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Danielle Robinson (born May 10, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has previously played for the Indiana Fever, Minnesota Lynx, Phoenix Mercury, Las Vegas Aces, and San Antonio Stars in the WNBA.
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Born | San Jose, California, U.S. | May 10, 1989||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 137 lb (62 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, California) | ||||||||||||||
College | Oklahoma (2007–2011) | ||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2011: 1st round, 6th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2011–present | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2011–2016 | San Antonio Stars | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Tarsus Belediye | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | ZVVZ USK Prague | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Source[1]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2007–08 | Oklahoma | 31 | 378 | 48.0 | - | 68.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
2008–09 | Oklahoma | 37 | 479 | 55.6 | - | 90.2 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 12.9 |
2009–10 | Oklahoma | 38 | 639 | 46.5 | 13.3 | 87.7 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 16.8 |
2010–11 | Oklahoma | 35 | 642 | 45.8 | 27.8 | 87.9 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 18.3 |
Career | Oklahoma | 141 | 2138 | 48.3 | 19.4 | 85.2 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 15.2 |
Robinson was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in Belgrade, Serbia. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Robinson averaged 4.6 points per game.[2]
Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA draft (6th overall) by the San Antonio Silver Stars.[3]
Robinson quickly established herself as perhaps the quickest athlete in the WNBA.[4] Robinson made the Western Conference All-Star Team in her third season in the league, and led the league in assists per game, earning the WNBA Peak Performer award for assists.[5]
In 2015, Robinson re-signed with San Antonio in free agency.[6]
In 2016, Robinson was sidelined for the whole season due to an achilles injury.[7]
In 2017, Robinson was traded to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Isabelle Harrison and a 2017 first round pick.[8]
On March 6, 2018, Robinson was traded along with a 2nd round pick in 2019, to the Minnesota Lynx, for the 12th pick in the 2018 WNBA draft.[9]
After spending two seasons with the Indiana Fever, Robinson was traded on January 13, 2023, to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the Kristy Wallace.[10]
Robinson began her European career with Tarsus Belediye in Mersin, Turkey. She played for the team during the 2012–13 season in both the Turkish Women's Basketball League and the EuroLeague Women. The following year, she joined ZVVZ USK Prague. She came to the team late in the 2013–14 season, but helped them to the Final Eight in that year's EuroLeague Women.[11] She returned to ZVVZ USK Prague for the 2014-15 season. She helped take the team to its first EuroLeague title, scoring 24 points on 11-of-19 shooting in the Final against the heavily favored UMMC Ekaterinburg.[12]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2011 | San Antonio | 34 | 9 | 23.1 | .460 | .000 | .903 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 8.2 |
2012 | San Antonio | 34 | 34 | 28.9 | .541 | .000 | .782 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
2013 | San Antonio | 25 | 25 | 32.5 | .444 | .000 | .797 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 11.2 |
2014 | San Antonio | 33 | 33 | 33.1 | .457 | .000 | .941 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 12.9 |
2015 | San Antonio | 30 | 30 | 30.1 | .390 | .000 | .903 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 9.2 |
2017 | Phoenix | 32 | 29 | 23.5 | .432 | .000 | .846 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
2018 | Minnesota | 28 | 2 | 18.6 | .445 | .158 | .854 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 6.5 |
2019 | Minnesota | 34 | 25 | 27.0 | .437 | .220 | .879 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 10.1 |
2020 | Las Vegas | 22 | 1 | 22.4 | .512 | .385 | .810 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 7.4 |
2021 | Indiana | 24 | 24 | 27.5 | .417 | .200 | .889 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 9.9 |
2022 | Indiana | 31 | 30 | 23.6 | .419 | .225 | .850 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7.4 |
2023 | Atlanta | 32 | 27 | 21.6 | .461 | .290 | .750 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
Career | 12 years, 5 teams | 359 | 269 | 26.0 | .450 | .198 | .861 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2011 | San Antonio | 3 | 3 | 30.0 | .259 | .000 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.3 |
2012 | San Antonio | 2 | 2 | 32.5 | .450 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
2014 | San Antonio | 2 | 2 | 30.5 | .364 | .000 | .750 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 9.5 |
2017 | Phoenix | 5 | 0 | 10.6 | .429 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
2019 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 19.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
2020 | Las Vegas | 8 | 7 | 29.9 | .397 | .333 | .727 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 9.1 |
2023 | Atlanta | 2 | 2 | 22.0 | .200 | .000 | .750 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
Career | 7 years, 4 teams | 23 | 17 | 24.8 | .365 | .231 | .800 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
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