Ruth Riley

Ruth Ellen Riley ▪ Twitter: ruthriley00 ▪ Instagram: ruthriley00

(Also known as Ruth Riley Hunter)

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right

6-5, 198lb (196cm, 89kg)

Born: August 28, 1979 in Ransom, Kansas us

College: Notre Dame

High School: North Miami in Denver, Indiana

Draft: Miami Sol, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), 2001 Draft; Detroit Shock, 1st overall, 2003 Dispersal Draft

1x All Star
2x WNBA Champ
2x Community Ast
2003 Finals MVP
2011 Sportsmanship

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SUMMARY

Career

387

PTS

6.3

TRB

4.1

AST

1.2

FG%

44.2

FG3%

29.7

FT%

78.7

eFG%

45.1

PER

11.8

17.2

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
2001	MIA	21	32	20	25.0	2.4	5.1	.475	0.0	0.0		2.4	5.1	.475	.475	2.0	2.6	.771	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.8	0.8	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.8	ROY-5
2002	MIA	22	26	8	20.0	2.3	5.0	.465	0.0	0.0		2.3	5.0	.465	.465	1.1	1.8	.609	0.9	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.4	1.6	1.9	3.3	5.7
2003	DET	23	34	34	29.3	3.4	6.8	.498	0.0	0.0		3.4	6.8	.498	.498	2.9	3.7	.764	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	3.8	9.6	MIP-5
2004	DET	24	34	34	30.5	4.5	10.1	.446	0.0	0.1	.500	4.5	10.0	.446	.448	2.1	2.6	.816	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.5	0.9	1.6	2.4	3.6	11.1
2005	DET	25	33	33	25.9	3.0	8.1	.375	0.1	0.4	.250	2.9	7.7	.380	.380	1.5	1.8	.800	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.2	0.7	1.4	2.1	4.0	7.6	AS
2006	DET	26	34	34	25.8	3.4	7.4	.456	0.1	0.3	.333	3.3	7.1	.461	.462	0.5	0.5	.889	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.5	0.5	1.4	1.6	3.2	7.3
2007	SAS	27	30	29	25.8	2.4	6.5	.371	0.2	0.9	.185	2.2	5.6	.401	.384	0.9	1.0	.931	1.1	3.9	4.9	1.2	0.9	2.0	2.3	3.8	5.9
2008	SAS	28	30	3	19.3	2.1	4.8	.434	0.3	0.9	.321	1.8	3.9	.462	.466	0.6	0.7	.857	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.0	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.4	5.1
2009	SAS	29	31	17	21.0	2.2	4.7	.463	0.1	0.6	.222	2.1	4.2	.496	.476	0.7	0.8	.885	1.1	3.4	4.5	0.9	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.9	5.3
2010	SAS	30	20	2	13.1	1.5	2.7	.537	0.1	0.3	.200	1.4	2.5	.571	.546	0.8	1.0	.800	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	3.8
2011	SAS	31	34	34	19.0	2.4	4.9	.485	0.2	0.4	.571	2.1	4.5	.477	.509	0.6	0.8	.769	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.6	5.6
2012	CHI	32	33	14	14.4	1.1	2.9	.379	0.2	0.5	.278	0.9	2.3	.403	.405	0.3	0.4	.786	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.8	2.2	2.7
2013	ATL	33	16	0	7.6	0.4	1.2	.316	0.1	0.3	.400	0.3	0.9	.286	.368	0.3	0.4	.667	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.1
Career			387	262	22.2	2.5	5.7	.442	0.1	0.4	.297	2.4	5.3	.452	.451	1.1	1.5	.787	1.1	3.1	4.1	1.2	0.6	1.3	1.6	3.1	6.3

5 seasons	SAS		145	85	20.1	2.2	4.9	.443	0.2	0.6	.293	2.0	4.2	.465	.462	0.7	0.8	.852	0.8	3.2	3.9	1.1	0.5	1.3	1.4	3.0	5.2
4 seasons	DET		135	135	27.9	3.6	8.1	.442	0.1	0.2	.304	3.5	7.9	.445	.445	1.7	2.2	.795	1.5	3.8	5.3	1.5	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.9
2 seasons	MIA		58	28	22.7	2.4	5.0	.471	0.0	0.0		2.4	5.0	.471	.471	1.6	2.2	.713	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	1.9	3.3	6.3
1 season	CHI		33	14	14.4	1.1	2.9	.379	0.2	0.5	.278	0.9	2.3	.403	.405	0.3	0.4	.786	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.8	2.2	2.7
1 season	ATL		16	0	7.6	0.4	1.2	.316	0.1	0.3	.400	0.3	0.9	.286	.368	0.3	0.4	.667	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.1

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
2001	MIA	21	3	3	36.7	2.7	6.3	.421	0.0	0.0		2.7	6.3	.421	.421	2.7	6.3	.421	1.7	3.7	5.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	4.0	8.0
2003	DET	23	8	8	32.3	5.1	13.3	.387	0.0	0.0		5.1	13.3	.387	.387	2.6	3.3	.808	1.9	4.3	6.1	2.5	0.6	2.5	1.6	3.3	12.9
2004	DET	24	3	3	31.7	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.0		3.0	7.0	.429	.429	3.7	5.0	.733	2.3	2.7	5.0	3.0	0.7	2.0	0.7	3.0	9.7
2005	DET	25	2	2	27.0	3.5	8.5	.412	1.5	1.5	1.000	2.0	7.0	.286	.500	0.0	0.0		1.5	4.0	5.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	8.5
2006	DET	26	10	10	22.5	2.0	5.2	.385	0.0	0.0		2.0	5.2	.385	.385	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	4.4
2007	SAS	27	5	5	26.4	2.8	6.2	.452	0.4	0.8	.500	2.4	5.4	.444	.484	0.0	0.0		1.2	3.8	5.0	2.2	0.6	2.6	1.6	3.8	6.0
2008	SAS	28	9	1	17.1	0.8	3.7	.212	0.1	1.0	.111	0.7	2.7	.250	.227	0.3	0.4	.750	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	2.9	2.0
2009	SAS	29	3	0	14.7	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.7	.500	.500	1.3	2.0	.667	1.3	1.0	2.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	4.0
2010	SAS	30	2	0	15.5	2.5	5.5	.455	0.0	0.0		2.5	5.5	.455	.455	2.5	2.5	1.000	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	2.5	7.5
2011	SAS	31	3	3	18.7	1.7	3.7	.455	0.3	0.7	.500	1.3	3.0	.444	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	4.0	4.3	3.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	4.0
2013	ATL	33	4	0	6.5	0.8	1.0	.750	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.8	.667	.875	0.3	0.5	.500	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	2.0
Career			52	35	22.8	2.4	6.0	.393	0.2	0.4	.421	2.2	5.7	.391	.406	1.1	1.6	.699	1.2	2.5	3.7	1.3	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.9	6.0

4 seasons	DET		23	23	27.5	3.3	8.5	.393	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.2	8.4	.383	.401	1.6	2.0	.800	1.6	3.0	4.7	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.5	3.1	8.4
5 seasons	SAS		22	9	19.0	1.6	4.3	.372	0.2	0.7	.267	1.4	3.6	.392	.394	0.6	0.8	.765	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.2	2.8	4.0
1 season	ATL		4	0	6.5	0.8	1.0	.750	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.8	.667	.875	0.3	0.5	.500	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	2.0
1 season	MIA		3	3	36.7	2.7	6.3	.421	0.0	0.0		2.7	6.3	.421	.421	2.7	6.3	.421	1.7	3.7	5.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	4.0	8.0

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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
2001	MIA	21	32	20	799	77	162	.475	0	0		77	162	.475	.475	64	83	.771	51	79	130	26	25	46	63	107	218
2002	MIA	22	26	8	519	60	129	.465	0	0		60	129	.465	.465	28	46	.609	24	66	90	25	11	41	49	87	148
2003	DET	23	34	34	995	115	231	.498	0	0		115	231	.498	.498	97	127	.764	59	142	201	64	25	58	82	128	327
2004	DET	24	34	34	1037	153	343	.446	1	2	.500	152	341	.446	.448	71	87	.816	68	131	199	50	31	53	82	121	378
2005	DET	25	33	33	855	100	267	.375	3	12	.250	97	255	.380	.380	48	60	.800	43	113	156	39	23	46	68	131	251
2006	DET	26	34	34	876	115	252	.456	3	9	.333	112	243	.461	.462	16	18	.889	36	129	165	52	18	49	54	110	249
2007	SAS	27	30	29	773	72	194	.371	5	27	.185	67	167	.401	.384	27	29	.931	32	116	148	37	27	59	69	114	176
2008	SAS	28	30	3	580	63	145	.434	9	28	.321	54	117	.462	.466	18	21	.857	14	94	108	31	14	41	52	101	153
2009	SAS	29	31	17	650	68	147	.463	4	18	.222	64	129	.496	.476	23	26	.885	35	105	140	28	14	45	35	90	163
2010	SAS	30	20	2	261	29	54	.537	1	5	.200	28	49	.571	.546	16	20	.800	6	39	45	19	5	13	19	39	75
2011	SAS	31	34	34	645	81	167	.485	8	14	.571	73	153	.477	.509	20	26	.769	27	103	130	42	12	30	29	88	190
2012	CHI	32	33	14	476	36	95	.379	5	18	.278	31	77	.403	.405	11	14	.786	17	62	79	33	23	20	27	74	88
2013	ATL	33	16	0	121	6	19	.316	2	5	.400	4	14	.286	.368	4	6	.667	3	9	12	3	3	4	8	25	18
Career			387	262	8587	975	2205	.442	41	138	.297	934	2067	.452	.451	443	563	.787	415	1188	1603	449	231	505	637	1215	2434

5 seasons	SAS		145	85	2909	313	707	.443	27	92	.293	286	615	.465	.462	104	122	.852	114	457	571	157	72	188	204	432	757
4 seasons	DET		135	135	3763	483	1093	.442	7	23	.304	476	1070	.445	.445	232	292	.795	206	515	721	205	97	206	286	490	1205
2 seasons	MIA		58	28	1318	137	291	.471	0	0		137	291	.471	.471	92	129	.713	75	145	220	51	36	87	112	194	366
1 season	CHI		33	14	476	36	95	.379	5	18	.278	31	77	.403	.405	11	14	.786	17	62	79	33	23	20	27	74	88
1 season	ATL		16	0	121	6	19	.316	2	5	.400	4	14	.286	.368	4	6	.667	3	9	12	3	3	4	8	25	18

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
2001	MIA	21	3	3	110	8	19	.421	0	0		8	19	.421	.421	8	19	.421	5	11	16	3	1	4	3	12	24
2003	DET	23	8	8	258	41	106	.387	0	0		41	106	.387	.387	21	26	.808	15	34	49	20	5	20	13	26	103
2004	DET	24	3	3	95	9	21	.429	0	0		9	21	.429	.429	11	15	.733	7	8	15	9	2	6	2	9	29
2005	DET	25	2	2	54	7	17	.412	3	3	1.000	4	14	.286	.500	0	0		3	8	11	0	1	2	5	10	17
2006	DET	26	10	10	225	20	52	.385	0	0		20	52	.385	.385	4	4	1.000	12	20	32	5	5	13	15	27	44
2007	SAS	27	5	5	132	14	31	.452	2	4	.500	12	27	.444	.484	0	0		6	19	25	11	3	13	8	19	30
2008	SAS	28	9	1	154	7	33	.212	1	9	.111	6	24	.250	.227	3	4	.750	5	14	19	10	4	8	13	26	18
2009	SAS	29	3	0	44	4	8	.500	0	0		4	8	.500	.500	4	6	.667	4	3	7	1	1	4	1	7	12
2010	SAS	30	2	0	31	5	11	.455	0	0		5	11	.455	.455	5	5	1.000	2	2	4	0	3	3	1	5	15
2011	SAS	31	3	3	56	5	11	.455	1	2	.500	4	9	.444	.500	1	2	.500	1	12	13	9	1	4	3	5	12
2013	ATL	33	4	0	26	3	4	.750	1	1	1.000	2	3	.667	.875	1	2	.500	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	7	8
Career			52	35	1185	123	313	.393	8	19	.421	115	294	.391	.406	58	83	.699	62	131	193	69	26	77	66	153	312

4 seasons	DET		23	23	632	77	196	.393	3	3	1.000	74	193	.383	.401	36	45	.800	37	70	107	34	13	41	35	72	193
5 seasons	SAS		22	9	417	35	94	.372	4	15	.267	31	79	.392	.394	13	17	.765	18	50	68	31	12	32	26	62	87
1 season	ATL		4	0	26	3	4	.750	1	1	1.000	2	3	.667	.875	1	2	.500	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	7	8
1 season	MIA		3	3	110	8	19	.421	0	0		8	19	.421	.421	8	19	.421	5	11	16	3	1	4	3	12	24

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Regular Season

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
2001	MIA	21	32	799	13.9	.549	.000	.512	8.8	13.7	11.2	6.8	1.9	5.7	24.1	17.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	.146
2002	MIA	22	26	519	11.4	.496	.000	.357	6.1	19.4	12.2	10.0	1.3	7.6	24.7	19.6	-0.5	0.9	0.4	.034
2003	DET	23	34	995	15.6	.570	.000	.550	7.8	15.9	12.2	12.0	1.4	4.6	22.2	17.1	1.8	1.9	3.8	.182
2004	DET	24	34	1037	15.0	.496	.006	.254	8.0	15.8	11.8	9.8	1.7	4.5	17.7	20.7	0.9	1.4	2.2	.104
2005	DET	25	33	855	10.0	.428	.045	.225	6.0	17.0	11.3	9.4	1.5	5.0	18.8	19.7	-0.8	1.8	1.1	.061
2006	DET	26	34	876	11.5	.479	.036	.071	4.8	16.7	10.8	11.0	1.1	4.8	17.2	15.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	.126
2007	SAS	27	30	773	8.1	.426	.139	.149	5.2	18.3	11.8	8.3	1.9	6.2	25.0	16.4	-1.4	1.6	0.2	.011
2008	SAS	28	30	580	8.7	.496	.193	.145	3.1	18.0	11.1	9.7	1.3	5.4	25.2	16.7	-0.7	1.4	0.6	.052
2009	SAS	29	31	650	11.9	.514	.122	.177	6.8	19.8	13.4	7.6	1.2	5.4	18.1	13.9	0.4	0.8	1.2	.087
2010	SAS	30	20	261	11.5	.597	.093	.370	2.9	18.7	10.9	12.1	1.0	4.0	23.2	14.7	0.2	0.2	0.4	.079
2011	SAS	31	34	645	12.7	.532	.084	.156	4.8	19.3	11.9	11.2	1.0	3.7	14.0	14.9	0.7	1.1	1.8	.137
2012	CHI	32	33	476	8.2	.435	.189	.147	4.5	16.5	10.4	11.3	2.6	3.7	21.1	12.1	-0.2	0.9	0.8	.076
2013	ATL	33	16	121	0.4	.416	.263	.316	2.8	8.5	5.6	3.6	1.3	2.5	27.0	10.6	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.020
Career			387	8587	11.8	.496	.063	.255	6.1	17.0	11.6	9.7	1.5	5.0	20.6	16.9	1.3	15.9	17.2	.096

5 seasons	SAS		145	2909	10.4	.498	.130	.173	4.8	18.8	12.0	9.4	1.3	5.1	21.1	15.4	-0.8	5.1	4.3	.070
4 seasons	DET		135	3763	13.2	.493	.021	.267	6.7	16.3	11.6	10.6	1.4	4.7	19.0	18.4	2.2	7.2	9.4	.120
2 seasons	MIA		58	1318	12.9	.526	.000	.443	7.7	15.9	11.6	8.1	1.7	6.5	24.4	18.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	.102
1 season	CHI		33	476	8.2	.435	.189	.147	4.5	16.5	10.4	11.3	2.6	3.7	21.1	12.1	-0.2	0.9	0.8	.076
1 season	ATL		16	121	0.4	.416	.263	.316	2.8	8.5	5.6	3.6	1.3	2.5	27.0	10.6	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.020

Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2001	MIA	21	3	110	9.9	.439	.000	1.000	5.8	13.6	9.6	6.8	0.6	3.4	9.9	15.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	.036
2003	DET	23	8	258	16.8	.439	.000	.245	6.6	16.3	11.3	16.4	1.1	6.7	10.0	23.4	0.2	0.5	0.7	.126
2004	DET	24	3	95	20.5	.525	.000	.714	10.8	10.6	10.7	19.1	1.3	7.1	6.8	15.6	0.4	0.0	0.4	.208
2005	DET	25	2	54	8.1	.500	.176	.000	5.9	19.8	12.1	0.0	1.1	3.8	22.7	18.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.054
2006	DET	26	10	225	6.3	.409	.000	.077	6.8	10.0	8.5	3.6	1.2	4.5	21.8	13.7	-0.3	0.4	0.1	.013
2007	SAS	27	5	132	11.2	.484	.129	.000	5.0	17.6	10.9	12.6	1.2	7.5	20.5	12.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	.044
2008	SAS	28	9	154	-0.6	.259	.273	.121	4.2	11.7	8.0	11.1	1.4	3.8	27.2	14.9	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	-0.204
2009	SAS	29	3	44	14.3	.564	.000	.750	10.0	9.3	9.7	3.1	1.2	6.8	8.6	11.9	0.1	-0.1	0.0	.012
2010	SAS	30	2	31	21.0	.568	.000	.455	6.7	8.4	7.5	0.0	4.7	6.5	7.0	19.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	.124
2011	SAS	31	3	56	14.9	.505	.182	.182	2.2	23.0	13.4	27.9	1.0	4.9	20.2	12.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	.126
2013	ATL	33	4	26	8.7	.820	.250	.500	8.1	0.0	4.3	7.0	0.0	0.0	29.1	11.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	.105
Career			52	1185	10.9	.446	.061	.265	6.3	13.6	9.9	10.8	1.2	5.3	15.9	16.4	-0.1	1.0	0.9	.038

4 seasons	DET		23	632	12.9	.447	.015	.230	7.3	13.5	10.3	10.9	1.2	5.7	14.0	18.4	0.3	0.8	1.1	.083
5 seasons	SAS		22	417	8.4	.429	.160	.181	5.0	14.6	9.8	12.1	1.5	5.6	20.4	14.0	-0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.034
1 season	ATL		4	26	8.7	.820	.250	.500	8.1	0.0	4.3	7.0	0.0	0.0	29.1	11.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	.105
1 season	MIA		3	110	9.9	.439	.000	1.000	5.8	13.6	9.6	6.8	0.6	3.4	9.9	15.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	.036

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