Former Chicago Sky star Allie Quigley announced her retirement in a Players’ Tribune article on Tuesday morning. While Quigley hasn’t played in the WNBA since 2022, she had never officially announced her retirement — until now.
Allie Quigley leaves the WNBA as an all-time shooter
The 38-year-old sharpshooter, who spent 10 of her 14 WNBA seasons in Chicago, averaged 10.4 points per game in her career and shot 39.4% from three. She’s made the 20th-most three-pointers in WNBA history (510) and the 22nd-best three-point percentage in league history. She has the best three-point percentage among all WNBA players who have made at least 500 threes in her career.
Quigley, who was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Dream in was a key part of the 2021 Sky team that won the championship, and averaged double-figure scoring in all but two of her Sky seasons. She also won the WNBA three-point contest at All-Star weekend in 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022.
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Quigley was the Sky’s all-time leading scorer until last month, when she was surpassed by her wife, Courtney Vandersloot. Vandersloot suffered an ACL tear this past weekend in a game against the Indiana Fever and is out for the rest of the season.
In her Players Tribune piece, Quigley explained she initially hoped to return to the WNBA after getting pregnant:
“When I sat out after 2022, it was for a very specific reason.
It was so I could start the next phase of my life: becoming a mom.
To be honest, I thought I would get pregnant fast, then at least leave the option open to play one more season. But things didn’t happen as fast as we would have liked. They did happen, though!! And I’m thrilled to say that on April 8th, 2025, Courtney and I celebrated the birth of our baby girl, Jana Christine.”
Whether Vandersloot will return to the court remains to be seen; the Sky point guard was having a solid season prior to going down with injury, averaging 10.6 points and 5.3 assists.
