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The following is a list of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) players. A ... WNBA player index This page was last edited on 21 October 2024, at 17:32 (UTC ...
WNBA players are awarded bonuses for certain achievements. Some of the bonuses given by the league (amount is per player), from 2020 to 2027 (the duration of the current CBA): WNBA champion: $11,356; Runner-up: $5,678; Most Valuable Player: $15,450; All-WNBA First Team member: $10,300; and All-Star Game participant: $2,575. [138]
The inaugural WNBA All-Star Game took place during the 1999 season, and the game has been contested yearly since, although the 2004 edition was supplanted by a game between WNBA players from both conferences and the 2004 United States Olympic team and the 2010 edition was a game between WNBA players from both conferences and the USA National Team.
WNBA teams have a salary cap of just over $1.5 million, per Spotrac, and must have 11 or 12 players on the roster. Vandersloot currently is playing in Unrivaled.
Bird was drafted first overall pick by the Storm in the 2002 WNBA draft [2] and is considered one of the greatest players in WNBA history. [3] As of 2024, Bird is the only WNBA player to win titles in three different decades. She held a front office position for the NBA's Denver Nuggets as their Basketball Operations Associate.
In 2011, Cooper-Dyke was voted by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. Upon the league's formation, she played for the Houston Comets from 1997 to 2000, being named the Most Valuable Player of the WNBA Finals in all four seasons, and returned to play again in 2003. Cooper-Dyke still holds the record for most Finals MVPs with four.
Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Louisville women's basketball has four former players in the WNBA. Here's how Jeff Walz's ex-Cardinals are faring during the 2024 season.