Basketball· United States· 2000s
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit Bird is an American former professional basketball player who played professionally for 20 years in the United States and in Russia.
- Overall rating
- 1500
- ±686
- Overall rank
- —
- provisional
- Basketball rating
- 1500
- 0 same-sport
- Record
- 0–0
- 0 matchups
Rating history
The record book
Sue Bird has not been voted on yet. There is no record to show — not an empty one, none at all. Cast the first vote.
Achievements
- Nancy Lieberman Award
- Wade Trophy
- Honda Sports Award for Basketball
- Naismith College Player of the Year
- USBWA Women's National Player of the Year
- Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
- Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award
- Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Background
Suzanne Brigit Bird is an American former professional basketball player who played professionally for 20 years in the United States and in Russia. She played her entire Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) career with the Seattle Storm. Bird was drafted first overall pick by the Storm in the 2002 WNBA draft and is considered one of the greatest players in WNBA history. As of 2025, Bird is the only WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. In 2025 she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2026 she was inducted into the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame and the FIBA Hall of Fame. In addition to her WNBA career, Bird played for 10 seasons in the Russian Premier League for Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow Region and UMMC Ekaterinburg, winning 5 Premier League championships and five EuroLeague Women championships.
Source: Wikipedia. Quoted, not paraphrased — if a fact is not sourced, it is not here.