# Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (born May 18, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Gorzów Wielkopolski of the Basket Liga Kobiet. She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins and was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.

## College career

Walker-Kimbrough played four years of college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins between 2013 and 2017. She earned first-team All-Big Ten as a sophomore, junior and senior, and Big Ten All-Defensive Team as a junior and senior.

## Professional career
### WNBA

Walker-Kimbrough was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics. She played her first three WNBA seasons with the Mystics.
On April 15, 2020, Walker-Kimbrough was traded to the New York Liberty in a deal that sent Tina Charles to Washington. Two days later, the Liberty traded her to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the draft rights of Jocelyn Willoughby.
Walker-Kimbrough started the 2021 WNBA season with the Connecticut Sun, where she signed a hardship contract and played one game.
Later in the 2021 season, she returned to the Washington Mystics. She continued with the Mystics in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
On February 1, 2025, Walker-Kimbrough signed with the Atlanta Dream.

### Overseas

Walker-Kimbrough started the 2017–18 season in Turkey with OGM Ormanspor. In January 2018, she joined MBK Ružomberok in Slovakia. She played for Diósgyőri VTK in Hungary in 2018–19 and 2019–20, and then Gorzów Wielkopolski in Poland 2020–21. For the 2021–22 season, she played for A.S. Ramat Hasharon in Israel. She continued in Israel in 2022–23 with Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, where she averaged 20.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. For the 2023–24 season, she played for Çankaya Üniversitesi S.K. in Turkey. Walker-Kimbrough returned to Gorzów for the 2024-2025 season.

## Career statistics

| † | Denotes season(s) in which Walker-Kimbrough won a WNBA championship |

### WNBA
#### Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season
WNBA regular season statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2017 | Washington | 27 | 8 | 12.4 | .371 | .333 | .854 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 2018 | Washington | 19 | 1 | 8.8 | .429 | .304 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 2019$^†$ | Washington | 34 | 1 | 17.1 | .432 | .310 | .930 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | Phoenix | 21 | 10 | 19.0 | .429 | .431 | .920 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | Washington | 16 | 13 | 21.6 | .513 | .320 | .857 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 2022 | Washington | 35 | 3 | 20.1 | .402 | .347 | .902 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | Washington | 40 | 15 | 24.8 | .429 | .390 | .936 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| 2024 | Washington | 40 | 2 | 22.1 | .415 | .330 | .806 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 7.5 |
| Career | 8 years, 3 teams | 233 | 53 | 18.9 | .423 | .350 | .887 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 6.3 |

#### Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2017 | Washington | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | Washington | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.000 | — | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 2019$^†$ | Washington | 8 | 0 | 7.0 | .412 | .429 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 19.0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 2022 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 20.5 | .556 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | .400 | .000 | .500 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Career | 5 years, 2 teams | 21 | 1 | 8.2 | .489 | .500 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 |

### College

NCAA statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2013–14 | Maryland | 35 | 0 | 17.3 | .478 | .397 | .766 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| 2014–15 | Maryland | 37 | 37 | 29.5 | .513 | .340 | .804 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 13.3 |
| 2015–16 | Maryland | 35 | 34 | 31.3 | .543 | .545* | .809 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 19.5 |
| 2016–17 | Maryland | 35 | 34 | 29.2 | .526 | .450 | .816 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 18.8 |
| Career | Career | 142 | 105 | 26.9 | .520 | .459 | .803 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 15.2 |