Michaela Onyenwere

Washington Mystics · F

6-0 · UCLA · Yr 6

The sixth pick of the 2021 draft out of UCLA, where she later returned as an assistant coach.

PPG

9.0

RPG

2.6

APG

1.7

TS%

True shooting. Points scored per shot, counting three-pointers and free throws at their real value. One number for how efficiently a player scores.

.588

WNBA avg .560

6-0 forward, sixth season. College: UCLA. Drafted: 2021, sixth overall. Jersey: #12.

Onyenwere was the 2021 WNBA Rookie of the Year, and the first player to win that award with the New York Liberty. Her WNBA career has also included stints in Phoenix and Chicago. She played four college seasons at UCLA, where she became the first Bruin named to the AP All-America team twice. UCLA hired her as an assistant coach during its 2025-26 NCAA Championship season where she coached future Mystics teammates Lauren Betts and Angela Dugalic.

See full splits & game log

Full season

MPG	PPG	GP	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	OR	DR	TR	A	ST	B	TO	PF
24.8	9.0	40	120/274	43.8	58/147	39.5	63/75	84.0	54	48	102	67	16	6	65	102

Game log

Date	Opp	Res	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	+/-
Sep 24	vs CHI	W 101-93	26	16	2	2	0	0	1	5/10	3/7	3/3	+0
Sep 22	vs CON	W 79-69	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	3/7	1/4	0/0	-1
Sep 20	@ IND	W 93-77	23	6	1	0	0	0	4	2/6	2/4	0/0	+15
Sep 17	@ CHI	W 110-80	21	12	2	4	0	0	1	4/10	2/7	2/2	+21
Aug 28	@ LAS	L 82-88	22	6	0	1	0	0	2	0/3	0/2	6/6	-7
Aug 27	@ PHX	W 80-73	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	0/2	0/2	1/2	-5
Aug 25	@ PHX	W 94-84	19	10	3	1	0	1	0	4/4	2/2	0/0	+15
Aug 23	@ PDX	W 105-100	24	8	1	3	0	0	1	2/6	2/4	2/2	-13
Aug 21	vs MIN	L 84-94	26	14	0	0	0	0	1	6/10	2/6	0/0	-5
Aug 19	vs TOR	W 93-82	27	14	1	4	1	1	0	5/9	4/8	0/0	+13
Aug 15	vs LAS	W 80-70	15	2	1	2	1	0	1	1/5	0/2	0/0	-9
Aug 13	@ LVA	L 76-83	23	5	5	3	1	0	0	2/6	1/3	0/0	-9
Aug 11	@ LVA	L 76-86	25	2	3	2	1	0	4	0/3	0/3	2/2	-14
Aug 9	vs PHX	W 95-75	25	13	2	1	0	1	2	5/8	3/6	0/0	+28
Aug 7	vs ATL	W 79-74	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0/6	0/3	0/0	-4
Aug 5	vs DAL	W 96-92	19	10	2	1	1	0	2	4/8	2/4	0/0	+21
Jul 31	vs DAL	W 81-75	30	6	4	2	0	0	2	2/5	1/4	1/2	+13
Jul 28	vs CON	W 92-84	31	6	7	4	1	0	2	2/4	1/2	1/2	+8
Jul 22	vs LVA	W 100-99	30	10	1	3	1	0	0	2/4	2/2	4/4	-2
Jul 20	@ GSV	W 90-82	31	12	0	1	1	0	1	4/10	3/7	1/2	+14
Jul 18	@ GSV	L 69-74	34	9	3	5	0	0	0	3/7	3/6	0/0	-1
Jul 16	vs PDX	L 56-75	26	5	6	1	1	0	1	2/10	1/4	0/0	-14
Jul 14	@ TOR	W 79-62	23	15	5	3	0	0	1	5/9	2/4	3/4	+13
Jul 12	vs SEA	W 84-79	24	0	2	2	0	1	2	0/3	0/1	0/0	+10
Jul 6	vs GSV	L 49-62	28	2	3	1	0	0	3	1/6	0/5	0/1	-16
Jul 2	vs ATL	W 81-76	24	4	3	3	0	0	3	2/6	0/0	0/0	-6
Jun 28	vs PDX	W 124-123	49	30	5	5	1	1	1	9/16	6/9	6/6	+10
Jun 26	@ CON	L 57-68	28	4	2	1	0	0	4	1/5	0/2	2/2	-17
Jun 24	vs MIN	L 76-78	23	2	1	1	1	0	1	1/5	0/3	0/0	+8
Jun 21	@ MIN	W 84-79	23	5	3	1	0	0	1	1/5	0/1	3/5	-3
Jun 19	@ NYL	W 86-83	28	11	2	0	0	0	2	3/5	0/1	5/5	+3
Jun 17	@ CON	W 88-81	32	22	3	0	1	0	2	8/12	4/4	2/2	+11
Jun 14	@ NYL	L 64-86	21	17	4	1	0	1	2	7/10	2/2	1/1	+4
Jun 12	vs TOR	W 86-85	29	17	8	1	1	0	1	7/15	1/3	2/2	-7
Jun 8	vs IND	L 76-78	24	17	2	1	1	0	2	4/7	3/4	6/6	+6
Jun 6	@ ATL	L 77-109	21	4	0	0	0	0	1	1/3	0/2	2/2	-17
Jun 2	vs CHI	W 90-72	22	13	7	2	1	0	5	5/6	1/2	2/2	+25
May 29	vs LAS	L 87-92	24	4	3	3	0	0	2	1/5	1/4	1/4	+2
May 27	@ SEA	W 78-64	22	14	2	2	0	0	2	5/10	3/7	1/2	+2
May 24	@ SEA	L 85-97	17	6	0	0	1	0	2	1/3	0/1	4/4	+6