Megan Gustafson

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Megan Gustafson
Gustafson in 2024
No. 17 – Las Vegas Aces
PositionPower forward / center
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1996-12-13) December 13, 1996 (age 28)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Spanish
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight88.5 kg (195 lb)
Career information
High schoolSouth Shore (Port Wing, Wisconsin)
CollegeIowa (2015–2019)
WNBA draft2019: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Drafted byDallas Wings
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020Dallas Wings
2021Washington Mystics
2021–2023Phoenix Mercury
2022–2023Olympiacos Piraeus
2023–2024London Lions
2024–presentLas Vegas Aces
2025–presentFenerbahçe
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Megan Elizabeth Gustafson (born December 13, 1996) is a professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Born in the United States, she represents Spain at the international level and made her Olympic debut in 2024 playing for Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Early life

Gustafson is from Port Wing, Wisconsin and played for South Shore High School.[3] She is the all-time leading scorer in Wisconsin High School Girls Basketball.[4]

College career

Gustafson completed her college career with the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2019. As a senior, she scored 1000 points that year and won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female basketball player.[5][6] On 15 March 2019, ESPN named Gustafson the national player of the year.[7] In 2018 and 2019, she was named the Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year. On January 26, 2020, Iowa retired the number 10 in her honor.[8][9]

Professional career

WNBA

She was drafted in the second round (17th overall) by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNBA draft, but was released before the start of the season. On June 10, 2019, Gustafson was signed again by the team.

On February 2, 2024, Gustafson was announced to be joining the Las Vegas Aces for the 2024 WNBA season.[10] After an injury kept her out for the first half of the WNBA season, Gustafson played a role off the bench in the Aces second half surge that ended with the 2025 WNBA Finals championship. In Game 3 of the finals, with the game tied at 88-88 and 20 seconds left, she came up with a key defensive stop with a partial block and rebound that allowed A’Ja Wilson to hit a game-winner with less than a second left. The Aces would go on to sweep the series.

EuroLeague

Gustafson signed for the London Lions in August 2023 ahead of the Euro season.[11] Helping them secure victory in the Betty Codona WBBL final against the Essex Rebels, she was awarded finals MVP.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage
 FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high  *  Led Division I
Denotes seasons in which Gustafson won the EuroCup

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics[12]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Dallas 2509.5.491.111.9002.50.30.20.20.42.9
2020 Dallas 1004.8.286.000.6671.10.10.00.10.21.4
2021 Washington 1119.9.594.000.6673.60.00.20.10.84.0
2022 Phoenix 3309.6.549.462.7651.90.50.20.20.73.9
2023 Phoenix 34415.1.526.349.8063.90.70.40.41.17.9
2024 Las Vegas 38710.7.500.386.7651.90.20.30.10.43.7
Career 6 years, 4 teams 1511210.8.518.362.7912.50.40.30.20.64.4

Playoffs

Stats current through end of 2024 playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Phoenix 2023.5.316.0001.0004.52.00.50.50.59.0
2024 Las Vegas 407.5.200.000—0.50.30.00.00.30.5
Career 2 years, 2 teams 6012.8.292.0001.0001.80.80.20.20.33.3

International

EuroCup and EuroLeague

EuroCup and EuroLeague statistics[13]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020–21 EuroCup Poland ENEA Gorzow 3—30.9.540.000.73310.70.70.01.32.321.7
2021–22 EuroLeague Poland VBW Arka Gdynia 13—32.2.617.294.7037.21.40.51.21.818.2
2022–23 EuroLeague Greece Olympiacos SFP 16—32.4.597.406.7959.41.10.90.92.322.6
2023–24 EuroCup United Kingdom London Lions 12—22.2.609.467.6505.70.90.20.31.313.9
2023–24 EuroLeague 2—26.8.6671.000.7007.00.00.00.02.516.5

College

NCAA statistics[14]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015–16 Iowa 331422.5.554—.6156.80.80.31.81.710.7
2016–17 Iowa 343428.9.647.000.78810.10.60.61.31.618.5
2017–18 Iowa 323232.7.671*—.80612.81.40.62.11.925.7*
2018–19 Iowa 3636.341.696*1.00078.913.41.70.41.81.627.8*
Career 13511629.6.656.500.76810.81.10.51.71.720.8

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2019 WNBA Draft Profile: Megan Gustafson". Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ "GUSTAFSON Megan". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on July 30, 2024.
  3. ↑ Linder, Jeff (August 26, 2018). "A day in Port Wing with Megan Gustafson". The Gazette (Folience). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ https://www.wissports.net/page/show/1582499-wisconsin-high-school-girls-basketball-career-scoring-records
  5. ↑ "Iowa's Megan Gustafson wins Honda award for basketball". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Megan Gustafson of Iowa Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Basketball". CWSA. April 19, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ Voepele, Mechelle (March 15, 2019). "Women's college basketball player of the year: Iowa's Megan Gustafson". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ Rossow, Adam (January 27, 2020). "Iowa Hawkeyes retire Megan Gustafson's #10 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena". ourquadcities.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ Southard, Dargan (January 26, 2020). "'Somebody to cheer for': Hawkeyes pour in support for Megan Gustafson's jersey retirement". Hawk Central. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Las Vegas Aces sign Megan Gustafson as Free Agent". WNBA. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  11. ↑ "New Signing of Megan Gustafson". London Lions. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Megan Gustafson WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  13. ↑ "Megan Gustafson – Player Profile – FIBA Basketball". FIBA.
  14. ↑ "Megan Gustafson College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.