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Minnesota Timberwolves | #13 | Guard

Ayo Dosunmu

PPG

18.1

RPG

4.9

APG

4.0

HEIGHT

6'4" (1.93m)

WEIGHT

201lb (91kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Illinois

AGE

26 years

BIRTHDATE

January 17, 2000

DRAFT

2021 R2 Pick 38

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

6'4" | 201lb | 26 years

DRAFT

2021 R2 Pick 38

BIRTHDATE

January 17, 2000

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Illinois

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2025-26 NBA SEASON (MINNESOTA/CHICAGO)

Split his fifth season in the NBA between the Chicago Bulls and Timberwolves after being traded to Minnesota on Feb. 5 along with Julian Phillips...Appeared in a total of 69 games (19 starts), averaging 14.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 27.3 minutes per game...Recorded 29:50 minutes of action off the bench against Atlanta (Feb. 9), finishing with 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting, which marked his 11th 20-plus point game of the season and his first such game with Minnesota (36th career)...Became just the 11th Timberwolves player to reach averages of 10.0-plus points, 2.5-plus assists and 26.0-plus minutes in their first 10 appearances of their stint with Minnesota while coming off the bench...Led the Wolves versus Utah (March 18) with 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including 3-of-5 from three, a then season-high nine rebounds, six assists and three steals, becoming just the 12th player in franchise history to record such a stat line and the first since Anthony Edwards on Nov. 24, 2021 against Miami...His Utah performance marked the fourth time in his career he strung together consecutive games with 20-plus points and the first time doing so in a Timberwolves' uniform...Tallied 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting, including 3-of-3 from deep, in the first half against Oklahoma City, becoming the 11th player in the NBA this season to come off the bench and record a single half with 15-plus points without a miss from the field when shooting at least three threes...Became the fourth player in franchise history to do so, joining teammate Bones Hyland, who accomplished the feat earlier the same month (March 1 at Denver: 15 points, 5-of-5 FG, 3-of-3 3FG)...Stuffed the stat sheet on the way to a career night in Dallas (March 30), finishing with 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting, a career-high 15 rebounds, a season-high 12 assists and three steals, marking his second career triple-double (Dec. 5, 2024 at San Antonio) and becoming the third player in Timberwolves history to record a 15-plus point/15-plus rebound/10-plus assist triple-double and the first since Kevin Love did so on April 2, 2014 against Memphis (Kevin Garnett did so five times)...Joined Garnett (twice) as the only players in Timberwolves history to record 15-plus points, 15-plus rebounds, 10-plus assists and three-plus steals in a game, one of six players in the NBA to do so this season...Finished the season with 1,022 points, the first time reaching the 1,000-point milestone in his career.

NBA CAREER NOTES

Appeared in 348 games (173 starts) with the Chicago Bulls and Timberwolves, averaging 11.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists...2024-25 (Chicago): Appeared in 46 games (26 starts) and averaged career-highs of 12.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 30.3 minutes per game...Shot .493 from the field, .328 from three and .785 from the free throw line...Scored in double figures in 30 games, including six games of 20-plus points...Recorded 20 games with five-plus assists and two games with 10-plus assists, leading the Bulls in assists nine times...With two 3PM at Boston (Jan. 29), he tallied his 300th career three, becoming the fifth guard in Bulls history with at least 2,500 points, 300-plus 3PM and 100-plus blocks in a career (Michael Jordan, Zach LaVine, Kirk Hinrich, Derrick Rose)...Scored 10-plus points in 10-straight games (Nov. 26-Dec. 19)...Tallied a season-high 27 points, a career-high matching 10 rebounds and 11 assists against San Antonio (Dec. 5) en route to the first triple-double of his career, becoming the 10th Bulls guard to record a triple-double before age 25...Recorded his 200th career steal versus Orlando (Nov. 27), joining Michael Jordan, Kirk Hinrich, Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Zach LaVine, Ron Harper and Alex Caruso as the only guards in team history to tally at least 200 steals and 100 blocks...Missed one game due to right Achilles tendinopathy (Dec. 26), 10 games to a right soleus strain (Dec. 28-Jan. 14; Jan. 25), one game to right soleus strain injury management (Jan. 20, one game to left shoulder soreness (Feb. 22), four games to a left shoulder subluxation (Feb. 24-26; March 2-4) and 20 games due to left shoulder surgery (March 6-April 13)...2023-24 (Chicago): Appeared in 76 games (37 starts) and averaged then career highs of 12.2 points, 3.2 assists and 29.1 minutes per game, along with matching a career best of 2.8 rebounds...Shot .501 from the field, alongside career-high shooting marks of .403 from three and .810 from the free throw line...Scored in double figures in a single-season career high 45 games, including 13 20-plus point performances (single-season career high)...Set career highs in total points (924), field goals made (360), threes made (119), blocks (36) and steals (68)...Led the Bulls in scoring on four occasions, led Chicago in assists eight times and led the team in steals in 12 games...Set a career-long 11-game double-digit scoring streak (March 16-April 7)...Recorded 20-plus points in three straight games (March 16-March 21) for the first time in his career...Scored a season- and career-high 35 points at Houston (March 21), matching career high in threes made (five)...logged his lone double-double of the season with 23 points and a season-high 10 assists against Portland (March 18)...Tallied his 2,000th career point at Sacramento (March 4)...Shot .536 FG%/.463 3FG%/.909 FT in the month of January to become the fourth player in team history (Doug McDermott, Steve Kerr, B.J. Armstrong) to shoot at least .500/.400/.900 (minimums of 75 FGA, 30 3FGA, 20 FTA) in any month...missed two games with right heel soreness (Nov. 3-4) and four games due to a right quadricep contusion (April 9-14)...2022-23 (Chicago): Appeared in a career-high 80 games (51 starts) and averaged 8.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 26.2 minutes per game...Shot 49.3% from the field, 31.2% from three and 80.5% from the free throw line...Notched an NBA Rising Stars selection for the second consecutive season...Recorded 30 double-digit scoring performances...Led the Bull in assists nine times, in minutes played five times and in scoring once...Matched a season-high nine rebounds at DAllas (April 7)....Recorded five-straight games scoring in double figures (Jan. 31-Feb. 7), matching a then career-long streak (previous streak - Feb. 11, 2022-Feb. 24, 2022)...Played a season-high 43 minutes at Indiana (Feb. 15)...Recorded a season-high eight assists at Cleveland (Feb. 11)...Matched a season high of 22 points versus Charlotte (Feb. 2) - (previously versus Boston, Oct. 24, 2022)...Amassed a career-high five steals against Cleveland (Dec. 31)...Hit game-winning shot at Atlanta (Dec. 21), helping the Bulls to a 110-108 victory...Missed one game with a thoracic contusion (Oct. 29) and one game with a pelvic contusion (Dec. 14)...2021-22 (Chicago): Appeared in 77 games (40 starts) and averaged 8.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists (sixth among rookies) in 27.4 minutes...Shot .520 from the field (first among rookies), .376 from three (fourth among rookies) and .679 from the free throw line...Made his 40th start, playing a then career and season-high 45 minutes, shooting 9-of-18 (.500) from the field and 3-of-6 (.500) from three for his rookie-leading 28th game shooting at lest .500 FG% and .400 3FG%, while recording a season-best 26 points at Minnesota (April 10)...Dished out six assists at Minnesota (April 10), finishing with 256 on the season and passing Hall of Famer Toni Kukoc (252) for the 10th-most assists by a Bull rookie...Passed out his 250th career assist versus Charlotte (April 8)...Blocked a then career-best three shots against Atlanta (Feb. 24)...Recorded his seventh 40-minute game to lead all rookies versus Sacramento (Feb. 16)...Notched his fourth double-double of the season with 12 points and a game-high 10 assists against Minnesota (Feb. 11) to become first Bulls rookie since 2009 (Derrick Rose) to post 10-plus assists in a single game...Logged his third double-double with 15 points and a season-high 14 assists at Indiana (Feb. 4)...Named to the 2022 Clorox Rising Stars Game (Feb. 1)...Collected his 100th career defensive rebound against Portland (Jan. 30)...Established a franchise record by opening the game shooting a perfect 9-of-9 from the floor at Oklahoma City (Jan. 24) en route to a then season-high 24 points on 10-of-14 (.714) shooting (4-6 3FG)...After posting 15 points and 10 rebounds at Memphis (Jan. 17), he became the first Bulls rookie to post back-to-back double-doubles since 2000 (Elton Brand)...Swiped a season-high four steals at Memphis (Jan. 17)...Became the first rookie in NBA history to record 20-plus points and 10-plus assists while shooting .900 from the floor in a game (at Boston, Jan. 15)...Recorded his first NBA double-double at Boston (Jan. 15)...Made his first NBA start versus Denver (Dec. 6) and played a then career-high 42 minutes, logging five defensive rebounds and eight assists...Scored seven points in his first NBA appearance (at Detroit, Oct. 20)

NBA PLAYOFF NOTES

2026 (Minnesota): Saw action in 10 (four starts) of the Timberwolves playoff games, averaging 15.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 29.2 minutes per game...Made his first career playoff start in Game 5 at Denver (April 27), finishing with 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting, including 3-of-5 from three, and four assists, his third consecutive and third career 15-plus point playoff game...Drained seven consecutive threes between Game 4 and 5 against Denver (April 25-27), tying the franchise record for most consecutive made threes in the playoffs...Posted 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting, nine rebounds, four assists, a playoff career-high three steals and two blocks, becoming the 11th player in the 2026 NBA Playoffs to record 15-plus points on 50.0% shooting, five-plus rebounds, two-plus steals and two-plus blocks and just the fifth player in franchise history to do so...2022 (Chicago): Played in five games (one start) of Chicago's first round series against Milwaukee, averaging 4.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 17.2 minutes.

BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE NOTES

Played three seasons at Illinois and averaged 16.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.9 apg and 1.1 spg in 90 games (90 starts) … shot .470 from the field, .344 from three and .783 from the free-throw line … 2020-21: Averaged 20.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 5.3 apg and 1.1 spg over 28 games … shot .488 from the field, .390 from three and .750 from the free-throw line … named a 2020-21 consensus All-America First Team selection, was the 2020-21 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year and was a 2020-21 unanimous All-Big Ten First Team choice … posted double digit scoring 27 times, including 13 20-plus point games… recorded six double-doubles and two triple-doubles … 2019-20: Was a 2019-20 All-Big Ten First Team selection by media and Second Team pick by coaches … named Illinois Athlete of the Year … named Big Ten Player of the Week (2/24) … led the team and ranked fifth in the conference in scoring with 16.6 ppg … 2018-19: Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, and Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by coaches and media … two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2/11, 2/18) … his 13.8 ppg were 16th in the Big Ten and led the Illini in scoring – first true freshman to do so … led the team in assists (3.3 apg, eigth in Big Ten).

PERSONAL LIFE

Born in Chicago....son of Quam and Jammara Dosunmu...his father was born in Nigeria...is the youngest of four children...has two older sisters, Joselyn and Khadijat, and an older brother, Kube...majored in Communications at Illinois...graduated from Morgan Park High School in Chicago...averaged 25.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.7 steals as a senior, leading Morgan Park to a second-straight IHSA Class 3A Championship in 2018...Set the record for most points scored in a 3A title game with 28 in the victory over Springfield Southeast (March 17& 18)...Named a consensus first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Champaign-News Gazette and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA)...Named an all-area and first-team all-city pick by the Sun-Times as high school junior and senior.