# Dorka Juhász

Dorka Kata Juhász (born December 18, 1999) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Famila Basket Schio of the Lega Basket Femminile. She played college basketball at Ohio State and UConn.

## College career

Juhász committed to play at Ohio State in March 2018. She was rated as the 12th-best international player from 2018 class and the 5th-best forward. She also considered Missouri and Louisville. Juhász spent three seasons with the Buckeyes before entering herself into the transfer portal. Juhasz stated that the desire to continue to improve as a player, as well as her aspirations to play at the professional level as the key reasons why she ultimately decided it was her time to leave the Buckeyes. After a week in the portal, Juhász announced that she would be transferring to the UConn Huskies.

## Professional career
### Minnesota Lynx

Juhász was selected 16th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2023 WNBA draft. Juhász made her WNBA debut on May 19, 2023, when the Lynx played the Chicago Sky. She scored 5 points and got 3 rebounds in 15 minutes. In the Lynx game on July 20, 2023, she became the only rookie to score 15+ points, 10+ rebounds, 3+ assists, and 2+ steals on 70% or better shooting from the field in the regular season. She was named to the 2023 WNBA All-Rookie Team along with her teammate, Diamond Miller.

### Famila Basket Schio

Juhász signed with Italian team Famila Basket Schio in the EuroLeague to play in 2023 after the completion of the WNBA season. On February 18, 2024 Famila Basket Schio won the Italian Cup. They defeated the Umana Reyer Venezia in the final to 81-68. Juhász had 4 points and 9 rebounds.
Juhász returned to Schio for the 2024–2025 season.

## National team career

Dorka Juhász debuted in the Hungarian national team on November 9, 2023, when Hungary defeated Slovenia to 70-51. She represented Hungary in February 2024, at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Sopron. She averaged 11.7 points, 8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Her efficiency per game was 15.7, which was the 3rd best performance in the tournament and she was selected as the All-Star 5.

## Career statistics
### 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 |
| 2023 | Minnesota | 38 | 27 | 24.2 | .472 | .271 | .540 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | Minnesota | 34 | 7 | 16.1 | .479 | .324 | .650 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4.8 |
| Career | 2 years, 1 team | 72 | 34 | 20.4 | .475 | .293 | .571 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 5.4 |

#### Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2023 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | .500 | .000 | .455 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | Minnesota | 7 | 0 | 5.7 | .600 | .000 | .500 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Career | 2 years, 1 team | 10 | 3 | 11.2 | .533 | .000 | .462 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 |

### EuroLeague

EuroLeague statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | PPG | PTS | RPG | APG | FGM-FGA | FG% | 3PM-3PA | 3P% | FTM-FTA | FT% |
| 2023–24 | Famila Basket Schio | 13 | 23.6 | 8.2 | 107 | 7 | 1.3 | 3.3-8.4 | 39.4 | 0.5-2.2 | 25 | 1.1-2 | 53.8 |

### College

NCAA statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2018–19 | Ohio State | 27 | 317 | .458 | .254 | .629 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 11.7 |
| 2019–20 | Ohio State | 31 | 410 | .476 | .396 | .532 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 13.2 |
| 2020–21 | Ohio State | 17 | 248 | .481 | .203 | .429 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 14.6 |
| 2021–22 | UConn | 32 | 234 | .457 | .313 | .429 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 2022–23 | UConn | 29 | 411 | .503 | .289 | .602 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 14.2 |
| Career | 136 | 1620 | .477 | .301 | .567 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 11.9 |

## Personal life

Her mother is the former basketball player Hajnalka Balázs, who is a 125-time national team member, she won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 1991, three-time Hungarian Championship and three-time Hungarian Cup winner for PVSK. In 2024 Dorka Juhász was selected for the Hungarian Forbes 30 under 30.