Like Weatherspoon, Stanford grad Wiggins was a Wade Trophy winner. Lennox, the 2000 rookie of the year, played for seven teams, but her career highlight was being WNBA Finals MVP for the 2004 champion Storm. 1 draft pick out of Minnesota by Charlotte in 2005, with her most productive seasons coming with the Liberty. She led Atlanta to the WNBA Finals in 2010, '11 and '13, and was the league's leading scorer in 2012 and '13. Site Last Updated: Monday, January 16, 5:27AM Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? . 2 draft pick out of Delaware, she was 2013 Rookie of the Year, helped Chicago make the 2014 Finals, and won her first MVP in 2015. 20); Tamecka Dixon, Los Angeles/Houston/Indiana (1997-2009; also wore No. That year, she won a championship with the Comets. 2 seed plays the No. The eight-time All-Star also just got back from her third Olympics with Team USA. 41, then switched to 81. DeShields, the No. In her best -- 2012, when she was on the All-Rookie team -- she wore No. But she started missing the game, went overseas to play and finally made her WNBA debut at age 27 -- and then spent 11 seasons in the league. Though the actual number of players would be much less as many players have played for multiple seasons. Bird was also listed in the WNBA Top 20@20 , a list of the league's best 20 players ever in celebration of the WNBA's twentieth anniversary. Laney made this list on the strength of last season, when she was the league's Most Improved Player, and this one, when she was a first-time All-Star. 2 pick in the 2012 draft out of Tennessee. 7 pick out of Rutgers in 2016, went to Chicago in a trade for Elena Delle Donne, and found a home there, playing in her first All-Star Game this season. Even so, just to make a roster in the highly competitive WNBA puts a player among the most elite. The 2014 MVP, Moore averaged 18.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals in her career. 44: Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Orlando/Connecticut/Los Angeles/Washington/Detroit/New York/Minnesota (1999-2012; also wore Nos. Sanford was another undrafted player, finishing her Kansas career in 1999 with no intent to play professionally. In 2020, Parker will earn a base salary of $119,500, while carrying a cap hit of $119,500. 5). 7), See also: Sylvia Crawley, Portland/San Antonio (2000-03); La'Keshia Frett, Los Angeles/Sacramento/Charlotte/New York (1999-2005, also wore No. 16: Ebony Hoffman, Indiana/Los Angeles/Connecticut (2004-14; also wore Nos. 20 at Duke and for her first six years with the Mystics. 91: Tamika Whitmore, New York/Los Angeles/Connecticut/Indiana (1999-2009; also wore Nos. Whalen was a home-state hero in leading Minnesota to the 2004 women's Final Four, and Gophers fans desperately wanted to see her playing for the Lynx. They are the two most successful Aussies in WNBA history. The forward sat out a season battling cancer in college at North Carolina. 55 when she was in Charlotte, but also had that honor at No. But all were with the Comets' dynasty teams. 18: Iziane Castro Marques, Miami/Phoenix/Seattle/Atlanta/Washington/Connecticut (2002-13; also wore Nos. A Naismith Hall of Famer, three-time MVP, three-time Defensive Player of the Year, six-time All-Star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Swoopes averaged 15.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 2.0 steals in her 12-season career. This question, as well as many others on our website, is quite popular among our readers. She was a second-round pick by San Antonio in 2014 when she was just 19. The former Georgia center spent just three seasons in the WNBA and never started for the now-defunct Rockers, averaging just 1.8 PPG. The dominant center has been the perfect fit with the Lynx, winning titles there in 2015 and '17 as WNBA Finals MVP both times. 13: Lindsay Whalen Connecticut/Minnesota (2004-18), See also: Chiney Ogwumike, Connecticut/Los Angeles (2014-present); Danielle Robinson, San Antonio/Phoenix/Minnesota/Las Vegas/Indiana (2011-present, also wore Nos. We list our top player at each number, with subsequent players listed by when they entered the WNBA, starting with the most recent. 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 Iowa grad wasn't drafted until the 1998 second round by Sacramento. Full Site Menu. 8. Thompson was the No. Dydek of Poland and Wauters of Belgium were both No. Granted, NBA players earn considerably more than WNBA playersper Basketball-Reference, the average NBA player salary is $7.7 million and the median player salary $3.5 million. Hoffman, the No. But everything clicked when she came to Chicago, near her hometown of Joliet, Illinois, in 2013. Connecticut reached the WNBA Finals, falling in four games to the Las Vegas Aces. See also: Florina Pascalau, Seattle (2015). Phillips played in two WNBA Finals with New York; she and Williams were both four-time All-Stars. Miller and twin sister, Coco, were Georgia grads; Kelly's WNBA highlight was starting for the Mercury's 2007 championship team. But she has been an All-Star in four of those, including this year, and she led the league in scoring (23.0) in 2018. List of the Best 6'10" Players on NBA 2K23. Douglas is one of the players who is listed twice, because her career was exactly split between two numbers: She spent the first seven years wearing 32, and the last seven wearing 23. She went to Chicago as part of the February 2017 trade that sent Elena Delle Donne to the Mystics. Nygaard, a successful high school coach in Los Angeles, is now an assistant with the Aces. WNBA and Basketball. 9, 14); Charlotte Smith, Charlotte/Washington/Indiana (1999-2006; also wore Nos. Without a lot of 18s, it's worth mentioning Stanford grad Nygaard. She has averaged double-digit scoring seven of her nine seasons with Chicago and was the league's Sixth Woman of the Year in 2014 and '15. 18, 88); Jennifer Azzi, Detroit/Utah/San Antonio (1999-2003); Janice Braxton, Cleveland (1997-99). She seemed to find her place in the league with Indiana in 2016. Underestimated because of her 5-5 height, Mitchell wasn't drafted until late in the second round out of Utah in 2008. 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. And she kept it with her new team, the Aces. An All-Star in 2015, she was Finals MVP in 2019 when the Mystics won their first championship. Gillom was 33 when the league launched; nicknamed "Grandmama," she helped the Mercury make the 1998 WNBA Finals. 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. Ndour-Fall was born in Senegal but moved to the Canary Islands as a teenager and has played for the Spanish national team in the past two Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2016. Quigley was a 2008 second-round draft pick out of DePaul, and it took awhile for her to stick in the league. There aren't a lot of 45s, but all these players listed have been loyal to it, not wearing any other numbers in the WNBA. For example, Sue Bird has been playing in the WNBA since 2002. Henning, a former Stanford star guard, was 29 when the WNBA launched, and her stats were never big. 35 and 15); Susanna Bonfiglio, Phoenix (2002); Two of the least-popular numbers in women's college hoops are 53 and 54, and that remains true with 53 in the WNBA. 33 is because a future Hall of Famer is in that spot. Toler played just three seasons, but scored the first points in WNBA history and went on to be the Sparks' general manager for 20 years. Mitchell, second all time on the NCAA scoring list and a No. Duke grad Thomas started her pro career in her hometown with Washington, then went to Atlanta. In his 12 year career so far, he's averaged 22.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, a block, on 47.3 percent . Currently, the Bucs open as 3-point underdogs at home, as FrontPageBets takes a look at the opening odds for the NFL playoff wild card . 19. No. 37 for just two games for the Mercury, but that's a rare enough jersey to make it here. She ranks fourth in the league in career points (6,822) and is the all-time leader in 2-point field goals made (2,779). They play for the Seattle Storm. 20), See also: Satou Sabally, Dallas (2020-present); Jackie Young, Las Vegas (2019-present); Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana (2018-present); Odyssey Sims, Tulsa/Dallas/Los Angeles/Minnesota/Atlanta (2014-present; also wore No. When the Shock moved to Tulsa, she went with them for one season (2010) before being traded to the Mercury and then finishing her career in New York. Griffith is being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year, and the only reason she's not the top choice at No. August 7, 1996: Val Ackerman is named . The only thing that slowed her down was injuries, which ended her WNBA career at age 31. See also: Natasha Cloud, Washington (2015-present; also wore No. Meesseman, a Belgian forward, was a steal for the Mystics as a second-round pick in 2013, just before she turned 20. But she has been a valuable reserve for the Storm, winning her first WNBA title last season and continuing that role off the bench this season. A Naismith Hall of Famer and nine-time All-Star, the power forward was the prototype "stretch 4," able to hit from anywhere on the floor, including behind the arc. 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. Jackson, a college star at Florida who was 34 when the WNBA launched, won four titles with the Comets. 23, which she wore when winning the 1994 NCAA title at North Carolina. Brent Barry, one of Hall of Famer Rick Barry's three sons to play in the NBA, wore No. It's hard to know where to slot Vaughn; she has worn four different numbers and doesn't have one real standout season. The Naismith Hall of Famer was a two-time Defensive Player of the Year. 55 with Louisiana Tech. You may see some of these players choose to move on from this number and select a new . Jordan took up the number 23 jersey from an early age dating back to his time at Laney High School. 42 jersey, Griner's number, with the eight-time All-Star's name printed on the back. Paris didn't have the kind of WNBA career like she did in college at Oklahoma, where she was a double-double machine. Witherspoon was in the same "two-Spoon" Liberty backcourt as Teresa Weatherspoon for the WNBA's first three years. She persevered through 10 knee operations, including five ACL surgeries. 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. WNBA trade grades 2023: Who wins big in the 3-team trade for Jonquel Jones? Charles is still seeking a WNBA title, but that is the only thing she doesn't have. Parker is a two-time MVP: In 2008, when she was also Rookie of the Year, and 2013. Dupree has career averages of 14.1 points and 6.4 rebounds and is a seven-time All-Star out of Temple who won a championship with Phoenix in 2014. 30: Breanna Stewart, Seattle (2016-present), See also: Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles (2012-present); Katie Smith, Minnesota/Detroit/Washington/Seattle/New York (1999-2013; also wore No. With the WNBA's new playoff format in effect, the Storm were the number 7 seed in the league and faced the Atlanta Dream in the first round, losing the single elimination game 94-85. 12); Murriel Page, Washington/Los Angeles (1998-2008; also wore No. As a tribute to the late, great Bill Russell number 6 has been retired across the league. Langhorne ranked in the top four in field goal percentage in nine of her 13 seasons, and her .560 career percentage is second in league history only to Sylvia Fowles. The NAIA player of the year as a senior in 1993, she competed overseas, then in the ABL and joined the WNBA at age 28. She played in her first All-Star Game last month. Riley, a former Notre Dame center, is one of five players who have been both the most outstanding player of the NCAA tournament (2001) and WNBA Finals MVP (2003). Cornbread, wore No. 88: Jacki Gemelos, Chicago/Connecticut/Washington (2015, '20; also wore No. A Naismith Hall of Famer, Cooper had won two NCAA titles with USC, then was a longtime star overseas before entering the WNBA at age 34 when the league began in 1997. Cooper was a three-time All-Star whose career scoring average of 21.0 is the best in WNBA history. 2 pick in the 2008 draft by Chicago. 6); Elaine Powell, Orlando/Detroit/Chicago (1999-2008; also wore No. 24); Michelle Snow, Houston/Atlanta/San Antonio/Chicago/Washington/Los Angeles (2002-15; also wore No. It took a while -- she spent six seasons with Connecticut, the team that drafted her fourth overall -- but then came via trade to Minnesota in 2010. 23 chronicled above. A seven-time All-Star, Griner helped lead Phoenix to the 2014 WNBA title. The Liberty fell in Game 3 and didn't win the championship, but her shot lives on. 9), See also: Samantha Prahalis, Phoenix/New York/Los Angeles (2012-2014, also wore Nos. CHICAGO Twenty two WNBA superstars took the floor at Chicago's Wintrust Arena for the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game on Sunday. 43: Le'Coe Willingham, Connecticut/Phoenix/Seattle/Chicago/Atlanta (2004-13; also wore 34), See also: Nakia Sanford, Washington/Phoenix/Seattle (2003-13); Alicia Thompson, New York/Indiana/Seattle (1998-2005). Her best overall season came in 2019, when she started for Connecticut's WNBA Finals team. So with not many 16s to choose from, we slotted her here. Bonner is a do-everything type player at 6-foot-4 who won two league titles with the Mercury and is now with the Sun. A seven-time All-Star, Smith scored 6,452 points, which ranks seventh all-time in WNBA history. Dealing with a torn ACL that kept her out of the NCAA tournament as a senior, she was taken next-to-last in the 1998 WNBA draft. WNBA History/Timeline. Timms was among the initial group of Australians who helped launch the WNBA and she is still one of the most popular. 9, 24); Crystal Robinson, New York/Washington (1999-2007; also wore No. 1, but Charlotte opted for Kelly Miller at No. 22. Prince, a 12-year veteran out of Rutgers, is no longer the scoring threat she was earlier in her career, when she was a two-time All-Star for the Sky. At Atlanta, she appeared in the 2010 and 2011 WNBA Finals, with her best season coming in 2010, when she averaged 16.9 PPG. She donned No. But No. She was able to play overseas several years and is now an assistant coach for the Liberty. Juwan Howard. 1); Erlana Larkins, New York/Indiana/Minnesota (2008-18; also wore No. She started the 1997 and '98 seasons for the Liberty, averaging in double figures both years. Stokes is lone among this group in her loyalty to 41; she wore it while winning three NCAA championships at UConn and during her time with the Liberty, who drafted her. As a late replacement for the U.S. 3x3 Olympics team, she won a gold medal in late July. We address Beard's career under No. Brunson, who played nine seasons for the Lynx, is second in all-time rebounding (3,356) to former Minnesota teammate Sylvia Fowles. 3); Amanda Zahui B, Tulsa/New York/Los Angeles (2015-present; also wore Nos. Wolters, a 6-7 center, had a shorter career than she hoped, but has a lot to show from it. 31 for his unlikely warmup jacket-clad dunk contest victory, but No. She won her third championship in her last season, 2017, with Minnesota, this time wearing No. 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. 10 for the first two of his three championships. 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