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Paige Bueckers

#5

Dallas Wings

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Guard

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Season
PPG
20.7
RPG
2.7
APG
5.0
Career
PPG
19.3
RPG
3.8
APG
5.4
Height
6-0
Birthdate
Oct 20, 2001
Weight
--
College / Country
Connecticut / USA
Draft
2025 Rnd 1 Pick 1
Experience
1 year

About Paige

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

  • 2025: Selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA Draft

2025 SEASON WITH DALLAS:

  • Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year
  • All-WNBA Second Team
  • WNBA All-Rookie Team
  • WNBA All-Star
  • Associated Press Rookie of the Year
  • Associated Press All-Rookie Team
  • AP All-WNBA Second Team
  • Averaged 19.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.6 steals over 36 games, while shooting .477 from the field and .331 from three.
  • Only player in the WNBA to finish in the top nine in scoring (5th), assists (9th) and steals (6th) among all players.
  • Her 20.3 efficiency rating was tops among all guards in the WNBA, ranked seventh overall, and she was the only rookie to finish in the top 19.
  • Tallied the third-most points (692) and assists (194) by a rookie in WNBA history, while posting the highest single-game scoring performance ever by a rookie with her 44-point outing at the Los Angeles Sparks on August 20.
  • Her 30-game double-digit scoring streak to start her career was the third-longest in WNBA history behind A’ja Wilson (33 games, 2018) and Candace Parker (32 games, 2008), while her 17 20-point games finished tied for fifth all-time.
  • Set Wings franchise rookie records for points, points per game, assists, assists per game and points-assists double-doubles (2).
  • Became just the 10th rookie in league history to start a WNBA All-Star Game.
  • Set a league record for most All-Star Game fan votes ever received by a rookie with over 805,000 and received the second-most votes among all guards.

COLLEGE CAREER:

  • Played four seasons at the University of Connecticut from 2020-2025, missing the 2022-23 season due to an ACL tear in her left knee.
  • 2025 National Champion
  • Wade Trophy winner (2025)
  • Honda Sports Award winner (2025)
  • AP Player of the Year (2021)
  • Naismith College Player of the Year (2021)
  • USBWA National Player of the Year (2021)
  • John R. Wooden Award winner (2021)
  • 3x Unanimous first-team All-American (2021, 2024, 2025)
  • First-team Academic All-American (2024)
  • 2x Nancy Liberman National Point Guard of the Year Award winner (2021, 2025)
  • USBWA National Co-Freshman of the Year (2021)
  • WBCA Co-Freshman of the Year (2021)
  • 3x Big East Player of the Year (2021, 2024, 2025)
  • 3x First-team All-Big East (2021, 2024, 2025)
  • Big East Freshman of the Year (2021)
  • Big East All-Freshman Team (2021)
  • 3x Big East tournament Most Outstanding Player (2021, 2024, 2025)
  • Program records: No. 1 in scoring average (19.8 points per game), No. 3 in career points (2,439), No. 5 in career three-point percentage (42.3%), No. 5 in career field goals made (931), No. 8 in career assists (561), most points in NCAA Tournament games by a UConn Husky (477), most points in an NCAA Tournament game by a UConn Husky (40, vs. Oklahoma, 3/29/25), highest assist-turnover ratio in a season (3.52, 2024-25), fastest player in program history to 2,000 career points (102 games), second most points in a season (854, 2023-24); fifth most points in a season (756, 2024-25), scored 1,000th career point in 55th career game, tying Maya Moore as the fastest Huskies to the milestone and freshman season record holder for assists (168).

HIGH SCHOOL:

  • Attended Hopkins High School (Minnetonka, Minnesota)
  • No. 1 ranked recruit
  • 2019-20 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2020 McDonald’s, SLAM and Jordan Brand Classic All-American
  • 2020 Naismith Prep Player of the Year
  • 2020 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year
  • Three-time Gatorade Minnesota Player of the Year
  • 2019-20 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year
  • Played five seasons of varsity basketball at Hopkins
  • Averaged 21.0 points, 9.2 assists, 5.2 steals and 5.1 rebounds per game as a senior, leading Hopkins to a 30-0 record and the Class AAAA state championship game, which was canceled due to coronavirus
  • Played AAU for North Tartan. 

Awards and Honors

1x All-WNBA
2025
1x Rookie of the Year
2025
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