2021 Phoenix Mercury Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 19-13
Finishing 4th in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 6-5 Lost Championship

First Round - Defeated New York Liberty 1-0
Second Round - Defeated Seattle Storm 1-0
Semifinals - Defeated Las Vegas Aces 3-2
Finals - Lost to Chicago Sky 3-1
Coach: Sandy Brondello (19-13)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

2021 Phoenix Mercury Roster

The Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2021 season with a record of 19 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the WNBA's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

Brittney Griner tossed in a team-best 615 points for the Mercury, and Skylar Diggins scored 15 or more per game also. Brianna Turner accounted for 302 boards. Skylar Diggins dished out 168 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Skylar Diggins added 34 steals, while Brittney Griner swatted 58 opponent shot attempts.

Sandy Brondello coached the team. The 2021 Phoenix Mercury lost in the Championship of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Brittney Griner	C	30	30	983	431	248	9	4	136	115	71	213	284	80	12	58	66	72	615
Skylar Diggins	G	32	32	1040	392	177	135	50	198	162	17	84	101	168	34	25	82	71	566
Kia Nurse	G	32	32	835	273	98	167	59	62	49	14	99	113	56	17	2	48	72	304
Brianna Turner	F	32	32	994	195	108	1	0	46	33	78	224	302	56	24	42	47	70	249
Diana Taurasi	F-G	16	16	455	192	70	121	41	72	62	3	68	71	79	3	9	47	38	243
Shey Peddy	G	32	5	560	148	61	81	27	25	23	24	51	75	79	29	3	31	33	172
Sophie Cunningham	G	30	4	524	135	59	78	32	27	19	9	51	60	32	14	7	16	56	169
Megan Walker	F	29	7	426	148	46	75	20	30	19	6	33	39	26	5	8	23	52	131
Kia Vaughn	C	28	2	441	133	59	1	0	20	12	23	53	76	37	5	6	36	44	130
Bria Hartley	G	6	0	51	16	9	7	4	0	0	2	2	4	5	1	0	5	1	22
Alanna Smith	F	18	0	117	34	8	21	4	4	1	5	19	24	10	7	6	6	10	21
Totals		285	160	6426	2097	943	696	241	620	495	252	897	1149	628	151	166	407	519	2622

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Brittney Griner	C	30	30	32.8	57.5	44.4	84.6	2.4	7.1	9.5	2.7	0.4	1.9	2.2	2.4	20.5
Skylar Diggins	G	32	32	32.5	45.2	37.0	81.8	0.5	2.6	3.2	5.3	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.2	17.7
Kia Nurse	G	32	32	26.1	35.9	35.3	79.0	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.5	2.3	9.5
Brianna Turner	F	32	32	31.1	55.4	0.0	71.7	2.4	7.0	9.4	1.8	0.8	1.3	1.5	2.2	7.8
Diana Taurasi	F-G	16	16	28.4	36.5	33.9	86.1	0.2	4.3	4.4	4.9	0.2	0.6	2.9	2.4	15.2
Shey Peddy	G	32	5	17.5	41.2	33.3	92.0	0.8	1.6	2.3	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.0	5.4
Sophie Cunningham	G	30	4	17.5	43.7	41.0	70.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.9	5.6
Megan Walker	F	29	7	14.7	31.1	26.7	63.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.8	4.5
Kia Vaughn	C	28	2	15.8	44.4	0.0	60.0	0.8	1.9	2.7	1.3	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.6
Bria Hartley	G	6	0	8.5	56.3	57.1		0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.2	3.7
Alanna Smith	F	18	0	6.5	23.5	19.0	25.0	0.3	1.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.2
Averages		285	160	22.5	45.0	34.6	79.8	0.9	3.1	4.0	2.2	0.5	0.6	1.4	1.8	9.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Brittney Griner	C	11	11	386	178	100	4	0	50	40	18	74	92	33	4	18	23	20	240
Diana Taurasi	F-G	10	10	305	133	52	98	34	43	38	2	33	35	29	5	6	30	31	176
Skylar Diggins	G	11	11	384	155	57	61	19	27	20	12	28	40	67	11	5	25	28	153
Brianna Turner	F	11	11	346	73	40	0	0	19	13	36	73	109	28	14	21	13	28	93
Shey Peddy	G	11	4	255	68	26	31	8	18	13	13	26	39	27	22	0	10	20	73
Sophie Cunningham	G	8	2	140	31	15	23	13	8	8	2	15	17	6	2	7	6	11	51
Kia Nurse	G	6	6	131	37	16	22	10	8	8	3	17	20	9	1	0	4	15	50
Kia Vaughn	C	11	0	141	52	15	1	0	2	2	4	20	24	13	4	0	12	15	32
Bria Hartley	G	10	0	96	26	8	11	3	6	6	0	14	14	13	1	0	7	10	25
Alanna Smith	F	5	0	26	15	6	5	2	2	2	5	5	10	1	1	1	2	2	16
Megan Walker	F	5	0	39	7	2	4	0	4	4	1	3	4	0	1	0	6	4	8
Totals		99	55	2249	775	337	260	89	187	154	96	308	404	226	66	58	138	184	917

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Brittney Griner	C	11	11	35.1	56.2	0.0	80.0	1.6	6.7	8.4	3.0	0.4	1.6	2.1	1.8	21.8
Diana Taurasi	F-G	10	10	30.5	39.1	34.7	88.4	0.2	3.3	3.5	2.9	0.5	0.6	3.0	3.1	17.6
Skylar Diggins	G	11	11	34.9	36.8	31.1	74.1	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.5	13.9
Brianna Turner	F	11	11	31.5	54.8		68.4	3.3	6.6	9.9	2.5	1.3	1.9	1.2	2.5	8.5
Shey Peddy	G	11	4	23.2	38.2	25.8	72.2	1.2	2.4	3.5	2.5	2.0	0.0	0.9	1.8	6.6
Sophie Cunningham	G	8	2	17.5	48.4	56.5	100.0	0.3	1.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	0.8	1.4	6.4
Kia Nurse	G	6	6	21.8	43.2	45.5	100.0	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	2.5	8.3
Kia Vaughn	C	11	0	12.8	28.8	0.0	100.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.4	2.9
Bria Hartley	G	10	0	9.6	30.8	27.3	100.0	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.5
Alanna Smith	F	5	0	5.2	40.0	40.0	100.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	3.2
Megan Walker	F	5	0	7.8	28.6	0.0	100.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.8	1.6
Averages		285	55	22.7	43.5	34.2	82.4	1.0	3.1	4.1	2.3	0.7	0.6	1.4	1.9	9.3

2021 Phoenix Mercury Statistics

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