# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yolanda-griffith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:38.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yolanda-griffith"
name: "Yolanda Griffith"
slug: "yolanda-griffith"
description: "Yolanda Evette Griffith is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the ABL and WNBA. An eight time WNBA All-Star, she was named the 1999 WNBA MVP and the WNBA Finals MVP in 2005 when she won the WNBA championship with the Sacramento Monarchs. One of the top defensive players in WNBA's history, she was the 1999 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and led the league in rebounds and steals two times each. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the top 15 players in WNBA history. She is sometimes called by her nicknames: \"Yo\" and \"Yo-Yo\". Griffith was inducted into the 2014 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's class on her first year of eligibility. In 2021, she was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Griffith_Yolanda_Headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1970-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.91
  momentum:             4.151794442117023
  historical:           17.073368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Yo_Yo33"
    handle:    "Yo_Yo33"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump