53: Kendra Wecker, San Antonio/Washington (2005-08; also wore No. 8. Although the jersey numbers generally favored by WNBA players are the same as they wore in college, it's inevitable that several have to change numbers when they turn pro, and/or when they switch teams. Teasley was drafted No. An All-Star in 2015, she was Finals MVP in 2019 when the Mystics won their first championship. 7); DeMya Walker, Portland/Sacramento/Connecticut/Washington/New York (2000-12; also wore No. Brittney marked the pair's one-year wedding anniversary with a gushing Instagram tribute to her wife. 51: Jessica Breland, New York/Connecticut/Indiana/Chicago/Atlanta (2011-present), See also: Sydney Colson, New York/San Antonio/Minnesota/Las Vegas/Chicago (2011-20; also wore No. 1 pick in a strong 2001 draft class, then teamed with 2002 top pick Sue Bird to lead the Storm to the 2004 and 2010 WNBA titles. 32, 34), See also: Kelly Santos, Detroit/Seattle (2001-02, '08; also wore No. Sales was an All-Star for seven of her nine seasons. 12). Alana Beard makes this list not because of her WNBA title, her four all-star appearances or one all-WNBA selections, but her being a two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, the 9x All-Defensive Team selections, and her being third all-time in steals. Her career was split between eight seasons in New York and eight in San Antonio. 55 is the highest allowed jersey number in college. Her post-playing career has been groundbreaking, too, as she's an assistant coach with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and is in the pool of potential candidates as the NBA's first female head coach. The Mercury have won three WNBA titles with Taurasi. 1 pick out of Stanford in 2012 when she was Rookie of the Year, was the 2016 MVP and won a championship with the Sparks that season. MIN Minutes Played. But she ended up being one of four players selected that year in the now-defunct fourth round who not only made the WNBA but played at least five seasons. Griner is a seven-time All-Star, a two-time scoring champion and a seven-time blocks leader. 16: Ebony Hoffman, Indiana/Los Angeles/Connecticut (2004-14; also wore Nos. That year, she won a championship with the Comets. Dolson won two NCAA titles at UConn and was the No. Her career scoring average (13.0) matched the jersey she wore throughout her Mercury career, after starting as No. Lets fix that! She's now an assistant coach for the Sparks, for whom she played in her last season, 2020. Four players listed are still active. The great Cindy Brown wore No. A Naismith Hall of Famer and five-time All-Star, Staley focused more on playmaking in her pro and international careers (she was a three-time Olympian). Aja Wlson is one of two MVPs not to make the W25 and Wilson doesnt look to be stopping anytime soon, so shes got to be somewhere in the top 50 despite her career being on the early side. 13 overall, in 2011 by the Lynx, but traded on draft day to the Liberty. "Its an absolutely unimaginable situation for for BG," WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert told Time after the State Department's reclassification. Mercury coach Sandy Brondello and college coaches Adia Barnes (Arizona) and Tricia Bader Binford (Montana State) are the others. Tennessee basketball player out for season with blood clots, UConns Nika Muhl becomes latest injury concern for depleted Huskies, Lindsey Horan scores through opponents legs in historic win for Lyon, Stanford-bound Irene Riggs races into cross-country record books. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device.We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. : http://www.wnba.com/tickets/ Staley wore No. But she played 10 seasons and won a WNBA title with Seattle in 2018. I miss your presence. "Your love never wavered with me at any point if anything it grew and you have showed me how to love and how to be loved!" A national champion at South Carolina in 2017, she was the No. Her career has been hampered by injuries, but she still has career averages of 12.9 points and 7.0 rebounds. I love my wife wholeheartedly, so this message comes during one of the weakest moments of my life." Duke grad Williams was the league's Most Improved Player in 2016 and was named to the All-Defensive Team last year. But dunking is much less common in womens basketball than in mens. Paired with Becky Hammon, she was a three time all-star, averaged between 12 and 19 points for her entire nine-year WNBA career. Just because, you know, she can't make enough money in the WNBA, like, to sustain her life. The Michigan native was selected by the home-state Shock in Detroit and won the 2006 and 2008 WNBA titles there. Though Staley wasnt included in the 20th anniversary team or the W25, her five all-star appearances and those inclusions early on makes her an easy pick for the top 50 WNBA players of all-time. Wilson is just in her fourth season in the WNBA, but already has an MVP award and WNBA Finals appearance, both coming last year. Park was a 2018 second-round draft selection by the Lynx, then was picked up by the Aces when Minnesota released her. We went with 44, which she wore for her first WNBA championship season, with Detroit in 2008. Barnes was a WNBA role player for seven seasons. McCarville was the No. December 8, 2022, 3:03 AM. She spent her seven-season career with Detroit, winning three championships (although she was out the 2008 postseason with injury) and making one other WNBA Finals appearance. Our candidates for making the top 10 WNBA players ever are: Maya Moore Diana Taurasi Tamika Catchings Lisa Leslie Sue Bird Cynthia Cooper Sheryl Swoopes 5 out of North Carolina in 2002 by the short-lived Portland franchise but was traded on draft day to the Sparks. 17); Wendy Palmer, Utah/Detroit/Orlando/Connecticut/San Antonio/Seattle (1997-2007; also wore Nos. Charles is an eight-time All-Star, five-time First-Team selection, two-time All-Defensive Team and four-time rebounding champion. In June 2008, she also became the second player to dunk in a WNBA game. No WNBA player has passed with more creative flair than Penicheiro, whose 2,600 career assists are second all-time to Sue Bird. 92 (2019) got her on this list. The two-time WNBA champion was named Finals MVP in 2007 and made seven All-Star Game appearances. Eight of those were with the Mystics. Also, with some WNBA players, it's difficult to pick their "main" number, if they had success wearing more than one. Riley played for Detroit's 2003 and 2006 championship teams, and was on San Antonio's runner-up team that lost to the Shock in the 2008 Finals. After winning two ABL titles with the Columbus Quest, South Carolina grad Johnson was a four-time WNBA All-Star. 55 with Louisiana Tech. She was also USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year in 2021. Ogwumike has since become a leader and spokesperson for the WNBA on and off the court as the president of the WNBA Players Association. 7. ESPN obviously put some work into their ranking and we certainly think that Taylor and Brunson deserve to be in the top 50 players of all-time. Diana Taurasi Her first All-WNBA honor was in 2004, her rookie season. 20 at Duke and for her first six years with the Mystics. She was a starter for 12 seasons, including for the 2007 and '09 Mercury title teams. WebIn the 25 years of the WNBA, only five players have won multiple Finals MVP awards. In 2019, she became the first undrafted player to earn All-Star Game MVP honors, dedicating the award to her late mother, who died from cancer when Wheeler was in college. 5). Colson's story was one of persistence, too. Taylor, a crafty forward, was a key part of three Mercury championship teams and was a three-time All-Star. The forward sat out a season battling cancer in college at North Carolina. Texas Tech's Pierson was the best player at No. Former Stanford standout Powell won a championship with Sacramento in 2005. The Russian arms dealer has been released from U.S. prison in a one-for-one swap to free WNBA star Brittney Griner, a U.S. official confirmed. She was also the regular-season MVP in 2017 and has been the league's Defensive Player of the Year three times. See also: Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix/New York/Chicago/Los Angeles/Indiana (2006-2018; also wore No. You're our person! Thus far in 2021 with the Sky, she's having her best season statistically. 12 for the Lynx in her seventh WNBA season. Heres a list of the remaining candidates. The 33-year-old went on sabbatical in 2019 to focus, Copyright 2022 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. 92: Damiris Dantas, Minnesota/Atlanta (2014-present; also wore Nos. "Everyday with you is spectacular but when I get to celebrate your life and all that you are is just breathtaking !" Byears, out of DePaul, won two WNBA championships with the Sparks. It is impossible to discuss the WNBAs greatest players of all time without Fowles, who is still one of the most dominant players in the league in her 14th season. Team: Houston Comets | Position: Guard | Career: 1997-2003. 41). 7 pick in the 2020 draft. Sanford was another undrafted player, finishing her Kansas career in 1999 with no intent to play professionally. 9, 14); Charlotte Smith, Charlotte/Washington/Indiana (1999-2006; also wore Nos. 54 in college, too. They didn't start dating until years later, however, when they reconnected after the athlete split from her first wife, Glory Johnson. She brought her trademark brand of pesky defense to the WNBA for six seasons. 3 and 1), See also: Liz Cambage, Tulsa/Dallas/Las Vegas (2011-present) ; Iziane Castro Marques, Miami/Phoenix/Seattle/Atlanta/Washington/Connecticut (2002-13; also wore Nos. She was a five-time All-Star, twice wearing 32 and three times wearing 23. Florida grad Witherspoon was a good player in her own right, averaging double-digit scoring four of her seven WNBA seasons. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. 9), See also: Samantha Prahalis, Phoenix/New York/Los Angeles (2012-2014, also wore Nos. DeShields, the No. Among the top-10 players, theres only one guard: Courtney Vandersloot at No. 8, but her one season at No. According to my quick math, that means we have 16 spots remaining with approximately 50 candidates. She donned No. The 36-year-old was the first player to win the Rookie of the Year and the Most Valuable Player awards in the same season (2008). 0: Alana Beard, Washington/Los Angeles (2004-2019; also wore No. Johnson said she started with No. Vandersloot started in the WNBA at No. January, still a top perimeter defender at age 34, played in all three of the Fever's WNBA Finals appearances, winning the title in 2012. Phillips (age 29) and Williams (28) were older when the league launched but made the most of the opportunity. 12). 7, 9, 1); Asjha Jones, Washington/Connecticut/Minnesota (2002-15); Nikki McCray, Washington/Indiana/Phoenix/San Antonio/Chicago (1998-2006); Adrienne Goodson, Utah/San Antonio/Houston/Charlotte (1999-2005; also wore No. But she got a chance to play an important role for the 1999 champion Comets, starting every game that season. The two-time WNBA champion also owns the records for most. 7); Adia Barnes, Sacramento/Minnesota/Cleveland/Seattle (1998-2004). After playing in the ABL, she came to the WNBA at age 29 in 1999, and was named league MVP and Defensive Player of the Year that season. She made her quintuple-double history in 1997, and this is the same year she won the Rookie of the Year award. Perrot died of cancer at age 32 during the Comets' run in 1999 to a third title, and the league's annual sportsmanship award is named after her. She finished a 15-season career averaging 10.7 points and 5.3 rebounds. In 2009, she became the first A two-time NCAA champion at UConn, she was the No. Then she focused on playing in Europe and didn't return to the WNBA until 2007, when at 25 she was traded to Connecticut. She tops the list with 60.49; in second is Sue Bird, with 42.06. What about active players like Alyssa Thomas, Liz Cambage or Arike Ogunbowale or Jewell Loyd? She was traded to Sacramento and played two seasons there, but injuries ended her career prematurely. "Our voice as athletes is stronger together. Cynthia Cooper is one of the greatest scorers in the WNBA. 13). 54 anymore then; Ferris wore the number throughout her career, including in the 2003 season when she won a championship with the Shock. 19. She didn't play in the bubble in 2020, but got some brief playoff experience with Las Vegas in 2019. It all worked out: Wauters transposed her jersey number to 21, and she and Gray won a title with the Sparks that year. Love and basketball. But she switched to No. (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017); third all time in assists; three-time assists champion; three-time All-WNBA First Team. 18, 88); Jennifer Azzi, Detroit/Utah/San Antonio (1999-2003); Janice Braxton, Cleveland (1997-99). The three-time WNBA single-season assists leader finished her career as the all-time playoff assists leader with 341. in 2019 and continues to add to her total with eight this season alone. 2, rather than wait a year for Catchings. In December 2022, Cherelle was a beaming sight at the White House as President Joe Biden announced that her wife had been released from Russian custody. Latta, who was from the other Tobacco Road college power, North Carolina, had her best WNBA seasons in 2013 and '14, when she was an All-Star with the Mystics. Catchings unanimous inclusion was a no-brainer. Latta was third in those categories from the class of 2007 (11 seasons, 346 total games). 2 pick in the 2012 draft out of Tennessee. The current players honored were Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Elena Delle Donne, Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Angel McCoughtry, Nneka Ogwumike, Candace Parker, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi. Team: Houston Comets, Los Angeles Sparks, Seatle Storm | Position: Forward | Career: 1997-2013. 7 at 1,578). The Iowa grad wasn't drafted until the 1998 second round by Sacramento. Phillips, a guard from Australia, was a second-round draft pick in 2005 who started her WNBA career in 2006. Tamika Catchings is a player who has to be in the top 10 best WNBA players of our time because she holds the record of the first-ever quintuple double. She's now an Aces assistant coach. The Houston Comets selected Thompson in 1997 as the first draft pick in WNBA history. 6 pick in the 2014 draft by Washington. Officials were initially worried that an aggressive response could hurt her chances of a safe return amid Russia's conflict with Ukraine, but in May 2022, the U.S. State Department said that Russia had "wrongfully detained" the Texas native. All are listed instead under the numbers they wore for most of their careers: 44, 14 and 23, respectively. Sylvia Fowles set the WNBA record for most career double-doubles in 2019 and continues to add to her total with eight this season alone. As you may know, the WNBA celebrated their 25th anniversary in the 2022 season. But Catchings is the most complete basketball player I have ever seen. Ogwumike, the No. The Liberty fell in Game 3 and didn't win the championship, but her shot lives on. Yes. A four-time All-Star in her 12 seasons at Sacramento, she helped the Monarchs win the 2005 WNBA title and reach the 2006 Finals. Young, the best player out of James Madison, spent the bulk of her career with the Sky, going to the 2014 WNBA Finals with Chicago. 14 more seasons than 41, including when she won a WNBA title with the Sparks as a rookie, and when she played on three WNBA Finals teams with the Dream. Sue Bird. Of all the UConn players in the WNBA, Bird certainly has the biggest storyline this season. Tina Charles. Napheesa Collier. Crystal Dangerfield. Stefanie Dolson. Bria Hartley. Tiffany Hayes. Moriah Jefferson. Olivia Nelson-Ododa. Kia Nurse. More items Tennessee grad McCray started her pro career in the ABL, then was one of the bright spots in the early years for the WNBA's Mystics, making three All-Star appearances for Washington. 12 every year of her WNBA career except her last, as Los Angeles teammate Gray already had that number. 3, 33); Kayla Thornton, Washington/Dallas (2015-present; also wore No. Manage SettingsContinue with Recommended Cookies. The Arthur Ashe Courage Award winner at the 2021 ESPYs, Moore was sensational in her eight seasons with the Lynx, reaching the WNBA Finals six of those years and winning four championships. Milton-Jones, known for her tough and aggressive defense, is second all-time in regular-season games (499) to Sue Bird. She also became the only player in the WNBA or NBA to win five Defensive Player of the Year awards. The 43-year-old became a WNBA champion in 2012 and won Finals MVP that year. Cut by New York and picked up by Connecticut, she appeared in just 13 total games as a rookie and didn't play in the WNBA the next season. The 36-year-old was the first player to win the Rookie of the Year and the Most Valuable Player awards in the same season (2008). Tamika Catchings. Hayes surprisingly was a second-round draft pick (No. A seven-time All-Star, Smith scored 6,452 points, which ranks seventh all-time in WNBA history. UConn star Lobo was one of the original trio to sign with the WNBA, along with Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes. A second-round pick after winning a national championship with Texas A&M in 2011, she played 16 games as a rookie, then didn't get a WNBA roster spot again until four years later. Swedish center Zahui B was the No. Langhorne's two championships (2018, '20) came near the end of her career in Seattle. Another former Rutgers guard, Wheeler was not taken in the WNBA draft when she finished college in 2013, but made her WNBA debut 2015, playing briefly for Atlanta and New York. The Brazilian forward started her career at No. WebAnswer (1 of 2): Diana Taurasi and its not close. Sue Bird's decorated career is coming to a close after the 2022 WNBA season. She made three WNBA Finals appearances with the Liberty and one with the Stars. 3 in college are there in the WNBA: Taurasi and Parker. At some point, you kind of run out of superlatives for Bird, who at age 40 and in her 18th season is still at the top of her game. If you picked one number for an all-time team, 24 would be a good choice. You never gave up on me even when I gave up on myself. It is legal. As WNBA players Seattle Storm's Sue Bird and Minnesota Lynx's Sylvia Fowles wrap up their iconic careers, here is a list of the league's greatest players of all time. Then she excelled coming off the bench the next two seasons, helping Los Angeles make back-to-back WNBA Finals appearances in 2016 (won title) and '17. She went to Chicago as part of the February 2017 trade that sent Elena Delle Donne to the Mystics. 11 pick, the same year Australian countrywoman Lauren Jackson was taken No. Pitt's Zellous played in two WNBA Finals with Indiana, winning the title in 2012. 1 badass). But an ACL injury in the 1999 opener cost her the rest of that season, and after re-injuring the knee six months later in a scrimmage, she also missed the 2000 season. 15 overall out of St. Joseph's, and a steal for the Mystics. Taj McWilliams-Franklin was one of my favorite players and was mentioned in ESPNs snubs article. Bird has won four WNBA championships (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) and was named an All-Star 13 times. Page, the No. The current WNBA all-time assists leader is considered one of the greatest facilitators and floor generals in the history of the sport. Charles didn't play in the 2020 WNBA bubble. Brittney wrote via Instagram in June 2020. 0); Shameka Christon, New York/Chicago/San Antonio/Phoenix (2004-15); Kara Lawson, Sacramento/Connecticut/Washington (2003-15). The No. Including two youngsters from the same draft class, as Collier was 2019 Rookie of the Year and Ogunbowale led the WNBA in scoring in 2020. 1 Who is considered the best WNBA player of all time? 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