Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Whalen
	Whalen in 2018
Minnesota Lynx
Position	Assistant coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	May 9, 1982; Hutchinson, Minnesota, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	173 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High school	Hutchinson; (Hutchinson, Minnesota)
College	Minnesota (2000–2004)
WNBA draft	2004: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Drafted by	Connecticut Sun
Playing career	2004–2018
Position	Point guard
Number	13
Coaching career	2018–present
Career history
As a player:
2004–2009	Connecticut Sun
2006–2007	UMMC Ekaterinburg
2007–2012	ZVVZ USK Prague
2010–2018	Minnesota Lynx
2012–2013	Galatasaray
2013–2014	Dynamo Moscow
2014–2016	AGÜ Spor
2016	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
As a coach:
2018–2023	Minnesota
2025–present	Minnesota Lynx (assistant)
Career highlights
	4× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017); 5× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2011, 2013–2015); 3× All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2011, 2013); 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2012, 2014); 3× WNBA Peak Performer (2008, 2011, 2012); 3× WNBA assists leader (2008, 2011, 2012); WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016); WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021); WNBA playoffs all-time assists leader; No. 13 Retired by retired by Minnesota Lynx; Turkish Cup winner (2013); EuroCup winner (2014); 2x All-American – Kodak, USBWA (2003, 2004); 2x Second-team All-American – AP (2003, 2004); Third-team All-American – AP (2002); Big Ten Player of the Year (2002); 2x First-team All-Big Ten (2002–2004); Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2001);
	Stats at WNBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame
	Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
World Championship

Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Whalen played college basketball at the University of Minnesota, and led the team to its only NCAA tournament Final Four appearance in 2004. Selected fourth overall in the 2004 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun, Whalen played for 15 seasons in the WNBA with the Sun and the Lynx, and is considered one of the best point guards in WNBA history.

Whalen won two World titles and two Olympic gold medals with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx. She retired from playing professional basketball at the end of the 2018 season as the WNBA's career leader in games won (323). Whalen was voted into the WNBA Top 20@20 as one of the league's top 20 players of all time in 2016, and was voted into The W25 as one of the league's top 25 players of all time in 2021. Whalen was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023.

In 2018, during her final season with the Lynx in the WNBA, Whalen became the head coach at the University of Minnesota, a role she held for five seasons. In November 2024, she returned to the Lynx as an assistant coach.