But an ACL tear in the first game of her rookie season set an ominous tone, and she was out of the league at age 25 after four seasons. He is followed by Anthony Davis in second place, while Paolo Banchero is third. In her best -- 2012, when she was on the All-Rookie team -- she wore No. 8 in Indiana, where she ended her career with the 2012 title. The forward/center has three of the top five seasons in player efficiency rating, led by her 34.04 PER in 2007. Dupree, 36, was recently released by Seattle and then picked up by Atlanta during the Olympic break. Lyttle made two WNBA Finals appearances for Atlanta. 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. She hasn't returned to play on a WNBA court since, although there is still hope she could compete later this season. Charles is still seeking a WNBA title, but that is the only thing she doesn't have. But No. 18 gives us a chance to spotlight her here. She also competed in the Tokyo Olympics. 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. 292 different team rosters from 1997-2020 means there have been around 3,500 rostered players in the history of the WNBA. 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 and Lauren Jackson are tied at 10th in career scoring at 6,005 points. 14). But in 2014 with Chicago, she became an All-Star and has played every season since except last year, when she got a medical exemption from playing in the WNBA bubble. Swoopes . 2 pick in the 2006 draft out of Rutgers and a seven-time All-Star. 54 in college, too. Jones helped the Sun reach the 2019 WNBA Finals, but didn't play in the 2020 bubble. She was a more mobile center than most and turned herself into a good 3-point shooter. 16: Ebony Hoffman, Indiana/Los Angeles/Connecticut (2004-14; also wore Nos. Harvard's Feaster was the rare Ivy League grad to be picked in the WNBA's first round, and she played 10 seasons. Pitt's Zellous played in two WNBA Finals with Indiana, winning the title in 2012. Delle Donne had an unforgettable 2019, becoming the first 50/40/90 player in WNBA history, winning her second MVP and leading the Mystics to their first championship despite severe back issues. The 2016 No. 1 draft picks, in 1998 and 2000, respectively. 7); Adia Barnes, Sacramento/Minnesota/Cleveland/Seattle (1998-2004). 37: Teana Miller, Charlotte/Phoenix (2003-07; also wore Nos. 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. Thompson was the No. Augustus was the 2011 WNBA Finals MVP and spent 14 of her 15 seasons with the Lynx. 8, but her one season at No. She just made her 12th All-Star appearance and fifth trip to the Olympics for Team USA. Melvin played briefly in the ABL coming out of leading NC State to the 1998 Final Four, then spent 12 seasons in the WNBA with one All-Star appearance. 51). She helped the Sky reach the 2014 WNBA Finals, has been a three-time All-Star and won the All-Star Game's 3-point shooting contest three times. Popular. She has averaged 17.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks in her nine-season WNBA career. Nonetheless, not getting picked after her standout Colorado State career fueled Hammon, who caught on with the Liberty that year. But she beat the odds, playing 10 seasons and going to four WNBA Finals with Detroit and winning three of them. 1); Olympia Scott, Utah/Detroit/Indiana/Charlotte/Sacramento/Phoenix (1998-2008); Latasha Byears, Los Angeles/Washington/Houston (1997-2008). Ferris, a forward/center from Tulane, was undrafted but played 10 seasons in the league, including two with Pierson in Detroit. 54 anymore then; Ferris wore the number throughout her career, including in the 2003 season when she won a championship with the Shock. Mitchell, second all time on the NCAA scoring list and a No. Latta was third in those categories from the class of 2007 (11 seasons, 346 total games). 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. She averaged 8.0 points and 4.2 assists in her career, with the highlight coming as a starter for the Mercury's 2009 championship team. John Johnson, a two-time All-Star, 1979 . 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 is now an assistant coach with the Lynx. She was in Houston for 10 seasons, then spent one in Seattle. 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. 81: Alaina Coates, Chicago/Minnesota/Atlanta/Washington (2018-20; also wore No. 31 for six seasons with the . She has four championships with the Storm and is the first WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. Staley is now coach of South Carolina and led the U.S. Olympic team to gold in Tokyo. Smith was head coach of the Liberty for two seasons and is now an assistant with the Lynx. 24). 50: Tangela Smith, Sacramento/Charlotte/Phoenix/Indiana/San Antonio (1998-2012; also wore No. As mentioned earlier, Douglas' career was evenly split between two numbers, with her success at No. In the "see also" category for each jersey number, active players are indicated in bold. Weatherspoon and Toler were both 31 when the league began. 52); Shavonte Zellous, Detroit/Tulsa/Indiana/New York/Seattle/Washington (2009-present; also wore 11); Tamera Young, Atlanta/Chicago/Las Vegas (2008-19; also wore Nos. Bolton was 30 when the WNBA launched in 1997 and averaged 19.4 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 2.6 APG and 2.3 SPG that year. Lotus Seven was an open top, two-seater sports car. She seemed to find her place in the league with Indiana in 2016. 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. The day after the series' conclusion, they started traveling to Australia for the FIBA Women's World Cup, a . 91, which she wore for the 2007 season with Indiana, lets her stand alone. Lobo wasn't the same player after being out two years, but played three more seasons in the league. 5); Sandy Brondello, Detroit/Miami/Seattle (1998-2003); Eva Nemcova, Cleveland (1997-01). The forward Santos is one of several Brazilian players who've spent time in the WNBA, but one of the few from anywhere to don No. 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. 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. Italy's Bonfiglio played just one season with the Mercury. 28: Elena Baranova, Utah/Miami/New York (1997-2005). Her first season, at age 32 in 1997, was her best statistically. 1 draft pick in 2013 out of Baylor, where she won the 2012 national championship, and she played in her second Olympics for Team USA this summer. 44: Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Orlando/Connecticut/Los Angeles/Washington/Detroit/New York/Minnesota (1999-2012; also wore Nos. 2); Sancho Lyttle, Houston/Atlanta/Phoenix (2005-19; also wore Nos. Stricklen was the No. 7 seed and 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. Brondello is now coach of the Mercury and the Australian national team. 13 overall, in 2011 by the Lynx, but traded on draft day to the Liberty. 28). 3 pick in 1998, was a workhorse forward who helped establish the expansion Mystics franchise, playing eight seasons in D.C. Perrot only played two WNBA seasons, joining the league at age 30 when it launched after she had played overseas. 91: Tamika Whitmore, New York/Los Angeles/Connecticut/Indiana (1999-2009; also wore Nos. Jackson, a college star at Florida who was 34 when the WNBA launched, won four titles with the Comets. Cedric Maxwell, a.k.a. Whitmore wore this number for the bulk of her career, and it's the one she is best remembered for. 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. who wears number 7 in the wnba. 8). 12, 34). Hampton was another of those players for whom the WNBA came along just in the nick of time, as she was 34 when it began. Duke grad Williams was the league's Most Improved Player in 2016 and was named to the All-Defensive Team last year. The seven-time All-Star averaged 13.6 PPG and 7.9 RPG in her career and won the 2005 WNBA title with the Monarchs, who also made the 2006 WNBA Finals. That jumped to starting nine games and averaging 9.9 points and 10.9 rebounds in the postseason. A seven-time All-Star, Griner helped lead Phoenix to the 2014 WNBA title. She won a league championship in 2018 with Seattle as a player, another as an assistant coach (2020) and is now the Storm's head coach seeking this season's championship. 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. The former UConn star played in the WNBA only until age 31, but was the picture of consistency that whole time, averaging 14.2 points and 4.2 rebounds. 16. Timms was among the initial group of Australians who helped launch the WNBA and she is still one of the most popular. Lamar Odom. ET, ABC) -- we take a look at the best players in WNBA history at every jersey number, from 00 to 99. 2 pick overall in the 2017 draft (she was injured and didn't play that season), Coates played her first WNBA season in 2018 staying with No. 92 (2019) got her on this list. 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). 55 with Louisiana Tech. She started the 1997 and '98 seasons for the Liberty, averaging in double figures both years. Jones has made huge strides the past two seasons and was an All-Star this year. A five-time All-Star, Brunson is now an assistant with the Lynx, who will retire her jersey next season. She won her third championship in her last season, 2017, with Minnesota, this time wearing No. She was a starting guard for Washington's 2018 WNBA Finals team and for its 2019 championship squad. 27 is obscure. 2, rather than wait a year for Catchings. 4: Candice Dupree, Chicago/Phoenix/Indiana/Seattle (2006-present), See also: Skylar Diggins-Smith, Tulsa/Dallas/Phoenix (2013-present); Janel McCarville, Charlotte/New York/Minnesota (2005-16); Mwadi Mabika, Los Angeles/Houston (1997-2008). 12); Murriel Page, Washington/Los Angeles (1998-2008; also wore No. on the USA Women's National Team to wear the same uniform number - 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. 1 pick of the inaugural 1997 college draft, and the USC star joined Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes to form Houston's "Big Three" that won the first four titles in WNBA history. December 14, 2021; in favor or favour australia; 7); Tracy Reid, Charlotte/Miami/Phoenix (1998-2003); Latasha Byears, Los Angeles/Washington/Houston (1997-2008; also wore No. She was a starter for 12 seasons, including for the 2007 and '09 Mercury title teams. 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 . 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. See also: Allisha Gray, Dallas (2017-present); Tiffany Hayes, Atlanta (2012-present); Kia Vaughn, New York/Washington/Phoenix (2000-present, also wore Nos. The former Arizona State star had a strong showing in the inaugural 1997 playoffs (averaging 13.5 points and 13.5 rebounds), when New York lost the championship game at Houston. She was still part of the Comets' first title team in 1997, and the next three championships that followed. Below is the list of 6'10" Players sorted by 2K Rating from highest to lowest on NBA 2K23. She brought her trademark brand of pesky defense to the WNBA for six seasons. We address Beard's career under No. Maiga-Ba, a native of Mali, was a 2002 first-round pick out of Old Dominion and won a title with Sacramento in 2005. They play for the Seattle Storm. 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. Under her maiden name, Lawrence, she earned most outstanding player honors in Louisiana Tech in the first NCAA tournament in 1982. She wore No. Williams, an All-Star in 2015, once scored 51 points in a 2013 game and also is known for her defense. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.6 rebounds, including two seasons -- 2002 and '03 -- when she averaged a double-double. 44, including in her three WNBA Finals appearances with the Liberty and her 2006 All-Star season with the Fever. Who wore number 7 on the Rockets? There are 15 NBA players who currently wear the number 6 in the NBA for the 2022-23 NBA Season. 99: Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, Sacramento/Houston/Minnesota (2002-2010; also wore No. 52 at all of them. Jack Coleman, a 1955 All-Star and the unwitting victim of Bill Russell's greatest block. With a knee injury cutting short her senior season at Duke, Gray was drafted No. WNBA and Basketball. 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. Brunson, who played nine seasons for the Lynx, is second in all-time rebounding (3,356) to former Minnesota teammate Sylvia Fowles. A top defender as well, Penicheiro is also second in league history in steals (764) behind Tamika Catchings. She was a key part of their 2018 and '20 championship teams. 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. T-Spoon was a perfect fit for New York, the heart and soul of the teams that played in the '97 title game and in three WNBA Finals. 18: Iziane Castro Marques, Miami/Phoenix/Seattle/Atlanta/Washington/Connecticut (2002-13; also wore Nos. Montgomery won championships with the Lynx in 2015 and '17. 44 and 4); Marlies Askamp, Phoenix/Miami/Los Angeles (1997-2002; also wore No. At 19, she was the No. Her team highlight was making the WNBA Finals with the Sun in 2004 and '05. 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. An outstanding scorer and three-time All-Star, the former NC State star led the Sting to the 2001 WNBA Finals. 7 pick in the 2005 draft out of Georgia. In 2020, Parker will earn a base salary of $119,500, while carrying a cap hit of $119,500. The forward spent six seasons wearing No. 14), See also: Kiah Stokes, New York/Las Vegas (2015-present); Tully Bevilaqua, Cleveland/Portland/Seattle/Indiana/San Antonio (1998-2012; also wore Nos. 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. 2 pick that year by Detroit and won a championship with the Shock the next year. She was a second-round pick by San Antonio in 2014 when she was just 19. 21, 31); Alana Beard, Washington/Los Angeles (2004-19; also wore No. 3 pick from the 2009 draft, Toliver, for a 2011 second-round draft pick (who turned out to be Angie Bjorklund, who played in just seven WNBA games). She later coached in the league and is now a college coach. But everything clicked when she came to Chicago, near her hometown of Joliet, Illinois, in 2013. 53: Kendra Wecker, San Antonio/Washington (2005-08; also wore No. She was traded to Los Angeles for the 2016 season, and had a lot of success with the Sparks before moving as a free agent to the Aces this year. 13); Debbie Black, Utah/Miami/Connecticut (1999-2004; also wore 24). Sometimes, being tall can get you the proverbial cup of coffee in the WNBA. 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. 23 and 0). Each player donned a No. 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. A national champion at Old Dominion in 1985, she was a WNBA All-Star 17 years later, and averaged double figures for six of her seven WNBA seasons. 1 draft pick after winning four NCAA titles at UConn, Stewart was Rookie of the Year that season. See also: Alysha Clark, Seattle/Washington (2012-present); Swin Cash, Detroit/Seattle/Chicago/Atlanta/New York (2002-16; also wore Nos. 33 at Georgia -- stands out. 24: Tamika Catchings, Indiana (2002-2016), See also: Napheesa Collier, Minnesota (2019-present); Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas (2019-present); Jewell Loyd, Seattle (2015-present); DeWanna Bonner, Phoenix/Connecticut (2009-present); Tari Phillips, Orlando/New York/Houston (1999-2007); Natalie Williams, Utah/Indiana (1999-2005; also wore No. Gray, the 2017 Rookie of the Year out of South Carolina, helped Team USA win the inaugural gold medal in 3x3 at the Tokyo Games. 20); Tamecka Dixon, Los Angeles/Houston/Indiana (1997-2009; also wore No. 92: Damiris Dantas, Minnesota/Atlanta (2014-present; also wore Nos. Jackson was a three-time MVP and seven-time All-Star who averaged 18.9 points and 7.7 rebounds for her career. A seven-time All-Star, Smith scored 6,452 points, which ranks seventh all-time in WNBA history. 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 gets a chance to stand alone, however, with No. 20 at Duke and for her first six years with the Mystics. The next year, with top pick Maya Moore joining the Lynx, they went on a run of making the WNBA Finals six of the next seven years, winning the title four times. Hamby never went to the NCAA tournament while at Wake Forest, but she has found her niche as perennially one of the best sixth players in the WNBA. She added 57 more treys in the playoffs. Listed at 7-2, Dydek was the 1st overall pick in the WNBA's 1998 Draft by the Utah Starzz. 9 for the Los Angeles Sparks and some more quirky choices like 99. Front numbers have returned. 7, 14); Nikki Teasley, Los Angeles/Washington/Atlanta/Detroit (2002-09; also wore No. She didn't play in the bubble in 2020, but got some brief playoff experience with Las Vegas in 2019. 7), See also: Sylvia Crawley, Portland/San Antonio (2000-03); La'Keshia Frett, Los Angeles/Sacramento/Charlotte/New York (1999-2005, also wore No. Basketball-Reference.com Blog and Articles; We're Social.for Statheads. Notable players who wore/wear No. The other was with Sacramento, which drafted her 10th out of Georgetown in 2004. LSU's Powell played in the ABL and then was the last player picked -- No. 47: Tracy Henderson, Cleveland (1999-2003). Cloud was a 2015 second-round pick, No. 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. She wore No. She played 36 total games (one was in the playoffs) over two WNBA seasons, 2015 and '20. 1 pick out of UConn, Bird leads the league in regular-season games (540) and assists (3,003) and is second in 3-pointers made (928). Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Toliver has averaged 12.3 points and 3.5 assists in her WNBA career and is seventh all-time in 3-pointers (620). Collier made her Olympic debut in the Tokyo Games, as did Loyd, the 2015 No. She averaged double figures in six of her 7 seasons with the Dream and made three All-Star appearances while with Atlanta. 11, 15); Kamila Vodichkova, Seattle/Phoenix (2000-06; also wore No. 10 for the first two of his three championships. 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. Thielen's cap hit is scheduled to be $19.9 million in 2023. Brittney Griner was not among them, but her name was everywhere. 7 Kristi Harrower: Point guard: Signed by the Phoenix Mercury as a free agent before the start of the 1998 season 1998 8 Trisha Fallon: Guard/Forward Selected round 2 (pick 19 overall) in the 1999 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx: 1999 9 Jenny Whittle: Centre: Selected round 4 (pick 37 overall) in the 1999 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics: 1999 A 2017 All-Star, Hayes has averaged in double figures in eight of her nine seasons. She's now coach at Mississippi State. 50). 42 jersey, Griner's number, with the eight-time All-Star's name printed on the back. 21, which she wore in college at Gonzaga. Braxton was the No. She was also the regular-season MVP in 2017 and has been the league's Defensive Player of the Year three times. A six-time All-Star, she played to age 41 and was a starter for the WNBA runner-up Lynx her final season in 2012. who wears number 7 in the wnba who wears number 7 in the wnba. Cash, a four-time All-Star, also won WNBA titles with Detroit in 2006 and Seattle in 2010. She was traded to Sacramento and played two seasons there, but injuries ended her career prematurely. The player with the highest 2K Rating among current players whose height is 6'10" on NBA 2K23 is Kevin Durant. Before the league's first season, there was a player allocation, an elite draft of pros who had been playing overseas, and a draft of mostly college players. In fact, the following numbers have never been worn: 58, 59, 64, 69, 74 . 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. She also led the WNBA in field goal percentage that season with her .618 accuracy. Eleven-year WNBA veteran Iziane Castro Marques also wore 88 for a season, but we list her at No. 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. 32 throughout his 14-year NBA career, much of it with a face mask and a headband. Stephen Curry praised the Biden/Harris administration for working to bring imprisoned . 32, which included two trips to the WNBA Finals (2004, '05) with the Sun. 6 draft pick out of LSU. nurse deployment program 2020. 9); Michele Timms, Phoenix (1997-2001). 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. A four-time All-Star, she helped lead the Shock to four WNBA Finals appearances and three titles. 15); Janeth Arcain, Houston (1997-2005). 14 in three seasons with Cleveland. 23, which she wore when winning the 1994 NCAA title at North Carolina. She was part of two championship teams: with Indiana in 2012 and Phoenix in 2014. Black, standing 5-3, played in the ABL, where she had a quadruple-double, and then was 32 when she joined the WNBA. Wecker also was on the college list after a stellar Kansas State career that made her the No. Former NC State center Mapp was 27 when the league launched, and her career highlight was playing for the Sparks' 2001 title team. She was also rookie of the year in 2002 after being drafted No. Malgrozata ' Margo' Dydek ( 7-2 ) Photo: factofun.com. What is Candace Parker's salary? All said, it's odd that she has been the league's MVP just once (2009), although she was twice named Finals MVP. 11); Lindsey Harding, Minnesota/Washington/Atlanta/Los Angeles/New York/Phoenix (2007-16; also wore No. 14 overall) out of UConn in 2012. 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. She won another WNBA title at Minnesota in 2011, while wearing No. So it was with the 6-6 center Diarra from Senegal who played 10 games with the Sparks, and the 6-4 center Pascalau from Romania (three games with the Storm). 5: Dawn Staley, Charlotte/Houston (1999-2006; also wore No. 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. See also: Sonja Tate, Minnesota (1999-2000). 2, 4, 8); Katie Douglas, Orlando/Connecticut/Indiana (2001-14; also wore 23); Andrea Stinson, Charlotte/Detroit (1997-2005, 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. And she kept it with her new team, the Aces. 41 in college at South Carolina, where she won a national championship. Complete listing of all NBA Players and team rosters. 22 in her second season and has become of the league's premier point guards. She later had stints as a head coach with the Lynx and the Sparks. 18, 88); Jennifer Azzi, Detroit/Utah/San Antonio (1999-2003); Janice Braxton, Cleveland (1997-99). Who wears number 23 in the WNBA? 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. Phillips played in two WNBA Finals with New York; she and Williams were both four-time All-Stars. Johnson, now the Dallas Wings' coach, also was our college pick at No. Thomas, who led Maryland to the 2014 Final Four, was our top No. 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. NBA players also . She averaged 17.3 points and 9.1 rebounds for her career and also won four gold medals with Team USA in the Olympics. Ogwumike, the top pick in the 2014 draft, was Rookie of the Year and has been a two-time All-Star. Fowles went to the Final Four all four of her seasons at LSU, then was the No. The dominant center has been the perfect fit with the Lynx, winning titles there in 2015 and '17 as WNBA Finals MVP both times. North Carolina native Stinson was allocated to Charlotte, entering the league at age 29 when it launched, and spent eight of her nine WNBA seasons there. She played for eight different teams and wore No. 11: Elena Delle Donne, Chicago/Washington (2013-present), See also: Candice Wiggins, Minnesota/Tulsa/Los Angeles/New York (2008-15; also wore No. 5). 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. Former Tennessee center Snow was the league's Most Improved Player in 2003 and an All-Star in 2005 and '06. brent burns texas ranch, , Seattle/Phoenix ( 2000-06 ; also wore Nos Janice Braxton, Cleveland 1997-99... 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