Nakia Sanford

Nakia Sanford (born May 10, 1976) is a professional women's basketball center most recently with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

College career
Sanford finished her career at Kansas ranked fourth all-time rebounder (832) and shot-blocker (89).

Regular season

 * align="left" | 2003
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 17||0||7.9||50.0||0.0||45.0||1.5||0.1||0.2||0.1||0.8||2.9
 * align="left" | 2004
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 31||29||21.1||50.0||0.0||57.3||5.0||0.6||0.6||0.5||1.2||5.5
 * align="left" | 2005
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 27||0||10.9||48.3||0.0||48.4||1.7||0.2||0.4||0.4||0.6||3.3
 * align="left" | 2006
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 34||19||26.1||51.9||0.0||61.6||6.0||1.1||0.8||0.6||2.1||8.9
 * align="left" | 2007
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 34||31||29.2||53.0||0.0||66.5||7.1||0.7||0.8||0.8||2.6||11.0
 * align="left" | 2008
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 34||28||23.4||45.2||0.0||39.8||5.7||1.2||0.6||0.3||2.4||6.7
 * align="left" | 2009
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 34||13||19.5||47.0||0.0||57.8||4.3||0.6||0.8||0.4||2.1||6.3
 * align="left" | 2010
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 34||22||17.9||47.8||0.0||69.7||4.2||0.7||0.7||0.2||2.0||6.0
 * align="left" | 2011
 * align="left" | Phoenix
 * 33||16||14.4||48.4||0.0||75.0||4.2||0.4||0.2||0.2||0.9||4.2
 * align="left" | 2012
 * align="left" | Phoenix
 * 30||15||16.7||42.5||25.0||60.0||3.3||0.6||0.5||0.3||1.3||4.1
 * align="left" | 2013
 * align="left" | Seattle
 * 15||0||10.2||29.6||0.0||56.3||2.0||0.5||0.1||0.3||0.8||1.7
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 11 years, 3 teams
 * 323||173||19.1||48.4||25.0||59.0||4.4||0.6||0.6||0.4||1.6||5.9
 * align="left" | 2012
 * align="left" | Phoenix
 * 30||15||16.7||42.5||25.0||60.0||3.3||0.6||0.5||0.3||1.3||4.1
 * align="left" | 2013
 * align="left" | Seattle
 * 15||0||10.2||29.6||0.0||56.3||2.0||0.5||0.1||0.3||0.8||1.7
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 11 years, 3 teams
 * 323||173||19.1||48.4||25.0||59.0||4.4||0.6||0.6||0.4||1.6||5.9
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 11 years, 3 teams
 * 323||173||19.1||48.4||25.0||59.0||4.4||0.6||0.6||0.4||1.6||5.9

Playoffs

 * align="left" | 2004
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 3||3||20.7||33.3||0.0||83.3||6.3||0.0||0.7||0.3||2.3||4.3
 * align="left" | 2006
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 2||2||30.0||33.3||0.0||27.3||8.0||0.5||1.5||0.0||1.0||6.5
 * align="left" | 2009
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 2||0||17.5||71.4||0.0||0.0||2.5||1.5||0.0||0.5||1.0||5.0
 * align="left" | 2010
 * align="left" | Washington
 * 2||1||14.0||71.4||0.0||50.0||3.0||0.5||0.5||0.5||1.0||5.5
 * align="left" | 2011
 * align="left" | Phoenix
 * 4||0||20.0||63.6||0.0||50.0||4.5||0.3||0.3||0.8||1.0||4.8
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams
 * 13||6||20.4||50.0||0.0||45.2||4.9||0.5||0.5||0.5||1.3||5.1
 * align="left" | Phoenix
 * 4||0||20.0||63.6||0.0||50.0||4.5||0.3||0.3||0.8||1.0||4.8
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams
 * 13||6||20.4||50.0||0.0||45.2||4.9||0.5||0.5||0.5||1.3||5.1
 * 13||6||20.4||50.0||0.0||45.2||4.9||0.5||0.5||0.5||1.3||5.1

WNBA career
Sanford was not drafted. She was signed by the Washington Mystics before the 2003 WNBA season. During her first three-season, she saw limited action. It was not until the 2006 WNBA season that Sanford began to show progress as a player. She set career highs for all her stats in 2006, including rebounds per game (6.0) and field goal percentage (52%). In 2007, she set new career highs averaging 7 rebounds and 11 points per game. She saw decreased playing time during the 2008 WNBA season, however.