Amy Okonkwo

Amy Okonkwo
Portland Fire
PositionForward
Personal information
Born (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996
Fontana, California, U.S.[1]
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight66 kg (146 lb)
Career information
High schoolEtiwanda (Etiwanda, California)
CollegeUSC (2014–2015)
TCU (2016–2019)
WNBA draft2020: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2019–2021CD Zamarat
2021–2022Innova-TSN Leganés
2022Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
2022–2023Maccabi Haifa
2023Halcones
2023–2024Landerneau
2024–2025Bourges
2025Dallas Wings
2025–presentBeşiktaş
2026Atlanta Dream
2026-presentPortland Fire
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference 
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place2023 Rwanda
Gold medal – first place2025 Ivory Coast

Amy Nnenna Okonkwo Listenⓘ (born 26 August 1996) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Portland Fire of the WNBA and Beşiktaş of the Turkish Super League. Born in the United States, she represents Nigeria at international level.[2][3][4][5]

Professional career

Amy spent three seasons in Spain before joining the French women's basketball league in 2022 with the team in Saint-Amand. During her first season in France, she averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds per game. After playing in Israel and then Mexico, Amy Okonkwo joined Landerneau Bretagne Basket in 2023. She finished as her team's top scorer, averaging 17 points and 7 rebounds per game, and helped keep the Breton club in the league.[6][7]

WNBA

On August 21, 2025, the Dallas Wings signed Okonkwo to a seven-day hardship contract.[8]

In April 2026, Okonkwo signed a Training Camp contract with the Dallas Wings and began training with the team on April 19.[9] On May 4, she was waived prior to the start of the 2026 season.[10]

On May 13, 2026, Okonkwo signed with the Atlanta Dream on a player development contract.[11] She was released on July 8 to make room for Indya Nivar.[12]

On August 10, 2026, Okonkwo signed a rest-of-season hardship contract with the Portland Fire.[13]

Nigerian National team career

Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 points and 1 rebound.[14] She also participated in the 2021 Afrobasket, where she won gold with the team and averaged 9.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.4 assists.[15] She also represented Nigeria in the 2023 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket, hosted in Kigali Rwanda where she was named the most valuable player. Okonkwo also headlined the All-Star Tournament team of 2023 alongside Cierra Dillard (Senegal), Jannon Otto (Uganda]), Sika Kone (Mali) and Tamara Seda (Mozambique). She became the only Nigerian to register two double-doubles.[16]

Career statistics

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

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2025 season

WNBA regular season statistics[17]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2025 Dallas 8119.6.492.333.9003.10.81.40.10.911.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 8119.6.492.333.9003.10.81.40.10.911.0

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014–15 USC 2717.151.50.060.62.10.20.30.10.33.3
2015–16 Sat out due to NCAA Transfer Rules
2016–17 TCU 301418.349.834.578.45.51.01.10.31.910.2
2017–18 TCU 36019.850.138.988.15.80.90.80.41.814.4
2018–19 TCU 352424.844.936.786.96.70.71.10.42.114.3
Career 1283918.148.236.282.65.20.80.80.31.611.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "OKONKWO Amy".
  2. ↑ "Amy Okonkwo". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Proballers. "Amy Okonkwo, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Amy Okonkwo". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "LFB : Amy Okonkwo passe de Landerneau à Bourges". BasketEurope.com (in French). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Amy Okonkwo rejoint le Tango Bourges Basket" (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  7. ↑ France, Centre (30 May 2024). "Basket – Le Bourges Basket officialise l'arrivée d'Amy Okonkwo, une des meilleures marqueuses de Ligue féminine la saison dernière". www.leberry.fr. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  8. ↑ https://wings.wnba.com/news/wings-sign-amy-okonkwo-to-seven-day-hardship-contract
  9. ↑ https://wings.wnba.com/news/dallas-wings-sign-amy-okonkwo-costanza-verona-shyanne-sellers-dulcy-fankam-mendjiadeu-to-training-camp-contracts
  10. ↑ "Dallas Wings Announce Roster Transactions". OurSports Central. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Sign Amy Okonkwo to Developmental Contract". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Sign Indya Nivar to Player Development Contract". dream.wnba.com. 8 July 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  13. ↑ FOX 12 Staff (11 August 2026). "Portland Fire sign forward Amy Okonkwo". KPTV. Retrieved 12 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "Amy Okonkwo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  15. ↑ "Amy Okonkwo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  16. ↑ amy, okonkwo (8 August 2023). "AfroBasket MVP award thrills Okonkwo". The Punch. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Amy Okonkwo WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  18. ↑ "Amy Okonkwo College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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