Meet the 12 Women Off to Vie For US Basketball’s Seventh Straight Olympic Gold

Atkins was drafted seventh overall to the WNBA in 2018 after attending four years at the University of Texas in Austin. She has one WNBA championship title under her belt that she earned in 2019 with the Washington Mystics. This will be Atkins’s first Olympic Games. You can check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 24

Current WNBA Team: Washington Mystics

Position: Guard

Instagram: @iamarielatkins

Bird, engaged to soccer’s Megan Rapinoe, is a four-time Olympic veteran who has brought home a team gold with every Olympic appearance. She is the only basketball player ever – on both the men’s and women’s sides – to win four World Cup titles, and with her fourth WNBA championship victory last October, she became the only WNBA player to claim championship wins in three different decades. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 40

Current WNBA Team: Seattle Storm

Position: Guard

Instagram: @sbird10

Charles has won three World Cup gold medals and two Olympic gold medals. She founded Hopey’s Heart Foundation in April 2013 in honor of her aunt, Maureen “Hopey” Vaz, who passed away that year of multiple organ failure. The foundation raises awareness about sudden cardiac arrest and funds the placement of automated external defibrillators (AED) in schools and other locations. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 32

Current WNBA Team: Washington Mystics

Position: Center

Instagram: @tina31charles

Collier, a UConn graduate, won a gold medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in 3×3 basketball and was drafted sixth overall to the WNBA in 2019. She was originally considered for the first-ever USA Basketball 3×3 Olympic team before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. This will be her debut Olympic Games. You can check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 24

Current WNBA Team: Minnesota Lynx

Position: Guard / forward

Instagram: @napheesa24

Diggins-Smith, a mom of one, will be playing in her very first Olympic Games. She earned a gold medal at the 3×3 World Championships in 2012. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 30

Current WNBA Team: Phoenix Mercury

Position: Guard

Instagram:@skylardigginssmith

Fowles broke the WNBA’s career rebounds record back in July of 2020, surpassing current Minnesota Lynx assistant coach Rebekkah Brunson. This will be Fowles’s fourth Olympic Games. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 35

Current WNBA Team: Minnesota Lynx

Position: Center

Instagram: @sylvia_fowles

Gray, who won the WNBA Championships in 2016 with the Los Angeles Sparks, will be heading to her first-ever Olympic Games. She also plays professionally overseas. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 28

Current WNBA Team: Las Vegas Aces

Position: Guard

Instagram: @cgray209

Griner is a two-time Wold Cup gold medalist, and won the 2014 WNBA Championships with the Phoenix Mercury. This will be Griner’s second Olympic Games. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 30

Current WNBA Team: Phoenix Mercury

Position: Center

Instagram: @brittneyyevettegriner

Loyd, a two-time WNBA champion, also plays professionally overseas during the offseason. She is known as the “The Gold Mamba,” which was a nickname Kobe Bryant gave her when she turned pro, according to Sports Illustrated. This will be Loyd’s first Olympic Games. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 27

Current WNBA Team: Seattle Storm

Position: Guard

Instagram: @jewellloyd

In 2016, Stewart was the first overall WNBA draft pick. Later that year, she was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year. She is a two-time WNBA champion and competed at the Olympics for Team USA in Rio. She’s engaged to Marta Xargay Casademont, a Spanish pro basketball player. Check out Stewart’s USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 26

Current WNBA Team: Seattle Storm

Position: Forward / center

Instagram: @breannastewart30

This will be Taurasi’s fifth Olympic Games, and she’s won a gold medal at every Olympics she’s been to so far. She also has three gold medals from World Cups over the years and has scored the most points out of any athlete in the WNBA, surpassing Tina Thompson in 2017. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 39

Current WNBA Team: Phoenix Mercury

Position: Guard

Instagram: @dianataurasi

Wilson spent a stellar four years as a South Carolina Gamecock and has a statue on the university grounds to prove it. She founded the A’ja Wilson Foundation in 2019 to provide grant opportunities and resources for children with dyslexia. This will be her first Olympics. Check out her USA Basketball profile here.

Age: 24

Current WNBA Team: Las Vegas Aces

Position: Forward

Instagram: @aja22wilson