- 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 to a Gambian father and a German mother and grew up in Berlin, where she started playing basketball with DBC Berlin. From 2012 she played for TuS Lichterfelde in the second division, and in 2015 she joined Eisvögel USC Freiburg of the Bundesliga, staying until 2017. To protect her NCAA eligibility, she took no salary there and kept her amateur status.
In 2017 she moved to the University of Oregon. With the Ducks she reached the program's first NCAA Final Four in 2019, and in 2020 she won the Cheryl Miller Award as the country's best small forward. In February 2020, after her junior year, she declared for the WNBA draft and was taken second overall by the Dallas Wings, the highest draft position ever for a German player. During the WNBA offseason she played for Fenerbahçe in Istanbul, winning Turkish league titles and the EuroLeague in 2023. That same year she was named WNBA Most Improved Player, and in the autumn she played for the Shandong Six Stars in China. In 2025 she moved to the Phoenix Mercury and led them to the WNBA Finals. In April 2026 she signed with the New York Liberty as a free agent and is currently out with an injury.
For Germany she won the 2014 U16 Division B European Championship and was named the tournament MVP. She added another Division B title with the U20 team in 2017. With the senior national team she helped qualify for the 2024 Olympic tournament, Germany's first, and in Paris the team reached the quarterfinals while Sabally was named to the tournament's second team.
Facts from: Wikipedia (de), Wikipedia (en), Wikidata