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The Phoenix Mercury’s Natasha Mack was picked up as the 16th overall pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. Now, she is in the second playoff run of her career and her first WNBA Finals this season. But it wasn’t all glorious. It took some time before she got out of a job in a poultry plant, only to get back to the basketball hardwood. As she lives her best days, there’s no better time than now to open her chapter.

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Mack has spent most of her career on hardship contracts, but eventually she made her way to Phoenix after a three-year gap. But don’t think that Mercury’s strong rebounder is just earning from the deal she inked with Phoenix last season.

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What is Natasha Mack’s net worth?

Natasha Mack is a pro American-Montenegrin basketball player. She’s currently under a contract deal with the Mercury, and according to that contract, she’s reportedly earning more than $66,000, excluding a bonus of $50,000. Not just that, she’s even adding to her earnings from sponsorships and her basketball career, and based on that, she has a net worth of $500K.

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Natasha Mack’s Contract Breakdown

Ever since her WNBA journey began, Mack’s career has been a whirlwind of short stops. She’s been with the Sky, Lynx, and Mercury over the last six years, but 2025 feels different. This season, she’s inked a one-year deal with Phoenix, a contract that finally gives her a sense of stability. Here’s a brief overview of her earnings:

YearAnnual Salary
2021$10,352
2024$64,154
2025$116,079

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This year, Mack’s base salary of $66,079 and on top of that, she’s set to earn an incentive bonus, bringing her total cap hit to $116,079.

Natasha Mack’s Career Earnings

According to Spotrac, Mack’s earned a total of $190,585 in her WNBA career until now.

YearSalaryTeam
2021$7,571Chicago Sky
2021$2,781Minnesota Lynx
2024$64,154Phoenix Mercury
2025$116,079Phoenix Mercury

In her two years at Phoenix after 3 years, the 27-year-old accumulated a cash amount of $180,000. But how was her journey until now?

Natasha Mack’s College and Professional Career

Natasha Mack had established herself as a formidable force in women’s basketball. She started playing in high school as part of Lufkin High School’s basketball team. She was then ranked as a four-star prospect and later got recruited by the University of Houston. But even her collegiate journey wasn’t so smooth.

Mack left Houston shortly after, feeling burned out and a lack of fit with the team. She then returned to her high school area, working at a poultry plant and “shearing the wings off of chickens.” It almost felt like she had left basketball, but Randy McKelvey, an assistant coach at Angelina College, recruited her, and she returned to play.

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She was then named a junior college All-Star after her first season and even won the NJCAA Player of the Year award after her sophomore year. Not just that, her senior year saw her named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. All this was enough to get her selected in the WNBA.

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Mack was picked up by the Sky in the second round of the 2021 draft but was later waived. She then bounced back and forth, signing short stints with the Sky and Lynx. She didn’t play in the WNBA in 2022 or 2023, but in 2024, she was finally inked to a contract with the Mercury, where she made her first start of her career during the team’s opening loss at Las Vegas. Ever since, she’s become the team’s strong rebounder. But is all this enough to secure her a contract for the 2026 season, too?

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