Sue Bird

**Suzanne Brigit Bird** (born October 16, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player. She played parts of 19 seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), all with the Seattle Storm. She is a four time WNBA champion.

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Sue Bird
- **image**: Bird-20180912.jpg
- **caption**: Bird with the Seattle Storm in 2018
- **team**: Seattle Storm
- **league**: WNBA
- **number**: 10
- **position**: Point guard
- **weight lbs**: 150
- **nationality**: American
- **birth place**: Syosset, New York
- **high school**: *Syosset High School, Syosset (Syosset, New York)
*Christ the King Regional High School, Christ the King (Queens, New York)
- **college**: UConn Huskies women's basketball, UConn (1998–2002)
- **draft league**: WNBA
- **draft year**: 2002
- **draft round**: 1
- **draft pick**: 1
- **draft team**: Seattle Storm
- **career start**: 2002
- **career end**: 2022
- **years1**: –2022
- **team1**: Seattle Storm
- **years2**: 2004–2006
- **team2**: Dynamo Moscow (women's basketball), Dynamo Moscow
- **years3**: 2006–2011
- **team3**: WBC Spartak Moscow Region, Spartak Moscow Region
- **years4**: 2011–2014
- **team4**: UMMC Ekaterinburg
- **highlights**: * USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2021)
* 4× List of WNBA champions, WNBA champion (2004 WNBA Finals, 2004, 2010 WNBA Finals, 2010, 2018 WNBA Finals, 2018, 2020 WNBA Finals, 2020)
*13× WNBA All-Star Game, WNBA All-Star (2002 WNBA All-Star Game, 2002, 2003 WNBA All-Star Game, 2003, 2005 WNBA All-Star Game, 2005–2007 WNBA All-Star Game, 2007, 2009 WNBA All-Star Game, 2009, 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, 2011, 2014 WNBA All-Star Game, 2014, 2015 WNBA All-Star Game, 2015, 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, 2017, 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, 2018, 2021 WNBA All-Star Game, 2021, 2022 WNBA All-Star Game, 2022)
* 5× All-WNBA Team, All-WNBA First Team (2002–2005, 2016)
* 3× All-WNBA Team, All-WNBA Second Team (2008, 2010, 2011)
* 3× List of Women's National Basketball Association season assists leaders, WNBA assists leader (2005, 2009, 2016)
* 2× WNBA Peak Performers, WNBA peak performer (2009, 2016)
* WNBA All-Decade Team, WNBA 10th Anniversary Team (2006)
* WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time, WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011)
* WNBA Top 20@20, WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016)
* The W25, WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
* WNBA Commissioner's Cup, Commissioner’s Cup champion (2021 WNBA Commissioner's Cup, 2021)
*5× Russian Women's Basketball Premier League, Russian National League champion (2007, 2008, 2012–2014)
*5× EuroLeague Women, EuroLeague champion (2007–2010, 2013)
*2× FIBA Europe SuperCup Women, Europe SuperCup winner (2009, 2010)
*2× NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, NCAA champion (2000 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, 2000, 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, 2002)
* 3× Nancy Lieberman Award (2000–2002)
* Wade Trophy (2002)
* Honda Sports Award (2002)
* Naismith College Player of the Year, Naismith Award (2002)
* USBWA Women's National Player of the Year (2002)
* Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year, AP College Player of the Year (2002)
* Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year, Big East Player of the Year (2002)
- **wnba profile**: sue_bird