Former Suns point guard and 11-time All-NBA player Chris Paul will retire following the conclusion of the 2025-26 season, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Paul posted a career tribute video to X on Saturday morning with the caption, “Back in NC!!! What a ride…Still so much left…GRATEFUL for this last one!!”
Back in NC!!! What a ride…Still so much left…GRATEFUL for this last one!! 🤞🏾 pic.twitter.com/1ZaJSqsWRD
— Chris Paul (@CP3) November 22, 2025
The 12-time NBA All-Star will hang up his professional basketball jersey and shoes after 21 seasons in the league.
Now 40 years old, Paul, aka “CP3” or “the Point God,” signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in July for his second stint with the team after his first from 2011-17, and has played for seven NBA teams, including three seasons with the Phoenix Suns (2020-23).
His lone NBA Finals appearance came in his first season with Phoenix in 2021, a year in which he averaged 16.4 points, 8.9 assists and a career-best 93.4% at the free-throw line.
The point guard is a five-time assists and six-time steals leader in the NBA.
Paul was drafted fourth overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the then-New Orleans Hornets and has averaged 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 9.2 assists in his career as of the date of his announcement.