PROFESSIONAL CAREER

CAREER

Has totaled 14,529 points through his first nine NBA seasons ... Booker became the fifth player in NBA history to reach 14,000 career points and 1,000 career three-pointers before turning 28 years old on Feb. 25, 2024
Holds career average of 24.3 points on 46.4 FG%, 35.7 3FG% and 87.0 FT% plus 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds in 598 career games … Joins Kevin Durant as the only players in NBA history to average 24+ points on 45+ FG%, while also shooting 35+ 3FG% and 85+ FT% through first nine seasons of career
Ranks 2nd in Suns history (min. 100 games) with a career scoring average of 24.3 points per game, trailing only Charlie Scott (24.8) and ranks 2nd in total points with 14,529
Ranks 6th in Suns history in career assists with 2,993
Has 559 career games with 10+ points (93.5% of his games played), 368 with 20+ (61.5% of games played)
Has recorded at least 20 games of 30+ points in seven-straight seasons; no other player in Suns history has more than 2 seasons with at least 20 30-point games
Has 43 career games with 10+ assists, 11 with 10+ rebounds and 54 double-doubles
In 2021-22, averaged a career-high 26.8 points, 2nd-most in Suns history (Chambers, 27.2 in 1989-90) ... Averaged 27.8 points during the 2022-23 season, the most in franchise history, however having only played in 53 games, his franchise scoring record is not official
In their first three games together, Booker teammed with Kevin Durant to score 188 points during the 2022-23 season, the most points by a pair of NBA teammates in their first three games with one another since 1963-64 and the fourth-most all-time, trailing only three other instances that all included Wilt Chamberlin
FRANCHISE RECORDS: Suns all-time leader in career 30-point games, ending 2023-24 regular season with 186…First in Suns history with 32 career 40-point games…Leads Suns with eight career 50-point games (prev. high is two by Chambers), and is the only Suns player to score 50+ in consecutive games
Became the Suns' all-time leader in three-point field goals on Feb. 24, 2023, surpassing Steve Nash (1,151), and stands at 1,241
Scored Suns record 70 points at Boston on March 24, 2017, including franchise record 51 in the second half
Broke his own franchise record for points in a quarter with 29 in the first quarter on Jan. 26, 2024 at Indiana....aslo scored 28 in the fourth at Boston on March 24, 2017, matching his 28 vs. Dallas in Mexico City on Jan. 12, 2017 and also scored 27 in the second quarter vs. Milwaukee on Feb. 4, 2017 and 26 in the third quarter vs. Chicago on Nov. 30, 2022, giving him each of the top five spots for points in a quarter in Suns history
Set Suns record for the most consectuive games with 35+ points with four, spanning March 1-8, 2023...Kevin Durant tied Booker's franchise record of four during the 2023-24 season
Set Suns record for most field goals attempted in a game (40), half (26, second) and quarter (16, fourth) at Boston on March 24, 2017
Set Suns record for most free throws made in a game (24) and half (20, second) at Boston on March 24, 2017, with his 20 free throw makes tying Michael Jordan’s NBA record
Set Suns record for most free throws attempted in a game (26) and a half (21, second) at Boston on March 24, 2017
Set the Suns single-season record for most consecutive free throws made with 60 straight from Jan. 7-Feb. 14, 2018...later broken by Kevin Durant during the 2023-24 season
Scored a franchise record 25-straight points on Dec. 17, 2022 vs. New Orleans to help complete the team's 24-point comeback win, joining Carmelo Anthony (26-straight points on Dec. 10, 2008) and Zach LaVine (25-straight points on April 9, 2021) as the only players in the NBA over the last 25 seasons to score at least 25 consectuive points for their team...also scored 21 consecutive Suns points on three different occasions (vs. Dallas in Mexico City on Jan. 12, 2017, vs. Oklahoma City on April 7, 2017 and at Portland on Jan. 16, 2018) to hold the top-four longest streaks in franchise history (Steve Nash is fifth with 18 consecutive Suns points)
Has tallied a franchise-best three games of 45+ points and 10+ assists, most recently on Nov. 18, 2022 at Utah, having also done so on March 24, 2022 and March 20, 2019...prior to his first career 45+points/10+ assists game, the last Suns player to do so was Alvan Adams on Feb. 22, 1977
ARENA SCORING RECORDS: Holds the single-game scoring highs at four different venues with 62 points at Indiana's Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Jan. 26, 2024, 58 points at Footprint Center on Dec. 17, 2022, 59 points at Utah’s Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 25, 2019 and 70 points at Boston’s TD Garden on March 24, 2017; previously held high with 39 points at Mexico City Arena on both Jan. 12 and Jan. 14, 2017
CAREER BUZZER-BEATERS: Has five career buzzer-beater field goals to either win a game or force overtime at the end of the fourth quarter, not counting three more game-winners that have left less than two seconds remaining...On Nov. 28, 2023 made a 26-foot 3-point pull-up shot to give the Suns a 116-113 win at New York with 1.7 seconds remaining...Feb. 1, 2021 made a 25-foot catch-and-shoot three-pointer to give the Suns a 109-108 win at Dallas with 1.5 seconds remaining...On Aug. 4, 2020, made an 18-foot turnaround fadeaway over Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, giving the Suns a 117-115 win over the Clippers as the team improved to 3-0 on their way to an 8-0 finish in the Bubble...On Nov. 4, 2018, made a 17-foot jumper with :01.7 left to give the Suns a 102-100 win vs. Memphis...Made a 29-foot turnaround at the buzzer to force OT vs. Milwaukee on Nov. 22, 2017...Led the NBA in 2016-17, making two of the Suns’ league-high four game-winning buzzer-beaters: banked in jumper to give Suns 105-103 win at Sacramento on Feb. 3, 2017; hit fadeaway to give Suns 100-98 win at Dallas on March 11, 2017...Also made a baseline jumper at the buzzer to force overtime at New Orleans on Nov. 4, 2016

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist with USA Basketball in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024
Winner of the 2020-21 Season long NBA Cares Community Assist Award for his exceptional outreach in the Valley
Named to the All-NBA First Team during the 2021-22 season, the first Suns player selected to the First Team since Steve Nash and Amar’e Stoudemire in 2006-07
Four-time NBA All-Star (2024, 2022, 2021-DNP, 2020)
Three-time Western Conference Player of the Month (Jan. 2024, Nov. 2023 and Feb. 2021)...his three POTM honors are the most in franchise history
Nine-time Western Conference Player of the Week (three in 2020-21, three in 2021-22, two in 2022-23 and one in 2023-24)...his nine POTW honors are the most in franchise history
Finished fourth in MVP voting for the 2021-22 season, the best finish by a Suns player since Steve Nash finished as runner-up in the 2006-07 season
Named as the NBA 2K23 Cover Athlete
Named to the NBA All-Seeding Games First Team and was runner-up for NBA Player of the Seeding Games (‘Bubble MVP’) behind Damian Lillard
2020 NBA All-Star, the Suns’ first since Steve Nash in 2012; scored six points in his All-Star debut
Winner of November 2019 NBA Cares Community Assist Award
Finalist for 2018-19 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
2018 JBL Three-Point Contest Champion at NBA All-Star in Los Angeles, scoring event-record 28 points in finals
Member of USA Basketball’s 2018-21 Men’s National Team
2015-16 NBA All-Rookie First Team
Finalist for Performance of the Year in the Fan Vote for NBA Awards 2017 for his 70-point game
Played in Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star 2017 in New Orleans and NBA All-Star 2016 in Toronto
Competed in 3-Point Contest in 2019 in Charlotte and 2020 in Chicago, and also has participated in Skills Challenge at NBA All-Star 2017 in New Orleans and was a finalist in Three-Point Contest at NBA All-Star 2016 in Toronto
Participated with the 2016 USA Select Team, training against the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team

2023-24 (Phoenix)

Averaged 27.1 points on 49.2% shooting (36.4 3FG%), a career-high 6.9 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 68 games on the season (all starts)…his 27.1 points are the third-most in a single season in franchise history among qualified players
Averaged 25+ points for the sixth-straight season after averaging 24.9 during the 2017-18 season...became the first Suns player in franchise history to record three seasons averaging of at least 25 points during the 2020-21 season
Ranked 10th in the NBA in free throw percentage (88.6%), 8th in minutes per game (36.0), 11th in assists per game (6.9) and 6th in points per game (27.1)...joined Luka and Nikola Jokic as the only three players in the NBA to rank in the top-11 in both points and assists per game
Ranked 2nd in the NBA in pull-up shooting points per game at 11.4
Posted a True Shooting Percentage of 61.1%, his fifth-straight season averaging 25+ points on at least 57+ TS%, joining Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James as the only NBA players to do so in each of the past six seasons
Having averaged 27.1 points on a 61.1 TS% this season, marks the third time he's done so in his career (27.8 points on a 60.1 TS% in 2022-23 and 26.6 points on 61.8 TS% in 2019-20), breaking a tie with Amar'e Stoudemire for the most seasons averaging 25+ points on 60+ TS% in franchise history
Teamed with Kevin Durant to become the third set of teammates in NBA history to each average over 27 points per game, joining Elgin Baylor & Jerry West (1964-65) and Shaquille O’Neal & Kobe Bryant (2000-01 & 2002-03)
Scored 40+ points in a 7 games this season, matching the franchise record for 40+ games in a single season (Tom Chambers and Booker last season), while adding 25 games with 30+ points and 57 games with 20+ points...has at least 20 games of 30+ points in seven-straight seasons; no other player in Suns history has more than 2 seasons with at least 20 30-point games
Recorded 13 double-doubles on the season, and now has 54 in the regular season for his career
Was named Western Conference Player of the Week for Jan. 20-28 and again for Nov. 20-26…named Western Conference Player of the Month for January 2024
Scored 29 points in the first quarter on Jan. 26, 2024 at Indiana, setting the Suns franchise scoring record for points in a quarter
Scoring 24 points in the first quarter on April 1, 2024, recorded his 27th-career 20+ point quarter, the most 20+ point quarters in the NBA since the start of the 2016-17 season
Having scored 204 points in four consectuive road games spanning Jan. 19-28, 2024, Booker joined Wilt Chamberlin as the only players in NBA history to score a combined 200+ points over four consecutive road games
Scoring 52 points on April 1, 2024 at New Orleans, recorded a third-straight 50+ point game over the Pelicans joining Wilt Chamberlin as the only players in NBA history to score 50+ points in three-straight games vs. a single opponent
Scoring 29 points in the first quarter on on Jan. 26, 2024 at Indiana, joined Kobe Bryant as the only players since 1996-97 with at least three career 28+ points quarters (three for each)
Scoring 62 points in a road game on Jan. 26, 2024 at Indiana, joined Elgin Baylor, Kobe Bryant and Wilt Chamberlin as the only players in NBA history with multiple 60+ point games on the road (Booker scored 70 points at Boston on March 24, 2017)
Having recorded 30+ points on 50+ FG% and 5+ assists in each of his first three games of the 2023-24 season, joined Luka Dončić (3 this season), Jerry West (four in 1969-70) and Oscar Robertson (eight in 1965-66) as the only players in NBA history to do so in at least the player's first three games of a season
Dished a career-high 15 assists on Nov. 17 at Utah ... Having scored 24 points in the game, became the first Suns player since the 2015-16 season (Brandon Knight) to record 24+ points and 15+ assists in a game
Scoring 32 points in the season opener on 10/24/23 at Golden State, joined Charles Barkley as the only two players in franchise history with multiple 30+ point games in Suns opening night games
With his third assist in the season opener at Golden State on 10/24/23, surpassed Jeff Hornacek for 6th on the Suns all-time assists list
PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all four playoff games, averaging 27.5 points on 49.2% shooting, 6.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 steal
Scored a 2024 potseason-high 49 points on 13-of-21 shooting (3-of-5 3FG) in Game 4 on April 28 vs. Minnesota, while adding 6 assists and 5 rebounds

INTERNATIONAL

Won his second Olympic gold medal with the U.S. Olympic Team at the Paris 2024 Olympic games, averaging 11.7 points on 56.8% shooting (56.5 3FG%), 3.3 assists and 2.7 rebounds over six games
Won a gold medal for the U.S. Olympic Team in Tokyo 2020, averaging 9.3 points on 42.2 FG% in six games...Joined team in Tokyo after NBA Finals ended, arriving shortly before the first game of the preliminary round...The U.S. went 5-0 over their final five games after he entered the starting lineup...Scored 20 points on 7-10 FG and 3-5 3P in semifinals win over Australia
Participated with the 2016 USA Select Team, training against the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team

BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL

Played one season at the University of Kentucky in 2014-15
Earned SEC Sixth Man of the Year, Second Team All-SEC and All-SEC Freshman Team honors at Kentucky after averaging 10.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 21.5 minutes in 38 games
Displayed his marksmanship by shooting 47.0 FG%, 41.1 3FG% and 82.8 FT%...His 41.1 3FG% ranked second-best for a freshman in Kentucky
history (min. 100 attempts) and eighth-best overall
Won SEC Freshman of the Week honors a league-high five times including four straight from Jan. 12-Feb. 2
Scored in double figures 20 times, second-most on a loaded Kentucky team that had six players drafted in 2015 and started 38-0 to become the first undefeated team to reach the Final Four since UNLV in 1991
Kentucky’s 38 wins tied for the most in NCAA history as the Wildcats also won SEC regular season and tournament titles
Averaged 7.2 points (45.7 FG%) in five NCAA tournament games
Twice recorded his career-high of 19 points, making 5-6 3FG in each performance, vs. UCLA at the United Center on Dec. 20 and UT-Arlington on Nov. 25
Among his teammates during his one season at Kentucky: Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles, Tyler Ulis and Andrew and Aaron Harrison
After playing his high school freshman season at Grandville H.S. in Michigan, moved to Mississippi where he played his final three high school
seasons at Moss Point (Miss.) H.S. where his father (a Moss Point H.S. alum) became an assistant coach following his international
playing career
Finished his three-year career as Moss Point’s all-time leading scorer with 2,518 points
Averaged 30.9 points for Moss Point as a senior, earning invitations to the McDonald’s All-American and Jordan Brand Classic all-star games

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Devin Armani Booker
Born in Grand Rapids, Mich. which, along with Moss Point, Miss., he lists as his hometowns
Son of Veronica Gutierrez and Melvin Booker
Has a brother, Davon Wade, and a sister, Mya Powell
His mother is Mexican-American
Father, Melvin, played in 32 NBA games with Houston, Denver and Golden State over the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons…Melvin had a distinguished playing career at the University of Missouri, earning Big Eight Player of the Year and Consensus Second Team All-America honors in 1994... Melvin also played professionally in the CBA and in Italy, Turkey and Russia
Growing up, Devin would spend summers with his father in Italy
While visiting his dad in Italy when he was 12, played one-on-one with Melvin’s teammate for Armani Jeans Olimpia Milano, future NBA player Danilo Gallinari
Made the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in his one year at Kentucky
Passionate about spending time with children and families in need
An avid gamer, won the first-ever NBA 2K Players Tournament in April 2020, defeating then teammate Deandre Ayton in the final
DEVIN BOOKER STARTING FIVE: During Phoenix Suns Charities’ annual Jump Ball Gala in 2019, announced that he would be donating $2.5 million over the next five years to create the “Devin Booker Starting Five” initiative in a generous act of his commitment to impacting the lives of Arizona families
Over the duration of his contract, will donate $500,000 per year to Phoenix Suns Charities to create the initiative in which five deserving local nonprofit organizations will be granted $100,000 each to continue to improve the lives of youth and families in need throughout Arizona
In April 2020 was announced as a Special Olympic Global Ambassador, an organization he has long supported
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