Marine Johannès
French basketball player (born 1995)
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Marine Johannès (born 21 January 1995), nicknamed Wizard for her ballhandling skills, is a French basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). A native of Lisieux in Calvados, she also plays for the French national team, where she participated at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
Johannès in 2018 | |
| No. 23 – Galatasaray | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard/Point guard |
| League | Turkish Super League EuroLeague Women WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 21 January 1995 Lisieux, France |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 134 lb (61 kg) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 2017: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2016 | USO Mondeville |
| 2016–2019 | Bourges |
| 2019 | New York Liberty |
| 2019–2024 | ASVEL |
| 2022–2023 | New York Liberty |
| 2024–2025 | Çukurova Basketbol |
| 2025–present | New York Liberty |
| 2025– | Galatasaray |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Medals | |
A player who is known for her creative playing style and passing and shooting skills.[2]
Professional career
Early career
Marine Johannès started basketball when she was 8 at the club of Pont-l'Évêque, the same one as Nicolas Batum. She was noticed by Samuel Vallée, who made her join at 12 the basketball club USO Mondeville.[3] With that team, she won the U17 French League two times, in 2011 and 2012, and the U17 French Cup in 2012. Her team also won the Youth French League in 2013.[4]
European professional leagues
Mondeville
It was at Mondeville, a team evolving in LFB, the first division in France, that she had her first professional experience during the 2011-12 season at 17 years old. She had her breakthrough year during the 2015-16 season, averaging 14.2 points and 4.4 assists in 34 minutes.[5] After that season, she joined Bourges, having her first experience in EuroLeague. She had good individual and team achievements with Bourges, winning the French Cup in 2017,[6] 2018[7] and 2019[8] and the French League in 2018.[9] She was two times in the All-LFB First Team, during the 2017-18[10] and 2018-19[11] seasons.
Bourges
On a European level, Bourges lost in the quarter-finals of EuroLeague each of her three years with the team. During her 2018–19 season, she averaged 15.1 points and 4.7 assists in Euroleague. That season, she was named Best Guard and Most Entertaining Player of the EuroLeague regular season.[12]
Lyon ASVEL
In 2019, she signed a 3 years contract with the winner of the French League Lyon ASVEL, a club owned by Tony Parker. Her first season was interrupted by COVID while her team was first in the standings. She was also named in the All-Euroleague 2nd team this shorten season.[13] During the 2020-21 season, she had a career high 38 points against USK Praha[14] and was in the All-Euroleague 2nd team again.[15] In the French League, she was named in the First Team for the third time of her career[16] but her team lost in the semi-finals, resulting in them playing the EuroCup and not the EuroLeague the next season, the first time in that competition for Johannès in her career. The 2021-22 season wasn't a big team success for Lyon ASVEL, losing in the quarterfinals of EuroCup against Çukurova Basketbol,[17] ending 3rd of the LFB regular season and losing in the finals against Johannès' previous team Bourges,[18] making them play in Eurocup again the next season. Neither was it a good individual season for Johannès who was for the first time not nominated in the All-LFB First Team since the creation of the award and having her stats going slightly down, including her shooting percentage in LFB going from 49.2% the previous season to 41.8%.[5]
Galatasaray
On June 27, 2025, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[19]
WNBA
Johannes went undrafted in the 2017 WNBA draft. She was signed in 2019 by the New York Liberty.[20] She averaged 7.2 points in 19 minutes that season.[5] She had a few high scoring games, including back-to-back career high with a 21 points game against Connecticut followed by a 22 one against Washington.
In February 2020, it was announced that she signed a multi-year deal with the Liberty.[21] However, because of the COVID pandemic, she opted not to play during the 2020 season[22] and the Liberty suspended her contract for the year.[23] She didn't play the 2021 season either because of overseas commitment, having both the EuroBasket and the Olympic Games to play that summer.
On 8 June 2022, the Liberty announced that she would join the team for the 2022 season.[24] She improved her career high in points by scoring 23 points in a loss against the Seattle Storm on 20 June 2022.[25]
In March 2023, Johannès re-signed with the Liberty.[26]
Johannès did not play in the 2024 WNBA season, focusing on the 2024 Olympic Games.[27]
On 21 March 2025, Liberty announced that they had re-signed Johannès for the 2025 season.[28]
National team career
Marine Johannes played her first game with her senior national team on 25 November 2015 against the Netherlands where she scored 15 points.[29] She was part of the team selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics and, at 21 years old, the youngest player on the roster. Her most noticeable game of the tournament was against the United States in the semi-finals with 13 points, including a crossover followed by a three pointer on basketball legend Maya Moore.[30][31] France lost to Serbia in the bronze medal game, with 3 points on 1/9 shooting from Johannes.[32][33]
She was of the 2017, 2019 and 2021 Eurobasket rosters for France that all end up with a silver medal for France. She participated with the French national team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where France won the bronze medal defeating Serbia 91-76.[34] Johannes would also win the silver medal with France at the 2024 Paris Olympics. France would lose to the United States 67-66 closely fought game.[35]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New York | 19 | 0 | 18.2 | .436 | .379 | .789 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | New York | 24 | 10 | 25.5 | .464 | .437 | .870 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 10.0 |
| 2023 | New York | 35 | 5 | 18.9 | .414 | .368 | .750 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| 2025 | New York | 44 | 5 | 18.3 | .423 | .344 | .842 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| Career | 4 years, 1 team | 122 | 20 | 19.9 | .423 | .377 | .815 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
Playoffs
Honors
As a player
As a team
National team
- Bronze Medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Silver Medal at the 2017 EuroBasket (Czech Republic)
- Silver Medal at the 2019 EuroBasket (Serbia/Latvia)
- Silver Medal at the 2021 EuroBasket (Spain/France)
- Silver Medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Club
- Winner of the French Cup: 2017,[6] 2018[7] and 2019[8]
- Winner of the French League: 2018[9]
- Finalist of the French League: 2022[18]
