Maya Moore

Four-time WNBA champion with Minnesota Lynx who won Rookie of the Year, four titles and a Finals MVP before stepping away from basketball in 2019 to help free wrongly convicted Jonathan Irons from prison.

At the peak of her career — four WNBA championships, an MVP, a place among the most dominant players the league had produced — Moore walked away from basketball entirely in 2019 to fight for the release of Jonathan Irons, a man she believed had been wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years; she succeeded, Irons was freed in 2020, and she married him, closing one of sport's most extraordinary careers with its most extraordinary act.. Moore spent years investigating his case, and in 2019 she paused her WNBA career entirely to fight for his release. In March 2020, a Missouri judge overturned Irons's conviction after new evidence, including a fingerprint that matched neither Irons nor the victim, came to light, and he was released from prison that July after 22 years. Moore and Irons married later that year, and Moore officially retired from basketball in January 2023 to focus on their life together and continued criminal justice advocacy, closing out a playing career widely regarded among the greatest in WNBA history with one of the most significant off-court legacies in the sport.

Versatile forward with elite scoring, rebounding and leadership

One of greatest WNBA players who sacrificed prime years for criminal justice reform

• WNBA Champion 2011,2013,2015,2017
• Olympic Gold 2012, 2016
• WNBA MVP 2014
• WNBA Finals MVP 2013