WNBA Rookie of the Year

Template:Short description Template:WNBA Awards The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player(s) with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.

The 2003 award winner Cheryl Ford and 2011 award winner Maya Moore are the only players to win both the WNBA Rookie of the Year award and a WNBA championship in the same season.

The 2008 award winner was Candace Parker who became the first player to win the award after garnering all possible votes and also the first player to win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award in the same season. In the NBA, only Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld have won the Most Valuable Player Award and Rookie of the Year Award in the same season.

The 2020 award winner, Crystal Dangerfield, is the first who was not chosen in the first round of the draft; she was chosen in the second round in 2020 as the 16th overall pick.

As of 2019, eight Rookie of the Year recipients have gone on to become a member of a WNBA championship team.

Winners

Key

^	Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as player
	Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
†	Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame considerationTemplate:Efn
Player (in bold text)	Denotes unanimous winners

Rookie of the Year

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School	Pick	Year	Template:Abbr
1998	Tracy Reid	Forward	Template:USA	Charlotte Sting	UNC (Sr.)	7	1998	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Chamique Holdsclaw			Washington Mystics	Tennessee (Sr.)	1	1999	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	Betty Lennox	Guard		Minnesota Lynx	Louisiana Tech (Sr.)	6	2000	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001	Jackie Stiles			Portland Fire	Missouri State (Sr.)	4	2001	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	Tamika Catchings*	Forward		Indiana Fever	Tennessee (Sr.)	3	2001	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	Cheryl Ford			Detroit Shock	Louisiana Tech (Sr.)	3	2003	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Diana Taurasi†	Guard		Phoenix Mercury	UConn (Sr.)	1	2004	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Temeka Johnson			Washington Mystics (2)	LSU (Sr.)	6	2005	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Seimone Augustus*	Guard/Forward		Minnesota Lynx (2)	LSU (Sr.)	1	2006	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2007	Armintie Price	Guard		Chicago Sky	Ole Miss (Sr.)	3	2007	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Candace Parker†	Forward/Center		Los Angeles Sparks	Tennessee (Jr.)	1	2008	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Angel McCoughtry†	Forward		Atlanta Dream	Louisville (Sr.)	1	2009	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Tina Charles^	Center		Connecticut Sun	UConn (Sr.)	1	2010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Maya Moore*	Forward		Minnesota Lynx (3)	UConn (Sr.)	1	2011	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	Nneka Ogwumike^			Los Angeles Sparks (2)	Stanford (Sr.)	1	2012	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013	Elena Delle Donne†	Guard/Forward		Chicago Sky (2)	Delaware (Sr.)	2	2013	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014	Chiney Ogwumike†	Forward		Connecticut Sun (2)	Stanford (Sr.)	1	2014	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Jewell Loyd^	Guard		Seattle Storm	Notre Dame (Jr.)	1	2015	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2016	Breanna Stewart^	Forward/Center		Seattle Storm (2)	UConn (Sr.)	1	2016	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	Allisha Gray^	Guard		Dallas Wings (2)	South Carolina (Jr.)	4	2017	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	A'ja Wilson^	Forward		Las Vegas Aces	South Carolina (Sr.)	1	2018	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019	Napheesa Collier^			Minnesota Lynx (4)	UConn (Sr.)	6	2019	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020	Crystal Dangerfield^	Guard		Minnesota Lynx (5)	UConn (Sr.)	16	2020	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Michaela Onyenwere^	Forward		New York Liberty	UCLA (Sr.)	6	2021	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Rhyne Howard^	Guard		Atlanta Dream (2)	Kentucky (Sr.)	1	2022	<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2023	Aliyah Boston^	Forward/Center		Indiana Fever (2)	South Carolina (Sr.)	1	2023	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Caitlin Clark^	Guard		Indiana Fever (3)	Iowa (Sr.)	1	2024	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025	Paige Bueckers^			Dallas Wings (3)	UConn (Sr.)	1	2025	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Teams

Awards	Teams	Years
5	Minnesota Lynx	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
3	Indiana Fever	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
	Dallas Wings / Tulsa Shock / Detroit Shock	Template:Wnbay (as Detroit) Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay (as Dallas)
2	Washington Mystics	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
	Chicago Sky	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
	Los Angeles Sparks	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
	Atlanta Dream	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
	Connecticut Sun / Orlando Miracle	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay (as Connecticut)
	Seattle Storm	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
1	Charlotte Sting	Template:Wnbay
	Portland Fire	Template:Wnbay
	Phoenix Mercury	Template:Wnbay
	Las Vegas Aces / San Antonio Stars / San Antonio Silver Stars / Utah Starzz	Template:Wnbay (as Las Vegas)
	New York Liberty	Template:Wnbay
0	Cleveland Rockers	N/A
	Houston Comets
	Miami Sol
	Sacramento Monarchs

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women

References

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