Temi Fagbenle

Fagbenle was born on 8 September 1992 to a Nigerian family in Baltimore, Maryland, and has eleven siblings, including actor O-T Fagbenle, film producer Luti Fagbenle, and video producer Oladapo 'Daps' Fagbenle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} Her family moved to London, United Kingdom when she was aged 2 and she began playing basketball at the Haringey Angels club.^[8] When she was fifteen she returned to the United States to study at Blair Academy in New Jersey.^[5] She attended Harvard University before transferring to the University of Southern California for her final year of NCAA basketball.^[6] As of 2012^[update] she was 1.93 metres (6 ft 4 in) tall and weighed 79.5 kilograms (175 lb).^[4]

During her time at Blair Academy Fagbenle was voted on to the McDonald's All American High School team.^[5]

Fagbenle has won several national championships in Spain, Italy and Great Britain as well as the EuroCup in 2024 with the London Lions.

WNBA

Minnesota Lynx (2017–2019)

In her WNBA rookie season in 2017 she won the WNBA championship as a member of the Minnesota Lynx.

Indiana Fever (2024)

In January 2024, Fagbenle was signed by the Indiana Fever to a training camp contract.^[9] She made the final roster and appeared in the first eight regular season games (24 minutes / 9.1 points / 5.6 rebounds) during the first month of the season for the Fever before suffering a left foot injury.^[10] Fagbenle played a valuable role in transition, often able to get down court rapidly ahead of the opposing team to catch Caitlin Clark's cross-court passes in transition for a basket and score. However, thumb, shoulder, and foot injuries limited her availability to just 22 regular-season games.^[11]

Golden State Valkyries (2025–present)

On December 6, 2024, Fagbenle was selected as the Golden State Valkyries' pick from the Indiana Fever's 2024 roster in the WNBA's expansion draft.^[12]

She has represented Great Britain at the under-16, 18 and 20 levels and competed at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship held in Serbia.^[6]

She was named in the British team for the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London having been fast-tracked into the senior side from the under-20s.^[13] She averaged 4.8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1.2 blocks and 1 steal in 19.2 minutes per game. GB went 0-5 and failed to qualify from their group.^[14]

Her selection for the Olympics came after a 12-month period in which she was unable to play for the Harvard Crimson women's basketball team due to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) declaring her ineligible.^[6] Fagbenle had taken the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exam whilst at school in the UK and NCAA rules say that an athlete must be enrolled in college within two years of sitting for the exam; Fagbenle took an additional year to graduate from high school because she repeated a year after moving to the United States.^[15]

Legend

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

†	Denotes seasons in which Fagbenle won a WNBA championship

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2025 season

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WNBA regular season statistics^[16]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2016	Did not play (continuing education)
2017†	Minnesota	21	0	4.2	.500	—	.778	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.2
2018	Minnesota	30	2	9.4	.506	—	.696	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	3.1
2019	Minnesota	18	0	15.1	.519	.167	.722	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.8	5.4
2020	Did not appear in WNBA
2021
2022
2023
2024	Indiana	22	2	18.9	.509	.167	.786	4.7	0.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	6.4
2025	Golden State	39	38	23.7	.502	.194	.733	4.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.5	7.4
Career	5 years, 3 teams	130	42	15.3	.506	.188	.737	3.3	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.1	5.0

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Playoffs

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Temi Fagbenle WNBA Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2017†	Minnesota	2	0	2.0	.667	.000	.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
2018	Minnesota	1	0	24.0	.875	1.000	.000	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	15.0
2019	Minnesota	1	0	16.0	.500	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	4.0
2024	Indiana	2	1	24.0	.444	.500	.000	5.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	4.5
2025	Golden State	1	1	20.0	.625	.000	.500	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	12.0
Career	5 years, 3 teams	7	2	16.0	.625	.500	.500	2.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	6.3

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College

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Temi Fagbenle NCAA Statistics^[17][18]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012–13	Harvard	29	28	25.0	.578	.667	.684	7.7	1.1	1.0	1.3	2.8	12.3
2013–14	Harvard	30	30	25.7	.539	.286	.705	9.3	1.7	0.8	1.4	2.6	13.0
2014–15	Harvard	27	27	29.4	.490	.250	.773	10.1	2.0	1.2	1.0	3.0	14.3
2015–16	Southern California	32	32	30.3	.514	.250	.705	8.7	1.3	1.8	1.2	2.1	13.6
Career		118	117	27.6	.526	.393	.722	8.9	1.5	1.2	1.2	2.6	13.3

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