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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1995)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
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| league = [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]
| team = Seattle Storm
| number =
| position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lbs = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|27}}
| birth_place = [[Springfield, Oregon]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Springfield High School (Oregon)|Springfield]] (Springfield, Oregon)
| college = [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (2013–2018)
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| years3 = 2019–2020
| team3 = [[Southside Flyers]]
| years4 =
| team4 = [[Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball)|Galatasaray]]
| years5 = 2023–2024
| team5 = Southside Flyers
| highlights =
* 2× [[WNBA Finals|WNBA
* [[WNBA Commissioner's Cup]] champion ([[2021 WNBA Commissioner's Cup|2021]])
* [[List of WNBL champions|WNBL champion]] ([[2023–24 WNBL season|2024]])
* [[WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award|WNBL Grand Final MVP]] ([[2023–24 WNBL season|2024]])
* First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (2018)
* [[Gatorade Player of the Year awards|Gatorade National Player of the Year]] (2013)
* [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All-American]] ([[2013 McDonald's All-American Girls Game|2013]])
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[basketball]] }}
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{{MedalGold | [[USA Women's U16 and U17 teams|2012 U17 Amsterdam]] | Team competition }}
}}
'''Mercedes Brianna Russell''' (born July 27, 1995) is an American professional [[basketball]] player for the [[Seattle Storm]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA). She was drafted 22nd overall by the [[New York Liberty]] in the [[2018 WNBA draft]]. Russell played [[center (basketball)|center]] for the [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball]] team in college.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marie Gulich leads 4 players with Oregon ties selected in 2018 WNBA draft|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/index.ssf/2018/04/marie_gulich_mercedes_russell_and_jaime_nared_sele.html|work=The Oregonian|
[[File:20130403 Mercedes Russell MCDAAG Girls MVP.JPG|thumb|right|Russell was MVP of the 2013 McDonalds All-American game]]
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==Career==
===WNBA===
At the [[2018 WNBA
|publisher=storm.wnba.com}}</ref> In joining the Storm's line-up featuring players such as [[Sue Bird]], [[Breanna Stewart]] and [[Natasha Howard (basketball)|Natasha Howard]], Russell would take home a WNBA Championship in her first professional season.
===WNBL===
In 2019, Russell was signed by the newly rebranded [[Southside Flyers]] in Australia's [[Women's National Basketball League]] (WNBL).<ref>
With the Flyers in the [[2023–24 WNBL season]], Russell helped the team win the [[List of WNBL champions|championship]] while earning [[WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award|grand final MVP]] honours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wnbl.basketball/blog/news/wnbl24-southside-flyers-cygnett-wnbl-champions/|title=WNBL24 SOUTHSIDE FLYERS CYGNETT WNBL CHAMPIONS|work=wnbl.basketball|date=March 17, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
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===WNBA===
====Regular season====
''Stats current through end of 2024 season''
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=Mercedes Russell WNBA Regular Season Statistics<ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes Russell WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/r/russeme01w.html |website=Basketball Reference}}</ref>}}
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| align="left" rowspan=2 | [[2018 WNBA season|2018]]
| align="left" | [[2018 New York Liberty season|New York]]
| 2 || 0 || 16.
|-
| align="left" | [[2018 WNBA season|2018]]▼
| align="left" | [[2018 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| 22 || 0 || 4.
|-
| align="left" | [[2019 WNBA season|2019]]
| align="left" | [[2019 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
|
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2020 WNBA season|2020]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | Career▼
|
|
|-
| align="left" | [[2021 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| 30 || 28 || 24.7 || '''.617''' || – || '''.766''' || '''6.1''' || '''1.6''' || 0.9 || 0.4 || 1.3 || 7.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2022 WNBA season|2022]]
| align="left" | [[2022 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| 5 || 0 || 10.8 || .500 || – || .667 || 1.8 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.4 || 2.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2023 WNBA season|2023]]
| align="left" | [[2023 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| '''37''' || 13 || 19.1 || .516 || .000 || .605 || 4.0 || 1.3 || 0.4 || '''0.5''' || 1.5 || 5.0
|-
| align="left" | {{wnbay|2024}}
| align="left" | [[2024 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
|'''37'''||6||15.7||.517||—||.636||3.0||0.8||0.6||0.2||0.7||3.9
|- class="sortbottom"
▲| align="left" | '''Career'''
| 189 || 79 || 17.9 || .524 || .000 || .649 || 4.0 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 1.0 || 4.9
|}
====
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption= Mercedes Russell WNBA Playoff Statistics}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2018 WNBA Finals|2018]]
| align="left" | [[2018 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| 1 || 0 ||
|-
| align="left" | [[2019 WNBA Playoffs|2019]]
| align="left" | [[2019 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| 2 || '''2''' || 32.
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2020 WNBA Playoffs|2020]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2020 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| '''6''' || 0 || 17.5 || .619 || – || '''1.000''' || 3.8 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.8|| 5.2
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|[[2021 WNBA Playoffs|2021]]
| style='text-align:left;'|[[2021 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
| 1 || 1 ||style="background:#d3d3d3;"|'''45.0'''° || .556 || – || – ||style="background:#d3d3d3;"|'''12.0'''° || '''4.0''' || 0.0 || '''2.0''' || '''0.0''' || 10.0
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|[[2024 WNBA Playoffs|2024]]
▲| align="left" | Career
| style='text-align
|
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="left" | '''Career'''
| align="left" | 5 years, 1 team
| 12 || 4 || 22.0 || .627|| – || 1.000 || 5.6 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 6.2
|}
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==External links==
*{{Basketball stats}}
*[https://utsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5230 Tennessee Lady Vols bio]
{{Seattle Storm current roster}}
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{{Gatorade National Basketball Player of the Year}}
{{Seattle Storm 2018 WNBA Champions}}
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{{McDonald's All-American Game Girls MVP}}
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