| Sophie Cunningham | |
| League: | WNBA |
| Team: | Phoenix Mercury |
| Number: | 9 |
| Position: | Shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lbs: | 170 |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
| High School: | Rock Bridge (Columbia, Missouri) |
| College: | Missouri (2015–2019) |
| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Draft Round: | 2 |
| Draft Pick: | 13 |
| Draft Team: | Phoenix Mercury |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Years1: | –present |
| Team1: | Phoenix Mercury |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Team2: | Melbourne Boomers |
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Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), as well as an analyst for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and model.
Cunningham played four seasons of college basketball at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri for the Tigers.[1] She is known to be one of the greatest to ever wear the uniform.
|-! style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri| 32 || 32 || 30.1 || .502 || .356 || .831 || 5.8 || 3.0 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 2.4 || 14.0|-! style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri| 31 || 31 || 32.9 || .482 || .379 || .848 || 5.3 || 3.4 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 3.4 || 17.5|-! style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri| 31 || 31 || 32.7 || .542 || .457 || .836 || 4.7 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 3.0 || 18.5|-! style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19! style="text-align:left;"| Missouri| 35 || 35 || 34.3 || .481 || .403 || .839 || 5.9 || 2.8 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 2.9 || 17.8|-! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career! 129 !! 129 !! 32.5 !! .501 !! .403 !! .839 !! 5.4 !! 3.0 !! 1.0 !! 0.3 !! 2.9 !! 17.0
Cunningham was selected as the thirteenth (13th) overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury.[2] [3] Cunningham was the eighth (8th) University of Missouri alum to be drafted into the WNBA and was the highest selection for a former Tiger.
In December 2022, Cunningham became a recurring analyst for the Phoenix Suns on their Suns Live! pregame, halftime, and post-game TV coverage.[4] [5]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 32 || 5 || 12.2 || .354 || .304 || .882 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.1 |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 21 || 11 || 18.9 || .385 || .235 || .880 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 5.0 |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 30 || 4 || 17.5 || .437 || .410 || .704 || 2.0 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 5.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 28 || 20 || 29.5 || .449 || .400 || .875 || 4.4 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 12.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 31 || 31 || 29.0 || .413 || .337 || .875 || 2.8 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.5 || 11.3|-| style='text-align:left;'| Career| style='text-align:left;'| 5 years, 1 team| 142 || 71 || 21.4 || .420 || .356 || .855 || 2.4 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 7.6 |}
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 1 || 0 || 8.0 || 1.000 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|1.000° || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 |-|style="text-align:left;"| 2020| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 2 || 0 || 9.5 || .500 || .333 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 2.5 |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 8 || 2 || 17.5 || .484 || .565 || 1.000 || 2.1 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 6.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix| 2 || 2 || 31.0 || .455 || .375 || .333 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.5 || 7.5|-| style='text-align:left;'| Career| style='text-align:left;'| 4 years, 1 team| 13 || 4 || 17.6 || .489 || .514 || .625 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 1.6 || 5.7 |}