Chelsea Gray
{{short description|American basketball player (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Chelsea Gray
| image = Chelsea Gray (53756793833) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Gray with the Las Vegas Aces in 2024
| team = Las Vegas Aces
| number = 12
| league = WNBA
| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lbs = 170
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|08|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Hayward, California, U.S.
| highschool = St. Mary's (Stockton, California)
| college = Duke (2010–2014)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2014
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 11
| draft_team = Connecticut Sun
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2015}}
| team1 = Connecticut Sun
| years2 = 2015
| team2 = Hapoel Rishon LeZion
| years3 = 2015
| team3 = Uni Girona
| years4 = 2015–2017
| team4 = Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi
| years5 = {{WNBA Year|2016}}–{{WNBA Year|2020}}
| team5 = Los Angeles Sparks
| years6 = 2017–2018
| team6 = Botaş SK
| years7 = 2019
| team7 = Çukurova Basketbol
| years8 = 2020
| team8 = Fenerbahçe
| years9 = 2020–2021
| team9 = Uni Girona
| years10 = {{WNBA Year|2021}}–present
| team10 = Las Vegas Aces
| years11 = 2025–present
| team11 = Rose BC
| highlights = * 3x WNBA champion (2016, 2022, 2023)
- WNBA Finals MVP (2022)
- 6x WNBA All-Star (2017–2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
- All-WNBA First Team (2019)
- All-WNBA Second Team (2017, 2023)
- Commissioner's Cup champion (2022)
- Commissioner's Cup MVP (2022)
- WNBA Skills Challenge Champion ({{WNBA Year|2023}})
- Unrivaled champion (2025)
- Unrivaled Finals MVP (2025)
- Unrivaled First-team all-Unrivaled (2025)
- Turkish Women's Basketball Cup champion (2020)
- WBCA Coaches' All-American (2013)
- Second-team All-American – AP (2013)
- ACC Player of the Year (2013)
- ACC All-Defensive Team (2013)
- 2x First-team All-ACC (2012, 2013)
- ACC All-Freshman Team (2011)
- McDonald's All-American (2010)
| wnba_profile = chelsea_gray
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{bkw|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup|}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Australia|}}
}}
Chelsea Nichelle Gray (born October 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed "Point Gawd", she was the eleventh pick in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun. After missing the 2014 season due to injury, she made her debut in the following year. Gray won her first title with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2016. She won her second title with the Las Vegas Aces in the 2022 WNBA Finals, where she was named Finals MVP. She won gold medals for 5x5 basketball at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/chelsea-gray_1954734 |title=GRAY Chelsea |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813062704/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/chelsea-gray_1954734 |archive-date=August 13, 2024}} Her team, Rose BC, won the first ever Unrivaled league championship, where Gray was team captain and Finals MVP. {{Cite web |date=March 18, 2025 |title=Rose win Unrivaled's first women's 3-on-3 title |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/44296402/rose-win-unrivaled-first-women-3-3-title-vinyl |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=March 18, 2025 |title=Chelsea Gray Wins First-Ever Unrivaled Finals MVP After Rose Victory |url=https://www.si.com/wnba/chelsea-gray-wins-first-ever-unrivaled-finals-mvp-after-rose-victory |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=SI |language=en-US}}
College career
Joanne P. McCallie coached Duke's women's basketball team during the time Gray played for the Duke Blue Devils. In Gray's junior year at Duke (February 2013), she dislocated her knee which caused her to be sidelined the rest of her junior year. Gray injured the same knee again in January 2014, causing her to miss the remainder of her senior year and abruptly ending her college career. Despite this she was drafted to the Connecticut Sun in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/x27233738/Gray-Liston-selected-in-first-round-of-WNBA-Draft |title=Gray, Liston selected in first round of WNBA Draft – The Herald-Sun |access-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821101212/http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/x27233738/Gray-Liston-selected-in-first-round-of-WNBA-Draft |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Professional career
=WNBA=
== Connecticut Sun (2015) ==
Gray was drafted 11th overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 2014 WNBA draft. She sat out the 2014 season while recovering from a right knee injury that she sustained in January of her senior year while playing at Duke.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/player/chelsea-gray/#/bio |title=Chelsea Gray – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA}}
Gray would come back healthy in time for the 2015 season. Coming off the bench for the Sun, she averaged 6.9 ppg.
== Los Angeles Sparks (2016–2020) ==
Prior to the 2016 season, Gray was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks along with two first round picks in the 2016 WNBA draft and a first round pick in the 2017 WNBA draft in exchange for draft rights to Jonquel Jones and the 17th pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft.[http://sparks.wnba.com/sparks-acquire-chelsea-gray-connecticut-sun-exchange-draft-rights-guard-jonquel-jones-2017-first-round-pick Los Angeles and Connecticut also trade second round positions in the 2016 WNBA Draft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021133408/http://sparks.wnba.com/sparks-acquire-chelsea-gray-connecticut-sun-exchange-draft-rights-guard-jonquel-jones-2017-first-round-pick/ |date=October 21, 2016 }}/ Joining forces with Candace Parker, Kristi Toliver and Nneka Ogwumike, Gray would come off the bench as the back-up point guard on the Sparks roster, playing 33 games with 1 start and averaging 5.9 ppg. The Sparks were a championship contender in the league, finishing 26–8. The Sparks were the number 2 seed in the league with a double-bye to the semi-finals (the last round before the WNBA Finals) facing the Chicago Sky due to the WNBA's new playoff format. The Sparks defeated the Sky 3–1 in the series, advancing to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2003. In the Finals, the Sparks were up against the championship-defending Minnesota Lynx. Gray's playing time would be slightly increased in the Finals and was able to provide an offensive spark off the bench for the Sparks. In Game 4 with the Sparks up 2–1, Gray scored a team-high 20 points off the bench in 24 minutes of play, but the Sparks still lost the game. In the decisive Game 5, Gray scored 11 consecutive points for the Sparks in the second half. The Sparks would win Game 5 and the 2016 WNBA Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.wmtw.com/article/los-angeles-sparks-win-wnba-title/7007118 |title=Los Angeles Sparks win WNBA title |agency=Associated Press |date=January 4, 2017}}
File:Chelsea Gray-20190608-Lorie Shaull.jpg
With Toliver leaving the Sparks in free agency to join the Washington Mystics, Gray would be moved to starting point guard, following her heroic off-the-bench performance in the Finals. Gray would have a breakout season in 2017 as she scored a career-high 25 points on May 27, 2017, in a 75–73 loss to the Atlanta Dream.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/game/20170527lasatl/ |title=05/27/17: Los Angeles Sparks @ Atlanta Dream – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA}} Gray would also be voted into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her first career all-star game appearance.{{cite web |url=http://www.recordnet.com/sports/20170718/local-roundup-chelsea-gray-selected-as-all-star-reserve |title=Local Roundup: Chelsea Gray selected as all-star reserve |first=The |last=Record}} She finished off the season leading the league in three-point field goal percentage and averaged career-highs in scoring, rebounds, assists and minutes as the Sparks finished second place in the league with a 26–8 record, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals. The Sparks would go on to advance to the Finals for the second season in a row, after defeating the Phoenix Mercury in a 3-game sweep, setting up a rematch with the Lynx. In Game 1 of the 2017 WNBA Finals, Gray scored a new career-high 27 points and hit the game-winning shot with 2 seconds left, sealing an 85–84 victory to give the Sparks a 1–0 series lead.{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2017 |title=Gray guides Sparks to Game 1 victory over Lynx |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/20807856/chelsea-gray-scores-career-high-27-points-guide-los-angeles-sparks-game-1-win-minnesota-lynx |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} However, the Sparks would lose in five games, failing to win back-to-back championships.
On May 20, 2018, in the Sparks' season opener against the Lynx, Gray scored 18 points along with a game-winning layup at the buzzer in a 77–76 victory.[http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sparks-20180520-story.html Chelsea Gray's buzzer beater lifts Sparks past Lynx 77–76 in finals rematch] Later on in the season, Gray would be voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, for her second career all-star appearance. Gray finished off the season averaging a new career-highs in scoring, steals, assists and rebounds. The Sparks finished as the number 6 seed in the league with a 19–15 record. In the first round elimination game they would defeat the Lynx 75–68 in which Gray Gray scored a season-high 26 points. The Sparks would advance to the second round elimination game where they would lose 96–64 to the Washington Mystics.
On April 30, 2019, Gray re-signed with the Sparks.{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2019 |title=Chelsea Gray Re-Signs With Los Angeles Sparks |url=https://www.slamonline.com/wnba/sparks-re-sign-chelsea-gray/ |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=SLAM |language=en}} On July 7, 2019, Gray recorded her first triple-double with 13 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds in a 98–81 win against the Washington Mystics, becoming both the ninth player in league history and the third player in Sparks' franchise history to record a triple-double.{{Cite web |last=ago |first=Kurtis Zimmerman 2 years |date=July 8, 2019 |title=A look at every WNBA triple-double in league history |url=https://highposthoops.com/2019/07/08/chelsea-gray-joins-historic-list-of-triple-doubles/ |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=High Post Hoops |language=en-US}} Gray would also be voted into the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her third all-star appearance. On August 29, 2019, Gray scored a career-high 30 points in a 87–83 win against the Indiana Fever. By the end of the season, the Sparks finished as the number 3 seed with a 22–12 record, receiving a bye to the second round. In the second round elimination game, the Sparks defeated the defending champions Seattle Storm 92–69. In the semi-finals, the Sparks were defeated in a three-game sweep by the Connecticut Sun.
In the 2020 WNBA season, Gray started all 22 games played for the Sparks, the season was shortened in a bubble at IMG Academy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 28, 2020, Gray scored a season-high 27 points in an 80–76 victory over the Connecticut Sun.{{Cite web |title=Gray scores season-high 27 points as Sparks beat Sun – Sportsnet.ca |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/article/gray-scores-season-high-27-points-sparks-beat-sun/ |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=www.sportsnet.ca |date=August 29, 2020}} The Sparks finished 15–7 with the number 3 seed, receiving a bye to the second round but were eliminated by the seventh seeded Connecticut Sun in the second round elimination game, making it the second year a row that they've been eliminated by the same team.
== Las Vegas Aces (2021–present) ==
In 2021 free agency, Gray signed a multi-year deal with the Las Vegas Aces.{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Free agent Gray, Aces agree to multiyear deal |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/30795816/free-agent-chelsea-gray-reaches-multiyear-deal-wnba-las-vegas-aces |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
=Overseas=
Before her first WNBA season, Gray played in Israel for Hapoel Rishon Le-Zion in the 2014–15 off-season. In the 2015–16 off-season, Gray played in Spain for Uni Girona CB for the first portion of the off-season and spent the second portion of the off-season playing in Turkey for Abdullah Gul University.{{cite web |title=WNBA Players Playing Overseas – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA |url=http://www.wnba.com/wnba-players-playing-overseas/}}{{cite web |date=November 27, 2015 |title=Abdullah Gul University Signs Chelsea Gray – Women's Basketball 24.7 |work=Women's Basketball 24.7 |url=http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2015/11/abdullah-gul-university-signs-chelsea-gray/ |author1=Admin}} In June 2016, Gray re-signed with Abdullah Gul University for the 2016–17 off-season.{{cite web |title=EUROBASKET NEWS |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Turkey/news/448975/Abdullah-Gul-re-sign-with-Chelsea-Gray}} In July 2017, Gray signed with Botaş SK for the 2017–18 off-season.{{Cite web |title=Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Turkey/news/497210/Chelsea-Gray-agreed-terms-with-Botas |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=www.eurobasket.com}} In July 2020, Gray signed with Fenerbahçe of the Turkish league.[https://www.milliyet.com.tr/skorer/fenerbahce-transfer-haberleri-chelsea-grayle-sozlesme-imzalandi-6134630 Fenerbahce transfer news | Contract with Chelsea Gray]
=Unrivaled=
On July 11, 2024, it was announced that Gray would appear and play in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a new women's 3-on-3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.{{cite tweet |user=Unrivaledwbb |date=July 11, 2024 |number=1811484077838504426 |title=THE POINT GAWD IS UNRIVALED 👑 3/30✅}}{{Cite web |last=Maloney |first=Jack |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Unrivaled basketball league: Full rosters, list of players participating, teams, head coaches, 'wildcards' |url=https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-basketball-league-full-rosters-list-of-players-participating-teams-head-coaches-wildcards/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119013237/https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/unrivaled-basketball-league-full-rosters-list-of-players-participating-teams-head-coaches-wildcards/amp/ |archive-date=January 19, 2025 |access-date=March 15, 2025 |website=CBS Sports}} She captained Rose BC, the winners of the first ever Unrivaled Championship, in which she was awarded the Finals MVP Trophy. {{Cite web |date=March 18, 2025 |title=Rose beat Vinyl in the Unrivaled championship game, capping the inaugural season of the women's 3-on-3 basketball league |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/article/rose-beat-vinyl-unrivaled-championship-004335151.html |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}
National team career
=2020 Summer Olympics=
In late March 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government postponed the 2020 Summer Olympics until the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-ipc-tokyo-2020-organising-committee-and-tokyo-metropolitan-government-announce-new-dates-for-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games-tokyo-2020 |title=IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 |date=March 30, 2020 |website=Olympic.org}} In June 2021, Gray was named to the 12-player roster for Team USA for the 2020 summer Olympics.{{cite news |first=Jasmyn |last=Wimbish |title=Team USA women's basketball roster announced for 2020 Olympics, headlined by Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/team-usa-womens-basketball-roster-announced-for-2020-olympics-headlined-by-sue-bird-diana-taurasi/ |work=CBS Sports |date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2024}} She and Team USA went on to win the gold medal in the tournament, defeating Japan 90–75 in the final.{{cite news |first=Ava |last=Wallace |title=Dawn Staley and Sue Bird make sure their final USA Basketball moment is golden |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/08/08/dawn-staley-sue-bird-us-womens-basketball-olympic-gold/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 8, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2024}}
=2024 Summer Olympics=
In June 2024, Gray was again named to the US women's Olympic team to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, alongside fellow Aces teammates, Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson, and Jackie Young.{{cite news |first=Cydney |last=Henderson |title=USA basketball Olympic women's team roster: Who made the cut for Paris Olympics |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/06/17/usa-womens-basketball-roster-paris-olympics/74066385007/ |work=USA Today |date=June 17, 2024 |access-date=July 6, 2024}} Gray and the United States defeated France 67–66 in the final, earning Gray her second consecutive gold medal and the United States' eighth consecutive gold medal.{{cite news |first=Juana |last=Summers |title=U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/g-s1-16527/us-womens-basketball-gold-france-paris-olympics |work=NPR |date=August 11, 2024 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
class="wikitable" |
style="background:#f89f84; width:3em;"|
|Denotes seasons in which Gray won a Turkish Women's Basketball Cup |
style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Gray won a WNBA championship |
= WNBA =
== Regular season ==
Stats current through end of 2024 season
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics{{cite web |title=Chelsea Gray WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/g/graych01w.html |website=Basketball Reference}}}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014
| colspan=13 style="text-align:center;" |Did not play (injury)
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| Connecticut
| 34 || 0 || 16.0 || .424 || .348 || .816 || 2.3 || 2.7 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 1.7 ||6.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2016†
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 33|| 1 || 16.4 || .452|| .304 || .780 || 1.8 || 2.8 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 1.2 || 5.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 34 || 34 || 33.1 || .507|| style="background:#D3D3D3"|.482° || .827 || 3.3 || 4.4 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 1.9 || 14.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 34|| 34|| 32.7 || .484 || .392 || .835 || 3.4 || 5.1 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 2.3 || 14.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 34 || 34 || 32.6 || .416 || .382 || .917 || 3.8 || 5.9 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 3.1 || 14.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 22 || 22 || 30.6 || .442 || .305 || .939 || 3.7 || 5.3 || 1.6 || 0.1 || 2.7 || 14.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2021
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 32 || 32 || 28.9 || .454 || .380 || .889 || 2.9 || 5.9 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 2.8 || 11.1
|-
| style='text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;'|2022†
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 35 || 35 || 29.7 || .491 || .340 || .910 || 3.2 || 6.1 || 1.6 || 0.3 || 2.3 || 13.7
|-
| style='text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;'|2023†
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 40 || 40 || 32.2 || .490 || .421 || .897 || 4.0 || 7.3 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 2.5 || 15.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2024
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 27 || 25 || 26.0 || .408 || .338 || .813 || 2.9 || 4.9 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 2.4 || 8.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 10 years, 3 teams
| 325 || 257 || 27.9 || .462 || .382 || .865 || 3.1 || 5.0 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 2.3 || 12.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;"| All-Star
| 6 || 4 || 18.1 || .405 || .292 || — || 3.5 || 5.2 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.7 || 6.8
{{S-end}}
==Playoffs==
Stats current through end of 2024 playoffs
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA playoff statistics}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2016†
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 9 || 0 || 22.1 || .406 || .391 || .833 || 1.7 || 2.8 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 2.4 || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 8 || 8 || 35.6 || .461 || .333 || .778 || 3.4 || 6.8 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 2.7 || 15.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 2 || 2 || 31.7 || .393 || .429 || .833 || 4.0 || 4.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 2.0 || 16.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 4 || 4 || 32.4 || .367 || .333 || .667 || 3.0 || 5.3 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 2.7 || 10.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 1 || 1 || 35.0 || .222 || .000 || — || 2.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 4.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2021
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 5 || 5 || 28.4 || .462 || .389 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|1.000° || 3.2 || 6.4 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.2 || 15.4
|-
| style='text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;' |2022†
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 10 || 10 || 34.0 || .611 || .544 || .833 || 3.8 || 7.0 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 3.0 || 21.7
|-
| style='text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;' |2023†
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 8 || 8 || 35.9 || .436 || .355 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|1.000° || 4.4 || 6.8 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 3.0 || 15.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2024
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 6 || 6 || 32.0 || .383 || .286 || .818 || 2.7 || 6.2 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 2.8 || 10.5
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 9 years, 2 teams
| 53 || 44 || 31.5 || .464 || .394 || .863 || 3.2 || 5.7 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 2.6 || 14.4
{{s-end}}
=Overseas=
==National competition==
===Regular season===
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
! Season ! Team ! League ! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip|MPG|Minutes per game}} ! {{Tooltip|FG%|Field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|3P%|3 point field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|FT%|Free throw percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}} ! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}} ! {{Tooltip|SPG|Steals per game}} ! {{Tooltip|BPG|Blocks per game}} ! {{Tooltip|TO|Turnovers per game}} ! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}} | |||||||||||||
2014–15 | align=left| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | align=left| {{flagicon|ISR}} Ligat ha'Al | 14 | 35.4 | .500 | .351 | .812 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 20.6 |
2015–16 | align=left| Spar Citylift Girona | align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} LFB | 9 | 32.4 | .477 | .400 | .889 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 18.4 |
2015–16 | align=left rowspan=2| Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi | rowspan=5 align=left| {{flagicon|TUR}} KBSL | 20 | 30.6 | .541 | .246 | .846 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 13.6 |
2016–17 | 24 | 33.0 | .556 | .364 | .805 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 14.9 | ||
2017–18 | align=left| Botaş | 18 | 33.0 | .518 | .211 | .805 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 16.4 | |
2018–19 | align=left| Çukurova | 11 | 25.3 | .610 | .324 | .944 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 13.6 | |
style="background:#f89f84;"| 2019–20 | align=left| Fenerbahçe | 3 | 18.1 | .444 | .444 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.3 | |
2020–21 | align=left| Spar Girona | align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} LFB | 22 | 24.4 | .514 | .162 | .841 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 10.6 |
===Playoffs===
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
! Season ! Team ! League ! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip|MPG|Minutes per game}} ! {{Tooltip|FG%|Field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|3P%|3 point field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|FT%|Free throw percentage}} ! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}} ! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}} ! {{Tooltip|SPG|Steals per game}} ! {{Tooltip|BPG|Blocks per game}} ! {{Tooltip|TO|Turnovers per game}} ! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}} | |||||||||||||
2015–16 | align=left rowspan=2| Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi | rowspan=4 align=left| {{flagicon|TUR}} KBSL | 7 | 39.6 | .446 | .258 | .773 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 16.4 |
2016–17 | 3 | 33.4 | .482 | .143 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 11.3 | ||
2017–18 | align=left| Botaş | 2 | 35.2 | .375 | .000 | 1.000 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 14.5 | |
2018–19 | align=left| Çukurova | 10 | 34.1 | .538 | .400 | .909 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 19.4 | |
2020–21 | align=left| Spar Girona | align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} LFB | 4 | 29.4 | .563 | .167 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 12.8 |
= College =
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=NCAA statistics{{Cite web |title=NCAA® Career Statistics |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch |access-date=May 3, 2016 |website=web1.ncaa.org}}{{cite web |title=Chelsea Gray College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/chelsea-gray-1.html |work=Sports Reference |access-date=June 15, 2024}}}}
|-
| align="left"| 2010–11
| align="left"| Duke
|34||18||21.2||.432||.398||.805||3.3||2.5||1.9||0.2||1.8||8.7
|-
| align="left"| 2011–12
| align="left"| Duke
|33||33||32.2||.458||.377||.821||4.9||6.1||2.8||0.4||3.5||12.5
|-
| align="left"| 2012–13
| align="left"| Duke
|25||25||30.3||.421||.407||.851||5.3||5.4||3.6||0.1||2.6||12.6
|-
| align="left"| 2013–14
| align="left"| Duke
|17||16||27.7||.504||.333||.745||4.2||7.2||2.9||0.2||3.2||10.8
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Career
|109||92||27.7||.449||.385||.814||4.4||5.0||2.7||0.2||2.7||11.1
{{s-end}}
Personal life
Gray has participated in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). In her free time, she has helped work out and train younger kids in AAU to become better athletes.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/sun/gray_matters_2014_05_23.html |title=Gray Matters |access-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821100301/http://www.wnba.com/sun/gray_matters_2014_05_23.html |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
She is openly lesbian.{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2021 |title=Meet The 13 Gay Women Basketball Players of the Tokyo Summer Olympics |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/olympics-womens-basketball-gay-players-tokyo/ |access-date=August 3, 2021 |website=Autostraddle |language=en-US}} In November 2019, she married former Long Beach State and American Samoan basketball player, Tipesa Moorer.{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2019 |title=WNBA player Chelsea Gray marries girlfriend |url=https://www.outsports.com/2019/11/4/20946279/wnba-chelsea-gray-los-angeles-sparks-gay-lesbian-wedding |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=www.outsports.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2015 |title=Long Beach athletes golden at the Pacific Games |first=Mike |last=Guardabascio |url=https://www.presstelegram.com/2015/07/23/long-beach-athletes-golden-at-the-pacific-games/ |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=www.presstelegram.com |language=en-US}} In November 2023, they announced that Tipesa was pregnant with their first child,{{cite news |first=Angel |last=Saunders |title=Las Vegas Aces' Chelsea Gray and Wife Share Adorable Halloween Baby Announcement |url=https://people.com/las-vegas-aces-chelsea-gray-baby-announcement-8386069 |work=People |date=November 1, 2023}} and in February 2024, Lennox Ali'i Gray was born.{{cite web |first=Shahryar |last=Fazal |title=Kelsey Plum Extends Her Warm Wishes as Teammate Chelsea Gray Welcomes New Family Member |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/wnba-basketball-news-kelsey-plum-extends-her-warm-wishes-as-teammate-chelsea-gray-welcomes-new-family-member/ |website=Essentially Sports |date=March 1, 2024}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{commonscatinline}}
- [http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204965358& Duke Blue Devils bio]
- {{FIBA|new_id=215667}}
- [https://www.usab.com/players/chelsea-gray Chelsea Gray] at USA Basketball
- {{Team USA|new_id=chelsea-gray-1194920|old_id=Chelsea-Gray|sport=usa-basketball|archive=20230608153709}}
- {{Olympics.com|chelsea-gray}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Las Vegas Aces current roster}}
{{navboxes|list=
{{2014 WNBA Draft}}
{{WNBA Finals MVP}}
{{Los Angeles Sparks 2016 WNBA Champions}}
{{Las Vegas Aces 2022 WNBA champions}}
{{United States Women Basketball Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{United States Women Basketball Squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
}}
{{Portal bar|Biography|California|Olympic Games|Basketball|Sports}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Chelsea}}
Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people
Category:All-American college women's basketball players
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Category:American LGBTQ sportspeople
Category:American women's basketball players
Category:Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Basketball players from California
Category:Connecticut Sun draft picks
Category:Connecticut Sun players
Category:Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players
Category:Fenerbahçe women's basketball players
Category:Las Vegas Aces players
Category:LGBTQ basketball players
Category:LGBTQ people from California
Category:Los Angeles Sparks players
Category:McDonald's High School All-Americans
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
Category:Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
Category:Sportspeople from Manteca, California
Category:United States women's national basketball team players