| | | | |
Sue
Bird | Seattle Storm:
2002-present | | -4-time
All-WNBA (1st)
-2004 WNBA champion |
| Tamika
Catchings | Indiana Fever:
2001-present | 17.3 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 2.4 | ppg | apg | rpg | spg |
| | -Fever
career leader in pts, reb., ast, stl,and blk. |
| Cynthia
Cooper | Houston Comets:
1997-2000, 2003 | | -Career
ppg leader
-4-time WNBA champion |
| Yolanda
Griffith | Sacramento Monarchs:
1999-present | | -1999
MVP
-2005 WNBA champion |
| Lauren
Jackson | Seattle Storm:
2001-present | | -2003
MVP
-2004 WNBA champion |
|
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| | | |
| | | | |
Lisa
Leslie | L.A. Sparks:
1997-present | | -2-time
M.V.P.
-2-time WNBA champion
-All-time leading scorer |
| Katie
Smith | Minnesota Lynx:
1999-2005
Detroit Shock:
2005-present | | | -4-time
All-WNBA |
| Dawn
Staley | Charlotte Sting:
1999-2005
Houston Comets:
2005-present | | | -3-time
WNBA All-Star |
| Sheryl
Swoopes | Houston Comets:
1997-present | 17.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 2.3 | ppg | apg | rpg | spg |
| -3-time
M.V.P.
-4-time WNBA champion
-3-time Defensive POY |
| Tina
Thompson | Houston Comets:
1997-present | 15.6 | 1.5 | 6.6 | 1.0 | ppg | apg | rpg | spg |
| -4-time
WNBA champion
-4-time All-Star
-7-time All-WNBA |
|
Honorable
Mention
| | | | |
Ruthie
Bolton | Sacramento Monarchs:
1997-2004 |
| Chamique
Holdsclaw | Washington
Mystics:
1999-2004
Los Angeles Sparks:
2005-Current |
| Ticha
Penicheiro | Sacramento
Monarchs:
1998-present |
| Diana
Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury:
2004-present |
| Teresa
Weatherspoon | New York
Liberty:
1997-2003
Los Angeles Sparks:
2004 |
|
They Said It
Sue Bird: "I am extremely honored and excited to be selected to the WNBA All-Decade Team. It was just an honor to be chosen for the initial list of 30 nominees, but then to make the top ten is amazing. This is a great group of talented women and this is truly one of the great accomplishments and highlights of my career."
Tamika Catchings: "It makes me feel good to know that people have followed me and respect me that much fo rme to be on the first All-Decade Team. It's certainly an honor to be involved with so many players who helped start the league. I think it's even more important to recognize some of the players even before the WNBA - people like Cheryl Miller, [Nancy] Lieberman, Ann Meyers. They are the ones who really helped get the ball rolling. They helped the WNBA get started and now it's our job to keep it going."
