Indiana Fever

Mercedes Russell

Center#5

Key facts

Age: 31
Height: 1.98 m
Weight: 88 kg
Number: #5
Born: 27/7/1995
Birthplace: Springfield, OR
Position: Center
College: Tennessee
Experience: 7th Season
Draft: 2018: Rd 2, Pk 22 (NY)

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Career stats

Regular Season Averages

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	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	PF
2018 NY	2	0	16.0	2.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5-1.5	33.3	0.0-0.0	1.5-2.0	75.0	1.0
2018 SEA	22	0	4.6	1.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.7-1.4	48.4	0.0-0.0	0.2-0.5	50.0	0.6
2018	24	0	5.6	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.7-1.4	47.1	0.0-0.0	0.3-0.6	57.1	0.7
2019 SEA	34	30	25.6	7.5	2.4	3.7	6.1	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.9	3.1-6.0	51.7	0.0-0.0	1.2-1.9	64.6	2.5
2020 SEA	22	2	13.8	3.5	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.5-3.5	41.0	0.0-0.0	0.6-1.1	56.0	1.0
2021 SEA	30	28	24.7	7.3	1.7	4.5	6.1	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.2	3.1-5.0	61.7	0.0-0.0	1.2-1.6	76.6	2.6
2022 SEA	5	0	10.8	2.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.8-1.6	50.0	0.0-0.0	0.4-0.6	66.7	1.4
2023 SEA	37	13	19.1	5.0	1.1	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.2-4.2	51.6	0.0-0.0	0.6-1.0	60.5	1.5
2024 SEA	37	6	15.8	3.9	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.7-3.2	51.7	0.0-0.0	0.6-0.9	63.6	1.2
2025 LA	20	0	8.2	1.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.6-1.4	44.4	0.0-0.0	0.5-0.7	71.4	0.9
2026 IND	7	0	9.7	1.6	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.3-1.1	25.0	0.0-0.0	1.0-1.4	70.0	1.6
Career	216	79	16.8	4.5	1.1	2.6	3.7	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.9-3.6	51.8	0.0-0.0	0.8-1.2	65.5	1.5

Regular Season Totals

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	PTS	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	PF
2018 NY	5	0	3	3	2	2	1	1	1-3	33.3	0-0	0.0	3-4	75.0	2
2018 SEA	35	8	22	30	2	0	2	6	15-31	48.4	0-0	0.0	5-10	50.0	14
2018	40	8	25	33	4	2	3	7	16-34	47.1	0-0	0.0	8-14	57.1	16
2019 SEA	254	81	126	207	35	37	17	32	106-205	51.7	0-0	0.0	42-65	64.6	84
2020 SEA	78	16	54	70	13	8	8	16	32-78	41.0	0-0	0.0	14-25	56.0	21
2021 SEA	220	50	134	184	49	28	11	37	92-149	61.7	0-0	0.0	36-47	76.6	79
2022 SEA	10	2	7	9	1	0	0	7	4-8	50.0	0-0	0.0	2-3	66.7	7
2023 SEA

Regular Season Misc Totals

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	DD2	AST/TO	STL/TO	SC-EFF	SH-EFF	DQ	EJECT
2018 NY	0	2.0	2.0	1.667	0.33	0	0
2018 SEA	0	0.3	0.0	1.129	0.48	0	0
2018	0	0.6	0.3	1.176	0.47	0	0
2019 SEA	1	1.1	1.2	1.239	0.52	0	0
2020 SEA	0	0.8	0.5	1.000	0.41	0	0
2021 SEA	0	1.3	0.8	1.477	0.62	1	0
2022 SEA	0	0.1	0.0	1.250	0.50	0	0
2023 SEA	1	0.9	0.3	1.178	0.52	0	0
2024 SEA	0	1.2	0.8	1.208	0.52	0	0
2025 LA	0	1.7	0.7	1.259	0.44	0	0
2026 IND	0	4.0	4.0	1.375	0.25	0

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Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 WNBAIndiana Fever	8	11	9	5	4	0	1	2	8	0	7	10	72	1	8	12	16
2025 WNBALos Angeles Sparks	20	34	24	12	5	4	7	12	27	0	10	14	163	10	14	17	-58
2024 WNBASeattle Storm	39	155	124	30	23	9	31	66	128	0	23	35	629	33	91	43	41
2023 WNBASeattle Storm	37	185	149	48	16	17	55	81	157	1	23	38	704	39	110	56	-147
2022 WNBASeattle Storm	5	10	9	1	0	0	7	4	8	0	2	3	54	2	7	7	-44
2021 WNBASeattle Storm	32	236	203	53	28	14	39	100	161	0	36	47	804	52	151	84	156
2020 WNBASeattle Storm	28	109	93	19	9	9	21	45	99	0	19	30	410	23	70	38	159
2019 WNBASeattle Storm	36	277	224	39	37	19	34	116	218	0	45	68	935	83	141	90	44
2018 WNBANew York Liberty / Seattle Storm	25	40	34	4	2	3	7	16	34	0	8	14	140	8	26	18	-5
Career9 seasons	230	1,057	869	211	124	75	202	442	840	1	173	259	3,911	251	618	365	162

Game log, 2026 WNBA

Game
Postseason @ Las Vegas AcesL 85-102 28 Sept	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1
21 Sept v Washington MysticsL 77-93 21 Sept	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	18	1	2	3	-8
19 Sept @ Toronto TempoW 103-85 19 Sept	3	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	16	0	1	1	-6
29 Aug v Connecticut SunW 111-91 29 Aug	3	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	13	0	3	3	24
24 Aug @ Chicago SkyW 113-90 24 Aug	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	4	14	0	1	3	18
23 Aug @ New York LibertyL 102-109 23 Aug	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	-4
17 Aug @ Atlanta DreamW 95-91 17 Aug	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	-6
12 Aug v New York LibertyW 106-92 12 Aug	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-3

Recent games

Sept '2628
@ Las Vegas Aces
4 MIN · 1 REB · 1 AST · 0-0 FG · 0.0 FG%
L 102-85
Sept '2621
v Washington Mystics
18 MIN · 3 REB · 1 STL · 0-4 FG · 0.0 FG%
L 93-77
Sept '2619
@ Toronto Tempo
16 MIN · 3 PTS · 1 REB · 2 STL · 1-1 FG
W 103-85
Aug '2629
v Connecticut Sun
13 MIN · 3 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST · 1 STL
W 111-91
Aug '2624
@ Chicago Sky
14 MIN · 3 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST · 0-1 FG
W 113-90
Aug '2623
@ New York Liberty
3 MIN · 0-1 FG · 0.0 FG% · 0-0 3PT · 0.0 3P%
L 109-102
Aug '2617
@ Atlanta Dream
3 MIN · 2 PTS · 1 TO · 0-0 FG · 0.0 FG%
W 95-91 OT
Aug '2612
v New York Liberty
1 MIN · 0-0 FG · 0.0 FG% · 0-0 3PT · 0.0 3P%
W 106-92

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Splits, WNBA

Split
AwayHome or away · won 66 of 120	120	4.5	3.6	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.8	3.4	0.8	1.1	15.9	1.1	2.5	1.6	0.1
HomeHome or away · won 66 of 110	110	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.0	3.9	0.7	1.1	18.2	1.1	2.9	1.6	1.4
WinsResult	132	4.6	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.6	0.8	1.2	16.6	1.1	2.8	1.7	4.9
LossesResult	98	4.5	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.7	0.7	1.1	17.6	1.1	2.6	1.5	-5.0
Regular seasonStage · won 132 of 230	230	4.6	3.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.9	3.7	0.8	1.1	17.0	1.1	2.7	1.6	0.7
Minnesota LynxOpponent · won 15 of 28	28	4.0	3.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.9	15.9	0.8	2.4	1.6	2.8
Dallas WingsOpponent · won 17 of 23	23	5.5	4.3	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.3	3.7	1.0	1.3	18.2	1.0	3.3	1.4	4.1
Las Vegas AcesOpponent · won 7 of 22	22	4.0	4.6	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.7	0.6	0.9	18.0	1.1	3.5	1.6	-0.8
Chicago SkyOpponent · won 9 of 21	21	5.3	2.9	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.1	4.0	1.1	1.4	15.8	1.1	1.8	1.4	-2.2
Indiana FeverOpponent · won 15 of 20	20	3.8	4.0	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.7	3.5	0.4	0.8	15.8	1.4	2.6	1.9	0.5
New York LibertyOpponent · won 10 of 20	20	4.9	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.9	3.2	1.1	1.7	14.2	0.9	1.5	1.1	-1.9
Connecticut SunOpponent · won 11 of 19	19	3.5	3.3	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.0	0.7	1.5	16.1	0.9	2.4	1.4	0.4
Phoenix MercuryOpponent · won 14 of 19	19	6.2	5.4	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	2.8	5.1	0.5	0.9	23.5	1.4	4.0	2.1	5.2
Atlanta DreamOpponent · won 12 of 18	18	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	1.1	1.6	15.4	0.9	2.6	1.4	2.1
Los Angeles SparksOpponent · won 12 of 18	18	3.6	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.6	3.7	0.4	0.6	18.8	1.2	3.1	2.0	-2.6
Washington MysticsOpponent · won 8 of 17	17	6.3	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	1.0	18.1	1.5	3.0	1.9	0.1
Golden State ValkyriesOpponent · won 1 of 3	3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	8.7	0.0	1.3	1.0	-4.0
Seattle StormOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0
Toronto TempoOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	16.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	-6.0
Climate Pledge Arena, SeattleGround · won 19 of 40	40	4.5	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.8	0.7	1.1	17.6	0.8	2.8	1.4	-2.0
IMG Academy, BradentonGround · won 24 of 28	28	3.9	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.6	3.5	0.7	1.1	14.6	0.8	2.5	1.4	5.7
Angel of the Winds Arena, EverettGround · won 15 of 21	21	7.5	5.9	1.7	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	5.4	0.8	1.2	26.0	1.6	4.3	2.2	4.2
crypto.com Arena, Los AngelesGround · won 5 of 18	18	3.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	1.4	2.9	0.5	0.6	14.6	0.9	2.1	1.5	-5.3
Alaska Airlines Arena, SeattleGround · won 7 of 12	12	8.7	5.8	0.9	1.1	0.3	1.1	3.6	6.8	1.5	2.3	27.3	2.3	3.5	2.4	4.2
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, IndianapolisGround · won 9 of 12	12	3.5	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.9	0.7	1.3	12.8	1.1	1.8	1.9	1.5
Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las VegasGround · won 2 of 12	12	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.3	2.8	0.7	0.8	15.9	1.3	2.8	1.5	-2.8
Target Center, MinneapolisGround · won 4 of 12	12	3.1	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.3	2.5	0.6	0.8	12.4	0.8	2.0	1.5	-0.1
College Park Center, ArlingtonGround · won 9 of 11	11	5.0	3.6	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	1.5	16.9	1.1	2.5	1.5	3.5
Wintrust Arena, ChicagoGround · won 4 of 10	10	4.9	3.8	1.7	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.8	3.6	1.3	1.6	15.9	1.5	2.3	1.2	-0.4
Barclays Center, BrooklynGround · won 2 of 9	9	3.9	2.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.6	2.9	0.8	1.3	16.9	0.9	1.9	1.3	-4.0
KeyArena, SeattleGround · won 8 of 9	9	1.8	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.9	0.4	0.7	6.6	0.7	1.8	0.9	-1.1
Mortgage Matchup Center, PhoenixGround · won 6 of 8	8	5.0	4.1	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.4	4.3	0.3	0.4	18.6	1.0	3.1	2.1	5.6
Mohegan Sun Arena, UncasvilleGround · won 3 of 7	7	2.9	3.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.4	0.6	1.1	16.4	1.1	2.6	1.1	1.3
CareFirst Arena, WashingtonGround · won 4 of 5	5	9.4	6.6	0.4	0.8	0.4	1.8	4.0	6.2	1.4	1.8	23.4	2.8	3.8	2.8	-0.8
Gateway Center, College ParkGround · won 2 of 4	4	6.8	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.8	4.5	1.3	1.8	19.3	1.3	3.0	2.0	2.0
Corteva Coliseum, IndianapolisGround · won 2 of 2	2	6.0	5.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.0	6.5	0.0	0.0	22.5	0.5	4.5	2.5	5.5
State Farm Arena, AtlantaGround · won 2 of 2	2	6.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	4.5	2.0	2.0	12.5	1.0	2.5	2.0	1.5
Westchester County Center, White PlainsGround · won 1 of 2	2	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	-3.0
Capital One Arena, WashingtonGround · won 0 of 1	1	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Chase Center, San FranciscoGround · won 1 of 1	1	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	5.0
Coca-Cola Coliseum, TorontoGround · won 1 of 1	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	16.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	-6.0
Los Angeles Convention CenterGround · won 1 of 1	1	2.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.0
Madison Square Garden, New YorkGround · won 1 of 1	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
McCamish Pavilion, AtlantaGround · won 0 of 1	1	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0