BACKGROUND

2011 (Los Angeles): The WNBA’s all-time leader in scoring and games played, Tina Thompson returns for her third year on the Sparks and 15th in the league…The Southern California

native is the only player to play all 14 previous WNBA seasons.

2010 (Los Angeles): Surpassed Lisa Leslie’s career total of 6,263 points during a 23-point outing on Aug. 9 vs. San Antonio to become the WNBA’s all-time scoring leader…Record came on

a 16-footer with 5:01 left in the third quarter…Ranked ninth in the WNBA in points per game (16.6), total points (548.0) free throw percentage (0.90) and three-point field goals made (57.0)…

Became the second player in WNBA history to record 6,000 career points on June 17.

2009 (Los Angeles): Named to her ninth All-WNBA Team…Played and started in all 34 regular season Sparks games…Averaged 13.0 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

2008 (Houston): Became just the second player in history to reach the 5,000 point milestone…Ranked seventh in points per game (17.6) with 511 total points and tenth in rebounds per

game (7.0) with 203 total rebounds…. Earned her second gold medal while representing the United States at the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

2007 (Houston): Named second team All-WNBA…Ranked third in total points (617) and sixth in points per game (18.7)…Ranked eighth in rebounds per game (6.7) and total rebounds (222).

2006 (Houston): Named to the WNBA All-Decade Team…Tallied her 4,000th career point…Ranked seventh in points per game (18.7) in 21 games played…Averaged 5.6 rebounds and 2.2

assists per game.

2005 (Houston): Thompson averaged 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 15 games played…Missed the beginning of the season after giving birth to her son Dyllan in May.

2004 (Houston): Thompson was named First Team All-WNBA…Ranked second in points per game (20.0) and sixth in total points (520)…Averaged 6.2 rebounds per game and had 154 total

rebounds…Earned a gold medal while representing the United States at the Summer Olympics in Athens.

2003 (Houston): Thompson become the second player in WNBA history to reach 3,000 point milestone…Ranked sixth in points per game (16.9) and eighth in total points (472)…Averaged

5.9 rebounds per game in 28 games played.

2002 (Houston): Thompson was named Second Team All-WNBA…Ranked seventh in points per game (16.7) and had 485 total points…Ranked sixth in rebounds per game (7.5) and had

217 total rebounds.

2001 (Houston): Thompson was named second team All-WNBA…Ranked third in points per game (19.3) and fourth in total points (579)…Ranked sixth in rebounds per game (7.8) and ninth

in total rebounds (233).

2000 (Houston): Thompson was named Second Team All-WNBA…Ranked fifth in rebounds per game (7.7) and total rebounds (245)…Ranked sixth in points per game (17.7) and seventh in

total points (550).

1999 (Houston): Thompson was named Second Team All-WNBA…Averaged 12.2 points, 6.4 rebounds…Ranked ninth in total blocks (32) and tenth in blocks per game (1).

1998 (Houston): Thompson was named First Team All-WNBA…Ranked sixth in rebounds per game (7.1) and seventh in total rebounds (192)…Ranked eighth in blocks per game (.93) and

total blocks (25)…Averaged 12.7 points per game.

1997 (Houston): Thompson was the first draft pick in WNBA history…Named First Team All-WNBA…Ranked fifth in total blocks (28) and sixth in blocks per game (1)…Finished seventh in

rebounds per game (6.6) and total rebounds (184)… Ranked ninth in points per game (13.2) and total points (370).

College: Attended the University of Southern California…A three-time All-Pac 10 selection at USC, Thompson was a second-team All-American as a senior in 1997…Finished fifth on the

school’s career lists in scoring (2,248 points) and rebounding (1,168), and helped USC to three NCAA tournaments and one Elite Eight appearance, the latter as a freshman in 1994.

PERSONAL

Full name is Tina Marie Thompson…Born on February 10, 1975, in Los Angeles, California…Has a son, Dyllan…Her older brother, Tommy Thompson, Jr. got her started in basketball when

she was nine and she followed him to the local recreation center to play…Has several game-day superstitions, including taking a shower after shootaround, taking a 45-minute nap, wearing

lipstick to play every game and dressing in a specific order…Attended the same high school (Inglewood’s Morningside) as former Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Selected by Houston in the first round (first overall) of WNBA Draft, April 28, 1997.