# Brianna Turner

Brianna Turner (born July 5, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college women's basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. She is a native of Pearland, Texas.
She competed for the United States women's national basketball team at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship and the 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.

## College career

Turner played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana for the Fighting Irish. Turner led Notre Dame to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament as a #1 seed after a 30–3 regular season record. During a game against Purdue in the second round of the tournament, Turner ruptured her ACL and was done for the season. She later announced that she would miss the 2017–18 season because of the same injury. She returned for her final season of eligibility in 2018–19 after receiving a hardship waiver from the NCAA.

## Professional career
### WNBA
#### Phoenix Mercury (2019–2024)

At the 2019 WNBA draft, Turner was selected in the first round by the Atlanta Dream and was then quickly traded to the Phoenix Mercury. There Turner would join a line-up featuring players such as Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner. In September 2019, Turner was named to the 2019 All-Rookie Team.

#### Chicago Sky (2024)

On February 6, 2024, Turner was traded to the Chicago Sky alongside Michaela Onyenwere, the 2024 No. 3 pick, a 2025 second round pick (from CHI), a 2026 first round pick, and the right to swap 2026 second round in exchange for Kahleah Copper and the rights to Morgan Bertsch.

#### Indiana Fever (2025)

On February 16, 2025, the WNBA announced that the Indiana Fever signed Turner for the 2025 season.

### WNBL

In 2019, Turner was signed by the Adelaide Lightning in Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). There she would play alongside the likes of Crystal Langhorne, Stephanie Talbot and Laura Hodges.

## Career statistics

| * | Denotes season(s) in which Turner won an NCAA Championship |

### WNBA
#### Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 regular season
WNBA regular season statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2019 | Phoenix | 29 | 12 | 15.9 | .538 | — | .731 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | Phoenix | 22 | 22 | 27.9 | .579 | .000 | .643 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 7.2 |
| 2021 | Phoenix | 32 | 32 | 31.1 | .554 | .000 | .717 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | Phoenix | 35 | 35 | 33.4 | .607 | — | .500 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | Phoenix | 40 | 33 | 26.3 | .650 | — | .500 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | Chicago | 27 | 2 | 9.4 | .615 | — | .500 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Career | 6 years, 2 teams | 185 | 132 | 24.6 | .583 | .000 | .639 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.6 |

#### Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2019 | Phoenix | 1 | 1 | 23.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 39.5 | .800° | — | .250 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| 2021 | Phoenix | 11 | 11 | 31.5 | .548 | .000 | .684 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 2022 | Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 30.0 | .444 | .000 | .000 | 11.5° | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Career | 4 years, 1 team | 16 | 16 | 31.8 | .553 | .000 | .609 | 10.1 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 7.4 |

### College

NCAA statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2014–15 | Notre Dame | 36 | 34 | 25.5 | .651* | .000 | .605 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 13.7 |
| 2015–16 | Notre Dame | 29 | 29 | 27.0 | .593 | .000 | .639 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| 2016–17 | Notre Dame | 35 | 35 | 28.6 | .619 | .000 | .594 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 15.3 |
| 2017–18 | Notre Dame | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury | Did not play due to injury |
| 2018–19 | Notre Dame | 39 | 39 | 27.8 | .631 | .000 | .701 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 14.3 |
| Career | Career | 139 | 137 | 27.3 | .624 | .000 | .636 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 14.5 |