All-Time All-WNBA Teams
All-WNBA Teams
Since 1997 the WNBA has recognized the best in the league with All-WNBA honors. There are two teams that with five players each. The only time that did not happen was in 2000 when six players were placed on the All-WNBA second team.
Here are the All-WNBA teams.
1997
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Eva Nemcova |
Forward |
Cleveland Rockers |
Tina Thompson |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Cynthia Cooper |
Guard |
Houston Comets |
RuthieBolton-Holifield |
Guard |
Sacramento Monarchs |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Wendy Palmer |
Forward |
Utah Starzz |
Rebecca Lobo |
Forward |
New York Liberty |
Jennifer Gillom |
Center |
Phoenix Mercury |
Teresa Weatherspoon |
Guard |
New York Liberty |
Andrea Stinson |
Guard |
Charlotte Sting |
1998
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tina Thompson |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Sheryl Swoopes |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Jennifer Gillom |
Center |
Phoenix Mercury |
Suzie McConnell Serio |
Guard |
Cleveland Rockers |
Cynthia Cooper |
Guard |
Houston Comets |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Eva Nemcova |
Forward |
Cleveland Rockers |
Cindy Brown |
Forward |
Detroit Shock |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Teresa Weatherspoon |
Guard |
New York Liberty |
Andrea Stinson |
Guard |
Charlotte Sting |
1999
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Sheryl Swoopes |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Natalie Williams |
Forward |
Utah Starzz |
Yolanda Griffith |
Center |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Cynthia Cooper |
Guard |
Houston Comets |
Ticha Penicheiro |
Guard |
Sacramento Monarchs |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Chamique Holdsclaw |
Forward |
Washington Mystics |
Tina Thompson |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Teresa Weatherspoon |
Guard |
New York Liberty |
Shannon Johnson |
Guard |
Orlando Miracle |
2000
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Sheryl Swoopes |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Natalie Williams |
Forward |
Utah Starzz |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Cynthia Cooper |
Guard |
Houston Comets |
Ticha Penicheiro |
Guard |
Sacramento Monarchs |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Katie Smith |
Forward |
Minnesota Lynx |
Tina Thompson |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Yolanda Grifith |
Center |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Teresa Weatherspoon |
Guard |
New York Liberty |
Betty Lennox* |
Guard |
Minnesota Lynx |
Shannon Johnson* |
Guard |
Orlando Miracle |
*TIE
2001
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Katie Smith |
Forward |
Minnesota Lynx |
Natalie Williams |
Forward |
Utah Starzz |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Janeth Arcain |
Guard |
Houston Comets |
Merlakia Jones |
Guard |
Cleveland Rockers |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tina Thompson |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Chamique Holdsclaw |
Forward |
Washington Mystics |
Yolanda Grifith |
Center |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Ticha Penicheiro |
Guard |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Tamecka Dixon |
Guard |
Los Angeles Sparks |
2002
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Sheryl Swoopes |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Sue Bird |
Guard |
Seattle Storm |
Mwadi Mabika |
Guard |
Los Angeles Sparks |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tina Thompson |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Chamique Holdsclaw |
Forward |
Washington Mystics |
Tari Phillips |
Center |
New York Liberty |
Katie Smith |
Guard |
Minnesota Lynx |
Shannon Johnson |
Guard |
Orlando Miracle |
2003
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Lauren Jackson |
Forward |
Seattle Storm |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Katie Smith |
Guard |
Minnesota Lynx |
Sue Bird |
Guard |
Seattle Storm |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Sheryl Swoopes |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Swin Cash |
Forward |
Detroit Shock |
Cheryl Ford |
Center |
Detroit Shock |
Nikki Teasley |
Guard |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Deanna Nolan |
Guard |
Detroit Shock |
2004
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Lauren Jackson |
Forward |
Seattle Storm |
Tina Thompson |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Diana Taurasi |
Guard |
Phoenix Mercury |
Sue Bird |
Guard |
Seattle Storm |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Swin Cash |
Forward |
Detroit Shock |
Yolanda Griffith |
Center |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Nikki Teasley |
Guard |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Nykesha Sales |
Guard |
Connecticut Sun |
2005
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Lauren Jackson |
Forward |
Seattle Storm |
Sheryl Swoopes |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Yolanda Griffith |
Center |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Deanna Nolan |
Guard |
Detroit Shock |
Sue Bird |
Guard |
Seattle Storm |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Taj McWilliams-Franklin |
Forward |
Connecticut Sun |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Becky Hammon |
Guard |
New York Liberty |
Diana Taurasi |
Guard |
Phoenix Mercury |
2006
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Lauren Jackson |
Forward |
Seattle Storm |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Diana Taurasi |
Guard |
Phoenix Mercury |
Katie Douglas |
Guard |
Connecticut Sun |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Taj McWilliams-Franklin |
Forward |
Connecticut Sun |
Sheryl Swoopes |
Forward |
Houston Comets |
Cheryl Ford |
Center |
Detroit Shock |
Alana Beard |
Guard |
Washington Mystics |
Seimone Augustus |
Guard |
Minnesota Lynx |
2007
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Penny Taylor |
Forward |
Phoenix Mercury |
Diana Taurasi |
Forward |
Phoenix Mercury |
Lauren Jackson |
Center |
Seattle Storm |
Becky Hammon |
Guard |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
Deanna Nolan |
Guard |
Detroit Shock |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Sophia Young |
Forward |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
Tina Thompson |
Center |
Houston Comets |
Katie Douglas |
Guard |
Connecticut Sun |
Seimone Augustus |
Guard |
Minnesota Lynx |
2008
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Candace Parker |
Forward |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Diana Taurasi |
G/F |
Phoenix Mercury |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Lindsay Whalen |
Guard |
Connecticut Sun |
Sophia Young |
Forward |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Postion |
Team |
Asjha Jones |
Forward |
Connecticut Sun |
Deanna Nolan |
G/F |
Detroit Shock |
Lauren Jackson |
Center |
Seattle Storm |
Sue Bird |
Guard |
Seattle Storm |
Becky Hammon |
Guard |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
2009
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Diana Taurasi |
Forward |
Phoenix Mercury |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Lauren Jackson |
F/C |
Seattle Storm |
Becky Hammon |
Guard |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
Cappie Pondexter |
Guard |
Phoenix Mercury |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Candace Parker |
Forward |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Sophia Young |
Forward |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
Lisa Leslie |
Center |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Katie Douglas |
Guard |
Indiana Fever |
Deanna Nolan |
Guard |
Detroit Shock |
2010
All-WNBA First Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Tamika Catchings |
Forward |
Indiana Fever |
Lauren Jackson |
F/C |
Seattle Storm |
Sylvia Fowles |
Center |
Chicago Sky |
Cappie Pondexter |
Guard |
New York Liberty |
Diana Taurasi |
Guard |
Phoenix Mercury |
All-WNBA Second Team
Player |
Position |
Team |
Crystal Langhorne |
Forward |
Washington Mystics |
Angel McCoughtry |
Forward |
Atlanta Dream |
Tina Charles |
Center |
Connecticut Sun |
Sue Bird |
Guard |
Seattle Storm |
Katie Douglas |
Guard |
Indiana Fever |
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