Kiki Iriafen

Okikiola "Kiki" Iriafen is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the USC Trojans of the Big Ten Conference. She previously played for the Stanford Cardinal. Iriafen was selected fourth overall by the Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft.

Kiki Iriafen

Iriafen playing for the Washington Mystics in 2025
No. 44 – Washington Mystics
Position	Power forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(2003-08-26) August 26, 2003 (age 21) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	Harvard-Westlake School (Los Angeles, California)
College	Stanford (2021–2024) USC (2024–2025)
WNBA draft	2025: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Drafted by	Washington Mystics
Playing career	2025–present
Career history
2025–present	Washington Mystics
Career highlights
WNBA All-Star (2025) Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year (2025) WBCA Coaches' All-American (2025) Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2025) First-team All-Big Ten (2025) Katrina McClain Award (2024) Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year (2024) All-Pac-12 Team (2024) Pac-12 All-Freshman Team – Media (2022) McDonald's All-American (2021)
Stats at Basketball Reference

High school career

Iriafen played basketball for Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. She was a two-time Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year and was named a McDonald's All-American as a senior.^[1] In her junior season, Iriafen led her team to the CIF Southern Section Division 1 title and earned Division 1 Player of the Year honors.^[2] She left as her school's all-time leader in points and rebounds.^[3] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, Iriafen committed to playing college basketball for Stanford over offers from Baylor, UCLA, UConn and Notre Dame.^[4]

College career

As a freshman at Stanford, Iriafen came off the bench, averaging 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game en route to Pac-12 All-Freshman honors from league media.^[5] In her sophomore season, she averaged 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Iriafen became one of Stanford's top players as a junior.^[6]

After a breakout junior season in which she averaged 19.4 points and 11.0 rebounds and was named the most improved player in the Pac-12, Iriafen entered the NCAA transfer portal and eventually transferred to USC, returning to her hometown of Los Angeles for her final college season.^[7]

Professional career

Washington Mystics (2025–present)

On April 14, 2025, Iriafen was selected fourth overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft.^[8] She was named Rookie of the Month for May after averaging 13.9 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game while shooting 47.4% from the field.^[9][10]

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

Stats current as of game on July 19, 2025

WNBA regular season statistics^[11]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2025	Washington	22	22	26.7	.460	.000	.771	8.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.9	11.9
Career	1 year, 1 team	22	22	26.7	.460	.000	.771	8.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.9	11.9
	All-Star	1	0	22.9	.467	.286	1.000	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	17.0

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2021–22	Stanford	33	0	6.5	57.1	0.0	56.8	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.4	4.2
2022–23	Stanford	35	27	12.1	53.1	0.0	64.9	3.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	6.7
2023–24	Stanford	36	36	27.8	54.6	33.3	77.3	11.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	2.3	19.4
2024–25	USC	35	35	30.3	49.0	28.6	81.1	8.4	1.8	0.9	0.6	2.4	18.0
Career	139	98	19.4	52.5	28.6	74.7	6.4	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.6	12.2

Off the court

In popular culture

In March 2025, ESPN+ announced a second season of their docuseries, Full Court Press would premiere in May 2025.^[12] The series (from Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions and Words & Pictures) followed Iriafen, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, and Louisiana State's Flau'jae Johnson throughout their 2024–25 NCAA basketball season and postseason.^[12][13]