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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Tamika Catchings
| image = Tamika Catchings.jpg
| width = 
| caption = Catchings in 2011
| league = 
| team = 
| career_number = 24
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 167
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|7|21}}
| birth_place = [[Stratford, New Jersey]], U.S.
| high_school = 
* [[Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois)|Adlai E. Stevenson]]<br/>([[Lincolnshire, Illinois]])
* [[Duncanville High School|Duncanville]]<br/>([[Duncanville, Texas]])
| college = [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (1997–2001)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2001
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 3
| draft_team = [[Indiana Fever]]
| career_start = 2002
| career_end = 2016
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2002}}–{{WNBA Year|2016}}
| team1 = [[Indiana Fever]]
| years2 = 2003
| team2 = [[Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae]]
| years3 = 2005–2006
| team3 = [[WBC Spartak Moscow Region|Spartak Moscow]]
| years4 = 2006–2007
| team4 = Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae
| years5 = 2008–2009
| team5 = [[Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia|Lotos Gdynia]]
| years6 = 2009–2011
| team6 = [[Galatasaray women's basketball team|Galatasaray]]
| highlights = 
* [[2012 WNBA Finals|WNBA champion]] ([[2012 WNBA Finals|2012]])
* [[WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|WNBA Finals MVP]] ([[2012 WNBA Finals|2012]])
* [[WNBA Most Valuable Player|WNBA MVP]] ({{WNBA Year|2011}})
* 10× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2002 WNBA All-Star Game|2002]], [[2003 WNBA All-Star Game|2003]], [[2005 WNBA All-Star Game|2005]]–[[2007 WNBA All-Star Game|2007]], [[2009 WNBA All-Star Game|2009]], [[2011 WNBA All-Star Game|2011]], [[2013 WNBA All-Star Game|2013]]–[[2015 WNBA All-Star Game|2015]])
* 7× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2002}}, {{WNBA Year|2003}}, {{WNBA Year|2006}}, {{WNBA Year|2009}}–{{WNBA Year|2012}})
* 5× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2004}}, {{WNBA Year|2005}}, {{WNBA Year|2007}}, {{WNBA Year|2013}}, {{WNBA Year|2015}})
* 5× [[WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|WNBA Defensive Player of the Year]] ({{WNBA Year|2005}}, {{WNBA Year|2006}}, {{WNBA Year|2009}}, {{WNBA Year|2010}}, {{WNBA Year|2012}})
* 10× [[WNBA All-Defensive Team|WNBA All-Defensive First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2005}}–{{WNBA Year|2013}}, {{WNBA Year|2015}})
* 2× [[WNBA All-Defensive Team|WNBA All-Defensive Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2014}}, {{WNBA Year|2016}})
* 8× [[List of Women's National Basketball Association season steals leaders|WNBA steals leader]] ({{WNBA Year|2002}}, {{WNBA Year|2005}}–{{WNBA Year|2007}}, {{WNBA Year|2009}}, {{WNBA Year|2010}}, {{WNBA Year|2013}}, {{WNBA Year|2016}})
* [[WNBA Rookie of the Year]] ({{WNBA Year|2002}})
* [[WNBA All-Decade Team|WNBA 10th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2006}})
* [[WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time|WNBA 15th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2011}})
* [[WNBA Top 20@20|WNBA 20th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2016}})
* [[The W25|WNBA 25th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2021}})
* [[Indiana Fever#Retired numbers|Indiana Fever No. 24]] retired
* 3× [[Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award]] ({{WNBA Year|2010}}, {{WNBA Year|2013}}, {{WNBA Year|2016}})
* 2x [[Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award|Dawn Staley Leadership Award]] (2008, 2016)
* [[Basket Liga Kobiet|Polish National League]] champion (2009)
* 2× [[Turkish Women's Cup Basketball|Turkish Cup]] winner (2010, 2011)
* [[List of NCAA Women's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1998 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|1998]])
* [[Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year|AP Player of the Year]] (2000)
* [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] (2000)
* [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year|USBWA National Player of the Year]] (2000)
* [[WBCA Player of the Year]] (2000)
* 2x First-team All-American – AP (1999, 2000)
* 2x Second-team All-American – AP (1998, 2001)
* 4x [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1998–2001)
* 3x All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (1999–2001)
* Second-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (2001)
* 3x First-team All-SEC (1998–2000)
* [[USBWA National Freshman of the Year]] (1998)
* [[Southeastern Conference women's basketball Freshman of the Year|SEC Freshman of the Year]]  (1998)
* SEC All-Freshman Team (1998)
* [[Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award|Naismith Prep Player of the Year]] (1997)
| stats_league = WNBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 7,380 (16.1 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 3,315 (7.3 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 1,488 (3.3 apg)
| HOF_player = tamika-catchings
| WBHOF = tamika-catchings
| wnba_profile = tamika_catchings
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|USA}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002 China]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FIBA World Championship for Women|2010 Czech Republic]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006 Brazil]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup|FIBA Under-19 World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women|1997 Brazil]]|Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship|FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|1996 Mexico|[[United States women's national under-19 basketball team|Team]]}}
}}
'''Tamika Devonne Catchings''' (born July 21, 1979) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player who played her entire 15-year career for the [[Indiana Fever]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA). Widely considered as one of the greatest female basketball players and one of the most decorated players in WNBA history, Catchings has won a [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA championship]] ([[2012 WNBA Finals|2012]]), [[WNBA Most Valuable Player Award]] ([[2011 WNBA season|2011]]), [[WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|WNBA Finals MVP Award]] ([[2012 WNBA Finals|2012]]), five [[WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award]]s ([[2005 WNBA season|2005]], [[2006 WNBA season|2006]], [[2009 WNBA season|2009]], [[2010 WNBA season|2010]], [[2012 WNBA season|2012]]), four [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic gold medals]] ([[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads|2004]], [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|2008]], [[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|2012]], [[Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|2016]]), the [[WNBA Rookie of the Year Award]] ([[2002 WNBA season|2002]]), and an [[List of NCAA Women's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA championship]] with the [[Tennessee Lady Vols basketball|University of Tennessee Lady Vols]] ([[1998 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|1998]]).  She is one of only 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a [[FIBA World Cup]] gold and a WNBA Championship. She has also been selected to ten [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] teams, 12 [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA]] teams, 12 [[WNBA All-Defensive Team|All-Defensive teams]] and led the league in steals eight times. In 2011, Catchings was voted in by fans as one of the [[WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time]], and would be named to two more all-time WNBA teams, the [[WNBA Top 20@20]] in 2016 and [[The W25]] in 2021.

Catchings served as President of the [[Women's National Basketball Players Association|WNBA Players Association]] from 2012 to 2016. She was inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2020.

==Early life and college career==
Catchings was born in [[New Jersey]]. She lived in Italy for one year while her father [[Harvey Catchings]] played professional basketball for [[Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia|Segafredo Gorizia]], during which time she befriended [[Kobe Bryant]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The special bond between Hall of Fame Inductees Kobe Bryant and Tamika Catchings |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nba/kobe-bryant-tamika-catchings-hall-of-fame-special-bond |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> She played for both [[Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois)|Adlai E. Stevenson High School]] and [[Duncanville High School]], where she was named a [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|WBCA]] All-American.<ref name="HS All-Americans"/> Catchings participated in the [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association#WBCA High School All-America Game|WBCA High School All-America Game]] where she scored twelve points.<ref name="box score"/> She is also the first player at any level in history to be officially credited with scoring a [[quintuple-double]] (25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals and 10 blocks).

Catchings was an [[All-America]]n with the [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball]] for 1997–2001. She earned the [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] award, the [[Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year|AP Player of the Year]] award, the [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year]] award, and the [[WBCA Player of the Year]] award in 2000. As a freshman on the undefeated [[1997–98 Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team|1997–98 National champions]], she was part of the "Three Meeks" with [[Semeka Randall]] and [[Chamique Holdsclaw]].

==College statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!Points
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
|[[1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|1998]]
|[[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|'''39'''
|'''711'''
|'''.537'''
|'''.364'''
|.760
|8.0
|2.4
|2.6
|'''1.6'''
|'''18.2'''
|-
|1999
|Tennessee
|34
|563
|.513
|.279
|.775
|7.3
|2.8
|'''2.6'''
|0.9
|16.6
|-
|2000
|[[1999–2000 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|37
|580
|.475
|.331
|.767
|7.9
|2.7
|2.5
|0.8
|15.7
|-
|2001
|Tennessee
|17
|259
|.477
|.343
|'''.806'''
|'''8.8'''
|'''2.9'''
|1.8
|1.2
|15.2
|-
|colspan=2 | Career
|127
|2,113
|.505
|.333
|.771
|7.9
|2.7
|2.4
|1.1
|16.6
|}
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/misc/wbbfinest.pdf|title=Women's Basketball Finest|website=fs.ncaa.org|access-date=October 2, 2017}}</ref>

==WNBA career==
Catchings was drafted 3rd overall by the Indiana Fever in 2001. Unable to play in the 2001 season due to an [[Anterior cruciate ligament injury|ACL injury]] sustained during her senior year at Tennessee, she had an outstanding year in 2002 and was named [[WNBA Rookie of the Year]] while averaging 18.6 ppg, immediately making an impact on the Fever roster in her first year as a pro. During her rookie season, in a regular season game against the [[Minnesota Lynx]], Catchings had tied a then WNBA record, 9 steals (which has since been broken by [[Ticha Penicheiro]]). That year, the Fever made it to the playoffs and despite losing 2–1 in the first round, Catchings had a dominant series, averaging a playoff career-high 20.3 ppg.

Catchings's best season of her career would be in the 2003 season, where she averaged a career-high 19.7 ppg although the Fever never made it to the playoffs that year.

In 2005, Catchings scored her 2,000th point in the Women's National Basketball Association. With this she became the fourth fastest player to score 2000 career points in the WNBA, reaching the milestone in only four seasons of play. She is also the fastest to 1,000 rebounds, 400 assists, and 300 steals. In 2005, Catchings was also named the [[WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|WNBA Defensive Player of the Year]]. Catchings then repeated as Defensive Player of the Year in 2006. She was again named Defensive Player of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tamika Catchings Story [Part 1] |url=https://fever.wnba.com/news/the-tamika-catchings-story-part-1/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Indiana Fever |language=en}}</ref>

In 2006, Catchings was voted into the [[2006 WNBA All-Star Game]], and was also the leading vote-getter, but had to sit out because of a foot injury. At half-time she was announced as a member of the [[WNBA's All-Decade Team|All-Decade Team]] along with nine other players and former [[Houston Comets|Comets]] coach [[Van Chancellor]]. Five years later she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the fifteen-year history of the WNBA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/allstar/2011/top15_072311.html |title=AllStar 2011 |website=WNBA.com |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref>

Months before the 2008 season, the Fever traded for hometown all-star shooting guard [[Katie Douglas (basketball)|Katie Douglas]] (who would play with the team until 2013) to pair up with Catchings, forming an all-star duo to compete for a championship and strengthen their lineup. However, the Fever fell way short of championship contention in 2008 as they were eliminated in the first round by the [[Detroit Shock]] during the playoffs.

In 2009, the Fever would have more postseason success, as the chemistry developed between Catchings and Douglas, the Fever would advance to the WNBA finals, making it Catchings's first finals appearance. Prior to this, Catchings led the league in steals with 2.9 spg and helped lead the Fever to a 22–12 record, earning the top seed in the Eastern Conference. In the finals they faced the [[Phoenix Mercury]] and had a 2–1 series lead but would lose the next two games to be defeated in the finals 3–2.

In 2011, Catchings won WNBA Most Valuable Player while averaging 15.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 3.5 apg and 2.0 spg also leading the Fever to a 21–13 record, topping the Eastern Conference standings. However, in the playoffs she performed poorly offensively averaging a playoff career low 10.0 ppg. The Fever would end up making it to the Eastern Conference finals where they got eliminated 2–1 to the [[Atlanta Dream]]. In game 2 of the series, Catchings suffered a right foot injury. Although she was able to play in game 3, she had a sub-par performance following the injury, playing only 10 minutes and was 0 for 4 from the field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/7028587/tamika-catchings-comes-sub-east-game-3 |title=Tamika Catchings comes in as a sub in East Game 3 |website=Espn.com |date=September 28, 2011 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref>

In 2012, the Fever made a change in their starting line-up, with Douglas playing the small forward, Catchings at power forward and [[Shavonte Zellous]] at shooting guard during the regular season. The Fever finished second in the Eastern Conference with a 22–12 record. They made it back to finals that year, this time against the championship defending [[Minnesota Lynx]], but they would defeat Minnesota 3–1 in the series becoming only the second Eastern Conference franchise to win a WNBA title, despite playing without Katie Douglas who suffered an ankle injury in the Conference finals. Catchings scored a game-high 25 points in the final game of the series and also won [[WNBA Finals MVP Award|WNBA Finals MVP]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fever.wnba.com/photos/relive-the-fevers-2012-championship-run/ |title=Relive the Fever's 2012 Championship Run - Indiana Fever |website=Fever.wnba.com |date=October 2, 2015 |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927063656/http://fever.wnba.com/photos/relive-the-fevers-2012-championship-run/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In February 2013, Catchings signed a multi-year contract with the Fever.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fever re-sign Catchings, January and Zellous |url=https://www.indysportslegends.com/2013/02/05/fever-re-sign-catchings-january-zellous/ |website=Indy Sports Legends |date=February 5, 2013 |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref>

In 2014, Catchings missed the Fever's first 17 games of the season with a sore back.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Woods |title=Tamika Catchings returns, hopes to help Fever down the stretch |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/basketball/wnba/fever/2014/07/04/tamika-catchings-returns-hopes-help-fever-stretch/12225315/ |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |date=July 4, 2014|access-date=June 9, 2025}}</ref> She returned six games prior to the [[2014 WNBA All-Star Game]] in which she was selected to play. During the all-star game, Catchings scored a game winning basket for the Eastern Conference all-star team to put them up 125–124 with 6 seconds left in overtime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/basketball/wnba/2014/07/19/tamika-catchings-wnba-all-star-game/12890211/ |title=Tamika Catchings' final shot gives East victory in WNBA All-Star Game |website=Indystar.com |date=July 19, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> Later on in the season, the Fever finished second in the East with a 16–18 record. On August 23, 2014, Catchings became the WNBA's all-time leading playoff scorer after making a three-point field goal in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the [[Washington Mystics]] surpassing [[Lisa Leslie]]'s 908 career playoff points. She finished the game with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 7 steals also surpassing Lisa Leslie for most WNBA career playoff rebounds (471).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/basketball/wnba/fever/2014/08/23/tamika-catchings-scores-fever-advance-past-mystics/14510175/ |title=Tamika Catchings scores 26, Fever advance past Mystics |website=Indystar.com |date=August 23, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> The Fever would then advance to the Conference Finals and were one win away from advancing to the [[2014 WNBA Finals]] but lost 2–1 to the [[Chicago Sky]].

In October 2014 in a TV interview, Catchings revealed that she would be retiring after the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. She said:

<blockquote>I will be retiring in 2016, Lord willing, if my body holds up. Although I plan to step away as a player that is not to say I'll step away from the game, hopefully. I am so thankful and blessed to have had an opportunity to play the game I have loved for so long. God has truly blessed me with an amazing playing career, and now it's time to start transitioning to what He has for me beyond the lines of the basketball floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2014/10/03/catchings-says-she-will-retire-after-2016-olympics/16641693/ |title=Catchings says she will retire after 2016 Olympics |website=Usatoday.com |access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref></blockquote>

In the 2015 season, Catchings was voted as a WNBA All-Star for the 10th time in her career while averaging 13.1 ppg, passing [[Tina Thompson]] for most all-star appearances. With a new all-star sidekick [[Marissa Coleman]] joining her in the frontcourt, the Fever finished third in the Eastern Conference with a 20–14 record and made it back to the finals for the first time in three years for a rematch with the Minnesota Lynx, this time with Minnesota winning the series 3–2.

In the 2016 season, Catchings caught her 3,308th rebound in a regular season game loss to the Minnesota Lynx becoming the WNBA all-time leader in regular season rebounds also passing Lisa Leslie. Prior to becoming the WNBA all-time leading rebounder, Catchings had also become only the second player in WNBA history to have 7,000 points and 3,000 rebounds in the month of May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/tamika-catchings-makes-history-becomes-second-player-score-7000-career-points/ |title=Tamika Catchings Becomes Second Player To Score 7,000 Career Points |website=WNBA.com |date=May 29, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> Catchings's final WNBA game was on September 21, 2016, in a first round playoff game loss to the Phoenix Mercury, due to the WNBA's new playoff format that had just been in effect, where the first and second rounds contains only a single elimination game instead of the traditional best-of-3 series. Also teams get seeded based on overall league standings instead of conference standings with the top two seeded teams receiving double byes to the semifinals (the last round before the WNBA finals) as well as the third and fourth seeded teams receiving byes to the second round.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ellentuck |first=Matt |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/21/12972838/wnba-playoffs-2016-bracket-format-schedule-reaction |title=WNBA stars have mixed feelings on the new playoff format. Here's how it works |website=SBNation.com |date=September 21, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/09/the-wnbas-new-single-elimination-playoff-format-cut-short-a-legendary-players-final-season |title=The WNBA's new single-elimination playoff format cut short a legendary player's final season &#124; For The Win |website=Ftw.usatoday.com |date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> Catchings scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 30 minutes of play.

As of her retirement, Catchings ranked 1st all-time in career playoff scoring, 1st all-time in career playoff rebounds, 2nd in all-time regular season rebounds, 2nd in all-time career regular season scoring, 1st in total career steals and 1st in career steals per game average. She also holds another WNBA record for most consecutive playoff appearances of 12 straight seasons. Catchings had also appeared in 3 WNBA finals. She was also listed in the [[WNBA Top 20@20]], a list of the league's best 20 players ever in celebration of the WNBA's 20th season in 2016, and [[The W25]], a similar list of 25 players announced during the league's 25th season in 2021.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-continues-celebration-of-landmark-25th-season-names-greatest-players-in-league-history-the-w25/ |title=WNBA Continues Celebration Of Landmark 25th Season, Names Greatest Players In League History, "The W25" |publisher=WNBA |date=September 5, 2021 |accessdate=October 18, 2021}}</ref>

==WNBA career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Catchings won a [[WNBA Finals|WNBA championship]]
|-
|style="background:#E0CEF2; width:1em"|{{double dagger}}
|WNBA record
|}

===Regular season===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| rowspan=15 style="text-align:center;"| [[Indiana Fever|Indiana]]
| 32 || 32 || '''36.5''' || .419 || .394 || .815 || 8.6 || 3.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.9° || '''1.3''' || 2.6 || 18.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || style="background:#D3D3D3"|35.6° || .432 || .387 || .847 || 8.0 || 3.4 || 2.1 || 1.0 || '''3.0''' || '''19.7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| '''34''' || 33 || 33.8 || .385 || .335 || .854 || 7.3 || 3.4 || 2.0 || 1.1 || 2.3 || 16.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 34.5 || .383 || .285 || .788 || 7.8 || 4.2 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.6° || 0.5 || 2.7 || 14.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| 32 || 32 || 33.5 || .407 || .299 || .809 || 7.5 || 3.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.9° || 1.1 || 2.5 || 16.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| 21 || 21 || 32.3 || .417 || .311 || .820 || '''9.0''' || '''4.7''' || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''3.1'''° || 1.0 || 2.9 || 16.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| 25 || 17 || 27.8 || .391 || .432 || .800 || 6.3 || 3.3 || 2.0 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 13.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 31.9 || .386 || .328 || .873 || 7.2 || 3.1 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.9° || 0.5 || 2.6 || 15.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 31.4 || '''.484''' || '''.448''' || .849 || 7.1 || 4.0 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.3° || 0.9 || 2.7 || 18.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| 33 || 33 || 31.5 || .438 || .348 || '''.883''' || 7.1 || 3.5 || 2.0 || 0.9 || 2.2 || 15.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2012 WNBA season|2012]]{{sup|†}}
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 30.5 || .432 || .379 || .864 || 7.6 || 3.1 || 2.1 || 0.8 || 1.7 || 17.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| 30 || 30 || 31.4 || .396 || .321 || .861 || 7.1 || 2.4 || 2.8 || 1.0 || 1.7 || 17.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| 16 || 16 || 26.8 || .446 || .368 || .790 || 6.4 || 1.9 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 2.1 || 16.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2015 WNBA season|2015]]
| 30 || 30|| 26.6 || .382 || .295 || .868 || 7.1 || 2.2 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 1.6 || 13.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2016 WNBA season|2016]]
| '''34'''  || '''34''' || 24.8 || .433 || .350 || .862 || 4.8 || 1.9 || 1.8 || 0.2 || 1.2 || 12.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|15 years
| 457 || 448 || 31.5 || .415 || .355 || .840 || 7.3 || 3.3 || 2.4  || 0.8  || 2.3 || 16.1
{{S-end}}

===Postseason===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2002 season|2002]]
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center;"| [[Indiana Fever|Indiana]]
| 3 || 3 || 34.3 || '''.489''' || .381 || .818 || 10.7 || 2.3 || 1.3 || 0.3 || '''3.7''' || '''20.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2005 season|2005]]
| 4 || 4 || 36.5 || .356 || .417 || .786 || 9.2 || 2.2 || 2.0 || 0.2 || 2.7 || 17.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 WNBA Playoffs|2006]]
| 2 || 2 || 31.0 || .323 || '''.500''' || .667 || 6.0 || 3.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 3.0 || 14.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007 WNBA Playoffs|2007]]
| 6 || 6 || 32.7 || .370 || .263 || .878 || '''11.0''' || 3.2 || 2.2 || 0.5 || 1.7 || 15.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008 WNBA Playoffs|2008]]
| 3 || 3 || '''37.7''' || .441 || .273 || '''.933''' || 7.7 || '''6.0''' || 1.0 || 0.7 || '''3.7''' || '''20.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009 WNBA Playoffs|2009]]
| 10 || 10|| 35.7 || .459 || .250 || .850 || 10.4 || 5.4 || '''3.3''' || '''1.4''' || 3.4 || 17.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010 WNBA Playoffs|2010]]
| 3 || 3 || 35.7 || .413 || .357 || .813 || 8.7 || 3.0 || 3.0 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 18.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011 WNBA Playoffs|2011]]
| 6 || 5 || 31.7 || .333 || .267 || .783 || 8.3 || 2.3 || 2.2 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 10.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2012 WNBA Playoffs|2012]]{{sup|†}}
| 10 || 10 || 34.7 || .376 || .327 || .897 || 8.5 || 3.1 || 2.3 || 1.8 || 2.7 || 19.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013 WNBA Playoffs|2013]]
| 4 || 4 || 31.0 || .431 || .333 || .781 || 7.8 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 2.2 || 18.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2014 WNBA Playoffs|2014]]
| 5 || 5 || 34.0 || .311 || .111 || .900 || 9.2 || 3.2 || 2.6 || 0.6 || 2.0 || 16.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2015 WNBA Playoffs|2015]]
| '''11''' || '''11''' || 32.7 || .433 || .469 || .857 || 6.9 || 2.6 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 2.6 || 16.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[WNBA Playoffs|2016]]
| 1 || 1 || 29.9 || .333 || .000 || .833 || 10.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 13.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|13 years
| 68 || 67 || 34.0 || .397 || .328 || .854 || 8.8 || 3.3 || bgcolor="EOCEF2" |2.2‡   || 0.9 || 2.6 || 16.8
{{s-end}}

==USA Basketball==
Catchings was named to the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team (now called the [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|U18 team]]). The team participated in the third Junior World Championship, held in [[Chetumal, Mexico]] in late August and early September 1996. The USA team won their early games easily, but lost by four points to the team from Brazil, ending up with the silver medal for the event.<ref name="1996 U18"/>

Catchings continued with the team when it was invited to the 1997 FIBA Junior World Championship (now called U19) held in [[Natal, Brazil]]. After beating Japan, the next game was against Australia, the defending champion. The USA team pulled out to a 13-point lead in the second half, but gave up the lead and lost the game 80–74. She had a double-double in the game with 17 points and ten rebounds. The USA rebounded with a close 92–88 victory over Cuba, helped by 23 points each from [[Maylana Martin]] and Lynn Pride. The USA then went on to beat previously unbeaten Russia. After winning the next two games, the USA faced Australia in the gold medal game. The USA team has a three-point lead late, but the Aussies hit a three-pointer with three seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Although the Aussies scored first, Catchings scored to tie the game, then the USA pulled into the lead and held on to win 78–74 to earn the gold, and the first medal for a USA team at a Junior World Championship. Catchings was the second leading scorer for the USA team with 13.2 points per game and the leading rebounder with 7.2 per game.<ref name="1997 U19"/>

In 1998, Catchings was named to the team representing the US at the [[William Jones Cup]] competition in [[Taipei, Taiwan]]. The USA team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the competition. Catchings averaged 6.4 points per game over the five games.<ref name="1998 Jones Cup"/>
 
Catchings played for the [[USA Basketball|USA women's basketball team]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympic Games]] in [[Athens]], helping the team win the gold medal.

Catchings was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.<ref name="National Team"/> The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants.

Catchings was selected to be a member of the National team representing the US at the World Championships held in September and October 2010. The team was coached by [[Geno Auriemma]]. Because many team members were still playing in the [[WNBA]] until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for [[Ostrava]] and [[Karlovy Vary]], Czech Republic. Even with limited practice, the team managed to win its first games against Greece by 26 points. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, with [[Swin Cash]], [[Angel McCoughtry]], [[Maya Moore]], [[Diana Taurasi]], [[Lindsay Whalen]], and [[Sylvia Fowles]] all ending as high scorer in the first few games. The sixth game was against undefeated Australia — the USA jumped out to a 24-point lead and the USA prevailed 83–75. The USA won its next two games by over 30 points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. The USA team had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer. Team USA went on to win the championship and gold medal. Catchings averaged 8.8 points per game.<ref name="2010 WC"/>

Catchings was named as one of the National team members to represent the USA Basketball team in the WNBA versus USA Basketball.<ref name="USA All Star"/> This game replaces the normal WNBA All-Star game with WNBA All-Stars versus USA Basketball, as part of the preparation for the [[FIBA World Championship for Women]] to be held in the [[Czech Republic]] during September and October 2010.<ref name="World Championship 2010"/>

Catchings was one of 21 finalists for the U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster. The 20 professional women's basketball players, plus one collegiate player ([[Brittney Griner]]), were selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the US at the 2012 Olympics in London.<ref name="Olympic Roster finalists"/>  She was selected for the final roster, and was part of the US team that won the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/olym/team/p/eid/6232/lid//rid//sid/6233/tid/379/profile.html|title = Team USA Profile|access-date = November 15, 2014|publisher = FIBA|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040725/http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/olym/team/p/eid/6232/lid//rid//sid/6233/tid/379/profile.html|archive-date = November 29, 2014|df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/basketball/basketball-w|title = London 2012 – Women's Basketball|access-date = November 15, 2014|website = www.olympic.org|publisher = IOC}}</ref>

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Catchings played for Team USA and earned her fourth Olympic gold medal as they beat Spain 101–72.

==Overseas career==
Catchings played her first year overseas during the WNBA offseason in 2003, she played in [[South Korea]] for [[Asan Woori Bank Wibee]]. In the 2005–06 off-season, Catchings played for [[WBC Spartak Moscow Region|Spartak Moscow]] in the [[Russian Women's Basketball Premier League|Russian League]]. Catchings would once again play in South Korea for Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae in the 2006 and 2007 off-seasons. In the 2008–09 off-season, Catchings played in [[Poland]] for [[Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia]] and would play two consecutive off-seasons in the [[Women's Basketball Super League|Turkish League]] from 2009 to 2011 for [[Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball)|Galatasaray]]. In Catchings's first season with Galatasaray, she played with then Indiana Fever teammate, [[Katie Douglas (basketball)|Katie Douglas]].

==Life after basketball==
In January 2017, it was announced that Catchings will serve as a game analyst for Women's Basketball Games on [[SEC Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/tamika-catchings-serve-game-analyst-womens-basketball-games-sec-network/ |title=Tamika Catchings To Serve As Game Analyst For Women's Basketball Games On SEC Network - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA |website=WNBA.com |date=January 6, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref>

In February 2017, Catchings purchased a tea shop, Tea's Me Cafe from the previous owners on the near north side of [[Indianapolis]] that she had been frequenting while playing for the Indiana Fever.<ref name="IndyStar20170327">{{cite news|last1=Bartner|first1=Amy|title=WNBA star Tamika Catchings' new job: Running a tea shop?|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/03/27/wnba-star-tamika-catchings-new-job-running-tea-shop/99588672/|access-date=March 27, 2017|publisher=[[Indianapolis Star]]|date=March 27, 2017}}</ref> The store expanded to three locations and in-store sales by 2023.<ref name="teas">{{Cite news |url=https://indianapolisrecorder.com/teas-me-cafe-coming-to-a-store-near-you/ |date=2023-12-21 |first=Chloe |last=McGowan |title=Tea's Me Cafe, coming to a store near you! |department=Local News > Arts & Culture |newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Recorder]] |language=en-US |issn=1930-2207}}</ref>

In April 2017, Catchings was named Director of Player Programs and Franchise Development for Pacers Sports & Entertainment.<ref>[http://fever.wnba.com/news/tamika-catchings-named-pse-director-of-player-programs-and-franchise-development/ Tamika Catchings Named PS&E Director of Player Programs and Franchise Development]</ref>

Catchings competed in the Baltimore qualifying round of [[American Ninja Warrior (season 11)|Season 11]] of ''[[American Ninja Warrior]]''. The episode aired on NBC on July 1, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Maggie|title=How former Lady Vols star Tamika Catchings handled 'American Ninja Warrior' course|url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/2019/07/01/american-ninja-warrior-how-tamika-catchings-handled-course/1558999001/|access-date=July 28, 2019|publisher=[[Knoxville News-Sentinel]]|date=July 2, 2019}}</ref>

Catchings previously served as the Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager for the Indiana Fever from 2020 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fever.wnba.com/news/indiana-fever-coach/|title=Indiana Fever Announce Marianne Stanley As New Head Coach|website=Indiana Fever|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>

==Philanthropy and activism==
In 2004, Catchings founded the ''Catch the Stars Foundation'', a charitable organization that provides basketball camps, fitness clinics, mentoring and literacy programs for underprivileged children to help them become successful in sports and academics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/home/athletes/our-athletes/tamika-catchings |title=Tamika Catchings - Women's Sports Foundation |website=Womenssportsfoundation.org |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001194505/https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/home/athletes/our-athletes/tamika-catchings |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Michelle |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/small-wonders/article/11082980/small-wonders-tamika-catchings-foundation-helps-kids-achieve-dreams |title=Small Wonders - Tamika Catchings' foundation helps kids achieve dreams |website=Espn.com |date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://catchthestars.org/about-us.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230094508/http://catchthestars.org/about-us.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2011 |title=Catch The Stars |publisher=Catch The Stars |access-date=March 2, 2017 }}</ref>

Catchings advocates in support of the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement and against [[police brutality]] and [[gun violence]]. Before the Olympics in [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio de Janeiro]], she and [[Carmelo Anthony]], an NBA athlete, attended a town meeting in [[Los Angeles]] to discuss violence committed by and to police officers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/sports/basketball/wnba-tamika-catchings-retirement-indiana-fever.html|title=A Force on the Court, Tamika Catchings Was a Dynamo Off It|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 18, 2016 |access-date=October 29, 2018|language=en|last1=Berkman |first1=Seth }}</ref> She and her teammates decided to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem to protest infringements upon human rights.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2016/09/22/catchings-career-ends-and-fever-kneel-in-anthem-protest/90824894/|title=Tamika Catchings' WNBA career ends as Fever fall to Mercury|work=USA TODAY|access-date=October 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

{{Quote box
| quote = This game of basketball is important for a lot of reasons. One of them is bringing people together. Even uniting people. Well, we thought it was important to have a voice about something greater than basketball. But the good thing is, we were together...I am very proud of our team — as people — to be able to stand together for something we believed in"
| source = [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2016/09/22/catchings-career-ends-and-fever-kneel-in-anthem-protest/90824894/ USA Today]
}}

At another game, she and her teammates, along with members of two other teams, were fined $500 per player and $5000 per team for wearing warm up shirts that read "#BlackLivesMatter" and "#[[2016 shooting of Dallas police officers|Dallas5]]", in reference to violence by and against police officers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/sports/basketball/liberty-show-solidarity-with-black-lives-matter-in-rare-public-stance.html|title=Liberty Show Solidarity With Black Lives Matter in Rare Public Stance|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=October 29, 2018|language=en|last1=Berkman |first1=Seth }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Catchings is the daughter of former [[NBA]] player [[Harvey Catchings]]. Her sister Tauja also played basketball at Stevenson and the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]], was drafted by the [[WNBA]] and now plays in [[Sweden]]. Tamika's cousin Bobby is a starting forward for [[Eastern Illinois University]]'s basketball team. Tamika majored in Sports Management at the [[University of Tennessee]].

Catchings helped [[Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois)|Stevenson High School]] to Illinois's IHSA Div. AA State Championship in her Sophomore year in 1995 under head coach Frank Mattucci before moving to Texas.<ref name="nyt"/>  During her sophomore year at Stevenson she won Illinois Ms. Basketball (at the time she was the youngest player to have won the award). In addition to leading Duncanville High to the state basketball title in her senior season (she played only two years at Duncanville after moving from the Chicago area), she also led the volleyball team to its only state title as a junior.

Catchings is [[Hearing loss|hearing impaired]]. While living in [[Abilene, Texas]] as a third grader, she lost her [[hearing aid]]s by throwing them into a field while walking home from school; her parents, unwilling and financially unable to replace the hearing aids, told her to learn to live without them. Catchings did not resume using hearing aids until shortly before her first season at [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]], when head coach [[Pat Summitt]] encouraged her to do so.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Catchings |first1=Tamika |title=Tamika Catchings' hearing loss not an impairment |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/features/story/_/id/6437860/tamika-catchings-hearing-loss-not-impairment |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=[[ESPN.com#ESPNW|ESPNW]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=April 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Jonathan |title=How Tamika Catchings Learned To Embrace Her Hearing Impairment |url=https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2020/01/03/tamika-catchings-hearing-impairment-university-of-tennessee-wnba |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=[[Only a Game]] |publisher=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]] |date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> In 2000, she was honored with the Reynolds Society Achievement Award by the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston. On June 24, 2008, Catchings was awarded the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award for her work in the Indianapolis community with her Catch the Stars foundation.<ref name="Staley award"/>

Catchings refereed a game of 3-on-3 basketball played by [[Barack Obama]] along with local students from [[Kokomo, Indiana]] at the Maple Crest Middle School on April 25, 2008. Fever teammate [[Alison Bales]] also played on Obama's team.

In February 2016, Catchings married Parnell Smith, a former basketball player for the [[Buffalo Bulls men's basketball|University at Buffalo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playerwives.com/olympics/tamika-catchings-husband-parnell-smith/ |title=Tamika Catchings' Husband Parnell Smith |website=PlayerWives.com |date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> The couple first met in July 2014 through a mutual friend.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wthr.com/article/indiana-fever-star-mrs-tamika-catchings-smith-introduces-new-husband |title=Indiana Fever star Mrs. Tamika Catchings-Smith introduces new husband - 13 WTHR Indianapolis |website=Wthr.com |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=May 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507004239/http://www.wthr.com/article/indiana-fever-star-mrs-tamika-catchings-smith-introduces-new-husband |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Catchings is also a [[Christians|Christian]]. She had opened up about her faith in an interview by saying "God is definitely my Savior. He's the one that walks beside me through my ups and downs and the one that keeps me focused on where I am going in life. He protects me. He provides for me. He guides me and he leads me".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbn.com/700club/tamika-catchings-champ-and-court |title=Tamika Catchings: Champ On and Off the Court |website=CBN.com |date=July 20, 2010 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> She became an honorary member of [[Delta Sigma Theta]] sorority in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | title=Celebrating the Newest Honorary Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. | website=Houston Style Magazine | date=March 24, 2022 | url=http://stylemagazine.com/news/2023/jul/19/delta-sigma-theta-welcomes-new-members-supreme-cou/ | access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
[[File:Catchings 20@20.jpg|thumb|upright|Catchings waving at the [[WNBA Top 20@20]] ring ceremony. WNBA president [[Lisa Borders]] at left]]
*2011 [[WNBA MVP]]
* 2012 [[WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award]]
* Ten-time [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star Selection]]; appeared in nine All-Star Games. She has sole possession of the record for most appearances and selections.
* Six-time [[All-WNBA Team]]
* The first of three recorded Quintuple-double with Duncanville High School (Duncanville, Texas) with 25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals and 10 blocks in 1997.
* [[Women's Blue Chip Basketball League#WBCBL Professional Basketball Trailblazer Award|WBCBL Professional Basketball Trailblazer Award]]
* [[Women's Korean Basketball League|WKBL (South Korea League)]] 2003 Winter League, 2003 Summer League, 2006 Winter League Finals MVP
* 2010 – [[Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/fevers-tamika-catchings-wins-2016-kim-perrot-sportsmanship-award/|title=Fever's Tamika Catchings Wins 2016 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA|language=en-US|access-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref>
* 2013 – [[Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award]]<ref name=":0" />
* 2016 – [[Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award]]<ref name=":0" />
* 2016 – awarded a star (#37) on The Flag for Hope on May 9, 2016, in recognition of her outstanding basketball career and philanthropic efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flagforhope.com/star-37-tamika-catchings/ |title=Tamika Catchings – Star #37 |publisher=Flag for Hope |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113065232/http://flagforhope.com/star-37-tamika-catchings/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fever.wnba.com/news/tamika-catchings-honored-flag-hope-star/ |title=Tamika Catchings to be Honored as Flag for Hope Star – Indiana Fever |website=Fever.wnba.com |date=May 6, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref>
* 2020 – [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] Inductee
* 2024 – Kevin R. Armstrong Ethical Leadership Award (University of Indianapolis) Inaugural Recipient

==See also==
* [[List of WNBA career rebounding leaders]]
* [[Deaf people in the Olympics]]

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last1=Farrington|first1=Lisa|title=Catch a star : shining through adversity to become a champion|date=2011|publisher=christianaudio|isbn=9781441219633|oclc=946928897}}
*{{cite book|last1=Zerbonia|first1=Ralph|title=Contemporary Black biography. Volume 43 : profiles from the international Black community|date=2004|publisher=Gale Research Inc.|location=Detroit Michigan|isbn=9781441219633|oclc=527355695}}

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{{Reflist|30em|refs=

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<ref name="box score">{{cite web|title=WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=June 29, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064856/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref>

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<ref name="1998 Jones Cup">{{cite web|date=June 10, 2010|title=1998 Women's R. William Jones Cup|url=http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1998-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907023409/http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1998-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx|archive-date=September 7, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="2010 WC">{{cite web|title=Sixteenth World Championship For Women – 2010|date=October 15, 2013|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/sixteenth-world-championship-for-women-2010.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905195252/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/sixteenth-world-championship-for-women-2010.aspx|archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="National Team">{{cite web|url=http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wnt_fall_invitees_add_rm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716050712/http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wnt_fall_invitees_add_rm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C.|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 1, 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="nyt">Williams, Lena. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E2DF173CF930A3575BC0A9629C8B63 "OLYMPICS; Taking a Legacy To New Heights"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 3, 2004. Accessed November 4, 2007. "Even now that Tamika, 25, is a star in her own right, her father's legacy continues to shadow her. It was there at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill."</ref>

<ref name="Staley award">{{cite web | url = http://www.wnba.com/cares/staleyaward_catchings_080624.html | title = Indiana's Tamika Catchings Named Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award Recipient | publisher = WNBA.com | date = June 24, 2008 | access-date = June 25, 2008}}</ref>

<ref name="USA All Star">{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/10_wnt_sats_roster.html|title=Six Olympic Gold Medalists Among 11-Member Team Set To Participate In WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun Game|date=June 30, 2010|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=July 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707014943/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/10_wnt_sats_roster.html|archive-date=July 7, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="World Championship 2010">{{cite web|url=http://czechrepublic2010.fiba.com/|title=FIBA World Championship for Women|publisher=FIBA|access-date=July 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710034115/http://czechrepublic2010.fiba.com/|archive-date=July 10, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="Olympic Roster finalists">{{cite web|title=Twenty-One Finalists In The Mix For Final 2012 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Roster|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/12_woly_21_finalists.html|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=February 13, 2012|date=February 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216201120/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/12_woly_21_finalists.html|archive-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref>

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==External links==
*{{Basketballstats|wnba=tamika-catchings}}
*[http://www.catchings.com Tamika Catchings's Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151007160804/http://www.wkbl.or.kr/player/player_detail2.asp?pno=005007&flag=f WKBL.or.kr Page]

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