Tanisha Wright

Pronunciation: \tuh-NEE-shuh\

Tanisha Wright

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

5-11, 166lb (180cm, 75kg)

Born: November 29, 1983 in Brooklyn, New York us

College: Penn State

High School: West Mifflin in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

Draft: Seattle Storm, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 2005 Draft

2010 WNBA Champ
7x All-Defensive

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SUMMARY

Career

457

PTS

7.3

TRB

2.6

AST

3.1

FG%

42.4

FG3%

30.8

FT%

83.3

eFG%

44.8

PER

11.9

19.8

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
2005	SEA	21	34	8	15.5	1.4	3.1	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	3.1	.467	.462	0.7	1.1	.667	0.6	1.1	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.6
2006	SEA	22	33	0	15.4	1.3	3.6	.353	0.1	0.4	.143	1.2	3.2	.381	.361	1.2	1.4	.844	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.6	1.6	3.8
2007	SEA	23	34	5	16.1	1.5	3.7	.400	0.2	0.6	.273	1.3	3.0	.427	.424	1.0	1.1	.846	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.1
2008	SEA	24	34	14	23.8	3.2	7.4	.432	0.1	0.7	.167	3.1	6.6	.460	.440	1.4	1.8	.787	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.5	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.9	6POY-3
2009	SEA	25	33	33	32.5	4.5	9.8	.463	0.2	0.9	.267	4.3	8.9	.483	.475	2.9	3.2	.906	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	3.6	12.2	DEF1,MIP-3
2010	SEA	26	34	34	29.1	3.1	7.7	.410	0.7	1.6	.411	2.5	6.0	.410	.454	2.2	2.6	.844	0.8	2.5	3.3	4.5	1.2	0.3	2.1	3.2	9.2	DEF1
2011	SEA	27	33	32	28.9	3.6	7.3	.492	0.5	1.5	.367	3.0	5.8	.524	.529	2.4	2.6	.897	0.8	2.5	3.2	2.9	1.2	0.0	2.7	2.9	10.1	DEF1
2012	SEA	28	32	32	29.8	2.8	7.4	.373	0.3	1.6	.192	2.4	5.8	.424	.394	2.1	2.4	.859	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.4	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.8	7.9
2013	SEA	29	34	34	30.9	4.3	9.8	.440	0.4	1.4	.283	3.9	8.4	.465	.459	2.9	3.4	.855	0.9	2.9	3.7	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.9	2.6	11.9	DEF1,DPOY-3
2014	SEA	30	29	29	25.5	2.8	6.6	.417	0.2	0.6	.278	2.6	6.0	.431	.430	2.3	2.9	.795	0.5	1.9	2.3	3.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.6	8.0	DEF1
2015	NYL	31	34	34	23.7	2.6	6.2	.420	0.4	1.0	.364	2.3	5.3	.430	.448	1.8	2.1	.845	0.6	1.7	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.1	2.1	2.0	7.4	DEF2
2016	NYL	32	29	28	23.0	2.7	6.8	.401	0.1	0.6	.235	2.6	6.2	.417	.411	1.1	1.6	.717	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.6	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	6.7	DEF2
2017		33	Did Not Play (personal—rest)
2018	MIN	34	33	4	17.8	1.5	4.0	.383	0.6	1.5	.396	1.0	2.6	.376	.455	0.6	0.8	.741	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.9	4.3
2019	NYL	35	31	17	19.8	1.7	4.2	.415	0.5	1.2	.368	1.3	3.0	.435	.469	0.8	1.0	.806	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.1	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.2	4.7
Career			457	304	23.7	2.6	6.3	.424	0.3	1.0	.308	2.3	5.3	.445	.448	1.7	2.0	.833	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.1	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.4	7.3

10 seasons	SEA		330	221	24.7	2.8	6.6	.429	0.3	0.9	.285	2.6	5.7	.453	.450	1.9	2.2	.844	0.8	2.0	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.6	7.9
3 seasons	NYL		94	79	22.2	2.4	5.7	.412	0.3	0.9	.341	2.0	4.8	.426	.440	1.3	1.6	.797	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.2	6.3
1 season	MIN		33	4	17.8	1.5	4.0	.383	0.6	1.5	.396	1.0	2.6	.376	.455	0.6	0.8	.741	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.9	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
2005	SEA	21	3	0	12.7	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.7	.200	.200	2.3	2.3	1.000	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	2.0	3.0
2006	SEA	22	2	0	6.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0
2007	SEA	23	2	0	21.0	3.5	7.5	.467	0.0	1.0	.000	3.5	6.5	.538	.467	2.0	2.0	1.000	2.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	3.0	9.0
2008	SEA	24	3	3	34.3	4.7	11.3	.412	0.3	0.7	.500	4.3	10.7	.406	.426	4.0	5.3	.750	1.3	4.3	5.7	2.7	2.0	0.0	3.7	3.3	13.7
2009	SEA	25	3	3	32.7	4.3	12.7	.342	0.3	1.3	.250	4.0	11.3	.353	.355	2.7	2.7	1.000	3.0	2.3	5.3	5.3	1.7	0.0	3.0	4.0	11.7
2010	SEA	26	7	7	28.7	3.6	8.0	.446	0.7	2.0	.357	2.9	6.0	.476	.491	1.7	3.0	.571	0.4	2.1	2.6	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.9	9.6
2011	SEA	27	3	3	28.0	6.7	11.3	.588	2.0	3.3	.600	4.7	8.0	.583	.676	3.3	4.0	.833	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	3.7	18.7
2012	SEA	28	3	3	37.3	4.0	8.7	.462	0.7	1.7	.400	3.3	7.0	.476	.500	2.7	3.0	.889	1.0	2.7	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.0	11.3
2013	SEA	29	2	2	35.0	7.0	12.0	.583	0.5	1.5	.333	6.5	10.5	.619	.604	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	14.5
2015	NYL	31	6	6	27.3	2.7	5.2	.516	0.3	0.7	.500	2.3	4.5	.519	.548	0.8	1.2	.714	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.8	1.5	0.0	1.7	2.5	6.5
2016	NYL	32	1	1	28.0	10.0	14.0	.714	1.0	3.0	.333	9.0	11.0	.818	.750	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	21.0
2018	MIN	34	1	0	23.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	5.0	.400	.333	0.0	0.0		2.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0
Career			36	28	27.1	3.7	7.9	.469	0.5	1.4	.388	3.2	6.6	.485	.502	1.8	2.4	.776	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.3	1.3	0.1	2.4	2.8	9.8

9 seasons	SEA		28	21	27.1	3.8	8.4	.451	0.6	1.5	.390	3.2	6.9	.464	.485	2.2	2.8	.782	1.0	2.1	3.1	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.5	2.9	10.3
2 seasons	NYL		7	7	27.4	3.7	6.4	.578	0.4	1.0	.429	3.3	5.4	.605	.611	0.7	1.0	.714	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.0	1.3	0.0	2.0	2.6	8.6
1 season	MIN		1	0	23.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	5.0	.400	.333	0.0	0.0		2.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	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
2005	SEA	21	34	8	528	49	106	.462	0	1	.000	49	105	.467	.462	24	36	.667	20	37	57	53	18	3	40	60	122
2006	SEA	22	33	0	507	42	119	.353	2	14	.143	40	105	.381	.361	38	45	.844	19	41	60	41	11	2	52	53	124
2007	SEA	23	34	5	547	50	125	.400	6	22	.273	44	103	.427	.424	33	39	.846	17	26	43	69	31	2	55	56	139
2008	SEA	24	34	14	808	108	250	.432	4	24	.167	104	226	.460	.440	48	61	.787	32	84	116	84	31	8	78	94	268
2009	SEA	25	33	33	1072	150	324	.463	8	30	.267	142	294	.483	.475	96	106	.906	44	73	117	129	50	10	85	119	404
2010	SEA	26	34	34	988	107	261	.410	23	56	.411	84	205	.410	.454	76	90	.844	27	85	112	154	41	9	71	110	313
2011	SEA	27	33	32	953	118	240	.492	18	49	.367	100	191	.524	.529	78	87	.897	25	81	106	97	40	1	90	97	332
2012	SEA	28	32	32	953	88	236	.373	10	52	.192	78	184	.424	.394	67	78	.859	23	74	97	140	38	4	85	88	253
2013	SEA	29	34	34	1050	146	332	.440	13	46	.283	133	286	.465	.459	100	117	.855	29	98	127	138	38	7	98	90	405
2014	SEA	30	29	29	740	80	192	.417	5	18	.278	75	174	.431	.430	66	83	.795	14	54	68	103	27	4	61	75	231
2015	NYL	31	34	34	805	89	212	.420	12	33	.364	77	179	.430	.448	60	71	.845	22	59	81	119	28	3	73	68	250
2016	NYL	32	29	28	668	79	197	.401	4	17	.235	75	180	.417	.411	33	46	.717	23	44	67	104	26	5	67	69	195
2018	MIN	34	33	4	586	51	133	.383	19	48	.396	32	85	.376	.455	20	27	.741	11	42	53	65	16	4	42	63	141
2019	NYL	35	31	17	613	54	130	.415	14	38	.368	40	92	.435	.469	25	31	.806	21	65	86	126	32	9	57	67	147
Career			457	304	10818	1211	2857	.424	138	448	.308	1073	2409	.445	.448	764	917	.833	327	863	1190	1422	427	71	954	1109	3324

10 seasons	SEA		330	221	8146	938	2185	.429	89	312	.285	849	1873	.453	.450	626	742	.844	250	653	903	1008	325	50	715	842	2591
3 seasons	NYL		94	79	2086	222	539	.412	30	88	.341	192	451	.426	.440	118	148	.797	66	168	234	349	86	17	197	204	592
1 season	MIN		33	4	586	51	133	.383	19	48	.396	32	85	.376	.455	20	27	.741	11	42	53	65	16	4	42	63	141

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
2005	SEA	21	3	0	38	1	5	.200	0	0		1	5	.200	.200	7	7	1.000	1	4	5	7	3	0	2	6	9
2006	SEA	22	2	0	12	0	3	.000	0	1	.000	0	2	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
2007	SEA	23	2	0	42	7	15	.467	0	2	.000	7	13	.538	.467	4	4	1.000	5	0	5	5	1	1	6	6	18
2008	SEA	24	3	3	103	14	34	.412	1	2	.500	13	32	.406	.426	12	16	.750	4	13	17	8	6	0	11	10	41
2009	SEA	25	3	3	98	13	38	.342	1	4	.250	12	34	.353	.355	8	8	1.000	9	7	16	16	5	0	9	12	35
2010	SEA	26	7	7	201	25	56	.446	5	14	.357	20	42	.476	.491	12	21	.571	3	15	18	20	9	1	19	20	67
2011	SEA	27	3	3	84	20	34	.588	6	10	.600	14	24	.583	.676	10	12	.833	3	9	12	7	5	1	9	11	56
2012	SEA	28	3	3	112	12	26	.462	2	5	.400	10	21	.476	.500	8	9	.889	3	8	11	18	3	0	7	6	34
2013	SEA	29	2	2	70	14	24	.583	1	3	.333	13	21	.619	.604	0	1	.000	1	3	4	6	4	0	6	8	29
2015	NYL	31	6	6	164	16	31	.516	2	4	.500	14	27	.519	.548	5	7	.714	4	12	16	23	9	0	10	15	39
2016	NYL	32	1	1	28	10	14	.714	1	3	.333	9	11	.818	.750	0	0		0	1	1	5	0	0	4	3	21
2018	MIN	34	1	0	23	2	6	.333	0	1	.000	2	5	.400	.333	0	0		2	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	4
Career			36	28	975	134	286	.469	19	49	.388	115	237	.485	.502	66	85	.776	35	73	108	118	45	3	87	99	353

9 seasons	SEA		28	21	760	106	235	.451	16	41	.390	90	194	.464	.485	61	78	.782	29	59	88	88	36	3	71	80	289
2 seasons	NYL		7	7	192	26	45	.578	3	7	.429	23	38	.605	.611	5	7	.714	4	13	17	28	9	0	14	18	60
1 season	MIN		1	0	23	2	6	.333	0	1	.000	2	5	.400	.333	0	0		2	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	4

Advanced

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
2005	SEA	21	34	528	10.0	.501	.009	.340	5.1	8.6	7.0	17.6	1.9	0.4	24.7	14.5	0.3	0.4	0.6	.057
2006	SEA	22	33	507	5.8	.447	.118	.378	4.9	9.6	7.4	13.0	1.1	0.3	27.3	17.0	-0.6	0.2	-0.4	-0.034
2007	SEA	23	34	547	9.9	.489	.176	.312	3.8	5.6	4.8	20.5	2.9	0.3	27.9	16.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	.026
2008	SEA	24	34	808	11.8	.484	.096	.244	4.9	12.3	8.7	19.7	2.1	0.8	22.0	20.2	0.0	1.2	1.2	.072
2009	SEA	25	33	1072	16.3	.545	.093	.327	5.4	8.5	7.0	23.7	2.5	0.8	18.7	20.0	2.4	1.5	3.9	.175
2010	SEA	26	34	988	13.5	.521	.215	.345	3.4	10.3	7.0	25.5	2.2	0.8	19.1	17.0	2.0	1.6	3.6	.175
2011	SEA	27	33	953	13.6	.597	.204	.363	3.6	10.5	7.2	19.1	2.3	0.1	24.4	18.6	1.4	1.5	2.9	.147
2012	SEA	28	32	953	10.0	.468	.220	.331	3.3	8.7	6.2	27.0	2.1	0.4	23.9	17.9	-0.1	1.4	1.3	.064
2013	SEA	29	34	1050	15.6	.528	.139	.352	3.6	12.0	7.8	26.8	2.0	0.6	20.4	22.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	.113
2014	SEA	30	29	740	11.9	.505	.094	.432	2.5	9.7	6.1	25.6	2.0	0.4	21.1	19.3	0.4	0.4	0.8	.055
2015	NYL	31	34	805	12.3	.514	.156	.335	3.2	8.6	5.9	25.7	1.8	0.3	23.1	17.9	0.6	1.3	1.9	.114
2016	NYL	32	29	668	8.6	.449	.086	.234	3.9	7.4	5.7	25.3	2.0	0.6	23.6	18.7	-0.8	0.8	0.0	.002
2018	MIN	34	33	586	6.7	.487	.361	.203	2.3	8.7	5.4	16.5	1.4	0.6	22.5	14.5	-0.4	0.8	0.4	.031
2019	NYL	35	31	613	12.7	.512	.292	.238	3.9	12.2	8.0	32.6	2.6	1.2	28.4	14.3	0.4	0.3	0.6	.050
Career			457	10818	11.9	.510	.157	.321	3.8	9.6	6.8	23.3	2.1	0.6	22.6	18.1	7.2	12.5	19.8	.088

10 seasons	SEA		330	8146	12.5	.516	.143	.340	4.0	9.8	7.0	22.7	2.2	0.5	22.2	18.6	7.4	9.4	16.8	.099
3 seasons	NYL		94	2086	11.2	.490	.163	.275	3.6	9.3	6.5	27.6	2.1	0.7	24.6	17.1	0.2	2.4	2.6	.059
1 season	MIN		33	586	6.7	.487	.361	.203	2.3	8.7	5.4	16.5	1.4	0.6	22.5	14.5	-0.4	0.8	0.4	.031

Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2005	SEA	21	3	38	18.6	.557	.000	1.400	3.8	16.2	9.7	33.1	4.5	0.0	19.8	13.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	.239
2006	SEA	22	2	12	-17.8	.000	.333	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.7	0.0	0.0	40.0	20.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.679
2007	SEA	23	2	42	13.1	.537	.133	.267	13.4	0.0	6.6	18.4	1.2	2.2	26.4	22.8	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.087
2008	SEA	24	3	103	15.4	.500	.059	.471	4.8	16.6	10.6	18.1	3.2	0.0	21.1	24.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	.120
2009	SEA	25	3	98	12.9	.421	.105	.211	11.6	8.5	10.0	35.1	2.8	0.0	17.8	24.4	-0.1	0.2	0.0	.013
2010	SEA	26	7	201	8.9	.513	.250	.375	1.9	8.6	5.4	15.8	2.3	0.4	22.6	18.5	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.052
2011	SEA	27	3	84	27.1	.713	.294	.353	3.7	12.0	7.7	19.2	3.0	0.9	18.6	25.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	.345
2012	SEA	28	3	112	14.4	.567	.192	.346	3.0	9.2	5.9	29.5	1.5	0.0	18.9	15.9	0.2	0.2	0.4	.158
2013	SEA	29	2	70	18.4	.593	.125	.042	2.1	4.7	3.6	20.8	3.2	0.0	19.7	23.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	.113
2015	NYL	31	6	164	13.3	.572	.129	.226	2.9	10.2	6.3	23.0	3.1	0.0	22.7	12.8	0.2	0.3	0.5	.144
2016	NYL	32	1	28	23.8	.750	.214	.000	0.0	4.8	2.4	31.4	0.0	0.0	22.2	29.3	0.1	-0.1	0.0	.049
2018	MIN	34	1	23	2.2	.333	.167	.000	10.9	6.4	8.8	13.6	0.0	0.0	25.0	16.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.128
Career			36	975	14.1	.546	.171	.297	4.4	9.4	6.8	22.6	2.5	0.3	21.2	19.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	.100

9 seasons	SEA		28	760	14.3	.537	.174	.332	4.6	9.5	7.1	22.5	2.5	0.3	20.9	20.9	0.5	1.1	1.6	.100
2 seasons	NYL		7	192	14.9	.624	.156	.156	2.5	9.4	5.7	24.3	2.7	0.0	22.6	15.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	.130
1 season	MIN		1	23	2.2	.333	.167	.000	10.9	6.4	8.8	13.6	0.0	0.0	25.0	16.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.128

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