Iliana Rupert

Iliana Rupert
Rupert with Çukurova Basketbol in 2025
No. 12 – Golden State Valkyries
PositionCenter
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (2001-07-12) 12 July 2001
Sèvres, France
Listed height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
WNBA draft2021: 1st round, 12th overall pick
Drafted byLas Vegas Aces
Career history
2018–2022Tango Bourges Basket
2021–2022Las Vegas Aces
2022–2024Virtus Bologna
2023Atlanta Dream
2024–2025Çukurova Basketbol
2025–presentGolden State Valkyries
2025–presentFenerbahçe
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference 
Medals
women's basketball
Representing France France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2019 Serbia/Latvia
Silver medal – second place 2021 Spain/France
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Israel/Slovenia

Iliana Rupert (born 12 July 2001) is a French professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women’s National Basketball Association and Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League.

Professional career

Europe

Rupert signed with Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League for the 2025–26 season.[1]

WNBA

On 6 December 2024, Rupert was selected as the Golden State Valkyries' pick from the Atlanta Dream's 2024 roster in the WNBA expansion draft.[2] Rupert signed her contract with the Valkyries on 16 July 2025.[3]

International career

She represented France at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019.[4][5]

Personal life

Rupert is the daughter of Thierry Rupert, former power forward of the French national team. She is of Martiniquais[6] and Moroccan[7] descent. Her brother is Rayan Rupert, of the Portland Trail Blazers.[8]

WNBA 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
† Denotes seasons in which Rupert won a WNBA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022† Las Vegas 17 0 13.1 .463 .368 .333 2.3 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.5 3.8
2023 Atlanta 20 0 7.9 .353 .273 .625 2.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.8
Career 1 year, 1 team 37 0 10.3 .420 .333 .545 2.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.5 2.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022† Las Vegas 7 0 7.0 .313 .357 .000 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.1
2023 Atlanta 1 0 14.0 1.00 .000 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 8 0 7.9 .353 .357 .000 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.1

References

  1. ^ "Fenerbahce signs Iliana Rupert". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  2. ^ Henderson, Cydney; Horrow, Ellen J. (6 December 2024). "WNBA expansion draft live updates: Golden State Valkyries pick their players for 2025". USA Today. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ^ Canilao, Nathan (17 July 2025). "Valkyries activate French center Iliana Rupert". East Bay Times. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Les 12 joueuses retenues pour l'Euro 2019". ffbb.com. 16 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ "FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 profile". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Iliana Rupert : "À chaque fois que je rentre en Martinique, j'ai l'impression d'être une super star !"". 9 February 2021.
  7. ^ "@ProsMarocains". 23 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Rayan Rupert on growing up with Zaccharie Risacher, French gems in the NBA". Eurohoops. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.


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