![]() Booker at the 2022 NBA All-Star Game | ||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||
League | NBA | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | October 30, 1996|||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 206 lb (93 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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High school | ||||||||||||||||||
College | Kentucky (2014–2015) | |||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2015: 1st round, 13th overall pick | |||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2015–present | |||||||||||||||||
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2015–present | Phoenix Suns | |||||||||||||||||
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Devin Armani Booker (born October 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, helping lead the team to a 38–1 record and winning SEC Sixth Man of the Year. Booker was selected by the Suns in the first round of the 2015 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick and debuted with the team at 18 years old. In 2017, at 20 years old, he became the youngest player to score over 60 points in a game, finishing with a Suns franchise record 70 against the Boston Celtics.[1] In 2019, at 22 years old, Booker became the youngest player in NBA history with consecutive 50-point games.[2]
The son of former basketball player Melvin Booker, Devin is a four-time All-Star, a two-time All-NBA member, and helped the Suns reach the NBA Finals in 2021. The following season, he was named to the All-NBA First Team and helped lead the Suns to a franchise record of 64 wins. He is currently second on the team's all-time leading scorer list.[3] Booker has also won gold medals with the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Olympic teams.