# Karima Christmas-Kelly

Karima Brittany Christmas-Kelly (born September 11, 1989) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Christmas-Kelly is currently an assistant coach for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. She played college basketball at Duke.

## Duke statistics

Source
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2007–08 | Duke | 30 | 123 | 52.1 | – | 59.0 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 4.1 |
| 2008–09 | Duke | 32 | 239 | 49.4 | 45.9 | 65.1 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 7.5 |
| 2009–10 | Duke | 36 | 347 | 43.1 | 28.6 | 71.7 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| 2010–11 | Duke | 36 | 343 | 37.5 | 21.1 | 69.9 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 9.5 |
| Career | Duke | 134 | 1052 | 43.5 | 28.3 | 68.3 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 7.9 |

## WNBA

Christmas-Kelly was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (23rd overall) by the Washington Mystics.
On February 5, 2015, Christmas signed with the Tulsa Shock, which she previously played from 2011 to 2012.
On February 1, 2019, Christmas-Kelly signed with the Minnesota Lynx. On July 30, 2020, Christmas-Kelly was waived by the Lynx after suffering a season-ending achilles injury.

## WNBA career statistics

| † | Denotes seasons in which Christmas-Kelly won a WNBA championship |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2011 | Washington | 14 | 0 | 10.1 | .310 | .217 | .696 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | Tulsa | 17 | 0 | 9.8 | .370 | .235 | .800 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | Tulsa | 14 | 6 | 11.5 | .333 | .313 | .739 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| 2012$^†$ | Indiana | 16 | 0 | 10.9 | .314 | .318 | .500 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| 2013 | Indiana | 34 | 28 | 26.9 | .373 | .300 | .811 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| 2014 | Indiana | 34 | 3 | 21.6 | .343 | .386 | .755 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| 2015 | Tulsa | 32 | 32 | 28.7 | .396 | .386 | .782 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 10.6 |
| 2016 | Dallas | 34 | 34 | 31.6 | .400 | .317 | .796 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 12.4 |
| 2017 | Dallas | 34 | 34 | 29.7 | .380 | .292 | .851 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 10.4 |
| 2018 | Dallas | 6 | 6 | 27.8 | .448 | .444 | .813 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 12.0 | .278 | .273 | .600 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 12.5 | .143 | .000 | .875 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| Career | 10 years, 4 teams | 243 | 143 | 22.9 | .374 | .321 | .791 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 7.0 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2012$^†$ | Indiana | 3 | 0 | 10.7 | .250 | .167 | 1.000 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | Indiana | 4 | 4 | 30.8 | .400 | .286 | .625 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 10.8 |
| 2014 | Indiana | 5 | 0 | 25.0 | .333 | .333 | .824 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| 2015 | Tulsa | 2 | 2 | 32.5 | .211 | .000 | .875 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 2017 | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 34.0 | .222 | .000 | 1.000 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| Career | 5 years, 2 teams | 15 | 7 | 25.3 | .324 | .214 | .821 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 7.3 |