Devin Armani Booker (born October 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats , winning SEC Sixth Man of the Year before being drafted 13th overall by the Suns in the first round of the 2015 NBA draft . Booker is a four-time All-Star , a two-time All-NBA member, and is the Suns’ all-time leading scorer . He has also won gold medals with the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Olympic teams . [ 1 ] The son of former basketball player Melvin Booker , Devin debuted with Phoenix at 18 years old and quickly became one of the league’s top scorers. At 20, he became the youngest player to score over 60 points in a game, finishing with a Suns franchise record 70 against the Boston Celtics . At 22 years old, he became the youngest player in NBA history with consecutive 50-point games. Booker helped lead the Suns to the NBA Finals in 2021 and earned All-NBA First Team honors in 2022 after a franchise-best 64-win season. In 2025, at 28, he became the Suns’ all-time leading scorer. Booker is the son of Veronica Gutiérrez, a cosmetologist , [ 2 ] and Melvin Booker, who was named the 1994 Big Eight Player of the Year while a point guard at Missouri . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His parents met while his father was playing basketball for the Continental Basketball Association ‘s Grand Rapids Hoops in Gutiérrez’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan . [ 5 ] Booker was born and raised in Grand Rapids, living with his mother, who is of Mexican descent [ 2 ] [ 6 ] while his African-American father pursued a professional basketball career internationally. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He visited his father regularly during the summer. At age 12 while visiting him in Milan, he played one-on-one with Danilo Gallinari , then teammate of his father’s at Olimpia Milano . [ 2 ] [ 9 ] Booker was taught by his father that having basketball IQ was just as important as natural athleticism. [ 10 ] During his time in middle school, Booker became friends with future fellow NBA players D’Angelo Russell and Tyler Ulis . [ 11 ]
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