Crystal Bradford

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Crystal Bradford
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Bradford in Brazil (2015)
Free agent
PositionGuard
Personal information
Born (1993-11-01) November 1, 1993 (age 32)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolInkster (Inkster, Michigan)
CollegeCentral Michigan (2011–2015)
WNBA draft2015: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Drafted byLos Angeles Sparks
Career history
2015Los Angeles Sparks
2016Vimpelin Veto
2017Flint Lady Monarchs
2017–2018Elitzur Holon
2018–2019Bnot Hertzeliya
2020–2011Beşiktaş JK
2021Ramat Hasharon
2021Atlanta Dream
2021–2022AZS Poznań
2022–2023Uni Girona CB
2023Los Angeles Sparks
2023Athletes Unlimited League
2025Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Team

Crystal Bradford (born November 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. A star college player at Central Michigan University, she made history being the first player in the CMU program to ever be drafted to the WNBA. She was drafted seventh overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2015 WNBA draft.

Early life

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Crystal Bradford attended Inkster High School.

College career

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Bradford finished her college career as CMU's all-time leader in points (2,006), rebounds (1,140), made field goals (805) and blocks (177). She was the first CMU player to be drafted in the WNBA draft.[1]

Professional career

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United States

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Bradford was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks with the 7th pick in the 2015 WNBA draft. She appeared in 15 games during the 2015 season, averaging 2.7 points per game.

During the summer of 2017, she played for the Flint Lady Monarchs of the Global Women's Basketball Association, helping the team win the GWBA title while being named the Finals MVP.[2]

In April 2021, Bradford signed with the Atlanta Dream.[3] On 24 August 2021, Bradford sustained a Jones fracture in her right foot and missed the remainder of the season.[4] For the season she averaged 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds. In October 2021, it was reported that the Dream would not resign Bradford after a footage of her involvement in a fight outside of a club in Atlanta in May 2021 circulated on social media.[5][6]

In February 2022, Bradford signed with the Chicago Sky.[7]

In May 2023, Bradford was waived by the Los Angeles Sparks after one preseason game. She scored 4 points against the Phoenix Mercury on May 12, 2023.[8]

On February 21, 2025, Bradford signed a training camp contract with Las Vegas Aces.[9] On June 11, she was waived by the Aces.[10]

Overseas

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In January 2016, Bradford signed with Vimpelin Veto of the Naisten Korisliiga. In 11 games she averaged 15.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.

She played for Israel club Elitzur Holon during the 2017–2018 season. In 26 games, she averaged 19.6 points 13.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals helping Elitzur to both league and Cup finals.[2]

In May 2018, Bradford signed with Bnot Hertzeliya.[2] In 23 games for the club, she averaged 22.1 points and 14.5 rebounds.[11]

During the 2020–21 season, she played first played for Beşiktaş JK where she averaged 20.2 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.0 steals in 19 games.[12] She later signed with Ramat Hasharon, where she averaged 19.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals in 11 games.[12]

In May 2021, Bradford signed to play for Basket Liga Kobiet club AZS Poznań for the 2021–22 season.[12]

Athletes Unlimited

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Bradford appeared in Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball in 2023, finishing 7th on the season. In 2024, she finished 3rd on the leaderboard.

Career statistics

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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

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Stats current through game on June 7, 2025

WNBA regular season statistics[13]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Los Angeles 15 1 9.5 .278 .231 .714 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.7
2016 Did not play (injury)
2017 Did not appear in league
2018
2019 Did not play (waived)
2020 Did not appear in league
2021 Atlanta 24 9 18.3 .429 .358 .462 3.8 1.5 1.2 0.4 2.3 8.8
2025 Las Vegas 4 0 6.0 .333 .000 — 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.0
Career 3 years, 3 teams 39 10 14.9 .396 .327 .500 2.8 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.7 6.5

College

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NCAA statistics[14]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2011–12 Central Michigan 32 19 26.2 .420 .254 .510 8.4 2.4 2.2 1.8 3.0 14.2
2012–13 33 24 28.2 .432 .309 .593 9.9 3.0 2.3 1.8 3.5 16.1
2013–14 29 20 31.9 .408 .323 .516 12.2 4.6 2.7 1.3 3.8 20.3
2014–15 22 19 33.0 .400 .252 .667 8.6 3.5 2.5 1.0 3.7 19.6
Career 116 82 29.5 .415 .292 .562 9.8 3.3 2.4 1.5 3.5 17.3

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