Sheryl Swoopes

Sheryl Denice Swoopes ▪ Twitter: sherylswoopes22 ▪ Instagram: airswoopes22

(Also known as Sheryl Swoopes-Tellison)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

6-0, 145lb (183cm, 65kg)

Born: March 25, 1971 in Brownfield, Texas us

College: Texas Tech

High School: Brownfield in Brownfield, Texas

Draft: Houston Comets, 1997 Allocation Draft

Hall of Fame
3x MVP
6x All Star
2005 AS MVP
4x WNBA Champ
2x Scoring Champ
2x STL Champ
3x Def. POY
2x All-Defensive
2006 All-Decade
7x All-WNBA
Top 15@15
Top 20@20
W25

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SUMMARY

Career

324

PTS

15.0

TRB

4.9

AST

3.2

FG%

43.6

FG3%

31.6

FT%

82.5

eFG%

46.8

PER

23.3

56.1

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
1997	HOU	26	9	0	14.3	2.8	5.9	.472	0.4	1.8	.250	2.3	4.1	.568	.509	1.1	1.6	.714	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	7.1
1998	HOU	27	29	29	32.3	6.0	14.0	.427	1.2	3.4	.360	4.7	10.5	.449	.472	2.4	3.0	.826	1.3	3.8	5.1	2.1	2.5	0.5	2.0	1.4	15.6	MVP-7,WNBA1
1999	HOU	28	32	32	34.4	7.1	15.3	.462	1.0	3.1	.337	6.0	12.2	.494	.496	3.1	3.8	.820	1.5	4.8	6.3	4.0	2.4	1.4	2.6	1.8	18.3	MVP-2,WNBA1,AS,DPOY-2
2000	HOU	29	31	31	35.2	7.9	15.6	.506	1.1	2.9	.374	6.8	12.7	.537	.541	3.8	4.7	.821	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	2.8	1.1	2.6	2.2	20.7	MVP-1,WNBA1,AS,DPOY-1
2001		29	Did Not Play (injury—ACL)
2002	HOU	31	32	32	36.1	6.9	15.9	.434	0.7	2.5	.288	6.2	13.4	.462	.457	4.0	4.8	.825	0.9	4.0	4.9	3.3	2.8	0.7	2.7	1.6	18.5	MVP-1,WNBA1,AS,DPOY-1
2003	HOU	32	31	30	35.0	5.6	14.0	.403	0.8	2.5	.304	4.9	11.5	.425	.431	3.5	4.0	.887	1.0	3.6	4.6	3.9	2.5	0.8	2.4	1.5	15.6	MVP-6,AS,WNBA2,DPOY-1
2004	HOU	33	31	31	34.5	5.8	13.8	.422	0.6	2.1	.308	5.2	11.7	.442	.445	2.5	2.9	.856	1.2	3.7	4.9	2.9	1.5	0.5	1.9	1.8	14.8
2005	HOU	34	33	33	37.1	6.6	14.7	.447	0.8	2.3	.360	5.8	12.5	.462	.474	4.6	5.5	.850	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.3	2.0	0.8	2.2	1.6	18.6	MVP-1,WNBA1,DEF1,AS,DPOY-2
2006	HOU	35	31	31	35.8	5.8	14.1	.413	0.8	2.9	.278	5.0	11.2	.448	.442	3.1	4.1	.764	1.1	4.8	5.9	3.7	2.1	0.3	2.4	1.5	15.5	MVP-9,DEF1,AS,WNBA2,DPOY-3
2007	HOU	36	3	3	35.3	3.0	8.3	.360	0.3	2.3	.143	2.7	6.0	.444	.380	1.3	1.3	1.000	1.0	4.7	5.7	3.7	1.7	0.3	3.0	1.0	7.7
2008	SEA	37	29	25	24.3	2.6	6.6	.391	0.5	2.2	.222	2.1	4.4	.473	.427	1.4	2.0	.695	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	7.1
2009		37	Did Not Play (waived)
2010		38	Did Not Play (did not appear in WNBA)
2011	TUL	40	33	28	26.6	3.1	7.7	.398	0.9	2.8	.319	2.2	4.9	.442	.455	1.2	1.4	.870	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.4	1.4	8.2
Career			324	305	32.7	5.6	13.0	.436	0.8	2.6	.316	4.8	10.3	.466	.468	2.9	3.6	.825	1.1	3.9	4.9	3.2	2.0	0.7	2.1	1.6	15.0

10 seasons	HOU		262	252	34.4	6.3	14.3	.441	0.9	2.7	.324	5.4	11.6	.467	.471	3.3	4.0	.830	1.1	4.0	5.1	3.4	2.2	0.8	2.3	1.6	16.8
1 season	TUL		33	28	26.6	3.1	7.7	.398	0.9	2.8	.319	2.2	4.9	.442	.455	1.2	1.4	.870	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.4	1.4	8.2
1 season	SEA		29	25	24.3	2.6	6.6	.391	0.5	2.2	.222	2.1	4.4	.473	.427	1.4	2.0	.695	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	7.1

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
1997	HOU	26	2	0	7.0	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
1998	HOU	27	5	5	37.6	5.4	12.2	.443	1.0	3.6	.278	4.4	8.6	.512	.484	2.8	3.0	.933	1.4	8.6	10.0	5.2	1.8	1.4	3.2	2.0	14.6
1999	HOU	28	6	6	36.0	4.8	13.5	.358	0.7	2.2	.308	4.2	11.3	.368	.383	4.3	4.7	.929	1.2	2.5	3.7	1.2	2.3	0.5	2.0	1.5	14.7
2000	HOU	29	6	6	36.7	6.8	14.5	.471	1.3	2.8	.471	5.5	11.7	.471	.517	3.8	4.8	.793	1.5	4.2	5.7	3.2	2.8	0.0	2.0	1.8	18.8
2002	HOU	31	3	3	42.3	8.3	21.0	.397	1.0	3.0	.333	7.3	18.0	.407	.421	6.7	8.3	.800	3.3	4.0	7.3	5.7	4.0	0.7	2.7	2.3	24.3
2003	HOU	32	3	3	36.7	6.7	15.3	.435	0.3	3.3	.100	6.3	12.0	.528	.446	5.0	5.3	.938	0.7	5.7	6.3	4.3	1.3	0.7	1.7	2.7	18.7
2005	HOU	34	5	5	37.8	7.0	17.4	.402	1.0	2.8	.357	6.0	14.6	.411	.431	3.4	4.2	.810	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.8	1.4	0.4	3.0	3.4	18.4
2006	HOU	35	2	2	31.0	3.5	9.0	.389	0.5	3.0	.167	3.0	6.0	.500	.417	3.5	4.0	.875	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	11.0
2008	SEA	37	3	2	24.0	2.7	8.3	.320	0.7	3.3	.200	2.0	5.0	.400	.360	2.7	3.0	.889	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	8.7
Career			35	32	34.2	5.5	13.5	.406	0.8	2.8	.293	4.7	10.7	.436	.437	3.7	4.3	.861	1.3	4.2	5.5	3.1	2.0	0.5	2.1	2.1	15.5

8 seasons	HOU		32	30	35.2	5.8	14.0	.411	0.8	2.8	.303	4.9	11.2	.437	.441	3.8	4.4	.859	1.4	4.3	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.6	2.2	2.0	16.2
1 season	SEA		3	2	24.0	2.7	8.3	.320	0.7	3.3	.200	2.0	5.0	.400	.360	2.7	3.0	.889	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	8.7

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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
1997	HOU	26	9	0	129	25	53	.472	4	16	.250	21	37	.568	.509	10	14	.714	6	9	15	7	7	4	4	5	64
1998	HOU	27	29	29	937	173	405	.427	36	100	.360	137	305	.449	.472	71	86	.826	39	110	149	62	72	14	58	42	453
1999	HOU	28	32	32	1100	226	489	.462	33	98	.337	193	391	.494	.496	100	122	.820	48	154	202	127	76	46	83	57	585
2000	HOU	29	31	31	1090	245	484	.506	34	91	.374	211	393	.537	.541	119	145	.821	40	155	195	119	87	33	82	67	643
2002	HOU	31	32	32	1154	221	509	.434	23	80	.288	198	429	.462	.457	127	154	.825	30	128	158	107	88	23	87	50	592
2003	HOU	32	31	30	1084	175	434	.403	24	79	.304	151	355	.425	.431	110	124	.887	32	111	143	121	77	26	73	48	484
2004	HOU	33	31	31	1070	181	429	.422	20	65	.308	161	364	.442	.445	77	90	.856	38	115	153	91	47	16	59	56	459
2005	HOU	34	33	33	1225	217	486	.447	27	75	.360	190	411	.462	.474	153	180	.850	27	92	119	141	66	26	72	54	614
2006	HOU	35	31	31	1111	180	436	.413	25	90	.278	155	346	.448	.442	97	127	.764	34	149	183	115	64	9	74	46	482
2007	HOU	36	3	3	106	9	25	.360	1	7	.143	8	18	.444	.380	4	4	1.000	3	14	17	11	5	1	9	3	23
2008	SEA	37	29	25	706	75	192	.391	14	63	.222	61	129	.473	.427	41	59	.695	26	100	126	60	43	9	31	44	205
2011	TUL	40	33	28	879	101	254	.398	29	91	.319	72	163	.442	.455	40	46	.870	21	115	136	76	25	9	45	47	271
Career			324	305	10591	1828	4196	.436	270	855	.316	1558	3341	.466	.468	949	1151	.825	344	1252	1596	1037	657	216	677	519	4875

10 seasons	HOU		262	252	9006	1652	3750	.441	227	701	.324	1425	3049	.467	.471	868	1046	.830	297	1037	1334	901	589	198	601	428	4399
1 season	TUL		33	28	879	101	254	.398	29	91	.319	72	163	.442	.455	40	46	.870	21	115	136	76	25	9	45	47	271
1 season	SEA		29	25	706	75	192	.391	14	63	.222	61	129	.473	.427	41	59	.695	26	100	126	60	43	9	31	44	205

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
1997	HOU	26	2	0	14	0	5	.000	0	2	.000	0	3	.000	.000	0	0		1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
1998	HOU	27	5	5	188	27	61	.443	5	18	.278	22	43	.512	.484	14	15	.933	7	43	50	26	9	7	16	10	73
1999	HOU	28	6	6	216	29	81	.358	4	13	.308	25	68	.368	.383	26	28	.929	7	15	22	7	14	3	12	9	88
2000	HOU	29	6	6	220	41	87	.471	8	17	.471	33	70	.471	.517	23	29	.793	9	25	34	19	17	0	12	11	113
2002	HOU	31	3	3	127	25	63	.397	3	9	.333	22	54	.407	.421	20	25	.800	10	12	22	17	12	2	8	7	73
2003	HOU	32	3	3	110	20	46	.435	1	10	.100	19	36	.528	.446	15	16	.938	2	17	19	13	4	2	5	8	56
2005	HOU	34	5	5	189	35	87	.402	5	14	.357	30	73	.411	.431	17	21	.810	8	20	28	19	7	2	15	17	92
2006	HOU	35	2	2	62	7	18	.389	1	6	.167	6	12	.500	.417	7	8	.875	0	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	22
2008	SEA	37	3	2	72	8	25	.320	2	10	.200	6	15	.400	.360	8	9	.889	3	7	10	3	6	0	5	7	26
Career			35	32	1198	192	473	.406	29	99	.293	163	374	.436	.437	130	151	.861	47	146	193	107	71	19	75	72	543

8 seasons	HOU		32	30	1126	184	448	.411	27	89	.303	157	359	.437	.441	122	142	.859	44	139	183	104	65	19	70	65	517
1 season	SEA		3	2	72	8	25	.320	2	10	.200	6	15	.400	.360	8	9	.889	3	7	10	3	6	0	5	7	26

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Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1997	HOU	26	9	129	26.6	.541	.302	.264	6.0	9.4	7.7	12.7	3.0	2.6	6.3	22.9	0.7	0.2	0.9	.339
1998	HOU	27	29	937	24.4	.511	.247	.212	5.5	15.0	10.3	14.1	4.3	1.3	11.6	25.5	3.4	2.6	6.0	.306
1999	HOU	28	32	1100	28.9	.539	.200	.249	6.1	17.4	12.1	25.7	4.0	3.6	13.3	27.7	5.0	3.1	8.1	.353
2000	HOU	29	31	1090	32.0	.587	.188	.300	5.4	18.2	12.2	23.6	4.6	2.6	13.0	28.6	6.3	3.6	9.8	.433
2002	HOU	31	32	1154	25.5	.513	.157	.303	3.5	14.1	8.9	23.4	4.6	1.8	13.1	29.7	3.3	3.8	7.1	.296
2003	HOU	32	31	1084	23.6	.495	.182	.286	4.1	13.2	8.8	25.1	4.2	2.1	13.0	26.9	2.6	2.7	5.3	.234
2004	HOU	33	31	1070	20.6	.490	.152	.210	4.7	13.9	9.4	20.6	2.6	1.3	11.2	25.1	2.6	1.6	4.1	.186
2005	HOU	34	33	1225	26.6	.543	.154	.370	3.1	10.8	7.0	25.7	3.2	1.9	11.3	27.0	5.6	1.6	7.1	.279
2006	HOU	35	31	1111	19.2	.490	.206	.291	3.9	16.0	10.1	20.4	3.1	0.6	13.1	23.8	1.9	2.5	4.4	.190
2007	HOU	36	3	106	10.1	.430	.280	.160	3.5	16.2	9.9	17.7	2.4	0.8	25.2	14.8	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.008
2008	SEA	37	29	706	15.4	.470	.328	.307	4.6	16.7	10.8	15.3	3.3	1.1	12.5	16.2	0.9	1.5	2.5	.167
2011	TUL	40	33	879	12.5	.494	.358	.181	2.9	17.5	9.8	17.1	1.5	0.8	14.1	16.6	0.7	0.0	0.7	.037
Career			324	10591	23.3	.518	.204	.274	4.4	15.1	9.8	21.4	3.6	1.8	12.6	25.1	32.9	23.2	56.1	.254

10 seasons	HOU		262	9006	25.0	.522	.187	.279	4.5	14.7	9.8	22.3	3.8	1.9	12.5	26.6	31.3	21.6	52.9	.282
1 season	TUL		33	879	12.5	.494	.358	.181	2.9	17.5	9.8	17.1	1.5	0.8	14.1	16.6	0.7	0.0	0.7	.037
1 season	SEA		29	706	15.4	.470	.328	.307	4.6	16.7	10.8	15.3	3.3	1.1	12.5	16.2	0.9	1.5	2.5	.167

Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1997	HOU	26	2	14	-8.6	.000	.400	.000	8.7	17.6	13.1	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	17.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.291
1998	HOU	27	5	188	23.1	.540	.295	.246	5.2	27.4	17.2	26.6	2.7	3.1	19.1	22.3	0.5	0.6	1.1	.283
1999	HOU	28	6	216	16.8	.471	.160	.346	4.4	8.6	6.6	8.0	3.9	1.2	11.4	25.2	0.3	0.4	0.7	.163
2000	HOU	29	6	220	27.7	.566	.195	.333	5.4	14.7	10.1	19.2	4.7	0.0	10.7	25.5	1.2	0.6	1.7	.375
2002	HOU	31	3	127	29.0	.493	.143	.397	8.5	13.4	10.6	33.2	5.7	1.3	9.8	31.6	0.4	0.3	0.7	.278
2003	HOU	32	3	110	26.4	.528	.217	.348	2.0	19.9	10.3	28.8	2.2	1.6	8.6	26.2	0.5	0.3	0.8	.345
2005	HOU	34	5	189	19.7	.478	.161	.241	6.2	15.3	10.8	24.2	2.2	0.9	13.5	31.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	.113
2006	HOU	35	2	62	16.5	.511	.333	.444	0.0	9.6	5.3	9.9	1.8	2.2	8.5	19.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.088
2008	SEA	37	3	72	14.1	.449	.400	.360	5.2	12.8	8.9	9.2	4.5	0.0	14.7	22.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	.123
Career			35	1198	22.0	.503	.209	.319	5.1	15.7	10.5	20.2	3.5	1.3	12.2	26.0	3.1	2.5	5.5	.221

8 seasons	HOU		32	1126	22.5	.506	.199	.317	5.1	15.9	10.6	20.9	3.4	1.4	12.1	26.2	3.0	2.3	5.3	.228
1 season	SEA		3	72	14.1	.449	.400	.360	5.2	12.8	8.9	9.2	4.5	0.0	14.7	22.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	.123

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