The Americans won their fifth straight gold medal. In 2014, Bird had competed for Team USA during the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, in which they defeated Spain 77–64 to win the gold medal. Bird competed for Team USA in the 2016 Summer Olympics, helping the team win its sixth straight gold medal, as they beat Spain 101–72 in the gold medal game. This was Bird's fourth Olympic title. In 2018, Bird competed for Team USA during the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup held in Spain, in which they defeated Australia 73–56 to win the gold medal. By winning the gold medal, Bird became the only player in history, male or female, to win four World Cup gold medals. Bird finished the final with five assists to bring her career total to 107 assists in FIBA World Cup – making her the leader for the U.S. most assists at the World Cup. On July 23, 2021, in the lead-up to her quest for her fifth gold medal, Bird carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez were selected as the flag bearers by their fellow athletes. Bird called the honor “mind-blowing.” The Games were delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WNBA career statistics Career achievements Only player to win a WNBA championship in three different decades (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) Oldest player in WNBA history to play a whole season. 41 yrs, 246 days. (Note: Nancy Lieberman played 9 minutes in 1 game at age 50 years 23 days.) Top 10 all-time in: 1st in most season played (20) 1st in Games Played (580) 1st in assists (3,234) 1st in minutes Played (18,080) 1st in All-Star appearances (13) 1st in Turnovers (1,393) 2nd in 3-pointers made (1,001) 2nd in 3-point attempts (2,551) 3rd in steals (725) 5th in Field goal attempts (5,778) 6th in Field goals made (3,299) 6th in Field Goals missed (3,233) 7th in Points (6,803) Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || 35.0 || .403 || .401 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|.911° || 2.6 || 6.0 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 3.4 || 14.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | style="background:#D3D3D3"|34° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|34° || 33.4 || .421 || .350 || .884 || 3.3 || 6.5 || 1.4 || 0.0 || 3.2 || 12.4 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2004 |