Name
Candace Parker

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Born
1986 (38 years old)

Birth Place
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Position
Power Forward

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
3

Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight
184 lb (83 kg)

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Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She spent 13 seasons on the Sparks, two seasons with the Chicago Sky, and one season with the Las Vegas Aces, winning a championship with each team.

A versatile player, Parker mainly played the forward and center positions. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade Female Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only woman to receive a Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year award twice. As a college player for Tennessee, she led the team to two consecutive national championships (2007, 2008), was named the Final Four's most outstanding player in both occasions and was a two-time consensus national player of the year. As a redshirt freshman, she became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game. After being selected in the WNBA Draft, Parker signed long-term endorsement deals with Adidas and Gatorade.

In 2016, Parker led the Sparks to win their first WNBA Finals title since 2002 and won the WNBA Finals MVP Award. In 2021, she helped the Sky win their first title. Parker won two WNBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2008, 2013), a WNBA All-Star Game MVP Award (2013), two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012), and the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2008). She got selected to six All-WNBA teams and five All-Star teams, and was the first player to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP awards in the same season. Parker became the second player to dunk in a WNBA game on June 22, 2008.

Since 2018, Parker has been an analyst and commentator for TNT Sports, providing coverage for NBA games on TNT and NBA TV and for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Following her retirement in spring of 2024, Parker was named president of Adidas women's basketball.



Career Honours

WNBA
2023

Las Vegas Aces

WNBA All Star
2022

Chicago Sky

All-WNBA First Team
2022

Chicago Sky

Associated Press Athlete of the Year
2021

Chicago Sky

WNBA All Star
2021

Chicago Sky

WNBA
2021

Chicago Sky

WNBA rebounding leader
2020

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
2020

Los Angeles Sparks

All-WNBA First Team
2020

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA peak performer
2020

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA All Star
2018

Los Angeles Sparks

All-WNBA First Team
2017

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA All Star
2017

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA
2016

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA Finals MVP
2016

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA All Star
2014

Los Angeles Sparks

All-WNBA First Team
2014

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA All Star
2013

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA All Star Game MVP
2013

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA MVP
2013

Los Angeles Sparks

All-WNBA First Team
2013

Los Angeles Sparks

EuroLeague Women
2012-2013

UMMC Ekaterinburg Women

All-WNBA First Team
2012

Los Angeles Sparks

Basketball Olympics Gold Women
2012

United States Basketball Women

WNBA All Star
2011

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA rebounding leader
2009

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA peak performer
2009

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA peak performer
2008

Los Angeles Sparks

All-WNBA First Team
2008

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA MVP
2008

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA Rookie of the Year
2008

Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA rebounding leader
2008

Los Angeles Sparks

Basketball Olympics Gold Women
2008

United States Basketball Women


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2008-2020

2010-2015

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2021-2022

2023


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