Sophie Cunningham, an American professional basketball player, has a net worth of $2 million. She has played in multiple leagues, including the WNBA and Australian basketball teams.
Sophie Cunningham is a professional basketball player from the United States with a net worth of $2 million. She played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers. In the 2019 WNBA Draft, she was selected 13th overall by the Phoenix Mercury. Cunningham remained with the team until 2024 before joining the Indiana Fever in 2025. Additionally, she played for the Melbourne Boomers, an Australian professional basketball team, from 2019 to 2020. In the 2025 WNBA season with the Indiana Fever, Cunningham is earning $100,000—her seventh season in the league. She signed a one-year contract after previously agreeing to a two-year, $304,500 extension in 2023–24. By the end of the 2025 season, her total base WNBA earnings will be approximately $637,780. Born Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham on August 16, 1996, in Columbia, Missouri, she is the daughter of Paula and Jim Cunningham, both former athletes at the University of Missouri. Cunningham developed an early interest in martial arts and earned a black belt in taekwondo at the age of six. She participated in basketball and volleyball at Rock Bridge High School, even stepping in as a kicker for the football team after a player's injury. Cunningham attended the University of Missouri, where she played four seasons for the Tigers, starting 129 games and averaging 17 points per game. In July 2025, Cunningham faced criticism for her remarks on the WNBA’s decisions regarding new expansion cities (Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cleveland). She suggested, “You want to listen to your players, too. Where do they want to play? Where will they get excited to play and attract fans? I think Miami would have been a great choice… Nashville and Kansas City are amazing opportunities.” Cunningham implied that fans might not be enthusiastic about the selected cities. The City of Detroit responded on social media, stating, “The last time we hosted a WNBA team (Detroit Shock), we ranked in the top five for attendance for five straight seasons, ranked number one for three consecutive seasons, and set a single-game attendance record of 22,076 fans at Game 3 of the 2003 WNBA Finals. Over 775,000 people attended the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit. We are confident the same excitement will follow for the WNBA’s return.” Cunningham was named a McDonald’s All-American in 2015 and earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 2016. She was also selected for the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2016 and received First-team All-SEC honors in 2017, 2018, and 2019. In 2019, both the Associated Press (AP) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named her a Third-team All-American. © 2026 Celebrity Net Worth / All Rights Reserved