Last Updated on April 16, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

Here’s a detailed profile of Tina Charles:

Player Profile

  • Full Name: Tina Alexandria Charles
  • Nationality: American
  • Age: Born December 5, 1988
  • Hometown: Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
  • Height: 6’4″ (1.93 m)
  • Weight: 198 lbs (90 kg)
  • Wingspan: 6’6″
  • Shoe Size:  Size 13 US (women’s)
  • Jersey Number: #31 (most of her career)
  • Position: Center
  • High School: Christ the King Regional High School (Queens, New York)
  • College: University of Connecticut (2006–2010)
  • WNBA Draft: Selected 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Connecticut Sun
  • Teams Played For:
    • Connecticut Sun (2010–2013)
    • New York Liberty (2014–2019)
    • Washington Mystics (2021)
    • Phoenix Mercury (2022)
    • Seattle Storm (2022)
  • Championship Rings: 1 NCAA Championship (2009 with UConn); no WNBA championships.
  • Children: None publicly known
  • Siblings: Not much is publicly known about her siblings.

Player Archetype / Play Style

Tina Charles’s player archetype is that of a power-scoring veteran center, a frontcourt anchor built to produce through strength, touch, rebounding instincts, and years of high-usage offensive polish. At 6-foot-4, she has the size and frame to establish deep position, absorb contact, and control space inside, while her long track record as one of the league’s elite rebounders and scorers reflects how effective she is around the basket and in traffic. Defensively, she has typically operated as a strong interior presence who bodies opposing bigs, finishes possessions on the glass, and uses positioning more than pure vertical explosiveness. Offensively, Charles has long been a focal-point post scorer and paint producer who can punish switches, score on the block, draw fouls, and carry major half-court responsibility. Her overall play style is forceful, polished, and dependable, blending old-school interior scoring with the experience and feel of a star big who knows how to generate offense consistently. (WNBA)

Sources:

WNBA — Tina Charles Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and More
WNBA — WNBA’s All-Time Rebounds Leader and League Legend Tina Charles Returns to Connecticut
WNBA — Tina Charles Named 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player of the Year Presented by Boost Mobile
The IX Basketball — Can anyone slow down Tina Charles?
WNBA — Mercury Signs 2021 WNBA Leading Scorer Tina Charles