- Team
- Toronto Tempo
- Position
- Forward
- Number
- #8
- Height
- 6′5″ (1.96 m)
- Age
- 26 years
- Born
- Feb 26, 2000
About Nyara Sabally
Satou's younger sister also played college basketball at Oregon and was drafted fifth overall by the New York Liberty in 2022, winning the title with them in 2024. The new Toronto Tempo took her in the 2026 expansion draft, and she had the best season of her career there.
Season stats
2026 season · 24 games
Nyara Sabally has finished the 2026 season with the Toronto Tempo and is currently injured. Over 24 games, she averaged 12.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 23.9 minutes per game. That is a clear step up from 2025, when she put up 5.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists. Her three-point shooting stood out at 39.2 percent, compared with 14.3 percent a year earlier. The best of her last five games came at Golden State, with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and she grabbed 12 rebounds in Atlanta. She averaged 15.0 points and 7.6 rebounds over those five games, above her season marks, but Toronto lost all five.
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 23.9 | 12.3 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 52.7% | 39.2% | 72.0% |
| 2025 | 17 | 17.9 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 48.7% | 14.3% | 68.0% |
| 2024 | 26 | 13.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 57.5% | 0.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023 | 33 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 42.4% | 22.2% | 75.0% |
Last games
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/12 | @ DAL | L88-94 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3-7 |
| 08/10 | @ ATL | L95-107 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5-12 |
| 08/06 | @ POR | L83-97 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 5-13 |
| 08/04 | @ GS | L81-92 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 8-12 |
| 08/02 | @ GS | L79-96 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 6-12 |
Highlights
- Toronto Tempo vs. Connecticut Sun | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | September 24, 2026Game recapWNBA · 10:53
- Nyara Sabally - 12 Points, 4 Steals, 12 Rebounds vs Dream - 2026 WNBAPlayer highlightsCourtVision · 2:39
Nyara Sabally's career
Nyara Sabally grew up in Berlin and played for TuS Lichterfelde before moving to the United States. Her older sister Satou is also a WNBA professional. Nyara signed with Oregon in November 2017 and played for the Ducks from 2018 to 2022, though two torn ACLs cost her two seasons. In the two seasons she did play, she led Oregon in scoring and rebounding and earned All-Pac-12 honors in 2021 and 2022.
The New York Liberty drafted the forward fifth overall in the 2022 WNBA draft. A further knee problem kept her out of that first season, and she signed her rookie contract in February 2023. In July 2022 she had also become an assistant coach at Sacramento State. A back injury sidelined her for the first half of the 2024 season. In Game 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals against the Minnesota Lynx she came off the bench for 13 points and seven rebounds as the Liberty won their first title. Breanna Stewart called her the team's "X Factor". Sabally also played abroad, with USK Prague in 2023-24 and then Fenerbahçe from January 2025, winning the Turkish league title. The Liberty picked up her rookie option in May 2025, and in April 2026 the Toronto Tempo took her fourth overall in the expansion draft.
For Germany, Sabally won the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship and was named tournament MVP. She helped the senior team reach the quarterfinals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, where Germany lost 84-71 to the hosts. At the 2026 World Cup in Berlin, Germany finished fourth, and Sabally was named to the tournament's All-Second Team.
Facts from: Wikipedia (de), Wikipedia (en), Wikidata