Sophie Cunningham, a professional basketball player, has accumulated a net worth of $2 million as of 2026. She has played in both the WNBA and Australia’s professional league throughout her career.
Sophie Cunningham is a highly skilled American basketball player whose net worth stands at $2 million. During her college years, she competed for the Missouri Tigers. In the 2019 WNBA Draft, she was selected as the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Mercury. Cunningham remained with the Mercury until 2024 before transitioning to 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, Sophie Cunningham earned $100,000—marking her seventh year in the league. She secured a one-year contract after agreeing to a two-year extension worth $304,500 in 2023–24. By the end of the 2025 season, her total base earnings in the WNBA amounted to approximately $637,780. Born Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham on August 16, 1996, in Columbia, Missouri, she is the child of Paula and Jim Cunningham, both former athletes at the University of Missouri. Cunningham developed an early passion for martial arts, earning a black belt in taekwondo at the age of six. While attending Rock Bridge High School, she participated in basketball and volleyball, even stepping in as the football team’s kicker after their regular player suffered a season-ending ACL injury. She continued her education and basketball career at the University of Missouri, playing four seasons for the Tigers. Over her college career, she started 129 games and maintained an average of 17 points per game. In July 2025, Cunningham faced backlash for her comments regarding the WNBA’s expansion choices, specifically naming Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cleveland as new potential locations. She expressed, "You want to listen to your players, too. Where do they want to play? Where are they gonna get excited to play and draw fans? I do think that Miami would have been a great one … Nashville's an amazing city. Kansas City, amazing opportunity." She also suggested that fans might lack enthusiasm for the league’s selected cities. In response, the City of Detroit tweeted, "The last time we were home to a WNBA team (Detroit Shock) we ranked top five in attendance for five straight seasons, No. 1 in attendance for three straight seasons and set a single-game attendance record of 22,076 fans at Game 3 of the 2003 WNBA Finals. Additionally, more than 775,000 people were excited to come to Detroit for the 2024 NFL draft. Detroit is a sports town. We're sure we'll see the same excitement for the WNBA returning." Cunningham was honored as a McDonald’s All-American in 2015 and named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2016. She was also included on the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2016 and received First-team All-SEC honors in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Both the Associated Press (AP) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) recognized her as a Third-team All-American in 2019. © 2026 Celebrity Net Worth / All Rights Reserved