Sue Bird Net Worth

Background and career

Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played for twenty years in the United States and Russia. She was drafted with the first overall pick by the Seattle Storm in the 2002 WNBA draft and played for the Storm for her entire Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) career. During her ten seasons in the Russian Premier League, she played for Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow Region and UMMC Ekaterinburg, winning five Premier League championships and five EuroLeague Women championships. Bird is considered one of the greatest players in WNBA history.

Bird had a record of 114–4 during her college career at the University of Connecticut (UConn). During her senior year, her team was undefeated and she won the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award as College Player of the Year. She finished her UConn career ranked first in three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage, and won the Nancy Lieberman Award three times as the top point guard in the nation.

Bird has won a joint-record four WNBA championships, two NCAA Championships, four FIBA World Cups, and is one of two basketball players—of any gender—to win five Olympic gold medals. She is one of 11 women to attain all four accolades. During her WNBA career, she was selected to thirteen WNBA All-Star teams and eight All-WNBA teams. She was voted by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time in 2011, was voted into the WNBA Top 20@20 as one of the top 20 players of all time in 2016, and was voted into The W25 as one of the top 25 players of all time in 2021. She is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame and the FIBA Hall of Fame. Bird retired from professional basketball after the 2022 WNBA season.