# Temi Fagbenle

Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Títílọlá "Temi" Fágbénlé is an American-born Nigerian-British professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Super League. She was chosen for the Great Britain team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

## Personal life

Fagbenle was born on 8 September 1992 to a Nigerian family in Baltimore, Maryland, and has eleven siblings, including actor O. T. Fagbenle, film producer Luti Fagbenle, and video producer Oladapo 'Daps' Fagbenle. Her family moved to London, United Kingdom when she was aged 2 and she began playing basketball at the Haringey Angels club. When she was fifteen she returned to the United States to study at Blair Academy in New Jersey. She attended Harvard University before transferring to the University of Southern California for her final year of NCAA basketball. As of 2012 she was 1.93 metres (6 ft 4 in) tall and weighs 79.5 kilograms (175 lb).

## High school career

During her time at Blair Academy Fagbenle was voted on to the McDonald's All American High School team.

## Professional career

Fagbenle has won several national championships in Spain, Italy and Great Britain as well as the EuroCup 2024 with the London Lions.

### WNBA
#### Minnesota Lynx (2017–2019)

In her WNBA rookie season 2017 she won the WNBA championship as a member of the Minnesota Lynx.

#### Indiana Fever (2024)

In January 2024, Fagbenle was signed by the Indiana Fever to a training camp contract. She made the final roster and appeared in the first eight regular season games (24 minutes / 9.1 points / 5.6 rebounds) during the first month of the season for the Fever before suffering a left foot injury. Fagbenle played a valuable role in transition, often able to get down court rapidly ahead of the opposing team to catch Caitlin Clark's cross-court passes in transition for a basket and score. However, thumb, shoulder, and foot injuries limited her availability to just 22 regular-season games.

#### Golden State Valkyries (2025–present)

On December 6, 2024, Fagbenle was selected as the Golden State Valkyries' pick from the Indiana Fever's 2024 roster in the WNBA's expansion draft.

## International career

She has represented Great Britain at the under-16, 18 and 20 levels and competed at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship held in Serbia.
She was named in the British team for the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London having been fast-tracked into the senior side from the under-20s. She averaged 4.8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1.2 blocks and 1 steal in 19.2 minutes per game. GB went 0-5 and failed to qualify from their group.
Her selection for the Olympics came after a 12-month period in which she was unable to play for the Harvard Crimson women's basketball team due to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) declaring her ineligible. Fagbenle had taken the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exam whilst at school in the UK and NCAA rules say that an athlete must be enrolled in college within two years of sitting for the exam; Fagbenle took an additional year to graduate from high school because she repeated a year after moving to the United States.

## Career statistics

| † | Denotes seasons in which Fagbenle won a WNBA championship |

### WNBA
#### Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 regular season
Temi Fagbenle WNBA Regular Season Statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2016 | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) | Did not play (continuing education) |
| 2017$^†$ | Minnesota | 21 | 0 | 4.2 | .500 | — | .778 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | Minnesota | 30 | 2 | 9.4 | .506 | — | .696 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | Minnesota | 18 | 0 | 15.1 | .519 | .167 | .722 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 2020 | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA |
| 2021 | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA |
| 2022 | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA |
| 2023 | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA | Did not appear in WNBA |
| 2024 | Indiana | 22 | 2 | 18.9 | .509 | .167 | .786 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| Career | 4 years, 2 teams | 91 | 4 | 11.6 | .510 | .167 | .744 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.9 |

#### Playoffs

Temi Fagbenle WNBA Playoff Statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2017$^†$ | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .667 | — | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | .875 | 1.000 | — | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 |
| 2019 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | .500 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 24.0 | .444 | .500 | — | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Career | 4 years, 2 teams | 4 | 1 | 15.3 | .625 | .667 | — | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 5.3 |

### College

Temi Fagbenle NCAA Statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2012–13 | Harvard | 29 | 28 | 25.0 | .578 | .667 | .684 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 12.3 |
| 2013–14 | Harvard | 30 | 30 | 25.7 | .539 | .286 | .705 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 13.0 |
| 2014–15 | Harvard | 27 | 27 | 29.4 | .490 | .250 | .773 | 10.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 14.3 |
| 2015–16 | Southern California | 32 | 32 | 30.3 | .514 | .250 | .705 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 13.6 |
| Career | Career | 118 | 117 | 27.6 | .526 | .393 | .722 | 8.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 13.3 |