| Rita Williams | |
| Position: | Guard |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 135 |
| Birth Date: | 1976 1, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Brien McMahon (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| College: |
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| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 1998 |
| Draft Round: | 2 |
| Draft Pick: | 13 |
| Draft Team: | Washington Mystics |
| Career Start: | 1998 |
| Career End: | 2003 |
| Years1: | 1998–1999 |
| Team1: | Washington Mystics |
| Years2: | 2000–2002 |
| Team2: | Indiana Fever |
| Years3: | 2002 |
| Team3: | Houston Comets |
| Years4: | 2003 |
| Team4: | Seattle Storm |
| Highlights: |
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| Stats League: | WNBA |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 1185 (6.4 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Assists |
| Stat2value: | 405 (2.2 apg) |
| Stat3label: | Rebounds |
| Stat3value: | 369 (rpg) |
| Bbr Wnba: | williri01w |
| Letter: | w |
Rita Williams (born January 14, 1976)[1] is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was the 13th pick in the 1998 WNBA draft, selected by the Washington Mystics.[2] She attended Mitchell College,[3] and played college basketball for the University of Connecticut.[4]
In the 2000 WNBA season, Williams had the third most steals per game average (2.38). In the 2001 WNBA season, Williams became the first WNBA All-Star in Indiana Fever history.
| Year | Tm | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | WAS | 30 | 18 | 23.7 | 1.4 | 4.2 | .323 | 0.4 | 1.8 | .218 | 1.0 | 2.4 | .403 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .633 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | WAS | 31 | 0 | 10.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.6 | 1.1 | .559 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .429 | 0.7 | 1.2 | .639 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | IND | 32 | 29 | 31.7 | 3.5 | 8.6 | .409 | 1.5 | 4.1 | .374 | 2.0 | 4.5 | .441 | 2.5 | 3.4 | .731 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 11.0 |
| 2001 | IND | 32 | 29 | 32.6 | 3.6 | 9.2 | .392 | 1.3 | 3.4 | .376 | 2.3 | 5.8 | .402 | 3.4 | 4.1 | .838 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 11.9 |
| 2002 | TOT | 29 | 1 | 19.6 | 1.5 | 5.0 | .301 | 0.7 | 2.5 | .260 | 0.9 | 2.5 | .342 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .727 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | IND | 20 | 1 | 24.2 | 2.0 | 6.8 | .289 | 0.9 | 3.4 | .254 | 1.1 | 3.4 | .324 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .735 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | HOU | 9 | 0 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | .455 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .333 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .600 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .700 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 2003 | SEA | 32 | 0 | 11.9 | 0.9 | 2.3 | .373 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .256 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .531 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .733 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.4[5] |
|-|style="text-align:left;"|2002|style="text-align:left;"|Houston| 3 || 0 || 23.0 || .320 || .286 || - || 2.0 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 6.7
|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1995–96 | style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut|30||-||-||38.1||21.1||51.9||1.6||0.8||1.1||0.0||-||2.6 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1996–97| style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut|34||-||-||35.4||20.0||55.2||3.7||3.3||3.1||0.2||-||7.2 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1997–98| style="text-align:left;" | Connecticut|37||-||-||40.8||35.3||67.3||3.3||4.0||2.9||0.1||-||10.2 |-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|101||-||-||38.4||30.1||60.1||2.9||2.8||2.5||0.1||-||6.9 |- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[6]
Williams earned a degree in sociology from University of Connecticut.[7]