2018 WNBA.com GM Survey: Best Players & Coaches


Ever wonder what WNBA insiders think about the best teams, players and coaches in the league? Once again, WNBA.com posed questions to the league’s general managers to learn what the people who make the decisions really think about these topics and more.

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Who is the best guard in the WNBA?
1. Diana Taurasi = 67%
2. Courtney Vandersloot = 17%
T- 3. Sue Bird, Skylar Diggins-Smith = 8%

Who is the best forward in the WNBA?
1. Maya Moore = 42%
2. Candace Parker = 25%
3. Elena Delle Donne = 17%
T-4. Tina Charles, Breanna Stewart = 8%

Who is the best center in the WNBA?
1. Sylvia Fowles = 58%
2. Brittney Griner = 25%
T-3. Liz Cambage, Jonquel Jones = 8%

Who is the best overall coach in the WNBA?
1. Cheryl Reeve = 50%
2. Brian Agler = 25%
3. Mike Thibault = 17%
4. Curt Miller = 8%

Which head coach is the best manager/motivator of people?
1. Cheryl Reeve = 33%
2. Brian Agler = 25%
3. Curt Miller = 17%
T-4. Nicki Collen, Dan Hughes, Mike Thibault = 8%

Who is the most underrated player in the WNBA?
T-1. Chelsea Gray, Tiffany Hayes = 17%
T-3. Karima Christmas-Kelly, Layshia Clarendon, Alysha Clark, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Erica Wheeler, Jasmine Thomas, Kayla McBride, Courtney Vandersloot = 8%

Which player is the best finisher?
1. Tina Charles = 33%
2. Maya Moore = 25%
3. Brittney Griner = 17%
T-4. Sylvia Fowles, Nneka Ogwumike, Diana Taurasi  = 8%

Which player is the best at creating her own shot?
1. Angel McCoughtry = 42%
2. Diana Taurasi = 25%
T-3. Jewell Loyd, Jonquel Jones, Maya Moore, Courtney Williams = 8%

Which player is the best rebounder?
1. Jonquel Jones = 58%
2. Tina Charles = 25%
T-3. Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner = 8%

Which player has the best post moves?
1. Tina Charles = 83%
T-2. Elena Delle Donne, Nneka Ogwumike = 8%

Which player is the best passer?
T-1. Sue Bird, Courtney Vandersloot = 42%
2. Chelsea Gray = 17%

Which player is the most dangerous in the open floor?
1. Angel McCoughtry = 50%
T-2. Jewell Loyd, Maya Moore = 17%
T-4. Skylar Diggins-Smith, Erica Wheeler = 8%

Which player is the most athletic?
1. Angel McCoughtry = 25%
2. Brittney Sykes = 17%
3. Glory Johnson = 17%
T-4. Skylar Diggins-Smith, Jewell Loyd, Chiney Ogwumike, Nneka Ogwumike, Courtney Williams = 8%

Which player is the best pure shooter?
T-1. Allie Quigley, Diana Taurasi = 33%
T-3. Sue Bird, Elena Delle Donne, Maya Moore, Kristi Toliver = 8%

Which player is the best leader?
1. Sue Bird = 75%
2. Lindsay Whalen = 17%
3. Candice Dupree = 8%

Who is the toughest player in the WNBA?
T-1. Rebekkah Brunson, Glory Johnson, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt = 17%
T-4. Alana Beard, Sylvia Fowles, Maya Moore, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart, Lindsay Whalen = 8%

Which player has the highest basketball IQ?
1. Sue Bird = 67%
2. Candace Parker = 17%
T-3. Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen = 8%

Which player is the best at making her teammates better?
1. Sue Bird = 58%
2. Lindsay Whalen = 17%
T-3. Karima Christmas-Kelly, Diana Taurasi, Courtney Vandersloot = 8%