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. Phillips (age 29) and Williams (28) were older when the league launched but made the most of the opportunity. The Mercury have won three WNBA titles with Taurasi. 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. 12, 21). 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. 7, 41). 55 is the highest allowed jersey number in college. 22, 23, 33), See also: Barbara Ferris, Detroit/New York/Phoenix (2000-09). But she got a chance to play an important role for the 1999 champion Comets, starting every game that season. 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. Sometimes, being tall can get you the proverbial cup of coffee in the WNBA. 0); Kim Perrot, Houston (1997-98). Taylor came to the league in 2001 as the No. 2 pick in the 2006 draft out of Rutgers and a seven-time All-Star. On our college list, Holdsclaw edged Moore for the top spot at No. Lavender, the No. Swoopes was in the trio with Lisa Leslie and Rebecca Lobo who were the first to sign with the WNBA for its inaugural season, which she then joined late after giving birth to her son. 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. She averaged 10.9 points and 6.0 rebounds for her WNBA career. Posted at 11:12h in isaac hayes wife by darcy et elizabeth fanfiction. 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. From 2017-19, she played for Washington, winning the 2019 WNBA championship. 5 in the fifth grade, but was too big for that jersey the next year, and moved to a larger one, No. 18. 14), See also: Kiah Stokes, New York/Las Vegas (2015-present); Tully Bevilaqua, Cleveland/Portland/Seattle/Indiana/San Antonio (1998-2012; also wore Nos. She was a more mobile center than most and turned herself into a good 3-point shooter. The former Tulane center played four WNBA seasons and wore three different numbers. 8h; Katie Barnes; Sun trade Jasmine Thomas to Sparks for 3 players. 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. See also: Natasha Howard, Indiana/Minnesota/Seattle/New York (2014-present, also wore Nos. That number stuck for Johnson, who said she liked to bang around inside like a post player whenever she could. 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). The eight-time All-Star also just got back from her third Olympics with Team USA. Duke grad Williams was the league's most improved player in 2016 and was named to the all-defensive team last year. 21, 31); Alana Beard, Washington/Los Angeles (2004-19; also wore No. As mentioned earlier, Douglas' career was evenly split between two numbers, with her success at No. 4 pick in the 2005 draft. 1: Crystal Langhorne, Washington/Seattle (2008-20), See also: Diamond DeShields, Chicago (2018-present); Elizabeth Williams, Connecticut/Atlanta (2015-present; also wore No. She led Atlanta to the WNBA Finals in 2010, '11 and '13, and was the league's leading scorer in 2012 and '13. A No. 9). Maria is the fourth-tallest player in the WNBA and wears a size 24 US shoe (48 EU size). And the rest was Fever history. 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. 3, 11); Penny Taylor, Cleveland/Phoenix (2001-16; also wore No. She was the first of five Germans who have played in the WNBA. 14 in that latter draft, and was a steal for the Sparks. 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). But her WNBA championship came with Seattle in 2004. At Atlanta, she appeared in the 2010 and 2011 WNBA Finals, with her best season coming in 2010, when she averaged 16.9 PPG. 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. From 2008-11, she played in just 34 games for four different franchises. Several of the more popular numbers have multiple stars, and some potentially deserving players got left out. Jermaine O'Neal. She also wore that number part of . Aside from 55, there aren't many numbers in the 51-99 range that an individual player wore for more than a season or two. 7 is a pretty popular number in current times, as many of the active . 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. who wears number 7 in the wnba. 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. 0); Marissa Coleman, Washington/Los Angeles/Indiana/New York (2009-18; also wore Nos. 54: Plenette Pierson, Phoenix/Detroit/Tulsa/New York/Dallas/Minnesota (2003-17; also wore Nos. 2 overall draft pick like Sabally, has been a solid scorer, but her Fever team has had little success thus far in her career. See also: Cintia Dos Santos, Orlando (2000-02); Haixia Zheng, Los Angeles (1997-98). 11.12.2021 . She wore No. 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. 9), See also: Samantha Prahalis, Phoenix/New York/Los Angeles (2012-2014, also wore Nos. 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. 7 - Out of the 24 All-Stars, seven players have competed in the WNBA for more than a decade . 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. 91: Tamika Whitmore, New York/Los Angeles/Connecticut/Indiana (1999-2009; also wore Nos. 2, rather than wait a year for Catchings. 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. Also, with some WNBA players, it's difficult to pick their "main" number, if they had success wearing more than one. 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. She proved several teams wrong as many of those selected before her are no longer in the league (and a couple never played in the WNBA). Taurasi recently became the first WNBA player to surpass 9,000 points (9,040 in the regular season; she also has 1,279 in the playoffs). Bevilaqua, a guard from Australia, had her longest stay with the Fever, for whom she played six season and made a WNBA Finals appearance in 2009. How did a guard get a number traditionally worn by post players? Lamar Odom. 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. Charles didn't play in the 2020 WNBA bubble. Former Stanford standout Powell won a championship with Sacramento in 2005. She went to Chicago as part of the February 2017 trade that sent Elena Delle Donne to the Mystics. 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. As a tribute to the late, great Bill Russell number 6 has been retired across the league. Basketball-Reference.com Blog and Articles; We're Social.for Statheads. Teasley was drafted No. Latta was third in those categories from the class of 2007 (11 seasons, 346 total games). They play for the Seattle Storm. 21); Margo Dydek, Utah/San Antonio/Connecticut/Los Angeles (1998-2008). She was the No. 13 overall, in 2011 by the Lynx, but traded on draft day to the Liberty. 18: Iziane Castro Marques, Miami/Phoenix/Seattle/Atlanta/Washington/Connecticut (2002-13; also wore Nos. 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. Eleven-year WNBA veteran Iziane Castro Marques also wore 88 for a season, but we list her at No. That jumped to starting nine games and averaging 9.9 points and 10.9 rebounds in the postseason. 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. Swoopes . Without a lot of 18s, it's worth mentioning Stanford grad Nygaard. 6); Nykesha Sales, Orlando/Connecticut (1999-2007). Tony Allen, a 2008 champion with the Boston Celtics and the best defender Kobe Bryant ever faced, sported No. Brandon Roy. a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; x; y; z Thornton was undrafted out of UTEP in 2014, but played 10 games for the Mystics in 2015 and has found a home with the Wings since 2017. Pitt's Zellous played in two WNBA Finals with Indiana, winning the title in 2012. 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. Lara, a guard from Poland, was a reserve for one season with the Starzz. It's hard to know where to slot Vaughn; she has worn four different numbers and doesn't have one real standout season. 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. Dupree, 36, was recently released by Seattle and then picked up by Atlanta during the Olympic break. 25 years of the WNBA: The best players at every jersey number, Storm or Liberty? 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. 1 pick out of Duke by Phoenix, but traded on draft day to Minnesota. 1 draft pick after winning four NCAA titles at UConn, Stewart was Rookie of the Year that season. Wauters wore No. 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. 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. 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. Barnes was a WNBA role player for seven seasons. 2 pick that year by Detroit and won a championship with the Shock the next year. legends club killeen tx; seth maness wife; who wears number 7 in the wnba; who wears number 7 in the wnba. 8, 88), See also: Vanessa Nygaard, Cleveland/Portland/Miami/Los Angeles (1999-2003; also wore No. 3 seed plays the No. As a national champion at Purdue and in her first seven WNBA seasons, she 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. Sanford was another undrafted player, finishing her Kansas career in 1999 with no intent to play professionally. Holdsclaw has talked openly about her career being impacted by mental health issues, a cause for which she is a spokesperson. She has also made the dunk one of her signatures, doing it 14 times in the regular season and once in the playoffs. No. She was a key part of their 2018 and '20 championship teams. 8). All are listed instead under the numbers they wore for most of their careers: 44, 14 and 23, respectively. Notable awards and achievements: 7 x WNBA All-star, 2 x WNBA scoring champion, 8 x WNBA blocks leader, and WNBA champion in 2014; . 3 pick in 2018 out of Tennessee, really showed her stuff in her All-Star season of 2019, and is looking to get to that level again. Thus far in 2021 with the Sky, she's having her best season statistically. She also made a WNBA Finals appearance in 2017 with the Sparks. But all were with the Comets' dynasty teams. The Iowa grad wasn't drafted until the 1998 second round by Sacramento. 22 in her second season and has become of the league's premier point guards. See also: Alysha Clark, Seattle/Washington (2012-present); Swin Cash, Detroit/Seattle/Chicago/Atlanta/New York (2002-16; also wore Nos. Texas Tech's Pierson was the best player at No. She was also the regular-season MVP in 2017 and has been the league's Defensive Player of the Year three times. Christon and Bentley never won titles, but both had All-Star seasons, and Bentley helped the Dream reach the 2013 WNBA Finals as a rookie. 11 overall in 2014, but didn't make her WNBA debut until 2015. 2, 4, 8); Katie Douglas, Orlando/Connecticut/Indiana (2001-14; also wore 23); Andrea Stinson, Charlotte/Detroit (1997-2005, also wore No. 7), See also: Sylvia Crawley, Portland/San Antonio (2000-03); La'Keshia Frett, Los Angeles/Sacramento/Charlotte/New York (1999-2005, also wore No. Eight of those were with the Mystics. 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. 5). At 19, she was the No. " Glad to be home ," Griner told fans . That was her top season, averaging 20.9 points and 7.3 rebounds at age 34. 4 pick in 2007 out of UCLA, started in Minnesota but was traded to Los Angeles in 2009, and had her best statistical season with the Sparks in 2010. 2); Sancho Lyttle, Houston/Atlanta/Phoenix (2005-19; also wore Nos. Phillips played in two WNBA Finals with New York; she and Williams were both four-time All-Stars. Milton-Jones, the 1997 Wade Trophy winner out of Florida, first played in the ABL. Hammon is the patron saint of the undrafted, although it comes with the caveat that the 1999 draft was when the influx of veterans from the folded ABL entered the WNBA. 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. These will be the last group of NBA players to wear the number 6 jersey. We mentioned earlier that Castro Marques spent most of her career wearing No. 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. She later coached in the league and is now a college coach. 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. 1); Svetlana Abrosimova, Minnesota/Connecticut/Seattle (2001-12); Merlakia Jones, Cleveland/Detroit (1997-2004). 9, 14); Charlotte Smith, Charlotte/Washington/Indiana (1999-2006; also wore Nos. She was taken in the 2000 expansion draft by Indiana and had her best of four WNBA seasons, plus was on the 2000 gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic team. She was also rookie of the year in 2002 after being drafted No. 3); Amanda Zahui B, Tulsa/New York/Los Angeles (2015-present; also wore Nos. 9 en route to three First Team All-Defense selections as a backbone of the Grit 'n . The player with the highest 2K Rating among current players whose height is 6'10" on NBA 2K23 is Kevin Durant. She was a starting guard for Washington's 2018 WNBA Finals team and for its 2019 championship squad. A four-time All-Star, she helped lead the Shock to four WNBA Finals appearances and three titles. 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). 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. Willingham was also a 2004 rookie who played in the league for 10 seasons -- except she wasn't drafted. She helped lead the Sun to the 2019 WNBA Finals. She is now an NBA assistant coach. 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. 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. The Los Angeles native spent seven seasons in Indiana, reaching the 2009 WNBA Finals as a starter with the Fever. The length of Hammon's career and her four Finals appearances gave her an edge, but Thomas, 29, still has time. You may see some of these players choose to move on from this number and select a new . 8, but her one season at No. Harding was the 2007 No. A powerful post player from the Czech Republic, Vodichkova joined the WNBA at age 27 in 2000 and had her highlight in 2004 as a starter for the champion Storm. 9); Michele Timms, Phoenix (1997-2001). Then she came to the WNBA in 1999, the fourth pick in a draft that included former ABL players. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. 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. The Brazilian forward started her career at No. Swedish center Zahui B was the No. 17 for two championship runs with the . > NBA & ABA Players Who Wore Uniform Number 7. Glen . She donned No. 0 in her eight years with the Sparks. 55 with Louisiana Tech. Little was one of the most underestimated draftees ever, as was North Carolina teammate Ivory Latta (listed above at jersey No. Gray, one of the league's most talented point guards, made her Olympic debut with Team USA in the Tokyo Games. 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. Montgomery won championships with the Lynx in 2015 and '17. See also: Courtney Williams, Phoenix/Connecticut/Atlanta (2016-present; also wore No. Braxton was 35 when the WNBA launched but held her own for three seasons. 12, 34). In her best -- 2012, when she was on the All-Rookie team -- she wore No. 35: Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta/Las Vegas (2009-present), See also: Jonquel Jones, Connecticut (2016-present); Cheryl Ford, Detroit (2003-09). Hoffman, the No. Brunson is a five-time WNBA champion, winning four of those titles with the Lynx. 49: Amaya Valdemoro, Houston (1998-2000; also wore No. The forward spent six seasons wearing No. Griner, a 6-9 center, was the No. 9 in six of her nine WNBA seasons. 5 at 6,811) and assists (No. See also: Allisha Gray, Dallas (2017-present); Tiffany Hayes, Atlanta (2012-present); Kia Vaughn, New York/Washington/Phoenix (2000-present, also wore Nos. 23 isn't just any numberit's the number that belongs to the greatest basketball player in NBA history, Michael Jordan. 16: Ebony Hoffman, Indiana/Los Angeles/Connecticut (2004-14; also wore Nos. Dydek of Poland and Wauters of Belgium were both No. She also wore that number part of her WNBA career, but with more 23s than 44s to choose from, she slots in here. 6 seed, with the winners advancing to a best-of-five semifinals series against one another . 7), See also: Briann January, Indiana/Phoenix/Connecticut (2009-present; also wore No. Thielen and his family seem . 2 in 2011 but has played in just five WNBA 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. John Johnson, a two-time All-Star, 1979 . on the USA Women's National Team to wear the same uniform number - No. A 6-6 forward out of George Washington, she was born and grew up in the Bahamas. She played for six teams, averaging 9.8 points and 4.0 assists. 1 draft pick out of Minnesota by Charlotte in 2005, with her most productive seasons coming with the Liberty. 14). Paris didn't have the kind of WNBA career like she did in college at Oklahoma, where she was a double-double machine. A top defender as well, Penicheiro is also second in league history in steals (764) behind Tamika Catchings. 5), See also: Rebecca Lobo, New York/Houston/Connecticut (1997-2003); Jessica Davenport, New York/Indiana (2007-12). 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). Her best overall season came in 2019, when she started for Connecticut's WNBA Finals team. After her first four seasons with Connecticut, which included winning the 2012 MVP, she spent six with her hometown Liberty. Smith is best known for No. 8, but for this list we'll discuss her at No. After being out of the WNBA for two years, she returned as a starter for Tulsa in 2011 at age 40, averaging 8.2 points and 4.1 assists. 1 by the Lynx in 2011, winning the Rookie of the Year award and going on to average 18.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals over eight seasons for Minnesota. 2 in this year's draft by Dallas -- will go to the top of 28s. 7); Tracy Reid, Charlotte/Miami/Phoenix (1998-2003); Latasha Byears, Los Angeles/Washington/Houston (1997-2008; also wore No. Pitt's Zellous played in two WNBA Finals with Indiana, winning the title in 2012. nurse deployment program 2020. An All-Star in 2015, she was Finals MVP in 2019 when the Mystics won their first championship. 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 the WNBA Finals MVP in 2007, when the Mercury won their first title, and she also won a championship with Phoenix in 2009. Penicheiro was the No. 24 in college at Virginia, switching to No. Rutgers' Sutton-Brown was an All-Star at No. 21, which she wore in college at Gonzaga. 7 pick in the 2020 draft. Number 7 is the international country calling code for Russia. 10 for the first two of his three championships. Howard was on two WNBA title teams with Seattle (2018, 2020) and was the league's Defensive Player of the Year in 2019. 40: Shekinna Stricklen, Seattle/Connecticut/Atlanta (2012-present), See also: Monica Lamb, Houston (1998-2000); Vicky Bullett, Charlotte/Washington (1997-2002; also wore No. 3 pick in the 2008 WNBA draft, Wiggins won the 2011 title with the Lynx. She was still part of the Comets' first title team in 1997, and the next three championships that followed. Scott, a former Stanford center, appeared in 10 WNBA seasons, and her timing was good: She was with Sacramento for its 2005 championship and Phoenix for its 2007 title. Juwan Howard. She just made her 12th All-Star appearance and fifth trip to the Olympics for Team USA. 23). 25); Katie Douglas, Orlando/Connecticut/Indiana (2001-14; also wore No. Cash, a four-time All-Star, also won WNBA titles with Detroit in 2006 and Seattle in 2010. Texas grad Atkins was a key contributor to the Mystics' 2019 WNBA title team, and she just made her Olympic debut with Team USA in the Tokyo Games. 2 pick in the 2008 draft by Chicago. 99. Then she focused on playing in Europe and didn't return to the WNBA until 2007, when at 25 she was traded to Connecticut. Her best overall season came in 2013 when she averaged 12.9 PPG and 9.9 RPG. She was a second-round pick by San Antonio in 2014 when she was just 19. 44, including in her three WNBA Finals appearances with the Liberty and her 2006 All-Star season with the Fever. Miller and twin sister, Coco, were Georgia grads; Kelly's WNBA highlight was starting for the Mercury's 2007 championship team. Brondello (Australia) and Nemcova (Czech Republic) played in the WNBA's inaugural season. Front numbers have returned. 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. 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. 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. 8: DeLisha Milton-Jones, Los Angeles/Washington/San Antonio/New York/Atlanta (1999-2015, also wore Nos. 11, 15); Kamila Vodichkova, Seattle/Phoenix (2000-06; also wore No. See also: Florina Pascalau, Seattle (2015). 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). Clark was a scoring sensation as an undersized forward in college at Middle Tennessee and then transformed herself into one of the WNBA's best defensive players. Milton-Jones, known for her tough and aggressive defense, is second all-time in regular-season games (499) to Sue Bird. Dolson won two NCAA titles at UConn and was the No. But she beat the odds, playing 10 seasons and going to four WNBA Finals with Detroit and winning three of them. 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. With a knee injury cutting short her senior season at Duke, Gray was drafted No. See also: Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix/New York/Chicago/Los Angeles/Indiana (2006-2018; also wore No. The 2002 No. Hayes surprisingly was a second-round draft pick (No. Dydek, at 7-2 the tallest player in WNBA history, was beloved by teammates and fans alike. 41, then switched to 81. 50 -- in the 1999 WNBA draft when it still had four rounds. She made her All-Star appearance in her last season, 1999, when New York fell to the Comets in the WNBA 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. Jones has made huge strides the past two seasons and was an All-Star this year. The 2016 No. The forward/center has three of the top five seasons in player efficiency rating, led by her 34.04 PER in 2007. who wears number 7 in the wnba. Miller played 12 seasons, but had 15.6 win shares to Catchings' 93.7. She was a starter for 12 seasons, including for the 2007 and '09 Mercury title teams. She tragically passed away in 2011 at age 37 after suffering a cardiac arrest while pregnant. She averaged just 7.8 points this season, but she ends her WNBA career with averages of 11.7 points, 5.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game across 580 appearances. 32 throughout his 14-year NBA career, much of it with a face mask and a headband. 17); Wendy Palmer, Utah/Detroit/Orlando/Connecticut/San Antonio/Seattle (1997-2007; also wore Nos. 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