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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Tina Thompson
| image = Tina Thompson cropped.jpg
| width = 250px
| caption = Thompson at the [[2013 WNBA All-Star Game]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 178
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|2|10}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Morningside High School|Morningside]]<br>([[Inglewood, California]])
| college = [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]] (1993–1997)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 1
| draft_team = [[Houston Comets]]
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2014
| career_position = [[Small forward]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]]
| career_number = 7, 32
| coach_start = 2015
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|1997}}–{{WNBA Year|2008}}
| team1 = [[Houston Comets]]
| years2 = 2001–2002
| team2 = Rovereto Basket
| years3 = 2003
| team3 = [[Guri KDB Life Winnus|Incheon Kumho Life Falcons]]
| years4 = 2005–2006
| team4 = [[Cheongju KB Stars|Cheonan Kookmin Bank Savers]]
| years5 = 2006–2007
| team5 = [[Spartak Moscow Region]]
| years6 = {{WNBA Year|2009}}–{{WNBA Year|2011}}
| team6 = [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| years7 = 2010
| team7 = [[Municipal MCM Târgovişte]]
| years8 = 2010
| team8 = [[Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae]]
| years9 = {{WNBA Year|2012}}–{{WNBA Year|2013}}
| team9 = [[Seattle Storm]]
| years10 = 2013–2014
| team10 = [[Guri KDB Life Winnus]]
| cyears1 = 2015–2017
| cteam1 = [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]] (asst.)
| cyears2 = 2017–2018
| cteam2 = Texas (assoc. HC)
| cyears3 = 2018–2022
| cteam3 = [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball|Virginia]]
| highlights = 
* 4× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] (1997–2000)
* 9× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[1999 WNBA All-Star Game|1999]]–[[2003 WNBA All-Star Game|2003]], [[2006 WNBA All-Star Game|2006]], [[2007 WNBA All-Star Game|2007]], [[2009 WNBA All-Star Game|2009]], [[2013 WNBA All-Star Game|2013]])
* [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star Game MVP]] (2000)
* 3× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] (1997, 1998, 2004)
* 5× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA Second Team]] (1999–2002, 2007)
* [[WNBA All-Decade Team|WNBA 10th Anniversary Team]] (2006)
* [[WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time|WNBA 15th Anniversary Team]] (2011)
* [[WNBA Top 20@20|WNBA 20th Anniversary Team]] (2016)
* [[The W25|WNBA 25th Anniversary Team]] (2021)
* [[Russian Women's Basketball Premier League|Russian National League]] champion (2007)
* [[EuroLeague Women|EuroLeague]] champion (2007)
* [[Liga Națională (women's basketball)|Romanian National League]] champion (2010)
* Second-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (1997)
* All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (1997)
* 3× All-[[Pac-10]] (1995-1997)
* No. 14 [[USC Trojans women's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by USC]]
| HOF_player = tina-thompson
| womensHOF = tina-thompson
| wnba_profile = tina_thompson
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry |{{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 FIBA World Championship for Women|1998 Germany]]| Team competition}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006 Brazil]] |Team competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 Summer Universiade|1995 Fukuoka]] | [[Basketball at the 1995 Summer Universiade|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|Jones Cup]]| Team competition}}
{{MedalGold|1996| Team competition}}
}}
'''Tina Marie Thompson''' (born February 10, 1975) is an American former [[professional basketball]] player and coach. Most recently, she served as the head coach of the [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball]] team from 2018 to 2022; she was subsequently hired by the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] as a team scout later in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trail Blazers add Hall of Famer Tina Thompson to the staff roster, along with some local faces |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/trail-blazers-add-hall-of-famer-tina-thompson-and-more-to-the-staff-roster/283-a9ed6a4b-8161-4a7e-b5da-6e523b133b6d |website=KGW.com |access-date=25 March 2025 |date=20 September 2022}}</ref> Thompson was inducted into both the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] and the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2018.

The first college draft pick in [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] history, Thompson was selected first by the [[Houston Comets]]. She helped lead the Comets to four consecutive [[WNBA Finals|WNBA Championship]]s in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. She won two Olympic gold medals and made nine [[WNBA All-Star Game]] appearances. Until 2017, she was the WNBA's all-time leading scorer and, as of {{currentyear}}, she [[List of WNBA career scoring leaders|ranks fourth]] in WNBA history.

==Early life and college==
Thompson was born in [[Los Angeles, California]]. She grew up playing basketball with her brother TJ and his friends at Robertson Park in [[West Los Angeles, California]]. She recorded more than 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds in her high school career at [[Morningside High School]] in [[Inglewood, California]], where she also played [[volleyball]]. She then went on to play basketball at the [[University of Southern California]], where she graduated in 1997.<ref name="porter183"/> She attended both high school and college with fellow WNBA player [[Lisa Leslie]].

===USC statistics===
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usctrojans.com/documents/2017/7/27/2017_18_USC_WBB_Record_Book.pdf|title=USC Media Guide|access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!Points
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
|1993-94
|USC
|'''30'''
|427
|49.9%
|'''35.7%'''
|64.1%
|10.5
|0.8
|1.3
|0.7
|14.2
|-
|1994-95
|USC
|28
|545
|'''51.9%'''
|20.6%
|73.1%
|10.5
|0.9
|1.3
|0.9
|19.5
|-
|1995-96
|USC
|27
|623
|50.7%
|31.6%
|74.2%
|9.3
|1.6
|1.4
|'''1.1'''
|'''23.1'''
|-
|1996-97
|USC
|29
|'''653'''
|49.9%
|33.9%
|'''78.1%'''
|'''10.6'''
|'''2.0'''
|'''1.9'''
|1.0
|22.5
|-
|Career
|
|114
|2248
|50.6%
|31.7%
|73.1%
|10.2
|1.3
|1.5
|0.9
|19.7
|}

==USA Basketball==
Thompson represented the US at the 1995 [[World University Games]] held in [[Fukuoka, Japan]], in August and September 1995. The team had a record of 5–1, securing the silver medal. The USA team won early and reached a record of 5–0 when the USA beat Yugoslavia. In the semi-final game, the USA faced Russia. The team was behind much of the first half but tied the game at the half. The USA broke the game open in the second half and won, 101–74. The gold medal match was against unbeaten Italy. The Italian team started strong, scoring 12 of the first 14 points of the contest. [[Sylvia Crawley]] scored eight consecutive points to end the first half, but that left the USA nine points behind. The USA took a small lead in the second half, but the team from Italy responded with a ten-point run, and won the game and the gold medal by a score of 73–65. Thompson averaged 9.9 points per game and was second on the team with 7.3 rebounds per game.<ref name="1995 WUG"/>

Thompson was invited to be a member of the Jones Cup team representing the US in 1996. She helped the team to a 9–0 record, and the gold medal in the event. In the game against Slovakia, which would determine the gold medal, she combined with teammate [[Michelle M. Marciniak]] to score 30 points in a game they had to come from behind to win 72–62. Thompson averaged 9.6 points per game and 6.2 rebounds, both second highest on the team.<ref name="1996 Jones Cup"/>

Thompson was selected to be a member of the National team for 1998 World Championships, but was injured and unable to compete.<ref name="1998 WC"/>

Thompson was named to the national team representing the US at the 2006 World Championships, held in [[Barueri]] and [[Sao Paulo, Brazil]]. The team won eight of their nine contests, but the lone loss came in the semifinal medal round to Russia. The USA beat Brazil in the final game to earn the bronze medal. Thompson led all scorers with 14.4 points per game. In a game against Russia, she tied a team record by hitting four of four three-point attempts.<ref name="2006 WC"/>

Thompson also played for Team USA in the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics]], winning two Olympic gold medals with the team.

==WNBA career==
Thompson was selected No. 1 overall in the first round of the inaugural [[1997 WNBA Draft|1997 WNBA draft]] by the [[Houston Comets]].<ref name="porter183"/> Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 76 - 56 victory over the [[Cleveland Rockers]]. In her debut, Thompson recorded 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks.<ref>https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199706210CLE.html</ref>

On the Comets, she was a member of a dynasty along with [[Sheryl Swoopes]] and [[Cynthia Cooper-Dyke|Cynthia Cooper]] that won four consecutive WNBA championships from 1997 to 2000. During her stint with the Comets, Thompson had won All-Star MVP honors at the [[2000 WNBA All-Star Game]], led all Western Conference players in All-Star voting in 2001, had been named to the All-WNBA First Team three times (1997, 1998, 2004) and All-WNBA Second Team four times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).

Prior to the 2005 season, Thompson had given birth to Dyllan Thompson-Jones,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bckonline.com/2009/07/28/dyllan-goes-to-work-with-mom-tina-thompson/|title=DYLLAN GOES TO WORK WITH MOM TINA THOMPSON|date=July 28, 2009|work=bckonline.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> her first child in May, with then [[NBA]] player [[Damon Jones]] being the biological father; she resumed playing with the Comets two months later.<ref name="NYT"/> Following her pregnancy she had a sluggish season in 2005, averaging only 10.1 ppg.

In 2006, Thompson returned to peak condition, averaging 18.7 ppg and scored a career-high 37 points in a triple-overtime loss to the [[Phoenix Mercury]]. That year the Comets made the playoffs for the final time before folding, after they were eliminated in a two-game sweep by the [[Sacramento Monarchs]] in the first round.

After the Comets folded in 2008, Thompson signed with her hometown team, the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] in 2009, playing alongside [[Candace Parker]] and [[Lisa Leslie]] who was playing in her final year before retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/sparks/news/Sparks_Sign_Tina_Thompson.html|title=SPARKS: Sparks Sign Olympian & WNBA Veteran Tina Thompson|work=WNBA.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> Thompson, Leslie and Parker led the Sparks to the playoffs with an 18–16 record. In the playoffs, Thompson was one win away from her fifth Finals appearance but the Sparks lost 2–1 in the second round to the [[Phoenix Mercury]], who were the champions that year. During the following season in August, Thompson became the WNBA's all-time leading scorer, passing Lisa Leslie during a regular-season game loss to the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] in which she scored 23 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=5448004|title=Los Angeles Sparks' Tina Thompson is WNBA's scoring leader|date=August 8, 2010|work=[[ESPN]]|access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/wnba/2010-08-08-thompson-scoring-record_N.htm|title=Tina Thompson becomes WNBA's all-time scoring leader - USATODAY.com|work=USAToday.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> In 2011, 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=WNBA.com: AllStar 2011|work=WNBA.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref>

An unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2011 season, Thompson signed with the [[Seattle Storm]] on February 27, 2012, to fill gaps left by Australia's [[Lauren Jackson]], concurrent her commitment to the Australian national team for the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]], and small forward [[Swin Cash]], who was traded to the [[Chicago Sky]] as part of a package deal for the second-overall pick in the [[2012 WNBA draft]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Pelton|first=Kevin|title=Storm Adds Legend, Fills Needs with Thompson|url=http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/thompson_feature_120227.html|work=WNBA.com|access-date=April 29, 2012|date=February 27, 2012}}</ref>

On May 31, 2013, Thompson announced that she would retire from the WNBA at the end of the 2013 season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Associated Press|title=Tina Thompson to retire after season|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/9330339/seattle-storm-tina-thompson-retire-season|work=ESPN.com|access-date=June 1, 2013|date=May 31, 2013}}</ref>

During the 2013 season, the 38-year-old Thompson was a starter for the Storm and had averaged 14.1 ppg. She was also selected to the [[2013 WNBA All-Star Game]] to replace an injured [[Brittney Griner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/storm/news/thompson130725.html|title=STORM: Tina Thompson to Play in 2013 All-Star Game|work=WNBA.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/allstar/2013/thompson_replace_griner_allstar_072513.html|title=WNBA.com: Tina Thompson to Replace Injured Brittney Griner in Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star Game 2013|work=WNBA.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> It was her ninth career WNBA All-Star Game appearance, the second-most in WNBA history, and it also made her the first and only player in WNBA history to be named an All-Star in three different decades.

On August 17, 2013, Thompson became the first WNBA player to have 7,000 points and 3,000 rebounds following a victory against the [[Indiana Fever]] where she scored 23 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com.au/wnba/recap?gameId=400445859|title=Thompson helps Storm stay in playoff hunt|work=ESPN.com.au|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref>

September 14, 2013, marked the final regular-season game of Thompson's career which resulted in a victory over the [[Tulsa Shock]]. Following the game, an almost hour-long retirement ceremony took place in her honor. Her Storm teammates all wore a number 7 jersey either in a Comets or Storm variant. Despite the absence of [[Sue Bird]] who sat out the whole season while recovering from knee surgery, the Storm made the playoffs with the number 4 seed in the Western Conference.

Thompson's final WNBA career game was Game 2 of the first round in the [[2013 WNBA Playoffs]]. The Storm were eliminated in a two-game sweep by the [[Minnesota Lynx]] who would win the championship that year. Thompson recorded 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals in the loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsenetwork.com/tina-thompson-scores-13-points-in-the-last-game-of-her-career//|title=Tina Thompson Scores 13 Points in the Last Game of Her Career! – Women's Sports & Entertainment Network|work=WSENetwork.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, Thompson was again honored by the WNBA, being named in the [[WNBA Top 20@20]] in celebration of the league's twentieth anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|title=WNBA Top 20@20 Presented By Verizon Unveiled|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-top-2020-presented-verizon-unveiled/|website=WNBA.com|publisher=WNBA|access-date=October 1, 2016|date=June 21, 2016}}</ref>

On March 31, 2018, Thompson was named to the 2018 class of inductees for the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Katie Smith, Tina Thompson Announced as Members of Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/katie-smith-tina-thompson-announced-members-basketball-hall-fame-class-2018/|website=WNBA.com|access-date=April 2, 2018|date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>

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

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

===Regular season===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1997 WNBA season|1997]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 28 || 28 || 31.6 || .418 || .370 || .838 || 6.6 || 1.1 || 0.8 || '''1.0''' || 2.2 || 13.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1998 WNBA season|1998]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 27 || 27 || 32.4 || .419 || .359 || .851 || 7.1 || 0.9 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 1.7 || 12.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 32 || 32 || 33.6 || .419 || .351 || .782 || 6.4 || 0.9 || 1.0 || '''1.0''' || 2.2 || 12.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 32 || 32 || 34.0 || '''.469''' || .417 || .837 || 7.7 || 1.5 || '''1.5''' || 0.8 || 2.6 || 16.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 30 || 30 || '''36.7''' || .377 || .293 || .840 || '''7.8''' || 1.9 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 2.9 || 19.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 29 || 29 || 36.3 || .431 || .370 || .823 || 7.5 || 2.1 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 3.1 || 16.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 28 || 28 || 34.8 || .413 || .342 || .779 || 5.9 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 2.4 || 16.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 26 || 26 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|36.3° || .402 || .407 || .789 || 6.0 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 2.6 || '''20.0'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 15 || 15 || 29.3 || .413 || .300 || .762 || 3.8 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 2.1 || 10.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 21 || 21 || 33.1 || .457 || .417 || .804 || 5.6 || 2.2 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 2.4 || 18.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || style="background:#D3D3D3"|36.3° || .420 || .400 || .834 || 6.7 || '''2.8''' || 0.9 || 0.7 || 3.2 || 18.8
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 30 || 29 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|35.8° || .413 || .406 || .859 || 6.9 || 2.2 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 3.7 || 18.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 34.8 || .385 || .369 || .867 || 5.9 || 2.3 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 2.7 || 13.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 33 || 33 || 33.2 || .446 || .352 || .872 || 6.2 || 1.8 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 2.3 || 16.6
|-
| align="left" | [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || 33 || 25.0 || .386 || .339 || .833 || 4.6 || 1.1 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 2.0 || 9.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2012 WNBA season|2012]]
| align="left" | [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
| 29 || 5 || 19.0 || .442 || '''.427''' || .833 || 3.4 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.8 || '''1.2''' || 8.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| align="left" | [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
|'''34''' || '''34''' || 28.7 || .410 || .370 || '''.874''' || 5.8 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 1.4 || 14.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |17 years, 3 teams
| 496 || 470 || 32.4 || .418 || .371 || .832 || 6.2 || 1.6 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 2.4 || 15.1
{{S-end}}

===Postseason===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#1997 season|1997]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 2 || 2 || 37.0 || .429 || .400 || .600 || 9.0 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 3.0 || 13.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#1998 season|1998]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 5 || 5 || 37.2 || .408 || .350 || .917 || '''9.2''' || 1.2 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 1.6 || 11.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#1999 season|1999]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| '''6''' || '''6''' || 34.7 || .368 || .375 || .762 || 5.0 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 1.2 || 2.1 || 11.2
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2000 season|2000]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| '''6''' || '''6''' || 38.8 || .403 || .391 || .944 || 8.0 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 1.6 || 12.7
|-
| align="left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2001 season|2001]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 2 || 2 || 34.0 || '''.550''' || '''.600''' || .800 || 6.0 || '''3.5''' || 0.5 || 0.0 || 5.0 || 14.5
|-
| align="left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2002 season|2002]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 3 || 3 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''42.7'''° || .364 || .333 || .700 || 8.0 || 1.3 || '''2.0''' || 1.0 || '''0.6''' || 14.3
|-
| align="left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2003 season|2003]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 3 || 3 || 35.3 || .391 || .231 || .857 || 4.7 || 1.7 || 0.7 || '''2.0''' || 2.0 || 15.0
|-
| align="left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2005 season|2005]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 5 || 5 || 33.6 || .491 || .300 || .714 || 5.6 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 1.8 || 13.8
|-
| align="left" | [[2006 WNBA Playoffs|2006]]
| align="left" | [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 2 || 2 || 31.5 || .381 || .400 || '''1.000''' || 2.5 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 13.5
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA Playoffs|2009]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''6''' || '''6''' || 36.3 || .378 || .462 || .958 || 7.0 || 2.8 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 2.5 || 15.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA Playoffs|2010]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 2 || 2 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|39.0° || .333 || .286 || '''1.000''' || 6.0 || 3.0 || 1.5 || '''2.0''' || 1.5 || '''17.0'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2012 WNBA Playoffs|2012]]
| align="left" | [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
| 3 || 0 || 17.0 || .364 || .333 || .500 || 6.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 7.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA Playoffs|2013]]
| align="left" | [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
| 2 || 2 || 32.6 || .423 || .000 || .500 || 8.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 11.5
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |13 years, 3 teams
| 47 || 44 || 35.0 || .403 || .355 || .838 || 6.7 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 2.0 || 13.0
{{s-end}}

==International career==
Thompson was an alternate for the 2000 Olympic squad. Thompson was a member of the U.S. women's basketball team and she earned a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games: [[Beijing 2008]]. She was named to the 1998 and 2002 USA World Championship teams, but injuries kept her from both competitions. She earned her gold medal in 2004 in [[Greece]].<ref name="porter183"/>

Thompson has also participated in other professional leagues overseas. Following the 2001 WNBA season, Thompson played for Rovereto Basket in Rovereto, Italy, and in 2003 she played for the Kumho Falcons of the [[Women's Korean Basketball League|Women's Korea Basketball League (WKBL)]].

==Coaching career==
On March 18, 2015, the University of Texas at Austin athletic department announced Thompson's hire as an assistant coach for the Longhorn women's basketball team, beginning her collegiate coaching career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tina Thompson named Women's Basketball assistant coach|url=http://www.texassports.com/news/2015/5/18/WBB_0518154742.aspx|website=TexasSports.com|publisher=University of Texas Athletics|access-date=May 20, 2015|date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> Two years later, Thompson was promoted to Associate Head Coach with the Lady Longhorns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball's Thompson promoted to Associate Head Coach|url=http://texassports.com/news/2017/9/18/womens-basketballs-thompson-promoted-to-associate-head-coach.aspx|website=TexasSports.com|access-date=January 16, 2018|date=September 18, 2017}}</ref>

After three seasons with the Lady Longhorns, Thompson was named head coach of the [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball]] program on April 16, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041618aaa.html|title=Tina Thompson Named Virginia Women's Basketball Coach|access-date=April 16, 2018|language=en|archive-date=April 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417191816/http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041618aaa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was hired by the first [[African American]] female athletics director of any [[power conference]] university, [[University of Virginia#Athletics|Carla Williams]]. On March 3, 2022, the university announced that Thompson had been relieved of her duties after going 30-63 during her tenure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://virginiasports.com/news/2022/03/03/tina-thompson/|title = Virginia Announces Head Women's Basketball Coaching Change|date = March 3, 2022}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2018–19]]
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 | overall      = 12–19
 | conference   = 5–11
 | confstanding = 12th
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 | season       = [[2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2019–20]]
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 | overall      = 13–17
 | conference   = 8–10
 | confstanding = T-9th
 | postseason   = 
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 | season       = [[2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2020–21]]
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 | overall      = 0–5
 | conference   = 0–2
 | confstanding = N/A
 | postseason   = 
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 | season       = [[2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2021–22]]
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 | overall      = 5–22
 | conference   = 2–16
 | confstanding = T-14th
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==Overseas==
* 2001–2002: {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rovereto Basket]]
* 2003: {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Guri KDB Life Winnus|Incheon Kumho Life Falcons]]
* 2005–2006: {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Cheongju KB Stars|Cheonan Kookmin Bank Savers]] 
* 2006–2007: {{flagicon|Russia}} [[WBC Spartak Moscow Region|Spartak Moscow Region]]
* 2010: {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Municipal MCM Târgovişte]]
* 2012–2013: {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae]]
* 2013–2014: {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Guri KDB Life Winnus]]

==Awards and achievements==
* 4-time WNBA Championship
* 2-time Olympic gold medalist
* 2000 [[2000 WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star selection]] (MVP)
* 9-time [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star selection]]
* Named to the All-WNBA team 8 times
* Member of the [[WNBA All-Decade Team]]
* 3rd in WNBA all-time scoring

==See also==
* [[List of WNBA career rebounding leaders]]

== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist
|refs =
<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/sports/basketball/24parker.html?_r=1&ref=sports Candace Parker Is Putting Family First] NY Times, January 24, 2009</ref>

<ref name="porter183">Porter, p.&nbsp;183.</ref>

<ref name="1995 WUG">{{cite web |title=Seventeenth World University Games – 1993|url=http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/seventeenth-world-university-games-1995.aspx |publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 12, 2015| archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20150907024423/http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/seventeenth-world-university-games-1995.aspx |archive-date =September 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="1996 Jones Cup">{{cite web |date=June 10, 2010|title=1996 Women's R. William Jones Cup|url=http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1996-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx |publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907023857/http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1996-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx|archive-date=September 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="1998 WC">{{cite web|title=Thirteenth World Championship For Women – 1998|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905203810/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="2006 WC">{{cite web|title=Fifteenth World Championship For Women – 2006|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fifteenth-world-championship-for-women-2006.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905200902/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fifteenth-world-championship-for-women-2006.aspx|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>
}}

=== Sources ===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |title = Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary |editor-first = David L. |editor-last = Porter |publisher = Greenwood Press |year=2005 |isbn = 978-0-313-30952-6 }}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
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*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205140441/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_21634.htm  |title=Tina Thompson at the United States Olympic Team |date=February 5, 2006 }}
*{{Olympedia}}
*{{Olympics.com profile|tina-thompson}}

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