Napheesa Collier
American basketball player
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| February 14 2025 | Won the Unrivaled 1x1 tournament, securing a $200,000 prize and earning each of her Lunar Owls teammates $10,000. |
| 2024 | Won Olympic gold medal with the United States women's national basketball team at the Paris 2024 Olympics. |
| October 8 2024 | In the semifinals against the Connecticut Sun, became the first WNBA player to have 25+ points and 10+ rebounds in three straight playoff games. |
| October 4 2024 | A video was recorded showing Collier communicating with a fan using American Sign Language (ASL). |
| September 29 2024 | Named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and selected to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team unanimously. |
| September 25 2024 | In the second playoff game against the Phoenix Mercury, scored 42 points, tying the WNBA playoffs single-game point record and becoming the first player to score 35+ points in consecutive postseason games. |
| September 22 2024 | In the first WNBA playoff game against the Phoenix Mercury, became the second Lynx player to have multiple 30+ point playoff games, scoring 38 points. |
| August 2024 | Named Western Conference Player of the Month for August, her first time receiving this award. |
| August 23 2024 | Made WNBA history by being the first player to have 25+ points, 15+ rebounds, and 5+ assists on 70%+ shooting in a game against the Las Vegas Aces, individually outrebounding the entire Aces team. |
| July 10 2024 | Napheesa Collier was formally announced as a player for the inaugural season of Unrivaled, representing the Lunar Owls team in a league that will feature 30 players in 3-on-3 or 1-on-1 format, playing in Miami from January through March. |
| June 25 2024 | Won the WNBA Commissioner's Cup championship MVP award when the Minnesota Lynx defeated the New York Liberty. |
| June 14 2024 | Set a Lynx franchise record with 8 steals in a game against the Sparks, becoming the first WNBA player to have 30+ points, 8+ steals, 5+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks in a single game. |
| May 21 2024 | Named Western Conference Player of the Week for the fifth time, averaging 24.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 3.5 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game. |
| April 2024 | Helped Fenerbahçe win their second consecutive EuroLeague Women championship, scoring 33 points in the final - the second highest individual score in the championship's history. |
| January 2024 | Returned to Fenerbahçe for another contract. |
| 2023 | Played for Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Super League on a short-term contract with teammate Kayla McBride, and was named Most Valuable Player in the SuperCup Women championship. |
| 2023 | Selected for the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team for the second time. |
| 2023 | Named to the All-WNBA First Team for the first time. |
| 2023 | Named to the Minnesota Lynx All-25 Team for the team's 25th anniversary. |
| 2023 | Selected for her third WNBA All-Star game appearance. |
| July 2023 | Napheesa Collier announced the formation of Unrivaled, a new professional women's league with Breanna Stewart, designed to provide WNBA players an alternative off-season playing opportunity and income source. |
| June 29 2023 | Became only the second player in WNBA history to record a stat line with 30+ points, 5+ rebounds, 5+ assists, and 5+ blocks, achieving 31 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and six blocks in a game. |
| 2022 | Played her final games of the season alongside Sylvia Fowles, who was retiring from the WNBA and the Minnesota Lynx. |
| October 7 2022 | Collier and Alex Bazzell were married in St. Louis. |
| August 2022 | Returned to the Minnesota Lynx after maternity leave, playing four games in the final part of the season. |
| May 2022 | Napheesa Collier gave birth to her daughter, taking maternity leave from the Minnesota Lynx for most of the 2022 WNBA season. |
| May 25 2022 | Collier gave birth to her daughter, Mila Sarah Bazzell. |
| 2021 | Napheesa Collier was selected to her first WNBA All-Star Game, marking a significant milestone in her professional career with the Minnesota Lynx. |
| 2021 | Collier won her first Olympic gold medal with Team USA, defeating Japan 90–75 in the final of the 2020 Summer Olympics. |
| 2021 | Played for Lattes-Montpellier in France and was part of the team that won the Coupe De France Finale in Paris. |
| 2021 | Collier was selected for her second WNBA All-Star game, highlighting her continued excellence in professional basketball. |
| November 2021 | Collier and Bazzell announced they were expecting their first child, a baby girl. |
| June 2021 | Napheesa Collier was named to the United States women's Olympic basketball team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, marking her first Olympic roster selection. |
| 2020 | Selected for the All-WNBA Second Team for the first time. |
| 2020 | Selected for the All-Defensive Second Team for the first time. |
| 2020 | Collier played for the Minnesota Lynx during the COVID-19 shortened season, continuing to develop her professional basketball career. |
| 2020 | Launched podcast 'Tea with A & Phee' with A'ja Wilson during the WNBA bubble season. |
| 2020 | Won Olympic gold medal with the United States women's national basketball team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. |
| 2019 | Became the second rookie in WNBA history to record 400 points, 200 rebounds, and 60 steals in a season. |
| 2019 | Named ESPNW, Associated Press, and WNBA Rookie of the Year. |
| 2019 | Made her first All-Star appearance as an injury replacement for A'ja Wilson. |
| 2019 | Scored 27 points in her debut WNBA game against the Chicago Sky, the second-highest rookie debut in league history. |
| 2019 | In her senior season, Collier received the Katrina McClain Award for Power Forward of the Year from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. |
| 2019 | Named AP 1st Team All-American in her senior season. |
| October 2019 | Napheesa Collier became engaged to Alex Bazzell, a basketball skills coach. |
| June 2019 | Collier was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team in her first season with the Minnesota Lynx, recognizing her exceptional performance as a rookie player. |
| 2018 | Named AP 2nd Team All-American during her junior season. |
| 2016 | Collier became a member of the Connecticut Huskies National Championship team. |
| 2015 | Napheesa Collier joined the UConn women's basketball team as a freshman after initially considering other schools and visiting UConn's campus. |
| 2015 | Collier won the Gatorade Missouri Player of the Year award for the second time, and was also named one of five finalists for the Naismith Award as national Player of the Year and selected as a Women's Basketball Coaches Association High School All-American. |
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