Park Ji-su

This article is about the basketball player. For the StarCraft player, see Jisu Park. For other people with the same Korean name, see Park Ji-soo (disambiguation).

Park Ji-su (Korean: 박지수; born 6 December 1998) is a South Korean professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League.

Park Ji-su
박지수

Ji-Su Park in 2019
No. 9 – Galatasaray
Position	Center
League	Turkish Super League EuroCup Women
Personal information
Born	(1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 Seongnam, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Bundang (Seongnam, Gyeonggi)
WNBA draft	2018: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2024	Cheongju KB Stars
2018–2021	Las Vegas Aces
2024–present	Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
WKBL Top 5 Regular League MVPs of All Time WKBL Top 5 Most Round MVPs of All Time 3× WKBL Top Scorer (2021,2022,2024) 2× WKBL All Star MVP (2020,2024) 4× WKBL Regular League MVP (2019,2021,2022,2024) 2× WKBL Championship MVP (2019,2022) WKBL All Star Best Performance Award (2019) 2× WKBL Champion (2019,2022) 6× WKBL Best 5 (2018-2022,2024) 5× WKBL Defensive Player of the Year (2018-2020,2022,2024) 6× WKBL Rebounding Leader (2018-2022,2024) 5× WKBL Blocks Leader (2018-2021,2024) 5× WKBL The Yoon Duk-joo Award (2018,2019,2021,2022,2024) WKBL Newcomer (2017)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing South Korea FIBA Asia Cup 2015 China Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team Representing Korea Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Team

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Career

National team

Youth level

Park made her international debut 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Netherlands, at age 13. Alongside this, Park participated at the 2014 U-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic, as well as the 2013 and 2015 U-19 World Championships in Lithuania and Russia respectively. Park had a prolific youth career at international tournaments, participating in seven FIBA events, across five years. This was highlighted by two bronze medals at FIBA Asia youth events.

Senior level

Park made her debut with the senior national team, at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey when she was 15 years old. Park averaged 11 points and 5 five rebounds per game in her senior debut.

WKBL

In 2016, Park began her professional career with the Cheongju KB Stars for the 2016–17 season. In 2017, Park received the WKBL Newcomer Award for the 2016–17 season.

WNBA

In 2018, Park Ji-su was drafted as the seventeenth overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx. After being released by the Lynx, Park was then picked up by the Las Vegas Aces, where she made the final roster and her WNBA debut aged 19.

In May 2020, Aces announced that Park would sit out the 2020 season to train in South Korea.

Overseas

On July 20, 2024, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2018	Las Vegas	32	11	13.0	.388	.000	.619	3.3	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.7	2.8
2019	Las Vegas	25	0	6.5	.216	.000	.444	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8
2021	Las Vegas	25	0	8.9	.327	.000	.833	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.8	2.0
Career	82	11	9.8	.337	.000	.667	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2019	Las Vegas	3	0	4.7	.200	–	–	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
2021	Las Vegas	4	0	4.0	.000	–	.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Career	7	0	4.3	.125	–	.000	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3

External links

• Park Ji-su at FIBA (archived)