Azzi played in the ABL first and didn't join the WNBA until she was 30. The player with the highest 2K Rating among current players whose height is 6'10" on NBA 2K23 is Kevin Durant. We address Beard's career under No. Each player donned a No. 6 pick in the 2014 draft by Washington. 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. 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. Sam Bowie, the No. She missed most of that season after having her daughter, but played four games as a rookie, and then 13 full seasons after that with a perfect ending: the 2017 WNBA title with the Lynx. Prahalis was a flashy point guard at Ohio State but played just three WNBA seasons. WNBA History/Timeline. Cash, a four-time All-Star, also won WNBA titles with Detroit in 2006 and Seattle in 2010. Then she came to the WNBA in 1999, the fourth pick in a draft that included former ABL players. 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. Who are the top WNBA players available in free agency this offseason? She was a two-time All-Star during her six seasons at Washington, which selected her No. Frankie Brian, a.k.a. With a knee injury cutting short her senior season at Duke, Gray was drafted No. Black, standing 5-3, played in the ABL, where she had a quadruple-double, and then was 32 when she joined the WNBA. 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. No. 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. The Sparks reaped the benefit; Toliver spent the next seven years in Los Angeles, winning the 2016 WNBA title, and she is back there this year. 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. For example, Sue Bird has been playing in the WNBA since 2002. One of the smaller players in league history, the 5-foot-3 Johnson never backed down from anyone. 7), See also: Briann January, Indiana/Phoenix/Connecticut (2009-present; also wore No. See also: Sonja Tate, Minnesota (1999-2000). Lyttle made two WNBA Finals appearances for Atlanta. 9, 24); Crystal Robinson, New York/Washington (1999-2007; also wore No. The Tennessee grad won her championship with Los Angeles in 2016, when she was Finals MVP. How did a guard get a number traditionally worn by post players? 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. 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. Chasity Melvin wore it for two seasons, Nicole Powell for one and Tammy Jackson for two games. by ; in small event spaces portland, oregon; on May 23, 2022; 0 . 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. 1. She was a second-round pick by San Antonio in 2014 when she was just 19. 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. She seemed to find her place in the league with Indiana in 2016. She was drafted in 2010's second round but didn't make a roster until joining the Storm in 2012. Under her maiden name, Lawrence, she earned most outstanding player honors in Louisiana Tech in the first NCAA tournament in 1982. 32: Rebekkah Brunson, Sacramento/Minnesota (2004-18). 24 in college at Virginia, switching to No. 9 in six of her nine WNBA seasons. Brittney Griner was not among them, but her name was everywhere. 1. Sometimes, being tall can get you the proverbial cup of coffee in the WNBA. 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. Taylor, a crafty forward, was a key part of three Mercury championship teams and was a three-time All-Star. Duke grad Williams was the league's Most Improved Player in 2016 and was named to the All-Defensive Team last year. Maiga-Ba, a native of Mali, was a 2002 first-round pick out of Old Dominion and won a title with Sacramento in 2005. In the "see also" category for each jersey number, active players are indicated in bold. 22); Kelly Miller, Charlotte/Indiana/Phoenix/Minnesota/Atlanta/Washington/New York (2001-12; also wore No. A guard/forward from Brazil, she entered the WNBA with Miami at age 20, but had her longest stint with the Dream. 0); Shameka Christon, New York/Chicago/San Antonio/Phoenix (2004-15); Kara Lawson, Sacramento/Connecticut/Washington (2003-15). 7, 41). She won another WNBA title at Minnesota in 2011, while wearing No. 33 is because a future Hall of Famer is in that spot. Young-Malcolm, who led Baylor to the 2005 NCAA title, spent her nine-year WNBA career with the Stars, making three All-Star appearances and going to the 2008 WNBA Finals. 1 draft pick out of Minnesota by Charlotte in 2005, with her most productive seasons coming with the Liberty. For the jersey number 41, Dirk Nowitzki is arguably the best player to wear the jersey. She has averaged 17.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks in her nine-season WNBA career. 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). 1 pick in 2009 after leading Louisville to its first women's Final Four, and she immediately became the Dream's signature player and was Rookie of the Year. 3, 33); Kayla Thornton, Washington/Dallas (2015-present; also wore No. 55 is the highest allowed jersey number in college. 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. 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. The forward spent six seasons wearing No. 22. Who is the highest WNBA paid player? . See also: Allisha Gray, Dallas (2017-present); Tiffany Hayes, Atlanta (2012-present); Kia Vaughn, New York/Washington/Phoenix (2000-present, also wore Nos. Baranova, a forward from Russia, came into the league at its launch, and ended up averaging 10.1 points and 6.4 rebounds in her seven seasons. 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. Flash, a two-time All-Star who played in the first seven seasons of the NBA's existence. The latter included her time with her hometown team, Indiana, and her 2012 WNBA title. She won a championship with the Lynx in 2013. 2); Teresa Weatherspoon, New York/Los Angeles (1997-2004); Penny Toler, Los Angeles (1997-99). 13); Debbie Black, Utah/Miami/Connecticut (1999-2004; also wore 24). Her best overall season statistically was the next year, when she was an All-Star, but that 2002 title was her peak achievement in the league. 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). 28); Tamika Whitmore New York/Los Angeles/Connecticut/Indiana (1999-2009; also wore Nos. 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. Perrot died of cancer at age 32 during the Comets' run in 1999 to a third title, and the league's annual sportsmanship award is named after her. She was a second-round pick, No. 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. 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 . 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 was the first of five Germans who have played in the WNBA. She is now an NBA assistant coach. Copper, the No. We list our top player at each number, with subsequent players listed by when they entered the WNBA, starting with the most recent. 7); DeMya Walker, Portland/Sacramento/Connecticut/Washington/New York (2000-12; also wore No. 92: Damiris Dantas, Minnesota/Atlanta (2014-present; also wore Nos. 5 in the fifth grade, but was too big for that jersey the next year, and moved to a larger one, No. But she played 10 seasons and won a WNBA title with Seattle in 2018. In the college game, players are limited to 37 allowable jersey numbers that are some combination of the digits 0 through 5. WNBA trade grades 2023: Who wins big in the 3-team trade for Jonquel Jones? Her career scoring average (13.0) matched the jersey she wore throughout her Mercury career, after starting as 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. But she got a chance to play an important role for the 1999 champion Comets, starting every game that season. 2); Sancho Lyttle, Houston/Atlanta/Phoenix (2005-19; also wore Nos. After nine seasons in Seattle, she signed with Washington, but is out this season with a foot injury. 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. 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. Malgrozata ' Margo' Dydek ( 7-2 ) Photo: factofun.com. Notable players who wore/wear 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. See also: Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix/New York/Chicago/Los Angeles/Indiana (2006-2018; also wore No. Other players listed here might not be at quite that level, but made the list because there are fewer players who wore that number. 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. 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 . Dolson, a two-time All-Star, helped the U.S. women win gold in late July as 3x3 made its Olympic debut. She's now an assistant coach for the Sparks, for whom she played in her last season, 2020. 7: Tina Thompson, Houston/Los Angeles/Seattle (1997-2013; also wore No. Also, with some WNBA players, it's difficult to pick their "main" number, if they had success wearing more than one. Full Site Menu. 5). Front numbers have returned. 23 and 0). Then she focused on playing in Europe and didn't return to the WNBA until 2007, when at 25 she was traded to Connecticut. 9, 14); Charlotte Smith, Charlotte/Washington/Indiana (1999-2006; also wore Nos. The British fifty pence (50p) coin is a heptagon (seven sided). 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. But the Sky then were an inexperienced franchise (launching in 2006) that undervalued Toliver's talent and overreacted to her public bluntness when she's unhappy or questions something. Four years later, the four-time WNBA champion has officially closed the door on her playing career. She and Wheeler are both in their first season with the Sparks this year, so Zahui B switched to No. 1, 32). They are the two most successful Aussies in WNBA history. 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. Smith averaged double-digit scoring in nine of those seasons, and between 9.2 and 9.9 PPG in three more. 31 for his unlikely warmup jacket-clad dunk contest victory, but No. That was her top season, averaging 20.9 points and 7.3 rebounds at age 34. 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. 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. 81: Alaina Coates, Chicago/Minnesota/Atlanta/Washington (2018-20; 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. She was a more mobile center than most and turned herself into a good 3-point shooter. 1. 9); Michele Timms, Phoenix (1997-2001). His older brother Larry was already on the team with the number 45, so Jordan simply halved the number to . On our college list, Holdsclaw edged Moore for the top spot at No. 11); Epiphanny Prince, Chicago/New York/Las Vegas/Seattle (2010-present; also wore No. Davenport had a shorter WNBA career than most expected after her dominance at Ohio State and being the No. But she's in her 13th season and has twice won the Most Improved Player Award (2010, '19). He is followed by Anthony Davis in second place, while Paolo Banchero is third. You may see some of these players choose to move on from this number and select a new . 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. See also: Alysha Clark, Seattle/Washington (2012-present); Swin Cash, Detroit/Seattle/Chicago/Atlanta/New York (2002-16; also wore Nos. Phillips played in two WNBA Finals with New York; she and Williams were both four-time All-Stars. 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. 11 pick, the same year Australian countrywoman Lauren Jackson was taken No. 52: Kara Wolters, Houston/Indiana/Sacramento (1999-02), See also: Tyasha Harris, Dallas (2020-present); Kristen Rasmussen, Utah/Miami/Indiana/Houston/Charlotte/Phoenix/Connecticut/Minnesota (2000-2008). She and Lauren Jackson are tied at 10th in career scoring at 6,005 points. 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. And the rest was Fever history. WNBA News. 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. 14 in her two WNBA seasons. From 2008-11, she played in just 34 games for four different franchises. That year, she won a championship with the Comets. As the league prepares to resume the 2021 season, first with the Commissioner's Cup championship game on Thursday and then all 12 teams in action on Sunday -- including the league-leading Seattle Storm at the Chicago Sky (4 p.m. 91, which she wore for the 2007 season with Indiana, lets her stand alone. 2 pick in the 2008 draft by Chicago. Wilson is just in her fourth season in the WNBA, but already has an MVP award and WNBA Finals appearance, both coming last year. A second-round pick after winning a national championship with Texas A&M in 2011, she played 16 games as a rookie, then didn't get a WNBA roster spot again until four years later. 32, which included two trips to the WNBA Finals (2004, '05) with the Sun. They play for the Seattle Storm. On the other side of the ball, Griner has been one of the league's best rim protectors as a two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. 8. All said, it's odd that she has been the league's MVP just once (2009), although she was twice named Finals MVP. 3 in college are there in the WNBA: Taurasi and Parker. August 7, 1996: Val Ackerman is named . Back in the league in 2013 with Indiana, she was waived near the end of the season. 23 with her three NCAA titles at Tennessee to Moore's two at UConn; both scored over 3,000 points collegiately. 7: Pete Maravich. 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. We mentioned earlier that Castro Marques spent most of her career wearing No. 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 at 1,578). 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The only thing that slowed her down was injuries, which ended her WNBA career at age 31. Wears number 10 . 292 different team rosters from 1997-2020 means there have been around 3,500 rostered players in the history of the WNBA. Pitt's Zellous played in two WNBA Finals with Indiana, winning the title in 2012. She has four championships with the Storm and is the first WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. 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. Miller played 12 seasons, but had 15.6 win shares to Catchings' 93.7. 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. The dominant center has been the perfect fit with the Lynx, winning titles there in 2015 and '17 as WNBA Finals MVP both times. Johnson was with the Liberty in the league's inaugural season, playing in the 1997 WNBA title game. 50); Rhonda Mapp, Charlotte/Los Angeles (1997-2003). 25 years of the WNBA: The best players at every jersey number, Storm or Liberty? 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. 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 won her third championship in her last season, 2017, with Minnesota, this time wearing No. Fowles went to the Final Four all four of her seasons at LSU, then was the No. The Brazilian forward started her career at No. 32, which included two trips to the WNBA Finals (2004, '05) with the Sun. The kits were . These will be the last group of NBA players to wear the number 6 jersey. As a national champion at Purdue and in her first seven WNBA seasons, she wore No. 8s than No. She wore No. Teasley was drafted No. Collier made her Olympic debut in the Tokyo Games, as did Loyd, the 2015 No. Latta, who was from the other Tobacco Road college power, North Carolina, had her best WNBA seasons in 2013 and '14, when she was an All-Star with the Mystics. 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. Number 7 is the international country calling code for Russia. Griner, a 6-9 center, was the No. 91: Tamika Whitmore, New York/Los Angeles/Connecticut/Indiana (1999-2009; also wore Nos. 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. Mercury coach Sandy Brondello and college coaches Adia Barnes (Arizona) and Tricia Bader Binford (Montana State) are the others. A 2017 All-Star, Hayes has averaged in double figures in eight of her nine seasons. 0, 4); Monique Currie, Charlotte/Chicago/Washington/Phoenix/San Antonio (2006-18, also wore No. 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. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.6 rebounds, including two seasons -- 2002 and '03 -- when she averaged a double-double. She also wore that number part of . The No. Augustus was the 2011 WNBA Finals MVP and spent 14 of her 15 seasons with the Lynx. LSU grad Ferdinand-Harris was a three-time All-Star, a distinction that Virginia's Palmer earned once. From 2017-19, she played for Washington, winning the 2019 WNBA championship. Brunson, who played nine seasons for the Lynx, is second in all-time rebounding (3,356) to former Minnesota teammate Sylvia Fowles. Below is the list of 6'10" Players sorted by 2K Rating from highest to lowest on NBA 2K23. She donned No. 53: Kendra Wecker, San Antonio/Washington (2005-08; also wore No. 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. You are here: pentair superflo vs won't turn on operation manager amazon stipendio italia who wears number 7 in the wnba. 21); Armintie Herrington, Chicago/Atlanta/Los Angeles/Washington (2007-15); Betty Lennox, Minnesota/Miami/Cleveland/Seattle/Atlanta/Los Angeles/Tulsa (2000-11; also wore No. Griffith was one of the best post players in women's basketball history. 18. Wauters wore No. 3 pick in the 2008 WNBA draft, Wiggins won the 2011 title with the Lynx. Brondello is now coach of the Mercury and the Australian national team. legends club killeen tx; seth maness wife; who wears number 7 in the wnba; who wears number 7 in the wnba. Though the actual number of players would be much less as many players have played for multiple seasons. 51: Jessica Breland, New York/Connecticut/Indiana/Chicago/Atlanta (2011-present), See also: Sydney Colson, New York/San Antonio/Minnesota/Las Vegas/Chicago (2011-20; also wore No. Andr Snellings breaks down how Jonquel Jones' move to the New York Liberty impacts her fantasy value and the outlooks for . It's topped by Catchings, a Naismith Hall of Famer who was a 10-time All-Star, a season MVP (2011) and Finals MVP (2012) and won the Defensive Player of the Year honor five times, plus won four Olympic gold medals. Taylor came to the league in 2001 as the No. She has also made the dunk one of her signatures, doing it 14 times in the regular season and once in the playoffs. She was a five-time All-Star in her eight seasons and hit the most famous shot in league history: a half-court heave in Game 2 of the 1999 Finals at Houston that extended the series. 92 (2019) got her on this list. Beard's WNBA career was almost equally divided between two jersey numbers, which is why the guard/forward is on this list twice. 21, which she wore in college at Gonzaga. 23). She was also the regular-season MVP in 2017 and has been the league's Defensive Player of the Year three times. She made three WNBA Finals appearances with the Liberty and one with the Stars. Jackson was a three-time MVP and seven-time All-Star who averaged 18.9 points and 7.7 rebounds for her career. 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. The great Cindy Brown wore No. De Souza wore No. 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. 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. Staley wore No. 11 overall in 2014, but didn't make her WNBA debut until 2015. Brondello (Australia) and Nemcova (Czech Republic) played in the WNBA's inaugural season. 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. 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). UConn star Lobo was one of the original trio to sign with the WNBA, along with Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes. who wears number 7 in the wnba. But her WNBA championship came with Seattle in 2004. Russia's Abrosimova, out of UConn, won the 2010 WNBA title with Seattle. 44, including in her three WNBA Finals appearances with the Liberty and her 2006 All-Star season with the Fever. Jones helped the Sun reach the 2019 WNBA Finals, but didn't play in the 2020 bubble. 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. A seven-time All-Star, Griner helped lead Phoenix to the 2014 WNBA title. 32. McCoughtry has been on the WNBA's all-defensive team seven times and will look to return in 2022 after missing this season with an ACL injury. Timms was among the initial group of Australians who helped launch the WNBA and she is still one of the most popular. She was traded to Sacramento and played two seasons there, but injuries ended her career prematurely. She's now coach at Mississippi State. She persevered through 10 knee operations, including five ACL surgeries. 4 pick in the 2005 draft. The 2016 No. 3 seed plays the No. Both were WNBA first-round draft picks 12 years apart and six-time All-Stars, but Holdsclaw didn't play in the WNBA Finals in her 12-season career. ET, ABC) -- we take a look at the best players in WNBA history at every jersey number, from 00 to 99. > NBA & ABA Players Who Wore Uniform Number 7. 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. Phillips, a guard from Australia, was a second-round draft pick in 2005 who started her WNBA career in 2006. 25); Katie Douglas, Orlando/Connecticut/Indiana (2001-14; also wore No. 4 overall pick in 2003 by Phoenix, she was traded to Detroit during the 2005 season, and won two WNBA championships with the Shock wearing No. All-star guard Jewell Lloyd became the highest-paid player in the WNBA when she re-signed with the Seattle Storm on a two-year $463,030 contract earlier this year, according to the Associated Press, earning an average of $231,515 a season. She later had stints as a head coach with the Lynx and the Sparks. 53 at Long Beach State and was tops on our college jersey list at that number. 7 - Out of the 24 All-Stars, seven players have competed in the WNBA for more than a decade . Wecker also was on the college list after a stellar Kansas State career that made her the No. Lavender, the No. 12); Murriel Page, Washington/Los Angeles (1998-2008; also wore No. 9). 9 for the Los Angeles Sparks and some more quirky choices like 99. She was able to play overseas several years and is now an assistant coach for the Liberty. The day after the series' conclusion, they started traveling to Australia for the FIBA Women's World Cup, a . She brought her trademark brand of pesky defense to the WNBA for six seasons. 1); Erlana Larkins, New York/Indiana/Minnesota (2008-18; also wore No. 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. But an ACL injury in the 1999 opener cost her the rest of that season, and after re-injuring the knee six months later in a scrimmage, she also missed the 2000 season. The others are Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart. 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