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Dorka Juhász
	Juhász with the Minnesota Lynx in 2023
No. 1 – Famila Basket Schio
Position	Forward
League	Lega Basket Femminile
Personal information
Born	December 18, 1999 (age 25); Pécs, Hungary
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school	PTE Babits
College	Ohio State (2018–2021); UConn (2021–2023);
WNBA draft	2023: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
	Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	2023–present
Career history
2023–present	Minnesota Lynx
2023–present	Famila Basket Schio
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA Commissioner's Cup Champion (2024); Italian Cup winner (2024); WNBA All-Rookie Team (2023); Second-team All-Big East (2023); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (2020, 2021); Second-team All-Big Ten (2019); Big Ten All-Freshman team (2019);
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Dorka Kata Juhász (born December 18, 1999) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Famila Basket Schio of the Lega Basket Femminile. She played college basketball at Ohio State and UConn.

College career

Juhász committed to play at Ohio State in March 2018. She was rated as the 12th-best international player from 2018 class and the 5th-best forward. She also considered Missouri and Louisville.^[1] Juhász spent three seasons with the Buckeyes before entering herself into the transfer portal. Juhasz stated that the desire to continue to improve as a player, as well as her aspirations to play at the professional level as the key reasons why she ultimately decided it was her time to leave the Buckeyes.^[2] After a week in the portal, Juhász announced that she would be transferring to the UConn Huskies.^[3]

Professional career

Minnesota Lynx

Juhász was selected 16th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2023 WNBA draft.^[4] Juhász made her WNBA debut on May 19, 2023, when the Lynx played the Chicago Sky. She scored 5 points and got 3 rebounds in 15 minutes.^[5]^[6] In the Lynx game on July 20, 2023, she became the only rookie to score 15+ points, 10+ rebounds, 3+ assists, and 2+ steals on 70% or better shooting from the field in the regular season.^[7] She was named to the 2023 WNBA All-Rookie Team along with her teammate, Diamond Miller.^[8]

Famila Basket Schio

Juhász signed with Italian team Famila Basket Schio in the EuroLeague to play in 2023 after the completion of the WNBA season.^[9] On February 18, 2024 Famila Basket Schio won the Italian Cup. They defeated the Umana Reyer Venezia in the final to 81-68. Juhász had 4 points and 9 rebounds.^[10]

Juhász returned to Schio for the 2024–2025 season.^[11]

National team career

Dorka Juhász debuted in the Hungarian national team on November 9, 2023, when Hungary defeated Slovenia to 70-51.^[12] She represented Hungary in February 2024, at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Sopron. She averaged 11.7 points, 8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Her efficiency per game was 15.7, which was the 3rd best performance in the tournament and she was selected as the All-Star 5.^[13]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics
Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023	Minnesota	38	27	24.2	.472	.271	.540	6.5	2.6	0.9	0.6	1.2	6.0
2024	Minnesota	34	7	16.1	.479	.324	.650	3.8	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.6	4.8
Career	2 years, 1 team	72	34	20.4	.475	.293	.571	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.5	0.9	5.4

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023	Minnesota	3	3	24.0	.500	.000	.455	5.0	2.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	5.0
2024	Minnesota	7	0	5.7	.600	.000	.500	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0
Career	2 years, 1 team	10	3	11.2	.533	.000	.462	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	2.2

EuroLeague

EuroLeague statistics^[14]
Year	Team	GP	MPG	PPG	PTS	RPG	APG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%
2023–24	Famila Basket Schio	13	23.6	8.2	107	7	1.3	3.3-8.4	39.4	0.5-2.2	25	1.1-2	53.8

College

NCAA statistics^[15]
Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018–19	Ohio State	27	317	.458	.254	.629	9.0	0.8	1.2	0.7	11.7
2019–20	Ohio State	31	410	.476	.396	.532	9.4	1.1	1.2	1.2	13.2
2020–21	Ohio State	17	248	.481	.203	.429	11.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	14.6
2021–22	UConn	32	234	.457	.313	.429	5.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	7.3
2022–23	UConn	29	411	.503	.289	.602	9.9	3.2	1.5	1.4	14.2
Career	136	1620	.477	.301	.567	8.8	1.6	1.1	1.0	11.9

Personal life

Her mother is the former basketball player Hajnalka Balázs, who is a 125-time national team member, she won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 1991, three-time Hungarian Championship and three-time Hungarian Cup winner for PVSK.^[16]^[17] In 2024 Dorka Juhász was selected for the Hungarian Forbes 30 under 30.^[18]