Penny Taylor

Penelope Jane Taylor

(Penny)

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right

6-1, 165lb (185cm, 74kg)

Born: May 24, 1981 in Melbourne, Australia au

High School: Upwey in Upwey, Australia

Draft: Cleveland Rockers, 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall), 2001 Draft; Phoenix Mercury, 1st overall, 2004 Dispersal Draft

3x All Star
3x WNBA Champ
2x All-WNBA

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SUMMARY

Career

355

PTS

13.0

TRB

4.4

AST

3.0

FG%

46.6

FG3%

38.2

FT%

86.8

eFG%

52.7

PER

22.3

49.0

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	CLE	20	32	0	17.5	2.7	7.0	.382	0.7	2.3	.301	2.0	4.8	.421	.431	1.1	1.4	.783	1.1	2.4	3.5	1.4	1.1	0.3	1.2	1.4	7.2
2002	CLE	21	30	26	30.3	4.4	10.7	.416	1.3	3.7	.342	3.2	7.0	.455	.475	2.9	3.4	.853	1.7	3.6	5.3	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	13.0	AS,MIP-8
2003	CLE	22	34	33	26.4	4.2	10.0	.421	1.0	2.9	.343	3.2	7.1	.452	.471	2.3	2.8	.821	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.8	1.6	11.7
2004	PHO	23	33	33	32.6	4.5	9.4	.484	1.2	2.9	.427	3.3	6.5	.509	.550	2.8	3.3	.861	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.5	1.6	0.4	2.5	3.3	13.2	MIP-6
2005	PHO	24	29	29	29.4	4.2	9.0	.464	1.3	3.2	.404	2.9	5.8	.497	.536	3.5	4.1	.864	1.3	2.8	4.1	3.2	1.3	0.4	2.7	3.0	13.2
2006	PHO	25	20	8	26.8	4.9	11.0	.445	1.2	3.3	.369	3.7	7.8	.477	.500	2.9	3.3	.864	1.6	4.1	5.7	2.6	1.5	0.5	1.5	2.9	13.9
2007	PHO	26	34	34	29.7	5.8	11.7	.499	1.0	2.6	.378	4.8	9.0	.534	.542	5.1	5.8	.884	2.1	4.1	6.3	2.9	1.5	0.6	2.3	3.5	17.8	MVP-6,WNBA1,AS,MIP-4
2008		26	Did Not Play (injury—ankle)
2009	PHO	28	14	1	20.2	3.6	7.7	.463	0.7	1.8	.400	2.9	5.9	.482	.509	3.1	3.4	.896	0.9	1.6	2.4	2.3	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.3	10.9
2010	PHO	29	32	32	30.0	5.4	10.6	.509	1.4	3.3	.442	4.0	7.4	.538	.576	3.7	4.1	.893	1.0	3.4	4.4	5.0	1.5	0.3	2.4	2.8	15.9	MVP-10
2011	PHO	30	29	29	29.8	5.7	11.1	.511	1.6	3.9	.402	4.1	7.2	.569	.581	3.8	4.4	.874	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	1.7	0.4	2.2	2.3	16.7	MVP-10,AS,WNBA2
2012		30	Did Not Play (injury—ACL)
2013	PHO	32	10	3	16.1	2.5	5.3	.472	0.8	1.9	.421	1.7	3.4	.500	.547	2.6	2.7	.963	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	8.4
2014	PHO	33	33	24	23.4	3.5	7.2	.479	0.9	2.5	.357	2.5	4.7	.545	.542	2.7	3.2	.848	0.4	2.7	3.1	3.1	1.2	0.5	1.7	1.6	10.5
2015		33	Did Not Play (personal)
2016	PHO	35	25	25	25.7	4.1	8.4	.488	1.6	4.0	.396	2.5	4.3	.574	.584	2.7	3.0	.907	0.4	3.4	3.8	3.6	1.5	0.4	1.7	2.1	12.5
Career			355	277	26.8	4.4	9.4	.466	1.2	3.0	.382	3.2	6.4	.506	.527	3.0	3.5	.868	1.2	3.2	4.4	3.0	1.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	13.0

10 seasons	PHO		259	218	27.6	4.6	9.5	.486	1.2	3.1	.400	3.4	6.4	.527	.551	3.4	3.9	.878	1.1	3.3	4.4	3.3	1.4	0.4	2.1	2.6	13.8
3 seasons	CLE		96	59	24.7	3.8	9.2	.409	1.0	2.9	.332	2.8	6.3	.445	.462	2.1	2.5	.827	1.4	3.0	4.4	2.0	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.7	10.6

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	CLE	20	3	0	19.7	2.7	8.3	.320	0.7	3.7	.182	2.0	4.7	.429	.360	1.0	1.3	.750	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	1.3	7.0
2003	CLE	22	3	3	33.0	5.3	12.0	.444	1.0	3.3	.300	4.3	8.7	.500	.486	3.3	4.0	.833	0.3	4.0	4.3	1.0	2.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	15.0
2007	PHO	26	9	9	34.6	5.8	12.4	.464	0.9	2.2	.400	4.9	10.2	.478	.500	6.9	7.6	.912	2.7	5.2	7.9	3.8	1.8	1.1	2.8	3.7	19.3
2009	PHO	28	11	0	24.1	4.5	8.5	.527	1.4	2.8	.484	3.1	5.6	.548	.608	4.0	4.6	.863	0.9	2.5	3.5	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.1	14.3
2010	PHO	29	4	4	31.8	4.5	9.5	.474	1.3	2.3	.556	3.3	7.3	.448	.539	3.8	4.3	.882	1.3	3.5	4.8	6.8	2.0	0.5	2.3	1.5	14.0
2011	PHO	30	5	5	30.8	4.4	9.2	.478	0.8	2.6	.308	3.6	6.6	.545	.522	2.0	2.4	.833	0.8	4.4	5.2	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	11.6
2013	PHO	32	2	2	20.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	2.0	3.5	.571	.550	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	6.0
2014	PHO	33	8	8	27.8	3.6	7.4	.492	0.6	2.4	.263	3.0	5.0	.600	.534	3.5	3.9	.903	0.8	4.4	5.1	4.9	1.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	11.4
2016	PHO	35	5	5	26.0	2.8	7.6	.368	1.0	3.2	.313	1.8	4.4	.409	.434	4.6	4.8	.958	0.0	4.4	4.4	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	11.2
Career			50	36	28.1	4.3	9.1	.466	1.0	2.6	.364	3.3	6.5	.508	.519	3.9	4.4	.887	1.1	3.8	4.9	3.6	1.4	0.5	1.7	2.5	13.4

7 seasons	PHO		44	33	28.4	4.3	9.0	.477	1.0	2.5	.387	3.3	6.5	.512	.532	4.2	4.7	.893	1.1	3.9	5.0	4.0	1.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	13.7
2 seasons	CLE		6	3	26.3	4.0	10.2	.393	0.8	3.5	.238	3.2	6.7	.475	.434	2.2	2.7	.813	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.0	2.0	0.3	1.8	2.3	11.0

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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	CLE	20	32	0	561	86	225	.382	22	73	.301	64	152	.421	.431	36	46	.783	36	76	112	44	35	11	38	46	230
2002	CLE	21	30	26	908	133	320	.416	38	111	.342	95	209	.455	.475	87	102	.853	51	107	158	68	37	11	58	66	391
2003	CLE	22	34	33	898	143	340	.421	34	99	.343	109	241	.452	.471	78	95	.821	44	104	148	80	38	10	60	53	398
2004	PHO	23	33	33	1076	150	310	.484	41	96	.427	109	214	.509	.550	93	108	.861	51	109	160	82	52	14	81	108	434
2005	PHO	24	29	29	852	121	261	.464	38	94	.404	83	167	.497	.536	102	118	.864	38	82	120	94	38	11	77	86	382
2006	PHO	25	20	8	536	98	220	.445	24	65	.369	74	155	.477	.500	57	66	.864	32	81	113	51	29	9	29	57	277
2007	PHO	26	34	34	1010	198	397	.499	34	90	.378	164	307	.534	.542	175	198	.884	73	141	214	98	51	22	77	120	605
2009	PHO	28	14	1	283	50	108	.463	10	25	.400	40	83	.482	.509	43	48	.896	12	22	34	32	18	2	31	32	153
2010	PHO	29	32	32	959	173	340	.509	46	104	.442	127	236	.538	.576	117	131	.893	32	109	141	161	47	9	76	88	509
2011	PHO	30	29	29	864	164	321	.511	45	112	.402	119	209	.569	.581	111	127	.874	28	113	141	135	49	11	65	67	484
2013	PHO	32	10	3	161	25	53	.472	8	19	.421	17	34	.500	.547	26	27	.963	6	15	21	17	8	1	6	7	84
2014	PHO	33	33	24	773	114	238	.479	30	84	.357	84	154	.545	.542	89	105	.848	14	89	103	102	40	15	57	54	347
2016	PHO	35	25	25	643	102	209	.488	40	101	.396	62	108	.574	.584	68	75	.907	10	84	94	89	38	11	42	53	312
Career			355	277	9524	1557	3342	.466	410	1073	.382	1147	2269	.506	.527	1082	1246	.868	427	1132	1559	1053	480	137	697	837	4606

10 seasons	PHO		259	218	7157	1195	2457	.486	316	790	.400	879	1667	.527	.551	881	1003	.878	296	845	1141	861	370	105	541	672	3587
3 seasons	CLE		96	59	2367	362	885	.409	94	283	.332	268	602	.445	.462	201	243	.827	131	287	418	192	110	32	156	165	1019

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	CLE	20	3	0	59	8	25	.320	2	11	.182	6	14	.429	.360	3	4	.750	2	7	9	3	6	1	5	4	21
2003	CLE	22	3	3	99	16	36	.444	3	10	.300	13	26	.500	.486	10	12	.833	1	12	13	3	6	1	6	10	45
2007	PHO	26	9	9	311	52	112	.464	8	20	.400	44	92	.478	.500	62	68	.912	24	47	71	34	16	10	25	33	174
2009	PHO	28	11	0	265	49	93	.527	15	31	.484	34	62	.548	.608	44	51	.863	10	28	38	37	4	2	12	23	157
2010	PHO	29	4	4	127	18	38	.474	5	9	.556	13	29	.448	.539	15	17	.882	5	14	19	27	8	2	9	6	56
2011	PHO	30	5	5	154	22	46	.478	4	13	.308	18	33	.545	.522	10	12	.833	4	22	26	15	4	1	9	17	58
2013	PHO	32	2	2	40	5	10	.500	1	3	.333	4	7	.571	.550	1	2	.500	1	3	4	8	2	0	2	1	12
2014	PHO	33	8	8	222	29	59	.492	5	19	.263	24	40	.600	.534	28	31	.903	6	35	41	39	14	3	9	18	91
2016	PHO	35	5	5	130	14	38	.368	5	16	.313	9	22	.409	.434	23	24	.958	0	22	22	15	8	4	9	14	56
Career			50	36	1407	213	457	.466	48	132	.364	165	325	.508	.519	196	221	.887	53	190	243	181	68	24	86	126	670

7 seasons	PHO		44	33	1249	189	396	.477	43	111	.387	146	285	.512	.532	183	205	.893	50	171	221	175	56	22	75	112	604
2 seasons	CLE		6	3	158	24	61	.393	5	21	.238	19	40	.475	.434	13	16	.813	3	19	22	6	12	2	11	14	66

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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
2001	CLE	20	32	561	21.1	.469	.324	.204	9.3	18.2	13.9	17.8	3.9	1.9	13.4	26.6	1.1	1.9	3.0	.255
2002	CLE	21	30	908	21.4	.536	.347	.319	7.9	16.2	12.1	17.3	2.5	1.1	13.7	24.3	2.9	1.0	3.9	.208
2003	CLE	22	34	898	21.1	.521	.291	.279	6.4	15.5	10.9	20.3	2.5	1.0	13.6	24.7	2.6	1.5	4.1	.217
2004	PHO	23	33	1076	20.4	.607	.310	.348	6.6	14.4	10.5	16.4	2.9	1.2	18.5	21.0	3.8	1.5	5.2	.232
2005	PHO	24	29	852	21.4	.610	.360	.452	5.8	12.6	9.2	23.7	2.5	1.1	19.7	22.1	3.4	0.8	4.2	.236
2006	PHO	25	20	536	22.9	.556	.295	.300	6.8	17.1	12.0	15.8	2.7	1.3	10.4	22.5	2.3	0.4	2.6	.237
2007	PHO	26	34	1010	25.6	.625	.227	.499	8.1	14.5	11.4	16.7	2.4	1.7	13.7	23.5	5.5	0.9	6.4	.306
2009	PHO	28	14	283	19.6	.592	.231	.444	5.1	8.1	6.7	17.6	3.0	0.5	19.4	23.8	0.8	0.1	1.0	.163
2010	PHO	29	32	959	22.5	.640	.306	.385	3.9	12.0	8.2	25.9	2.3	0.7	16.0	20.9	4.4	0.1	4.5	.226
2011	PHO	30	29	864	25.5	.642	.349	.396	4.0	14.6	9.5	26.8	2.8	1.0	14.7	22.2	4.7	0.7	5.4	.298
2013	PHO	32	10	161	25.8	.647	.358	.509	4.7	10.0	7.6	18.6	2.5	0.5	8.5	20.0	1.0	0.1	1.1	.339
2014	PHO	33	33	773	20.6	.610	.353	.441	2.3	12.6	7.9	21.4	2.7	1.4	16.7	20.8	2.6	1.5	4.1	.257
2016	PHO	35	25	643	22.2	.645	.483	.359	1.9	15.5	8.9	24.5	3.0	1.3	14.8	20.2	2.5	0.9	3.4	.254
Career			355	9524	22.3	.592	.321	.373	5.7	14.3	10.1	20.5	2.7	1.2	15.2	22.5	37.7	11.3	49.0	.247

10 seasons	PHO		259	7157	22.6	.619	.322	.408	5.1	13.7	9.5	21.2	2.7	1.1	15.7	21.7	31.1	7.0	38.0	.255
3 seasons	CLE		96	2367	21.2	.514	.320	.275	7.6	16.4	12.0	18.6	2.8	1.3	13.6	25.0	6.6	4.3	11.0	.222

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	CLE	20	3	59	14.5	.392	.440	.160	4.8	18.3	11.2	11.8	7.1	1.7	15.7	30.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.025
2003	CLE	22	3	99	16.8	.545	.278	.333	1.2	14.3	7.8	7.6	3.3	0.8	12.7	23.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	.162
2007	PHO	26	9	311	24.1	.613	.179	.607	8.0	16.0	12.0	17.1	2.5	2.5	15.0	22.4	1.5	0.2	1.7	.264
2009	PHO	28	11	265	25.3	.680	.333	.548	4.6	12.3	8.5	21.0	0.7	0.6	9.4	20.8	1.7	0.0	1.8	.321
2010	PHO	29	4	127	22.5	.616	.237	.447	4.7	11.7	8.4	28.5	3.1	1.3	16.5	18.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	.255
2011	PHO	30	5	154	14.8	.566	.283	.261	2.8	15.5	9.1	16.4	1.3	0.5	14.9	16.9	0.3	-0.1	0.2	.075
2013	PHO	32	2	40	19.6	.551	.300	.200	2.8	8.5	5.6	32.6	2.5	0.0	15.5	14.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	.161
2014	PHO	33	8	222	23.2	.626	.322	.525	3.9	17.1	11.5	25.1	3.3	1.0	11.0	17.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	.370
2016	PHO	35	5	130	16.5	.577	.421	.632	0.0	21.2	11.0	17.4	3.1	2.1	15.6	20.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	.122
Career			50	1407	21.3	.604	.289	.484	4.4	15.3	10.0	19.6	2.5	1.3	13.4	20.3	5.3	1.6	6.9	.237

7 seasons	PHO		44	1249	21.9	.621	.280	.518	4.6	15.2	10.1	20.9	2.3	1.3	13.4	19.6	5.3	1.2	6.6	.253
2 seasons	CLE		6	158	15.9	.485	.344	.262	2.6	15.8	9.1	9.2	4.7	1.1	13.9	25.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	.111

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