Five-time NBA All-Star John Wall has retired from basketball after 11 seasons, he announced on social media on Tuesday.
The official news came from Wall's Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts, where the Kentucky export and point guard posted an emotional retrospective video with the caption, "Retired but never done. Doing it the#WallWay."
Watch that below:
Retired but never done. Doing it the #WallWay pic.twitter.com/s1pX9afHfL
— John Wall (@JohnWall) August 19, 2025
Prior to Tuesday's announcement, Wall, 34, had last played in an NBA game in January 2023, and had been dealing with a bevy of injuries in the back half of his tenure.
He finishes his career with an average of 18.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 8.9 assists across a total of 647 games played. Though his longest run was with the Wizards, Wall also spent time with the Clippers and the Rockets across his eleven seasons in the league.
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