[3] Beal accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the university, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Gators team during the 2011–12 season.

During the week of 11/21–11/28, Beal averaged 18.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals in two wins over Wright State and Jacksonville.

[9] On November 10, 2013, Beal surpassed his then-career high by scoring 34 points in an overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Beal finished as runner-up in the Three-Point Shootout at the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, losing to Marco Belinelli.

On October 11, 2014, Beal underwent an MRI that revealed a non-displaced fracture of the scaphoid bone in his left wrist, subsequently requiring surgery.

With 0.8 seconds left on the clock, coach Randy Wittman drew up a guard around screen for Beal off the pass from Andre Miller that ended Orlando's attempts to send the game into overtime.

[14] On February 5, Beal injured his right big toe and was later sidelined indefinitely after subsequent tests revealed a mild stress reaction in his right fibula.

[15] He missed eight games with the injury, as he returned to action on February 28 against Detroit, scoring eight points in 32 minutes as the Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak with a 99–95 win.

On November 4, 2015, Beal scored a game-high 25 points and made a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining to lift the Wizards to a 102–99 win over the San Antonio Spurs.

[25] Two days later, he had 30 or more in consecutive games for the first time in his five-year career, recording a then career-high 42 points in a 106–101 win over the Phoenix Suns.

[26] On November 27, he was fined $15,000 for grabbing at the throat of Evan Fournier during the Wizards' game against the Orlando Magic two days earlier.

[36] Beal joined Kevin Durant and Vince Carter as the only three players in NBA history, 23 years old or younger, to average at least 23 points and shoot above 40 percent from three-point range.

[40] On November 20, 2017, in a 99–88 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, Beal scored 23 points and became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 700 made three-pointers.

[42] On December 31, 2017, Beal scored 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter to lead Washington to a 114–110 win over the Chicago Bulls.

He broke Washington's franchise record for most three-pointers in a career, surpassing Gilbert Arenas (868) by making his 869th during the fourth quarter.

[58] On December 22, he recorded his first career triple-double with 40 points, a career-high 15 assists and 11 rebounds in a 149–146 triple-overtime win over the Phoenix Suns.

[63] He had 40 points for the second straight game a day later and made a career-high nine three-pointers in a 135–128 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

[66] He also became the first player in Wizards franchise history to average at least 25 points, five rebounds and five assists, while appearing in all 82 games for the second consecutive season.

[67] On October 17, 2019, Beal signed a two-year contract extension worth a maximum of $72 million to remain with the Wizards.

[69] In November, Beal scored 44 points in consecutive games, in a loss to the Boston Celtics and a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, respectively.

[72] The following day, Beal again surpassed his career high, this time with a 55-point performance in a 140–137 overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.

[75] Two days later, Beal recorded 39 points and 7 assists in a 122–115 win against the New York Knicks, his final game before the abrupt suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season.

[78][79] On July 7, 2020, the Wizards announced that Beal would not participate in the 2019–20 NBA restart in Walt Disney World at Orlando due to a shoulder injury.

[84] Beal was selected by to play on Kevin Durant's team as a starter for the All-Star Game, joining his childhood friend Jayson Tatum.

[91] On October 21, Beal scored 19 points, including a game-winning bank shot, in a 102–100 win over the Chicago Bulls.

[95] After missing the first seven games of the season due to lower back tightness, Beal made his debut with the Suns on November 8, 2023 against the Chicago Bulls with 13 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists in 23 minutes of action during a tense 116–115 overtime win.

[98] On April 14, 2024, Beal scored a game-high 36 points and grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds in a 125–106 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, helping the Suns not only avoid the NBA play-in tournament, but also secure a spot in the playoffs for their fourth straight year in their regular-season finale.

[101] In his first game off the bench in nine years, Beal scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half as Phoenix snapped a four-game losing streak with a 109–99 victory.

[117] Beal, in turn, babysat future Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum as a teen, becoming a close friend and mentor to the fellow St. Louis native.

[119] In August 2020, Beal sold his 12,000 square-foot French Provencal-style McLean, Virginia mansion for $3.5 million to co-founder of &pizza, entrepreneur Steve Salis.