The Minnesota Lynx will retire the jersey number of former great Maya Moore during Saturday night’s home game against the Indiana Fever.
Moore’s No. 23 jersey will be raised to the rafters of the Target Center, honoring one of the greats in franchise as well as WNBA history.
“I am so excited to be able to come back to connect, celebrate and remember so many of the special memories I was able to be a part of with this Lynx family,” said Moore, 35. “I’m still so amazed at what we were able to accomplish as a group and even more amazed at how well we did it together.”
A recent inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, Moore, the 2014 MVP and a six-time WNBA All-Star, helped lead the Lynx to four WNBA titles during her career, including her first season in 2011.
The first overall selection in the 2011 WNBA Draft out of UConn, Moore burst onto the scene to average 13.2 points and 4.6 rebounds in helping the Lynx win their first ever playoff series on the way to their first league championship.
Minnesota would go on to win titles in 2013, 2015 and 2017 with Moore starring. Her MVP season in 2014 saw her average career highs in points (23.9) and rebounds (8.1).
Over an eight-year career in Minnesota, Moore scored 4,984 career points to go along with 1,589 rebounds, 895 assists and 451 steals to rank in the franchise’s top three in each category.
She stepped away from the game in 2019 to focus on her family and to work on criminal justice reform before officially retiring in 2023.
–Field Level Media
