Sophie Cunningham, an American WNBA basketball player, has accumulated a net worth of $2 million as of 2026. Her career spans multiple teams, including the Indiana Fever, Phoenix Mercury, and Melbourne Boomers.
Sophie Cunningham is an American professional basketball player with a net worth of $2 million. She began her collegiate career at the University of Missouri, playing for the Missouri Tigers. Cunningham was selected as the 13th overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury and remained with the team until 2024 before joining the Indiana Fever in 2025. Additionally, from 2019 to 2020, she competed for the Melbourne Boomers in the Australian professional basketball league. In the 2025 WNBA season with the Indiana Fever, Sophie Cunningham is earning $100,000—marking her seventh year in the league. She finalized a one-year contract after previously agreeing to a two-year extension worth $304,500 in the 2023–24 season. By the conclusion of the 2025 season, her total base WNBA earnings will amount to approximately $637,780. Born Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham on August 16, 1996, in Columbia, Missouri, she is the daughter of Paula and Jim Cunningham, both of whom were athletes at the University of Missouri. From a young age, Cunningham developed a passion for martial arts, earning 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 the original player suffered a season-ending ACL injury. Cunningham continued her education and basketball career at her parents' alma mater, the University of Missouri, where she played four seasons for the Tigers. During her time there, she started 129 games and maintained an average of 17 points per game. In July 2025, Sophie Cunningham faced criticism for her comments regarding the WNBA's decisions on expansion cities, which included Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. She expressed, "You want to listen to your players, too. Where do they want to play? Where are they going to get excited to play and attract fans? I do think that Miami would have been a great choice… Nashville's an amazing city. Kansas City offers an incredible opportunity." She further suggested that fans might not be as enthusiastic about the selected cities. The City of Detroit responded on Twitter, stating, "The last time we were home to a WNBA team (Detroit Shock), we ranked in the top five for attendance for five consecutive seasons, achieved the No. 1 spot for three straight seasons, and set a single-game attendance record of 22,076 fans at Game 3 of the 2003 WNBA Finals. Furthermore, over 775,000 people attended the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit. Detroit is a sports city. We're confident we'll see the same level of excitement for the return of the WNBA." Sophie Cunningham was honored as a McDonald's All-American in 2015 and named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2016. She was also selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2016 and earned 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