- Team
- New York Liberty
- Position
- Forward
- Number
- #0
- Height
- 6′4″ (1.93 m)
- Age
- 28 years
- Born
- Apr 25, 1998, New York City
About Satou Sabally
Satou Sabally grew up in Berlin, played college basketball at Oregon and was drafted second overall by the Dallas Wings in 2020. The forward was named the WNBA's Most Improved Player in 2023 and led the Phoenix Mercury to the Finals in 2025. She has played for the New York Liberty since 2026.
Season stats
2026 season · 13 games
Satou Sabally of the New York Liberty has seen her 2026 season end, and she is currently injured. In 13 games she averaged 10.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in 16.8 minutes, lower than in 2025, when she put up 16.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 26.6 minutes. Her best recent game was 17 points at Chicago on 8-of-11 shooting; at Los Angeles she had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. In her last five games she averaged 10.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists, slightly fewer points and rebounds than her season average but more assists.
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 16.8 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 45.9% | 38.5% | 86.2% |
| 2025 | 39 | 26.6 | 16.3 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 40.4% | 32.1% | 82.7% |
| 2024 | 15 | 34.1 | 17.9 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 42.6% | 45.2% | 77.9% |
| 2023 | 38 | 33.1 | 18.6 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 43.5% | 36.1% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 11 | 21.7 | 11.3 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 39.8% | 23.3% | 91.4% |
| 2021 | 17 | 24.9 | 11.9 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 41.8% | 32.7% | 77.0% |
| 2020 | 16 | 28.2 | 13.9 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 36.8% | 19.7% | 87.2% |
Last games
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/23 | @ LV | W87-76 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0-3 |
| 06/21 | @ LA | L97-98 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5-12 |
| 06/19 | vs WSH | L83-86 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 |
| 06/17 | @ CHI | W96-95 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8-11 |
| 06/14 | vs WSH | W86-64 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2-5 |
Highlights
- Atlanta Dream vs. New York Liberty | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | October 9, 2026Game recapWNBA · 11:20
- Atlanta Dream's OVERTIME THRILLER Against New York Liberty - Semifinals Game 2 - Game HighlightsGame recapAtlantaDream · 15:09
- New York Liberty vs. Atlanta Dream | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | October 4, 2026Game recapWNBA · 13:05
Satou Sabally's career
Satou Sabally was born in New York City in 1998 and began playing basketball in Berlin with Deutscher Basketball Club (DBC). She later joined TuS Lichterfelde, where she was already part of the first team in the 2. Bundesliga at the age of 14. For the 2015/16 season she signed with the top-division club Eisvögel USC Freiburg.
In 2017 Sabally moved to the United States to play college basketball at the University of Oregon, where she spent three seasons with the Ducks. In 2020 she received the Cheryl Miller Award as the best small forward in the country. At the 2020 WNBA draft, the Dallas Wings selected her second overall, the highest pick ever for a German player in either the WNBA or NBA draft. During the WNBA off-seasons she played for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, and in 2023 she had a short spell with the Shandong Six Stars in China. In 2023 she became the first German player to win the WNBA Most Improved Player Award. In early 2025 she was traded from Dallas to the Phoenix Mercury, and in spring 2026 she joined the New York Liberty. Sabally is currently injured and sidelined after a second concussion within twelve months.
Sabally was a key player for Germany's youth teams, and she was named MVP of the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division B. She has been part of the senior national team since then. Germany qualified for the 2024 Olympic tournament in Paris, the first time the women's team had reached the Games, and advanced to the quarterfinals. Sabally was named to the All-Second Team of the tournament.
Facts from: Wikipedia (de), Wikipedia (en), Wikidata