Dorka Juhász

The native form of this personal name is Juhász Dorka Kata. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Dorka Kata Juhász (born 18 December 1999) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Famila Basket Schio of the Lega Basket Femminile. She played college basketball at Ohio State and UConn. She was selected 16th overall by the Lynx in the 2023 WNBA draft.

Dorka Juhász

Juhász with the Minnesota Lynx in 2023
No. 1 – Famila Basket Schio
Position	Forward
League	Lega Basket Femminile
Personal information
Born	(1999-12-18) 18 December 1999 (age 25) Pécs, Hungary
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	PTE Babits
College	Ohio State (2018–2021) UConn (2021–2023)
WNBA draft	2023: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Drafted by	Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	2023–present
Career history
2023–present	Minnesota Lynx
2023–present	Famila Basket Schio
Career highlights
WNBA Commissioner's Cup Champion (2024) Italian Cup winner (2024) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2023) Second-team All-Big East (2023) 2× First-team All-Big Ten (2020, 2021) Second-team All-Big Ten (2019) Big Ten All-Freshman team (2019)
Stats at Basketball Reference

College career

Juhász committed to play at Ohio State in March 2018. She was rated as the 12th-best international player from 2018 class and the 5th-best forward. She also considered Missouri and Louisville.^[1] Juhász spent three seasons with the Buckeyes before entering herself into the transfer portal. Juhász stated that the desire to continue to improve as a player, as well as her aspirations to play at the professional level as the key reasons why she ultimately decided it was her time to leave the Buckeyes.^[2] After a week in the portal, Juhász announced that she would be transferring to the UConn Huskies.^[3]

Professional career

WNBA

Minnesota Lynx (2023–present)

Juhász was selected 16th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2023 WNBA draft.^[4] She made her WNBA debut on 19 May 2023, when the Lynx played the Chicago Sky. She scored 5 points and got 3 rebounds in 15 minutes.^[5][6] In the Lynx game on July 20, 2023, she became the only rookie to score 15+ points, 10+ rebounds, 3+ assists, and 2+ steals on 70% or better shooting from the field in the regular season.^[7] She was named to the 2023 WNBA All-Rookie Team along with her teammate, Diamond Miller.^[8]

Juhász arrived late for the start of her second season after finishing her season with Schio, making her season debut with Minnesota on 25 May. She played from the bench for most of the season, starting in only seven games, mostly in July during Napheesa Collier's absence.^[9] In her 34 appearances, she averaged 4.8 points and 3.8 rebounds in 16.1 minutes per game.

On 11 May 2025, the Lynx announced that Juhász would miss the 2025 season, wanting to rest after playing year-around for two years.^[10]

Europe

Famila Basket Schio (2023–present)

In June 2023, Juhász signed with Famila Basket Schio of the Lega Basket Femminile and EuroLeague to play in the 2023–2024 season.^[11] On 18 February 2024, Schio won the Italian Cup, defeating Umana Reyer Venezia in the final 81–68. Juhász had 4 points and 9 rebounds.^[12]

Juhász returned to Schio for the 2024–2025 season.^[13]

National team career

Dorka Juhász at FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2024

Dorka Juhász debuted in the Hungarian national team on 9 November 2023, when Hungary defeated Slovenia to 70-51.^[14] In February 2024, she played in the Sopron 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. She averaged 11.7 points, 8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Her efficiency per game was 15.7, which was the 3rd best performance in the tournament and she was selected as the All-Star 5.^[15]

Career statistics

Legend

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

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023	Minnesota	38	27	24.2	.472	.271	.540	6.5	2.6	0.9	0.6	1.2	6.0
2024	Minnesota	34	7	16.1	.479	.324	.650	3.8	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.6	4.8
Career	2 years, 1 team	72	34	20.4	.475	.293	.571	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.5	0.9	5.4

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023	Minnesota	3	3	24.0	.500	.000	.455	5.0	2.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	5.0
2024	Minnesota	7	0	5.7	.600	.000	.500	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0
Career	2 years, 1 team	10	3	11.2	.533	.000	.462	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	2.2

EuroLeague

EuroLeague statistics^[16]

Year	Team	GP	MPG	PPG	PTS	RPG	APG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%
2023–24	Famila Basket Schio	13	23.6	8.2	107	7	1.3	3.3-8.4	39.4	0.5-2.2	25	1.1-2	53.8

College

NCAA statistics^[17]

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018–19	Ohio State	27	317	.458	.254	.629	9.0	0.8	1.2	0.7	11.7
2019–20	Ohio State	31	410	.476	.396	.532	9.4	1.1	1.2	1.2	13.2
2020–21	Ohio State	17	248	.481	.203	.429	11.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	14.6
2021–22	UConn	32	234	.457	.313	.429	5.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	7.3
2022–23	UConn	29	411	.503	.289	.602	9.9	3.2	1.5	1.4	14.2
Career	136	1620	.477	.301	.567	8.8	1.6	1.1	1.0	11.9

Personal life

Her mother is the former basketball player Hajnalka Balázs, who is a 125-time national team member, she won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 1991, three-time Hungarian Championship and three-time Hungarian Cup winner for PVSK.^[18][19]

In 2024, Juhász was selected for the Hungarian Forbes 30 under 30.^[20]