QUICK FACTS
- Out indefinitely due to Pregnancy/Childbirth.
- Signed a multi-year contract with Golden State on April 12.
- Led the Valkyries with a 44.3 three-point shooting percentage that ranked second in the league.
- Averaged career highs in points (9.3) and rebounds (3.9) and posted a career-best 21-point performance against Indiana.
- Selected by Golden State from Atlanta in the 2024 Expansion Draft; sat out the 2024 regular season to focus on the Olympic Games.
- Represented the French National Team at the FIBA EuroBasket Women 2025.
- Appeared in 20 games in 2023 for the Atlanta Dream, averaging 1.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.
- WNBA Champion in 2022 with Las Vegas.
- Suited up for CBK Mersin of the KBSL (Turkey) in 2024-25, leading the team to a ING Women’s Turkish Cup title while averaging 17.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists per contest.
- Won Silver at the 2024 Olympic Games for France, and Bronze in 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
- Daughter of Thierry Rupert, former power forward of the French national team.
- Brother is Rayan Rupert of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Career
- 2022 WNBA Champion
2022 (Las Vegas)
- Won WNBA Championship
- Scored 10 or more points on 2 occasions, including a career-high 13 on July 6 vs. New York
- Grabbed a career-high 5 rebounds on 2 occasions
- Handed out a career-high 3 assists vs. Chicago on August 11
WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER
2022 (Las Vegas)
- Scored a career playoff-high 6 points vs. Phoenix on August 17
ILIANA RUPERT IN THE NEWS
- The Pivotal Presence of the Las Vegas Aces Rookies (September 23, 2022)
- Aces Rookie Iliana Rupert adapts on, off court (September 2, 2022)
- How Iliana Rupert went from Paris suburb to the Las Vegas Strip (July 7, 2022)
- Iliana Rupert: Her ambitions, her new teammates, and her dream duel with Delle Donne (April 15, 2021)
- Who is Iliana Rupert, the young woman who has just entered the history of American basketball (April 15, 2021)
- Holly Rowe shows off her French-speaking skills to Iliana Rupert (Video—April 15, 2021)
- Iliana Rupert Believes She Has A Greater Future Ahead (May, 2020)
- Iliana Rupert—Young Player of the Year (Video—April 20, 2020)
OVERSEAS CAREER
2022-23 [Bologna-Italy (LFB)]
2022-23 [Bologna-Italy (EuroLeague)]
2021-22 [Bourges-France (LFB)]
- Named LFB Finals MVP
- Named LFB Regular Season MVP
2021-22 [Bourges-France (EuroCup)]
- Team won EuroCup Championship
- Named EuroCup Women Four Final MVP
2020-21 [Bourges-France (LFB)]
- Team won regular season championship
- Team advanced to LFB semifinals
2020-21 [Bourges-France (EuroLeague)]
- Named EuroLeague Young Player of the Year for the second straight season
- Team finished in third place (2-4) in Group D
2019-20 [Bourges-France (LFB)]
- Team finished second in the regular season
- Team advanced to the French Supercup Finals
2019-20 [Bourges-France (EuroLeague)]
- Named EuroLeague Young Player of the Year
- Team finished in fourth place (8-6) in Group A
- Playoffs were cancelled due to COVID-19
2018-19 [Bourges-France (LFB)]
- Team finished second in the regular season
- Team advanced to the LFB semifinals
- Team won French Cup
- Team won French Supercup
2018-19 [Bourges-France (EuroLeague)]
- Team finished in third place (9-5) in Group AAA, losing to Sopron Basket, 2-0, in the quarterfinals
INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL
- Won bronze medal in 2021 Tokyo Olympics
- National Team advanced to the finals of EuroBasket 2019 held in Belgrade, Serbia
- Named to the All-Star Five, at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup in 2019
- U16 Team finished first at the 2017 European Championships, where she finished second on the team in scoring, and first in rebounding
- U16 Team finished in third place in the 2016 European Championships, where she led the team in scoring and finished second in rebounding