A national champion at South Carolina in 2017, she was the No. An All-Star in 2015, she was Finals MVP in 2019 when the Mystics won their first championship. 55 when she was in Charlotte, but also had that honor at No. Her best overall season came in 2013 when she averaged 12.9 PPG and 9.9 RPG. See also: Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix/New York/Chicago/Los Angeles/Indiana (2006-2018; also 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. 5: Dawn Staley, Charlotte/Houston (1999-2006; also wore No. 34, and is currently wearing No. 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. 35: Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta/Las Vegas (2009-present), See also: Jonquel Jones, Connecticut (2016-present); Cheryl Ford, Detroit (2003-09). 7), See also: Sylvia Crawley, Portland/San Antonio (2000-03); La'Keshia Frett, Los Angeles/Sacramento/Charlotte/New York (1999-2005, also wore No. The Tennessee grad won her championship with Los Angeles in 2016, when she was Finals MVP. She gets a chance to stand alone, however, with No. 1 pick and Rookie of the Year in 2010. 92: Damiris Dantas, Minnesota/Atlanta (2014-present; also wore Nos. 11.12.2021 . Mabika, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, played all but one of her 12 seasons for the Sparks, winning titles with them as a starter in 2001 and '02. Eight of those were with the Mystics. 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. Harding was the 2007 No. Smith, a Naismith Hall of Famer out of Ohio State, came to the WNBA at age 25 after winning two ABL championships, and then was a top scoring guard for her first 6 seasons with the Lynx. Dydek of Poland and Wauters of Belgium were both No. That worked out well for her; as a rookie, she hit a championship-winning 3-pointer for Los Angeles in the WNBA Finals. 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. Milton-Jones, the 1997 Wade Trophy winner out of Florida, first played in the ABL. Smith was head coach of the Liberty for two seasons and is now an assistant with the Lynx. Coming off two consecutive Final Four appearances, Latta went late in the 2007 first round at eleventh and Little was taken 17th in the second round. Her career has been hampered by injuries, but she still has career averages of 12.9 points and 7.0 rebounds. 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. She was an All-Star for the Lynx in 2019. 2, 4, 8); Katie Douglas, Orlando/Connecticut/Indiana (2001-14; also wore 23); Andrea Stinson, Charlotte/Detroit (1997-2005, also wore No. Ogwumike, the No. Wolters, a 6-7 center, had a shorter career than she hoped, but has a lot to show from it. Azzi played in the ABL first and didn't join the WNBA until she was 30. Colson's story was one of persistence, too. 22: Sheryl Swoopes, Houston/Seattle/Tulsa (1997-2011), See also: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas (2018-present); Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago (2011-present, also wore No. When the Shock moved to Tulsa for the 2010 season, Nolan didn't go with them, and that ended her WNBA career at age 30. 7 in 13 of his 14 NBA seasons. Brondello (Australia) and Nemcova (Czech Republic) played in the WNBA's inaugural season. Maria is the fourth-tallest player in the WNBA and wears a size 24 US shoe (48 EU size). 2 overall pick in the 1984 NBA draft, ahead of Michael Jordan. The same goes for Askamp, also a center who wore 14 more than 41, but had the latter number when she won the 2002 WNBA title with the Sparks. Lotus Seven was an open top, two-seater sports car. Williams, an All-Star in 2015, once scored 51 points in a 2013 game and also is known for her defense. 91: Tamika Whitmore, New York/Los Angeles/Connecticut/Indiana (1999-2009; also wore Nos. One of the best centers in women's hoops history, Leslie was among a trio of stars -- with Sheryl Swoopes and Rebecca Lobo -- who were the first to sign with the WNBA. 14 overall) out of UConn in 2012. Glen . 23 with her three NCAA titles at Tennessee to Moore's two at UConn; both scored over 3,000 points collegiately. Stephen Curry praised the Biden/Harris administration for working to bring imprisoned . 14 in that latter draft, and was a steal for the Sparks. 9 for the Los Angeles Sparks and some more quirky choices like 99. 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. How did a guard get a number traditionally worn by post players? The length of Hammon's career and her four Finals appearances gave her an edge, but Thomas, 29, still has time. 1); Sue Wicks, New York (1997-2002); Tammy Jackson, Houston/Washington (1997-2001, also wore No. They play for the Seattle Storm. Phillips played in two WNBA Finals with New York; she and Williams were both four-time All-Stars. Players wore the 6-foot-9 WNBA superstar's name and number on their jerseys throughout the second half of this year's All-Star contest. Who wears number 23 in the WNBA? Under her maiden name, Lawrence, she earned most outstanding player honors in Louisiana Tech in the first NCAA tournament in 1982. January 17, 2023, 8:38 PM. Taylor came to the league in 2001 as the No. 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. 11, 15); Kamila Vodichkova, Seattle/Phoenix (2000-06; also wore No. Goodson is another former ABL player; she was 32 when she entered the WNBA in 1999. She was a key part of their 2018 and '20 championship teams. 23. Nygaard, a successful high school coach in Los Angeles, is now an assistant with the Aces. 2 pick in the 2008 draft by Chicago. 18: Iziane Castro Marques, Miami/Phoenix/Seattle/Atlanta/Washington/Connecticut (2002-13; also wore Nos. She has four championships with the Storm and is the first WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. Brent Barry, one of Hall of Famer Rick Barry's three sons to play in the NBA, wore No. The kits were . 18. The WNBA launched in June 1997 with eight teams, expanded to as many as 16 at one point, and currently has 12. You may recall Matter for her Ohio State career, where she is second all time in 3-pointers made (270), but not her 10 games with the defunct Sting. Little then played more seasons (13) and more games (431 in the regular season, 37 in the playoffs) than anyone in her draft class, plus won the 2010 WNBA title with Seattle. 14). Walker was an All-Star in 2005, when Sacramento won its championship. 33: Seimone Augustus, Minnesota/Los Angeles (2006-20), See also: Emma Meesseman, Washington (2013-present); Sophia Young-Malcolm, San Antonio (2006-15); Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento/Seattle/Indiana (1999-2009; also wore 13). 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. But she played 10 seasons and won a WNBA title with Seattle in 2018. Less than six weeks after her release from a Russian prison, Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner surprised a group of people at an MLK march in Phoenix where she posed with eager fans. She made the most of her three seasons with a Liberty team that captured fans' hearts with its gritty play and outgoing personalities. The Minnesota Lynx star left the WNBA in 2019 to help her now-husband Jonathan Irons win his release from prison by getting his 50-year sentence overturned in 2020. LSU grad Ferdinand-Harris was a three-time All-Star, a distinction that Virginia's Palmer earned once. Ndiaye-Diatta, from Senegal, was an NAIA player like McWilliams-Franklin and was taken in the 1999 draft's fourth round, which no longer exists. 24). 25); Katie Douglas, Orlando/Connecticut/Indiana (2001-14; 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. North Carolina's Reid was the first WNBA rookie of the year (the honor wasn't given in the league's inaugural season) in 1998. What happens if you sink the white in snooker? Dolson, a two-time All-Star, helped the U.S. women win gold in late July as 3x3 made its Olympic debut. 45: Kara Braxton, Detroit/Phoenix/New York (2005-14), See also: Astou Ndour-Fall, San Antonio/Chicago/Dallas (2014-present); Noelle Quinn, Minnesota/Los Angeles/Washington/Seattle/Phoenix (2007-18). 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. He wore No. The Michigan native was selected by the home-state Shock in Detroit and won the 2006 and 2008 WNBA titles there. Vandersloot started in the WNBA at No. She played for eight different teams and wore No. What Breanna Stewart's 2023 season might look like in Seattle or New York, WNBA trade takeaways: How Jonquel Jones trade impacts Breanna Stewart's potential move. 1); Erlana Larkins, New York/Indiana/Minnesota (2008-18; also wore No. Jump to: What Brittney Griner's return for the 2023 WNBA season means for her and the Phoenix Mercury, Why Jonquel Jones brings top-5 fantasy upside to New York, Voepel: Moore hits buzzer-beater in moment of 'greatness', 'I had to be an Olympian': How a Team USA snub launched Dawn Staley to the doorstep of Olympic history, Not just Nneka: 12 WNBA standouts who never suited up for Team USA, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. . The WNBA star, 32, who was released from a Russian penal colony on Dec. 8, took part in a march in Pheonix, Arizona alongside her wife, Cherelle Griner. Quinn, the No. 2 pick that year by Detroit and won a championship with the Shock the next year. 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. 2 pick in the 2012 draft out of Tennessee. 1. Timms was among the initial group of Australians who helped launch the WNBA and she is still one of the most popular. That jumped to starting nine games and averaging 9.9 points and 10.9 rebounds in the postseason. A four-time All-Star, she helped lead the Shock to four WNBA Finals appearances and three titles. The 2016 No. She won a championship with the Lynx in 2013. 0. Who are the top WNBA players available in free agency this offseason? 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. 49: Amaya Valdemoro, Houston (1998-2000; also wore No. 8 in Indiana, where she ended her career with the 2012 title. But her longevity -- she's in her 12th season -- works in her favor, so we put her at 15, the number she wore at Rutgers and came into the WNBA wearing. The same players who were the tops at No. 13 overall, in 2011 by the Lynx, but traded on draft day to the Liberty. Several of the more popular numbers have multiple stars, and some potentially deserving players got left out. 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. And the rest was Fever history. She is in the WNBA's top 10 all-time in points (No. 2, rather than wait a year for Catchings. 25: Becky Hammon, New York/San Antonio (1999-2014), See also: Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut (2014-present); Glory Johnson, Tulsa/Dallas/Atlanta (2012-20; also wore No. One of the smaller players in league history, the 5-foot-3 Johnson never backed down from anyone. With one of the smoothest jump shots in WNBA history, Augustus was an eight-time All-Star and averaged 15.4 points per game in her career. The former USC standout spent her WNBA career in her hometown of Los Angeles, leading the Sparks to the 2001 and '02 league championships and winning WNBA Finals MVP both times. She made three WNBA Finals appearances with the Liberty and one with the Stars. 7 seed and the No. Lara, a guard from Poland, was a reserve for one season with the Starzz. Phillips, a guard from Australia, was a second-round draft pick in 2005 who started her WNBA career in 2006. 9, 24); Crystal Robinson, New York/Washington (1999-2007; also wore No. But Smith and the Monarchs' first-round pick that year, Ticha Penicheiro, spent more seasons in the WNBA (15) than anyone else in their draft class. 41: Erika de Souza, Los Angeles/Connecticut/Atlanta/Chicago/San Antonio (2002-17; also wore No. In 2020, Parker will earn a base salary of $119,500, while carrying a cap hit of $119,500. A two-time NCAA champion at UConn, she was the No. Harvard's Feaster was the rare Ivy League grad to be picked in the WNBA's first round, and she played 10 seasons. Ogwumike, the top pick in the 2014 draft, was Rookie of the Year and has been a two-time All-Star. She started the 1997 and '98 seasons for the Liberty, averaging in double figures both years. 21); Margo Dydek, Utah/San Antonio/Connecticut/Los Angeles (1998-2008). 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. Years: 2008-present (14 seasons) Teams: Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky 2021 Stats: 23 games, 26.7 minutes, 13.3 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.2 blocks per game Career Stats: 360 games, 30.9 minutes, 16.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.6 blocks per game Candace Parker will go down as one of the greatest WNBA players of all-time, but for now she continues to . In her ninth WNBA season as a second-round pick out of Miami, she is now a starter for Las Vegas. Thompson averaged 15.1 points and 6.2 rebounds; she is second to Taurasi in scoring (7,488) and fifth in career 3-point field goals made (748). Also, with some WNBA players, it's difficult to pick their "main" number, if they had success wearing more than one. The former North Carolina forward also had a strong playoff run when the Fever made the 2015 WNBA Finals. 17); Wendy Palmer, Utah/Detroit/Orlando/Connecticut/San Antonio/Seattle (1997-2007; also wore Nos. 2 pick in the 2006 draft out of Rutgers and a seven-time All-Star. She won another WNBA title at Minnesota in 2011, while wearing No. Jackson is being inducted into both the Naismith and Women's Basketball Halls of Fame this year and is not just the top Australian in WNBA history, but one of the best players, period. These will be the last group of NBA players to wear the number 6 jersey. 18 to give a shoutout here to Gemelos. A four-time All-Star, Ford was one of the Shock veterans who didn't move to Tulsa when the franchise left Detroit after the 2009 season, which was her last in the WNBA. 7: Pete Maravich. Griner, a 6-9 center, was the No. She is in the top 10 in career Player Efficiency Rating and has career averages of 22.0 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.7 blocks. 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. 88: Jacki Gemelos, Chicago/Connecticut/Washington (2015, '20; also wore No. A top defender as well, Penicheiro is also second in league history in steals (764) behind Tamika Catchings. 14); Tanisha Wright, Seattle/New York/Minnesota (2005-19). Grinding it out to appear in seven WNBA seasons, including last year after being ill for weeks with COVID-19, has been its own triumph for Colson. Posted at 11:12h in isaac hayes wife by darcy et elizabeth fanfiction. But the Arizona grad stands out for beating the odds as a fourth-round draft pick who made it in the league, and earlier this year she joined Dawn Staley as the only former WNBA players to take her team to the women's Final Four as a coach. His older brother Larry was already on the team with the number 45, so Jordan simply halved the number to . 17: Essence Carson, New York/Los Angeles/Phoenix/Washington/Connecticut (2008-20), See also: Erica Wheeler, Atlanta/New York/Indiana/Los Angeles (2015-present; also wore No. Seattle went with Lauren Jackson at No. See also: Candace Parker, Los Angeles/Chicago (2008-present); Courtney Paris, Sacramento/Atlanta/Tulsa/Dallas/Seattle (2009-19); Marie Ferdinand-Harris, Utah/San Antonio/Los Angeles/Phoenix (2001-11; also wore Nos. Though the actual number of players would be much less as many players have played for multiple seasons. There are some exceptions noted, such as when a player's so-called "secondary" number is far less popular and thus gives her a better chance to make the list. Number 7 - Fun Facts. 27 is obscure. Wednesday, January 18, 2023 3 min read Glenn Cook. 19. 41 in college at South Carolina, where she won a national championship. That number stuck for Johnson, who said she liked to bang around inside like a post player whenever she could. She won her third championship in her last season, 2017, with Minnesota, this time wearing No. She also competed in the Tokyo Olympics. She averaged double figures in six of her 7 seasons with the Dream and made three All-Star appearances while with Atlanta. She added 57 more treys in the playoffs. Rutgers' Sutton-Brown was an All-Star at No. 28). who wears number 7 in the wnba. A three-time season MVP and eight-time All-Star, Leslie was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game. 12). Then she won WNBA titles with Phoenix in 2009 and Seattle in 2010, before making one more Finals appearance with Atlanta in her last season, 2013. 50 -- in the 1999 WNBA draft when it still had four rounds. She finished a 15-season career averaging 10.7 points and 5.3 rebounds. The Los Angeles native spent seven seasons in Indiana, reaching the 2009 WNBA Finals as a starter with the Fever. 7); Adia Barnes, Sacramento/Minnesota/Cleveland/Seattle (1998-2004). 99: Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Sacramento/Houston/Minnesota (2002-2010; also wore No. Connecticut reached the WNBA Finals, falling in four games to the Las Vegas Aces. Florida grad Witherspoon was a good player in her own right, averaging double-digit scoring four of her seven WNBA seasons. This question, as well as many others on our website, is quite popular among our readers. She was Rookie of the Year in 2005, when she was the No. 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. She wore No. Lyttle made two WNBA Finals appearances for Atlanta. 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. 5). 8, but for this list we'll discuss her at 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. 7 at 1,578). Yes, No. After winning two ABL titles with the Columbus Quest, South Carolina grad Johnson was a four-time WNBA All-Star. Wicks, one of Rutgers' greats, was 30 at the start of the WNBA, and played in the 1997 championship game (before there was Finals series) and three WNBA Finals for the Liberty. 92 (2019) got her on this list. 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. She was the WNBA Finals MVP in 2007, when the Mercury won their first title, and she also won a championship with Phoenix in 2009. 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. 292 different team rosters from 1997-2020 means there have been around 3,500 rostered players in the history of the WNBA. 7); Tracy Reid, Charlotte/Miami/Phoenix (1998-2003); Latasha Byears, Los Angeles/Washington/Houston (1997-2008; also wore No. Home; Members; News; Results; Events; About us; Links; Media; Contact; 27 Nov 2020 Jones, a three-time All-Star, is in the middle of her best season, averaging 21.0 points, 11.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists, and is one of the early contenders for MVP. She's now coach at Mississippi State. She was a second-round pick, No. But No. 14); Sophia Witherspoon, New York/Portland/Los Angeles (1997-2003). The other was with Sacramento, which drafted her 10th out of Georgetown in 2004. As a tribute to the late, great Bill Russell number 6 has been retired across the league. The day after the series' conclusion, they started traveling to Australia for the FIBA Women's World Cup, a . Taurasi has averaged 19.5 points, 4.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds in her 17-season career, and is a 10-time All-Star who played in her fifth Olympics. 40: Shekinna Stricklen, Seattle/Connecticut/Atlanta (2012-present), See also: Monica Lamb, Houston (1998-2000); Vicky Bullett, Charlotte/Washington (1997-2002; also wore No. But there aren't a lot of 41s, so we slotted the Brazilian center here because no one will dislodge Cynthia Cooper atop the list at 14. She also wore that number part of . Robinson, who stayed close to home in Oklahoma and went to an NAIA school, first played professionally in the ABL and then became part of the Liberty core that made three trips to the Finals. Kevin Johnson. 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. 3, 7, 8, 11), See also: Betnijah Laney, Chicago/Connecticut/Indiana/Atlanta/New York (2015-present); Chasity Melvin, Cleveland/Washington/Chicago (1999-2010; also wore No. 51). But she wore No. So with not many 16s to choose from, we slotted her here. The guard/forward left the Dream after 10 seasons to sign as a free agent in Las Vegas last year, helping the Aces make the 2020 WNBA Finals. Thielen and his family seem . 31: Tina Charles, Connecticut/New York/Washington (2010-present), See also: Stefanie Dolson, Washington/Chicago (2014-present); Erin Phillips, Connecticut/Indiana/Phoenix/Los Angeles/Dallas (2006-16; also wore No. 2 in this year's draft by Dallas -- will go to the top of 28s. Basketball-Reference.com Blog and Articles; We're Social.for Statheads. 2 overall draft pick in 2007. 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