WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

Women's National Basketball Association award

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Women's National Basketball Association awards and honors

Championship

* WNBA Finals

Commissioner's Cup Champions

* WNBA Commissioner's Cup

Individual awards

* All-Star Game MVP
* Rookie of the Year
* Defensive Player of the Year
* Coach of the Year
* Finals MVP
* Dawn Staley Leadership

* Most Valuable Player
* Most Improved Player
* Peak Performers
* Sixth Player of the Year
* Kim Perrot Sportsmanship
* Basketball Executive of the Year

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Honors

* All-WNBA Team
* Top 15 Players
* Top 25 Players
* All-Rookie Team

* WNBA All-Decade Team
* Top 20 Players
* All-Defensive Team

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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

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Key  ^  | Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA

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*  | 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 consideration[a]
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(in bold text) | Denotes unanimous winners
Rookie of the Year  Season  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Team  | School/Prior Experience  | Pick  | Year

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

## See also

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* List of sports awards honoring women

## Notes

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1. ^ A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until she has been fully retired for three calendar years.

## References

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* "WNBA Rookie of the Year". Retrieved January 19, 2009.
* "Nneka Ogwumike, Glory Johnson Headline 2012 All-Rookie Team". WNBA. Retrieved 7 Oct 2012.

## External links

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WNBA Rookies of the Year

* 1998: Reid
* 1999: Holdsclaw
* 2000: Lennox
* 2001: Stiles
* 2002: Catchings
* 2003: Ford
* 2004: Taurasi
* 2005: Johnson
* 2006: Augustus
* 2007: Price
* 2008: Parker
* 2009: McCoughtry
* 2010: Charles
* 2011: Moore
* 2012: N. Ogwumike
* 2013: Delle Donne
* 2014: C. Ogwumike
* 2015: Loyd
* 2016: Stewart
* 2017: Gray
* 2018: Wilson
* 2019: Collier
* 2020: Dangerfield
* 2021: Onyenwere
* 2022: Howard
* 2023: Boston
* 2024: TBA

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WNBA drafts

* Draft lottery
* Expansion drafts
* First overall picks

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Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)

2024 WNBA season

Teams|

| East|

* Atlanta Dream
* Chicago Sky
* Connecticut Sun
* Indiana Fever
* New York Liberty
* Washington Mystics

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West|

* Dallas Wings
* Las Vegas Aces
* Los Angeles Sparks
* Minnesota Lynx
* Phoenix Mercury
* Seattle Storm

Future teams|

* Golden State Valkyries
* Toronto
* Portland

Annual events|

* Seasons
* Draft
* All-Star Game
* Commissioner's Cup
* Playoffs
* List of series
* Finals

Statistics|

* Records
* All-time win–loss
* Regular season
* Playoffs
* Career:
* Scoring
* Rebounding
* Assists
* Steals
* Blocks
* Turnovers
* Free throws
* Free throw percentage
* 3-point scoring
* Season:
* Scoring
* Rebounding
* Assists
* Steals
* Blocks
* Turnovers

Other|

* Arenas
* Attendance
* Awards
* Coaches
* Defunct teams
* Expansion draft history
* LiveAccess
* MVP
* NBA
* Media (ABC, ESPN, Current broadcasters, All-Star Game broadcasters, Finals broadcasters)
* Players (Current rosters, Foreign players)
* Rookie of the Year
* Teams (All-Decade Team, Top 15 Team, Top 20 Team, Top 25 Team)
* WNBA Players Association

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