| SCHOOL |
| Player (year) | Acquisition |
| |
| ALABAMA |
| Tausha Mills '98 | '00 First round (second pick) |
| ARIZONA STATE |
| Kym Hampton '84 | Elite draft |
| AUBURN |
| Ruthie Bolton-Holifield '89 | Initial allocation |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA |
| Tari Phillips '91 | '99 First round (eighth pick) |
| CONNECTICUT |
| Svetlana Abrosimova '01 | '01 First round (seventh pick) |
| Rebecca Lobo '95 | Initial allocation |
| Kelly Schumacher '01 | '01 First round (14th pick) |
| COLORADO |
| Isabelle Fijalkowski '95 | Elite draft |
| DUQUESNE |
| Korie Hlede '98 | '98 First round (fourth pick) |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC |
| Yolanda Griffith '93 | '99 First round (second pick) |
| FLORIDA |
| DeLisha Milton '97 | '99 First round (fourth pick) |
| Murriel Page '98 | '98 First round (third pick) |
| Bridget Pettis '93 | Elite draft |
| GEORGIA |
| Lady Hardmon '92 | Initial allocation |
| Coco Miller '01 | '01 First round (ninth pick) |
| Kelly Miller '01 | '01 First round (second pick) |
| Deanna Nolan '01 | '01 First round (sixth pick) |
| HARVARD |
| Allison Feaster '98 | '98 First round (fifth pick) |
| HAWAII |
| Judy Mosley-McAfee '90 | Elite Draft |
| IOWA |
| Toni Foster '93 | '97 First round (eighth pick) |
| Michelle Edwards '88 | Initial allocation |
| KANSAS |
| Lynn Pride '00 | '00 First round (seventh pick) |
| KANSAS STATE |
| Olga Firsova | '00 First round (13th pick) |
| LONG BEACH STATE |
| Penny Toler '89 | Initial allocation |
| LOUISIANA STATE |
| Marie Ferdinand '01 | '01 First round (eighth pick) |
| LOUISIANA TECH |
| Janice Braxton '84 | Initial allocation |
| Tamicha Jackson '00 | '00 First round (eighth pick) |
| Betty Lennox '00 | '00 First round (sixth pick) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon '88 | Initial allocation |
| MAINE |
| Cindy Blodgett '98 | '98 First round (sixth pick) |
| MARYLAND |
| Vicky Bullett '89 | Initial allocation |
| MISSISSIPPI |
| Jennifer Gillom '86 | Initial allocation |
| MISSOURI |
| Amanda Lassiter '01 | '01 First round (15th pick) |
| NEBRASKA |
| Nicole Kubik '00 | '00 First round (15th pick) |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
| LaQuanda Barksdale '01 | '01 First round (12th pick) |
| Tracy Reid '98 | '98 First round (seventh pick) |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE |
| Summer Erb '00 | '00 First round (11th pick) |
| Chasity Melvin '98 | '99 First round (11th pick) |
| Rhonda Mapp '92 | Elite draft |
| Andrea Stinson '91 | Initial Allocation |
| NOTRE DAME |
| Ruth Riley '01 | '01 First round (fifth pick) |
| OLD DOMINION |
| Ticha Penicheiro '98 | '98 First round (second pick) |
| PURDUE |
| Camille Cooper '01 | '01 First round (16th pick) |
| Katie Douglas '01 | '01 First round (10th pick) |
| RUTGERS |
| Sue Wicks '88 | '97 First round (sixth pick) |
| SOUTH FLORIDA |
| Wanda Guyton '89 | Elite Draft |
| SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA STATE |
| Crystal Robinson '96 | '99 First round (sixth pick) |
| SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE |
| Jackie Stiles '01 | '01 First round (fourth pick) |
| STANFORD |
| Jennifer Azzi '90 | '99 First round (fifth pick) |
| Naomi Mulitauaopele '98 | '00 First round (12th pick) |
| Katy Steding '90 | '00 First round (14th pick) |
| Jamila Wideman '97 | '97 First round (third pick) |
| TENNESSEE |
| Tamika Catchings '01 | '01 First round (third pick) |
| Daedra Charles '92 | Elite draft |
| Tonya Edwards '90 | '99 First round (seventh pick) |
| Bridgette Gordon '89 | Initial allocation |
| Dena Head '92 | Elite draft |
| Chamique Holdsclaw '99 | '99 First round (first pick) |
| TEXAS |
| Edwina Brown '00 | First round (third pick) |
| Edna Campbell '91 | '99 First round (10th pick) |
| TEXAS TECH |
| Sheryl Swoopes '93 | Initial allocation |
| Alicia Thompson '98 | '98 First round (ninth pick) |
| TULANE |
| Grace Daley '00 | '00 First round (fifth pick) |
| UCLA |
| Maylana Martin '00 | '00 First round (10th pick) |
| Natalie Williams '92 | '99 First round (third pick) |
| USC |
| Cynthia Cooper '86 | Initial allocation |
| Lisa Leslie '94 | Initial allocation |
| Pam McGee '84 | '97 First round (second pick) |
| Tina Thompson '97 | '97 First round (third pick) |
| VIRGINIA |
| Dawn Staley '92 | '99 First round (ninth pick) |
| Tammi Reiss '92 | '97 First round (fifth pick) |
| Tora Suber '97 | '97 First round (seventh pick) |
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| INTERNATIONAL |
| Elena Baranova (Kyrgyzstan) | Initial allotment |
| Margo Dydek (Poland) | '98 First round (first pick) |
| Elen Chakirova (Russia) | '00 First round (16th pick) |
| Cintia dos Santos (Brazil) | '00 First round (fourth pick) |
| Lauren Jackson (Australia) | '01 First round (first pick) |
| Eva Nemcova (Czech Republic) | '97 First round (fourth pick) |
| Maria Stepanova (Russia) | '98 First round (eighth pick) |
| Penny Taylor (Australia) | '01 First round (11th pick) |
| Michele Timms (Australia) | Initial allotment |
| Polina Tzekova (Bulgaria) | '98 First round (10th pick) |
| Kristen Veal (Australia) | '01 First round (13th pick) |
| Kamila Vodichkova (Czech Republic) | '00 First round (ninth pick) |
| Ann Wauters (Belgium) | '00 First round (first pick) |
| Natalia Zasuluskaya (Russia) | '99 First round (12th pick) |
