Duke 2000-01 to 2002-03 · 2004 WNBA draft, round 1, pick 2 by Washington Mystics

Seasons

19 (3 College · 16 WNBA)

Teams

3 (1 College · 2 WNBA)

Championships

WNBA 2016

WNBA playoff seasons

Awards and honours

Hall of Fame, class of 2025 (player)
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year ×2: 2017, 2018
WNBA All-WNBA Team (second team): 2006
WNBA All-Defensive Team (first team) ×5: 2007, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
WNBA All-Defensive Team (second team) ×4: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014
WNBA All-Star Game selection ×4: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
NCAA Wade Trophy: 2003-04
NCAA John R. Wooden Award: 2003-04
NCAA AP Player of the Year: 2003-04

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	Duke	30	17.0	4.5	0.0	3.5	0.0	.512	.196	.787
2001-02	Duke	35		6.1	4.4	3.3	0.7	.572	.379	.753
2002-03	Duke	37		6.9	3.0	2.8	1.3	.527	.282	.776

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	Mystics	34	29	30.1	446	13.1	4.2	2.7	2.0	1.0	2.4	.418	.375	.718	.495
2005	Mystics	34	25	29.9	422	12.4	3.8	2.6	1.3	0.3	1.9	.380	.317	.762	.461
2006	Mystics	34	32	29.2	614	18.1	4.4	2.9	1.7	0.7	2.6	.495	.363	.758	.569
2007	Mystics	33	33	35.4	622	18.8	4.2	3.0	1.9	0.7	2.8	.416	.322	.847	.510
2008	Mystics	34	32	32.1	532	15.6	3.5	3.4	1.6	0.6	3.1	.395	.354	.733	.490
2009	Mystics	34	30	29.0	492	14.5	3.6	2.0	2.1	0.5	2.9	.429	.299	.737	.500
2010	Mystics	34	0
2011	Mystics	34	0
2012	Sparks	34	33	30.0	375	11.0	2.1	3.2	1.9	0.4	2.4	.436	.402	.795	.531
2013	Sparks	32	32	22.0	199	6.2	2.2	1.4	1.2	0.3	1.3	.459	.125	.824	.495
2014	Sparks	33	33	27.7	281	8.5	2.6	2.5	1.1	0.5	1.8	.463	.286	.745	.503
2015	Sparks	14	11	26.1	109	7.8	3.1	2.7	1.2	0.5	1.4	.490	.182	.900	.520
2016	Sparks	34	34	29.3	240	7.1	3.3	2.1	1.7	0.6	1.3	.467	.342	.692	.516
2017	Sparks	34	34	30.8	235	6.9	3.3	2.2	2.1	0.5	1.3	.497	.316	.804	.547
2018	Sparks	30	30	25.5	121	4.0	3.3	1.7	1.5	0.2	0.7	.392	.400	.810	.432
2019	Sparks	16	3	14.6	52	3.2	1.5	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.6	.449	.200	.778	.488
Total	16 seasons	498	391	24.8	4,740	9.5	2.9	2.1	1.4	0.4	1.7	.435	.336	.766	.507

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2004	Mystics	3	3	34.0	50	16.7	5.0	3.0	2.0	2.7	3.3	.439	.250	1.000	.530
2006	Mystics	2	2	32.0	30	15.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	.278	.200	.900	.368
2009	Mystics	2	2	27.0	19	9.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	.308	.125	.667	.346
2010	Mystics	2	0
2012	Sparks	4	4	34.0	66	16.5	2.2	3.5	1.8	0.2	2.5	.491	.000	.588	.507
2013	Sparks	3	3	31.0	27	9.0	4.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	.407	.000	1.000	.460
2014	Sparks	2	2	24.0	12	6.0	4.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	.375	.000		.375
2015	Sparks	3	3	35.0	19	6.3	4.3	1.7	1.7	0.7	1.0	.333	.000	.750	.367
2016	Sparks	9	8	31.1	72	8.0	3.8	3.7	1.1	0.4	1.2	.456	.500	.778	.498
2017	Sparks	8	8	32.4	56	7.0	3.6	0.9	1.6	0.2	1.2	.510	.000	.500	.511
2018	Sparks	2	2	26.5	10	5.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	.444		1.000	.503
2019	Sparks	4	0	16.5	14	3.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.8	.412	.000	.000	.401
Total	12 seasons	44	37	28.6	375	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.4	0.5	1.3	.422	.146	.764	.462

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Alana BeardWWikipedia↗

Awards and honours

NCAA College career game logs →

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