Tiffany Mitchell (basketball)

Tiffany Mitchell (born September 23, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Mitchell played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks, where she was a two-time SEC Player of the Year. After concluding her collegiate career, she was selected ninth overall in the 2016 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. During the WNBA off-seasons, Mitchell has played overseas in Russia, Turkey, Israel and Australia.

Tiffany Mitchell

Mitchell in 2019
No. 3 – Las Vegas Aces
Position	Shooting guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1994-09-23) September 23, 1994 (age 30) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	169 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Providence Day (Charlotte, North Carolina)
College	South Carolina (2012–2016)
WNBA draft	2016: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Drafted by	Indiana Fever
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2022	Indiana Fever
2016–2017	Nadezhda Orenburg
2018	Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2018–2019	OGM Ormanspor
2019–2021	Elitzur Ramla
2021–2023	Melbourne Boomers
2023	Minnesota Lynx
2023	Galatasaray
2023	REG
2024	Connecticut Sun
2024–2025	Hapoel Lev Jerusalem
2025–present	Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights
1× WNBL championship (2022) 1× Israeli championship (2019) 1× Israeli State Cup (2019) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2016) Dawn Staley Award (2015) 2x All-American – USBWA (2015, 2016) Second-team All-American – AP (2016) First-team All-American – AP (2015) Third-team All-American – AP (2014) 2x WBCA Coaches' All-American (2014, 2015) 2× SEC Player of the Year (2014, 2015) SEC tournament MVP (2016) SEC All-Defensive Team (2014) 3× First-team All-SEC (2014–2016) SEC All-Freshman Team (2013)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team Representing  United States Basketball 3x3 FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2014 Russia Team

College career

Between 2012 and 2016, Mitchell played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. In 2014 and 2015, she was named the SEC Player of the Year.^[1]

Professional career

WNBA

Mitchell was selected ninth overall in the 2016 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. She scored a game-high 18 points for the Fever in her WNBA debut. She played all 34 games during the 2016 season and averaged 8.6 points per game, earning a place in the WNBA All-Rookie Team.^[2] In 2021, she played her sixth season for the Fever.^[3]

On January 31, 2024, Mitchell was traded to the Connecticut Sun alongside the 19th pick in the 2024 WNBA draft in exchange for Natisha Hiedeman.

On February 7, 2025, she signed as a free agent with the Las Vegas Aces.^[4]

Overseas

In her first WNBA off-season, Mitchell played for Nadezhda Orenburg of the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League during the 2016–17 season.^[5]

Mitchell's next overseas stint came during the 2018–19 season. She started the season in Turkey with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor, later joining OGM Ormanspor in December 2018. She left OGM Ormanspor in January 2019 and in March 2019 joined Elitzur Ramla in Israel.^[5]

Mitchell returned to Elitzur Ramla for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.^[5]

Melbourne Boomers

For the 2021–22 season, Mitchell moved to Australia to play for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).^[6] The Boomers won the WNBL title in that season, Mitchell scoring 16 points in the deciding game against Perth.^[7]

Galatasaray

On 19 July 2023, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).^[8]

On 30 November 2023, Galatasaray and Mitchell announced that they parted ways by mutual agreement.^[9]

REG

In November 2023, Mitchell was announced by Rwandan club REG for the FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League.^[10] Mitchell was the top scorer of the league season, after averaging 23.7 points per game on 45.2% shooting from the field and 40.0% from three-point range.^[11]

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^[12]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2016	Indiana	34	8	20.0	.361	.294	.911	1.7	1.4	0.9	0.1	1.6	8.6
2017	Indiana	27	9	24.9	.349	.246	.922	3.2	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.5	10.3
2018	Indiana	34	20	25.6	.371	.267	.835	3.1	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.4	9.1
2019	Indiana	33	14	25.2	.381	.290	.892	2.9	2.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	9.7
2020	Indiana	19	11	26.4	.346	.233	.951	3.4	2.6	0.6	0.1	2.4	12.7
2021	Indiana	28	25	27.3	.421	.255	.880	2.9	2.0	0.6	0.0	1.9	12.0
2022	Indiana	34	8	16.3	.451	.387	.865	1.2	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.9	6.5
2023	Minnesota	33	21	23.1	.404	.289	.833	2.3	2.3	0.5	0.1	2.1	7.3
2024	Connecticut	24	0	16.3	.349	.250	.783	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	4.9
Career	9 years, 3 teams	266	116	22.7	.382	.274	.882	2.4	1.8	0.7	0.1	1.6	8.8

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2016	Indiana	1	0	10.0	.200	.000	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
2023	Minnesota	3	3	21.7	.417	.500	—	3.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	3.7
2024	Connecticut	Did not play (illness)
Career	2 years, 2 teams	4	3	18.8	.353	.250	—	2.5	2.8	0.3	0.0	2.0	3.3

College

NCAA statistics^[13]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012–13	South Carolina	33	30	28.1	.379	.367	.613	5.1	1.3	1.3	0.1	2.5	9.2
2013–14	South Carolina	34	34	31.4	.493	.541	.793	5.6	3.5	1.8	0.2	2.9	15.5
2014–15	South Carolina	37	37	29.9	.500	.416	.838	3.1	2.9	1.8	0.3	2.2	14.4
2015–16	South Carolina	35	34	29.9	.415	.339	.816	2.7	2.6	1.8	0.2	2.5	14.9
Career		139	135	30.5	.449	.399	.773	4.1	2.6	1.7	0.2	2.5	13.6