There was no driver in the Indiana Fever car. Stephanie White’s team lost all three of its point guards to injuries, two of them in the same game. Just when the offense seemed poised to falter, the team signed Odyssey Sims to an emergency contract.
At 32, she is used to being a midseason cover and entering teams in crisis. She signed with Dallas midseason in 2024 on a hardship contract, then signed with Los Angeles midseason after she was released from Dallas. Now she is in a similar situation with the Fever. So how has she been compensated?
What is Odyssey Sims’ net worth?
There is no definitive or verified figure for Odyssey Sims’ net worth as of yet. However, given her decade-long career in the WNBA, overseas contracts, endorsement deals, and possible investment ventures, a few estimate the valuation to be around $1 million.
What is Odyssey Sims’ contract breakdown?
Sims was supposed to make a base salary of $130,000 on a one-year, unprotected contract with the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2025 WNBA season. However, the Sparks cut Sims to stay within the WNBA’s 12-person roster limits after playing 12 games. At the Fever, she has signed a hardship 7-day contract, and the salary details are as follows.
Year
Age
Salary
2025
33
$4,637
What is Odyssey Sims’ salary?
Sims was supposed to earn $130,000 for one season at Sparks, but was eventually waived and only received part of the salary. She played 12 out of 44 games in 2025, which means she received approximately $54,622 out of her total. At the Fever, she will earn $4,637 in her 7 days, which brings her total earnings this season to $59,259.
Odyssey Sims’ Career Earnings
Sims has moved around various teams in her 11-year WNBA career. However, the data before 2019 is not available. According to Sportrac, her career earnings are as follows:
Year
Age
Team(s)
Status
Cash Total
Cash Cumulative
2019
27
Minnesota Lynx
Active
$115,000
$115,000
2020
28
Minnesota Lynx
Active
$117,000
$232,000
2021
29
Indiana Fever
Retained
$111,520
$343,520
Atlanta Dream
Active / Unprotected
$75,000
$418,520
2022
30
Minnesota Lynx
Retained
$6,428
$424,948
Connecticut Sun
Retained
$3,750
$428,698
Active
$2,678
$431,376
2023
31
Dallas Wings
Active / Unprotected
$48,460
$479,836
Retained
$4,361
$484,197
2024
32
Dallas Wings
Retained
$17,434
$501,631
Los Angeles Sparks
Retained
$15,912
$517,543
Active / Unprotected
$8,335
$525,878
Total
$525,878
2025
33
Los Angeles Sparks
Retained
$54,622
Indiana Fever
Active
$4,637
Total
$585,137
What is Odyssey Sims’ Emergency Hardship Exception Contract With the Indiana Fever?
After being waived by the Sparks, Sims landed an emergency hardship contract with the Indiana Fever on August 10. This deal is strictly temporary, lasting only until the Fever’s ranks are bolstered, specifically when Caitlin Clark returns to full health, since Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald are both out for the season. Thanks to the WNBA’s emergency hardship exception, any team with fewer than 10 active, game-ready players can immediately sign reinforcements, as the Fever did in response to their rash of injuries.
A Look at Odyssey Sims’ College and Professional Career
Odyssey Sims spent four electrifying seasons at Baylor University, bursting onto the scene as National Freshman of the Year, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and an All-Big 12 First Team selection. In her sophomore year, she was already sharing team Co-MVP honors with Brittney Griner and helped power Baylor to an NCAA Championship while scoring in double figures more often than not. Sims saved her best for last: in her senior year, she lit up the court with jaw-dropping averages of 28.5 points and 4.6 assists per game, cementing her status as a top-tier WNBA prospect.
After being drafted at No.2 in the 2014 draft by the Tulsa Shock, she made her mark in her rookie year. She averaged a career-high 16.7 points per game along with 4.2 assists per game in 34 games with 31 starts and was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team. Then, battling through some injuries, she played fewer games in 2015, but the team excelled, reaching the semi-finals. Sims averaged 16.0 points and 3.4 assists in a smaller sample size of 23 games.
In 2016, the Tulsa Shock packed up and moved to Dallas, which is just 15 miles from Odyssey Sims’s hometown of Irving, rebranding themselves as the Dallas Wings and bringing WNBA action right to her backyard. However, her time in Dallas did not last long as she was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks the next season.
Her production dropped heavily in LA as she mostly came off the bench while the team finished 28-8, making the finals. Sims’ impact made her among the prime sixth player of the year candidates, finishing 4th in that race. After another year in LA with substandard numbers, she re-signed with the Sparks after they matched an offer sheet made by the Phoenix Mercury.
Jun 1, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Sparks guard Odyssey Sims (0) dribbles the ball ahead of Phoenix Mercury guard Sevgi Uzun (10) during the third quarter at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
After which, Sims was traded to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Alexis Jones. It was a blessing in disguise as she had her best year in terms of achievements. Sims averaged 14.5 points, a career-high 5.4 assists, while earning her first and only All-Star nod in the process. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and everything changed for Sims. The guard’s personal struggles came to light as she was suspended without pay for the first two games of the season, fallout from a DUI charge in October 2019, to which she pleaded guilty.
After giving birth to her first child in April, Sims spent extra time off the court, recovering, resetting, and adjusting to life as a new mom, before finally making her long-awaited return in August. The result: a delayed but determined comeback that capped months away from the game. Sim’s career was derailed since she spent a year coming off the bench in Atlanta and Dallas in the years since, but she has been mostly a midseason signing each year. In whatever time she has been on the court, Sims has continued to impact games crucially, even with the reduced numbers.
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