After an illustrious 20-year career, Diana Taurasi is calling it time.
The three-time WNBA champion made the announcement in an interview with TIME Magazine, Wednesday, February 26.
"Mentally and physically, I'm just full. That's probably the best way I can describe it. I'm full and I'm happy," Taurasi said in the interview.
After 20 years of playing in the WNBA, Diana Taurasi is officially retiring 🧡
— WNBA (@WNBA) February 25, 2025
Thank you Diana for changing the game forever, all of the accolades could never amount to the type of person and edge you embodied when you stepped out there on the court
One-of-One 💐
It marked the end of WNBA’s all-time leading scorer’s two-decade stint with the Phoenix Mercury, leaving the game with perhaps one of the most stacked resumes.
Besides winning three titles, Taurasi won the regular season MVP award in 2009 and was a two-time Finals MVP winner on top of earning 11 All-Star selections.
The top pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft, “D.T.” also won Rookie of the Year, made 14 All-WNBA Mythical Teams, and led the league in scoring five times.
She also bannered the University of Connecticut to three straight national titles alongside earning the Women’s NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player twice.
Success followed Taurasi even more in different levels, becoming the only player in the USA basketball program, mens or women’s, to win six Olympic gold medals. The future Hall-of-Famer nabbed six EuroLeague championships, seven Russian National League championships, and a Turkish National League championship while playing overseas ball.
“Diana [Taurasi] is the greatest to have ever played the game. She is the ultimate leader and teammate. Her name is synonymous with the Phoenix Mercury and she will forever be part of our family,” Mercury owner Mat Ishbia said in a statement.
In her last season with Phoenix, Taurasi led the squad to the playoffs before losing to eventual Finalists Minnesota Lynx in the opening round via sweep.
