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Saniya Rivers

Pronunciation: \suh-NIGH-uh\

Saniya Rivers ▪ Instagram: niyaa.rivers44

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

6-1, 159lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: March 4, 2003 in Wilmington, North Carolina us

Colleges: South Carolina, NC State

High School: Eugene Ashley in Wilmington, North Carolina

Draft: Connecticut Sun, 1st round (8th pick, 8th overall), 2025 Draft

SUMMARY

2026

Career

PTS

7.3

8.4

TRB

2.5

2.7

AST

3.4

2.9

FG%

34.5

38.9

FG3%

20.0

30.7

FT%

67.6

72.0

eFG%

37.2

44.0

PER

8.7

12.2

-0.4

0.3

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Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Team		Opp	Result	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	+/-
2026-06-22	CON		CHI	W, 92-63		13	0	2	.000	0	0		4	4	1.000	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	4	2.8	17
2026-06-19	CON		TOR	L, 97-101	*	21	1	4	.250	1	3	.333	0	0		0	3	3	4	2	0	2	2	3	3.5	-11
2026-06-17	CON		WAS	L, 81-88	*	21	3	7	.429	0	2	.000	0	0		0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	6	2.4	-8
2026-06-13	CON		IND	L, 75-85	*	27	4	10	.400	1	4	.250	0	0		0	3	3	4	2	1	0	3	9	8.8	-5
2026-06-10	CON	@	TOR	L, 102-106 (OT)	*	35	3	11	.273	2	5	.400	4	4	1.000	1	6	7	7	1	2	1	4	12	12.7	4

Per Game

Regular Season

Per Game Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2025	CON	22	42	25	26.1	3.4	8.3	.407	1.0	3.0	.341	2.4	5.3	.444	.468	1.0	1.4	.746	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.7	1.5	0.9	1.5	1.7	8.8
2026	CON	23	18	12	24.3	2.8	8.1	.345	0.4	2.2	.200	2.3	5.8	.400	.372	1.3	1.9	.676	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.4	0.9	0.8	1.7	2.1	7.3
Career			60	37	25.6	3.2	8.2	.389	0.9	2.8	.307	2.4	5.5	.430	.440	1.1	1.6	.720	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.9	1.3	0.9	1.5	1.8	8.4

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Totals

Regular Season

Totals Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2025	CON	22	42	25	1097	142	349	.407	43	126	.341	99	223	.444	.468	44	59	.746	29	89	118	113	62	38	62	70	371
2026	CON	23	18	12	438	50	145	.345	8	40	.200	42	105	.400	.372	23	34	.676	8	37	45	61	17	14	30	37	131
Career			60	37	1535	192	494	.389	51	166	.307	141	328	.430	.440	67	93	.720	37	126	163	174	79	52	92	107	502

Advanced

Regular Season

Advanced Table
Year	Tm	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2025	CON	22	42	1097	13.6	.495	.361	.169	3.0	10.1	6.4	18.4	2.9	3.4	14.2	18.1	0.1	0.6	0.7	.031
2026	CON	23	18	438	8.7	.409	.276	.234	2.1	10.7	6.2	22.3	2.0	3.2	15.8	18.9	-0.7	0.3	-0.4	-0.040
Career			60	1535	12.2	.469	.336	.188	2.8	10.3	6.4	19.5	2.7	3.3	14.7	18.3	-0.6	1.0	0.3	.011