Led by Diana Taurasi, who will make a record sixth straight Olympic appearance, USA Basketball today named the official 2024 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, which will compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Including Taurasi, nine athletes on the roster have already earned at least one Olympic gold medal. The squad has a combined 15 Olympic gold medals and 18 FIBA Women’s World Cup titles.

The U.S. Women's Team has won nine gold medals in 11 Olympic Games dating back to 1984, including the past seven.

“We have selected a team that we are confident will represent our country to the highest standard in Paris,” Jen Rizzotti, USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee chair, said via the organization.  

“Basketball in the United States boasts unparalleled depth, making this a challenging and competitive process. The commitment these athletes have shown to USA Basketball is unmatched and I look forward to watching them take on the World in Paris.”

All 12 players are currently on WNBA rosters, including eight WNBA champions, three WNBA MVPs, 55 WNBA All-Star appearances and five WNBA Rookies of the Year.

In addition to Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), the 2024 USA Women’s National Team includes Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx), Kahleah Copper (Phoenix Mercury), Chelsea Gray (Las Vegas Aces), Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury), Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty), Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm), Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces), Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty), Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun), A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) and Jackie Young (Las Vegas Aces).

USA Women’s National Team head coach Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx) will be assisted by Kara Lawson (Duke University), Joni Taylor (Texas A&M University) and Mike Thibault (Washington Mystics).

The coaching staff, who together led the USA to a gold medal at the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, was selected by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee.

The USA women will hold training camp in Phoenix before competing against the WNBA All-Stars in the league’s 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game July 20 (ABC).

The team will then travel to London to play the German Women’s National Team in O2 Arena July 23 (FS1) as part of the 2024 USA Basketball Showcase.

“This roster features some of the best basketball talent our country has to offer and I’m excited to lead this team with the goal of winning an eighth straight Olympic gold medal in Paris,” said Reeve via USA Basketball.

“I’m looking forward to getting together in Phoenix and starting the journey to Paris.”

Taurasi, a five-time gold medal Olympian (2004-2020), has played more games than any other women’s player in USA Basketball Olympic history (38) and is second in points scored (414), trailing only Lisa Leslie (488).

Collier, Gray, Griner, Loyd, Stewart, Taurasi and Wilson all return to the 2024 squad after winning a gold medal in Tokyo at the 2020 Olympic Games (played in 2021 due to COVID-19).

Griner and Stewart, along with Taurasi, also won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Plum and Young won gold in Tokyo as members of the USA 3x3 Women’s National Team.

Copper, Gray, Ionescu, Loyd, Plum, Stewart, Thomas and Wilson were all members of the 2022 USA Women’s National Team, which won its 11th World Cup gold medal in Sydney. The World title also qualified the USA for the Paris Games.

The American women open group play against Japan on July 29, followed by Belgium Aug. 1 and Germany Aug. 4.

“USA Basketball is poised to begin our quest for four Olympic gold medals this summer in Paris as the first country to ever qualify a quartet of basketball teams for the Games,” USA Basketball chairperson Martin Dempsey said via the organization, regarding the Women’s and Men’s 5-on-5 and 3-on-3 squads.

“I'm excited to support all four teams and I'm especially proud of the USA Women's National Team as they seek an unprecedented eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. These 32 Olympic basketball athletes are great representatives of our country and I'm looking forward to cheering them on.”

The team was selected by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors. In addition to Rizzotti, the committee includes Dawn Staley (University of South Carolina), Bethany Donaphin (WNBA) and Dan Padover (Atlanta Dream), as well as athlete representatives Seimone Augustus and DeLisha Milton-Jones.

In April, USA Basketball officially named the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, led by a “new Dream Team” roster including LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid and  Kawhi Leonard.

“The goal is to win the gold,” Grant Hill, USA Basketball Men’s National Team managing director, said during a media conference call following the naming of the squad. “They know that.”

The roster features players with a combined 11 Olympic appearances, ten Olympic gold medals and three FIBA World Cup titles. There are 12 NBA All-Stars, four NBA MVPs and six NBA champions.

The 2024 USA Men’s National Team includes (in alphabetical order): Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers), Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns), Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers), Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics), LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers), Kawhi Leonard (L.A. Clippers) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).