Liu Yutong

Liu Yutong is a Chinese basketball player, playing for the Shanghai Swordfish in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She is a center known for her physical playstyle, and nicknamed Big Baby and Female Shaq.

Early life

She attended Tsinghua University High School, where she was a teammate of Han Xu.

College career

Playing for Beijing Normal University, she led the university to three consecutive national titles, first in 2019 against Peking University, scoring 30 points and 16 rebounds, then in 2020 and 2021 against Tsinghua University.

In 2020, she earned the Chinese University Basketball Association's MVP.

Professional career

As a rookie Shanxi Flame player, she became an All-Star in the 2023-2024 WCBA season.

After missing nearly two months of the 2024-2025 season, she was released by the Shanxi Flame and subsequently signed with the Beijing Great Wall.

International career

Yutong represented China at the 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women, 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women, 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship, 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup and the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship.

She won the gold medal playing for China at the 2021 and 2025 World University Games.

She played her first game on the senior national team on March 4, 2026 in a 74-69 win against Brazil, scoring 12 points and 5 rebounds.