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Essence Carson

Essence Carson ▪ Twitter: Pr3pE ▪ Instagram: pr3pe

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

6-0, 163lb (183cm, 73kg)

Born: July 28, 1986 in Paterson, New Jersey us

College: Rutgers University

High School: Eastside in Paterson, New Jersey

Draft: New York Liberty, 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall), 2008 Draft

1x All Star
2016 WNBA Champ
2x Community Ast

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SUMMARY

Career

367

PTS

7.2

TRB

2.3

AST

1.2

FG%

40.4

FG3%

32.2

FT%

79.2

eFG%

44.8

PER

12.2

11.8

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2008	NYL	21	34	30	19.0	2.7	7.2	.376	0.2	0.9	.276	2.5	6.4	.389	.392	0.9	1.4	.674	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.4	6.6
2009	NYL	22	34	34	25.3	3.9	9.4	.408	1.0	3.0	.333	2.9	6.4	.443	.461	1.3	1.4	.917	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.4	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.2	10.0
2010	NYL	23	34	0	9.6	1.5	3.6	.407	0.1	0.7	.160	1.4	2.9	.469	.423	0.6	0.9	.688	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.7	3.7
2011	NYL	24	32	5	22.7	4.3	9.9	.437	0.8	1.9	.387	3.6	8.0	.449	.475	1.8	2.5	.738	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.7	1.2	0.6	1.4	1.9	11.3	AS,6POY-2
2012	NYL	25	34	23	27.3	4.6	11.6	.400	1.1	3.1	.343	3.6	8.5	.421	.446	1.2	1.6	.778	0.9	2.6	3.4	1.7	1.1	0.7	1.7	1.5	11.6
2013	NYL	26	4	4	29.5	5.5	10.0	.550	0.3	0.8	.333	5.3	9.3	.568	.563	3.0	3.5	.857	1.0	4.5	5.5	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	14.3
2014	NYL	27	26	11	14.0	1.3	3.8	.354	0.3	0.9	.292	1.1	2.9	.373	.389	0.4	0.5	.833	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.0	0.9	3.3
2015	NYL	28	33	12	19.5	2.4	6.2	.380	0.4	1.5	.245	2.0	4.7	.423	.410	1.0	1.3	.773	0.5	1.7	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.2	6.1
2016	LAS	29	34	34	23.3	3.0	6.7	.449	0.7	1.9	.359	2.3	4.8	.485	.500	1.4	1.6	.891	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.5	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	8.1
2017	LAS	30	24	14	19.3	1.8	4.3	.404	0.4	1.5	.250	1.4	2.8	.485	.447	0.9	1.0	.875	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.2	4.8
2018	LAS	31	34	15	23.1	3.0	6.8	.435	1.1	3.2	.361	1.8	3.6	.500	.519	0.4	0.5	.938	0.3	2.4	2.6	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.5	7.5	6POY-6
2019	PHO	32	23	13	18.5	2.0	5.6	.352	0.6	1.8	.341	1.3	3.8	.356	.406	1.3	1.6	.784	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	5.8
2020	TOT	33	21	2	13.9	1.4	4.7	.303	0.6	2.1	.273	0.9	2.6	.327	.364	0.3	0.5	.600	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.0	3.7
2020	WAS	33	10	0	16.8	1.7	5.9	.288	0.6	2.3	.261	1.1	3.6	.306	.339	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.9	4.3
2020	CON	33	11	2	11.2	1.2	3.6	.325	0.5	1.9	.286	0.6	1.7	.368	.400	0.3	0.4	.750	0.1	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.1	3.2
Career			367	197	20.1	2.8	6.9	.404	0.6	1.9	.322	2.2	5.0	.435	.448	1.0	1.3	.792	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	7.2

8 seasons	NYL		231	119	19.9	3.1	7.6	.404	0.5	1.7	.316	2.5	5.8	.430	.440	1.1	1.4	.770	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.4	7.7
3 seasons	LAS		92	63	22.2	2.7	6.1	.435	0.8	2.3	.341	1.9	3.9	.490	.498	0.9	1.0	.895	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.4	7.0
1 season	PHO		23	13	18.5	2.0	5.6	.352	0.6	1.8	.341	1.3	3.8	.356	.406	1.3	1.6	.784	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	5.8
1 season	CON		11	2	11.2	1.2	3.6	.325	0.5	1.9	.286	0.6	1.7	.368	.400	0.3	0.4	.750	0.1	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.1	3.2
1 season	WAS		10	0	16.8	1.7	5.9	.288	0.6	2.3	.261	1.1	3.6	.306	.339	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.9	4.3

Per Game Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008	NYL	21	6	6	16.8	2.7	5.5	.485	0.2	1.0	.167	2.5	4.5	.556	.500	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.8	5.7
2010	NYL	23	5	0	25.0	6.0	11.2	.536	0.8	1.8	.444	5.2	9.4	.553	.571	0.8	1.0	.800	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.8	3.4	13.6
2011	NYL	24	3	0	22.0	3.3	9.3	.357	0.3	1.7	.200	3.0	7.7	.391	.375	2.0	3.0	.667	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.3	2.0	0.3	2.0	1.7	9.0
2012	NYL	25	2	2	28.5	3.0	12.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	2.5	9.0	.278	.271	0.0	0.0		0.5	3.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.0	6.5
2015	NYL	28	6	0	14.2	1.8	4.3	.423	0.3	1.0	.333	1.5	3.3	.450	.462	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	4.2
2016	LAS	29	9	9	25.2	2.8	8.3	.333	0.9	3.4	.258	1.9	4.9	.386	.387	0.2	0.4	.500	0.8	1.6	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.8	6.7
2017	LAS	30	8	0	12.8	1.3	3.1	.400	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.4	.526	.400	0.6	0.9	.714	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.9	3.1
2018	LAS	31	2	0	18.0	1.5	6.5	.231	0.5	3.5	.143	1.0	3.0	.333	.269	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	4.0
2019	PHO	32	1	0	11.0	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	.667	.667	0.0	0.0		1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0
2020	CON	33	5	0	7.8	1.2	2.6	.462	0.2	1.0	.200	1.0	1.6	.625	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.6
Career			47	17	18.1	2.5	6.3	.402	0.4	1.7	.235	2.1	4.6	.465	.434	0.4	0.6	.667	0.6	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.4	5.9

5 seasons	NYL		22	8	19.7	3.3	7.6	.437	0.4	1.5	.281	2.9	6.1	.474	.464	0.5	0.8	.706	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.2	1.8	7.6
3 seasons	LAS		19	9	19.2	2.0	5.9	.336	0.5	2.3	.205	1.5	3.6	.420	.376	0.4	0.7	.615	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.3	4.9
1 season	CON		5	0	7.8	1.2	2.6	.462	0.2	1.0	.200	1.0	1.6	.625	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.6
1 season	PHO		1	0	11.0	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	.667	.667	0.0	0.0		1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0

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Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008	NYL	21	34	30	646	92	245	.376	8	29	.276	84	216	.389	.392	31	46	.674	25	51	76	31	32	8	35	49	223
2009	NYL	22	34	34	859	131	321	.408	34	102	.333	97	219	.443	.461	44	48	.917	24	48	72	46	37	10	54	76	340
2010	NYL	23	34	0	325	50	123	.407	4	25	.160	46	98	.469	.423	22	32	.688	14	40	54	25	14	8	26	23	126
2011	NYL	24	32	5	725	139	318	.437	24	62	.387	115	256	.449	.475	59	80	.738	31	59	90	53	38	20	46	60	361
2012	NYL	25	34	23	927	158	395	.400	36	105	.343	122	290	.421	.446	42	54	.778	29	88	117	58	37	25	59	52	394
2013	NYL	26	4	4	118	22	40	.550	1	3	.333	21	37	.568	.563	12	14	.857	4	18	22	7	2	2	10	6	57
2014	NYL	27	26	11	365	35	99	.354	7	24	.292	28	75	.373	.389	10	12	.833	9	34	43	23	9	4	26	23	87
2015	NYL	28	33	12	642	78	205	.380	12	49	.245	66	156	.423	.410	34	44	.773	18	57	75	43	14	6	32	38	202
2016	LAS	29	34	34	791	102	227	.449	23	64	.359	79	163	.485	.500	49	55	.891	12	56	68	52	37	8	42	46	276
2017	LAS	30	24	14	464	42	104	.404	9	36	.250	33	68	.485	.447	21	24	.875	11	29	40	29	15	8	18	29	114
2018	LAS	31	34	15	786	101	232	.435	39	108	.361	62	124	.500	.519	15	16	.938	10	80	90	31	29	12	21	51	256
2019	PHO	32	23	13	425	45	128	.352	14	41	.341	31	87	.356	.406	29	37	.784	11	40	51	35	12	8	17	23	133
2020	TOT	33	21	2	291	30	99	.303	12	44	.273	18	55	.327	.364	6	10	.600	7	28	35	12	9	2	16	21	78
2020	WAS	33	10	0	168	17	59	.288	6	23	.261	11	36	.306	.339	3	6	.500	6	12	18	5	5	1	10	9	43
2020	CON	33	11	2	123	13	40	.325	6	21	.286	7	19	.368	.400	3	4	.750	1	16	17	7	4	1	6	12	35
Career			367	197	7364	1025	2536	.404	223	692	.322	802	1844	.435	.448	374	472	.792	205	628	833	445	285	121	402	497	2647

8 seasons	NYL		231	119	4607	705	1746	.404	126	399	.316	579	1347	.430	.440	254	330	.770	154	395	549	286	183	83	288	327	1790
3 seasons	LAS		92	63	2041	245	563	.435	71	208	.341	174	355	.490	.498	85	95	.895	33	165	198	112	81	28	81	126	646
1 season	PHO		23	13	425	45	128	.352	14	41	.341	31	87	.356	.406	29	37	.784	11	40	51	35	12	8	17	23	133
1 season	CON		11	2	123	13	40	.325	6	21	.286	7	19	.368	.400	3	4	.750	1	16	17	7	4	1	6	12	35
1 season	WAS		10	0	168	17	59	.288	6	23	.261	11	36	.306	.339	3	6	.500	6	12	18	5	5	1	10	9	43

Totals Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008	NYL	21	6	6	101	16	33	.485	1	6	.167	15	27	.556	.500	1	2	.500	1	8	9	5	1	2	4	11	34
2010	NYL	23	5	0	125	30	56	.536	4	9	.444	26	47	.553	.571	4	5	.800	6	10	16	3	4	3	9	17	68
2011	NYL	24	3	0	66	10	28	.357	1	5	.200	9	23	.391	.375	6	9	.667	4	6	10	4	6	1	6	5	27
2012	NYL	25	2	2	57	6	24	.250	1	6	.167	5	18	.278	.271	0	0		1	7	8	2	1	1	4	2	13
2015	NYL	28	6	0	85	11	26	.423	2	6	.333	9	20	.450	.462	1	1	1.000	2	4	6	4	1	0	3	4	25
2016	LAS	29	9	9	227	25	75	.333	8	31	.258	17	44	.386	.387	2	4	.500	7	14	21	11	4	1	11	16	60
2017	LAS	30	8	0	102	10	25	.400	0	6	.000	10	19	.526	.400	5	7	.714	3	6	9	3	5	2	2	7	25
2018	LAS	31	2	0	36	3	13	.231	1	7	.143	2	6	.333	.269	1	2	.500	1	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	8
2019	PHO	32	1	0	11	2	3	.667	0	0		2	3	.667	.667	0	0		1	4	5	1	1	0	1	1	4
2020	CON	33	5	0	39	6	13	.462	1	5	.200	5	8	.625	.500	0	0		0	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	13
Career			47	17	849	119	296	.402	19	81	.235	100	215	.465	.434	20	30	.667	26	64	90	37	25	13	43	66	277

5 seasons	NYL		22	8	434	73	167	.437	9	32	.281	64	135	.474	.464	12	17	.706	14	35	49	18	13	7	26	39	167
3 seasons	LAS		19	9	365	38	113	.336	9	44	.205	29	69	.420	.376	8	13	.615	11	23	34	18	10	4	14	24	93
1 season	CON		5	0	39	6	13	.462	1	5	.200	5	8	.625	.500	0	0		0	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	13
1 season	PHO		1	0	11	2	3	.667	0	0		2	3	.667	.667	0	0		1	4	5	1	1	0	1	1	4

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Playoffs

Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2008	NYL	21	34	646	11.1	.420	.118	.188	4.6	9.6	7.1	9.3	2.6	1.0	11.7	21.4	-0.4	0.7	0.3	.024
2009	NYL	22	34	859	12.6	.497	.318	.150	3.4	6.7	5.1	10.7	2.3	1.0	13.6	21.4	0.4	1.0	1.3	.075
2010	NYL	23	34	325	12.9	.460	.203	.260	5.5	15.7	10.6	13.4	2.3	2.1	15.9	23.4	-0.2	0.5	0.3	.046
2011	NYL	24	32	725	18.9	.511	.195	.252	5.1	10.5	7.7	13.6	2.8	2.4	11.5	24.9	1.6	1.2	2.7	.181
2012	NYL	25	34	927	14.4	.470	.266	.137	3.7	11.1	7.5	11.6	2.1	2.2	12.3	23.1	0.4	0.8	1.2	.063
2013	NYL	26	4	118	19.4	.617	.075	.350	3.8	16.8	10.4	12.4	0.9	1.3	17.8	21.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	.174
2014	NYL	27	26	365	5.9	.417	.242	.121	2.9	11.0	6.9	10.7	1.3	0.9	20.0	16.4	-0.6	0.4	-0.3	-0.034
2015	NYL	28	33	642	9.9	.450	.239	.215	3.3	10.5	6.9	11.9	1.2	0.8	12.5	18.2	0.1	1.0	1.1	.081
2016	LAS	29	34	791	12.7	.549	.282	.242	2.0	8.4	5.4	10.2	2.4	0.8	14.3	17.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	.122
2017	LAS	30	24	464	9.4	.498	.346	.231	3.2	7.5	5.5	9.0	1.7	1.5	13.6	13.2	0.2	0.7	1.0	.100
2018	LAS	31	34	786	11.9	.535	.466	.069	1.5	12.6	6.9	6.3	2.0	1.3	8.1	15.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	.109
2019	PHO	32	23	425	11.5	.461	.320	.289	3.1	10.5	6.9	14.4	1.5	1.5	10.5	18.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	.050
2020	TOT	33	21	291	3.5	.377	.444	.101	2.8	12.1	7.2	6.5	1.6	0.6	13.4	18.6	-0.8	0.3	-0.6	-0.092
2020	WAS	33	10	168	1.9	.349	.390	.102	4.2	9.1	6.5	4.7	1.6	0.6	14.0	19.8	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	-0.160
2020	CON	33	11	123	5.6	.419	.525	.100	0.9	16.1	8.1	9.0	1.7	0.7	12.6	17.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	.000
Career			367	7364	12.2	.482	.273	.186	3.4	10.3	6.8	10.6	2.0	1.4	12.8	19.7	2.4	9.5	11.8	.077

8 seasons	NYL		231	4607	13.0	.473	.229	.189	4.0	10.4	7.2	11.5	2.1	1.5	13.2	21.6	1.6	5.6	7.2	.075
3 seasons	LAS		92	2041	11.6	.534	.369	.169	2.1	9.8	6.0	8.4	2.1	1.2	11.8	15.8	1.4	3.3	4.8	.112
1 season	PHO		23	425	11.5	.461	.320	.289	3.1	10.5	6.9	14.4	1.5	1.5	10.5	18.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	.050
1 season	CON		11	123	5.6	.419	.525	.100	0.9	16.1	8.1	9.0	1.7	0.7	12.6	17.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	.000
1 season	WAS		10	168	1.9	.349	.390	.102	4.2	9.1	6.5	4.7	1.6	0.6	14.0	19.8	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	-0.160

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Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2008	NYL	21	6	101	11.7	.502	.182	.061	1.2	9.5	5.4	10.0	0.5	1.6	10.6	18.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	.099
2010	NYL	23	5	125	17.1	.584	.161	.089	5.7	10.2	7.9	4.5	1.7	1.8	13.4	23.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	.109
2011	NYL	24	3	66	13.8	.422	.179	.321	7.8	11.0	9.4	10.9	4.9	1.4	15.8	27.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.018
2012	NYL	25	2	57	0.3	.271	.250	.000	1.6	13.5	7.1	7.1	0.9	1.4	14.3	22.0	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.219
2015	NYL	28	6	85	8.5	.473	.231	.038	2.8	6.5	4.6	8.2	0.7	0.0	10.2	16.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	.043
2016	LAS	29	9	227	3.8	.391	.413	.053	3.8	7.5	5.7	7.3	0.9	0.3	12.5	17.7	-0.5	0.4	-0.2	-0.034
2017	LAS	30	8	102	9.1	.445	.240	.280	3.5	7.3	5.3	4.6	2.5	1.6	6.6	13.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	.075
2018	LAS	31	2	36	4.9	.288	.538	.154	3.2	12.1	7.2	20.1	1.5	2.5	6.7	19.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.165
2019	PHO	32	1	11	19.7	.667	.000	.000	9.6	41.6	24.9	21.7	4.3	0.0	25.0	15.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	.067
2020	CON	33	5	39	8.2	.500	.385	.000	0.0	6.1	3.0	0.0	1.3	3.9	13.3	17.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	.051
Career			47	849	8.8	.448	.274	.101	3.7	9.3	6.4	7.6	1.6	1.2	12.2	19.1	-0.9	1.2	0.3	.015

5 seasons	NYL		22	434	11.5	.479	.192	.102	3.9	9.9	6.8	7.8	1.6	1.3	13.0	21.3	-0.2	0.5	0.3	.037
3 seasons	LAS		19	365	5.4	.392	.389	.115	3.7	7.9	5.7	7.8	1.4	0.9	10.5	16.7	-0.7	0.6	-0.1	-0.017
1 season	CON		5	39	8.2	.500	.385	.000	0.0	6.1	3.0	0.0	1.3	3.9	13.3	17.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	.051
1 season	PHO		1	11	19.7	.667	.000	.000	9.6	41.6	24.9	21.7	4.3	0.0	25.0	15.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	.067

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