MyWSports Staff Pick #WNBA20at20

Last week, the WNBA announced 60 players eligible to be selected as the #WNBA20at20. The league compiled the nominees based on seven criteria:

Winner of a major individual award;
A selection to either the All-WNBA First Team or All-WNBA Second Team;
A selection to either the WNBA All-Defensive First Team or WNBA All-Defensive Second Team;
A selection to the WNBA All-Star Game;
A member of a WNBA Championship team;
A current ranking among the top 30 career leaders in at least one major statistical category;
A selection to either the WNBA’s All-Decade Team (voted on in 2006) or the WNBA’s Top 15 Players (voted on in 2011)

Today the league released their Top 20... Check out the list here!

For the MyWSports list, four of our writers were asked to provide their Top 10 players of all-time, then those lists were combined. Players are clustered by number of staff votes received, ending with the players who were voted unanimously.

All the MyWSports #WBNA20at20 picks are:

25% of Writer’s Ballots

20. Yolanda Griffith - Drafted by Sacramento 1999

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (1999)
WNBA MVP (1999)
8× WNBA All-Star (1999–2001, 2003–2007)
WNBA champion (2005)
WNBA Finals MVP (2005)
WNBA's All-Decade Team

19. Seimone Augustus - Drafted by Minnesota 2006

WNBA All-Rookie Team (2006)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2006)
First Team All-WNBA (2012)
5× Second Team All-WNBA (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014)
6× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013–2015)
3× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015)
WNBA Finals MVP (2011)

18. Delisha Milton-Jones - Drafted by Los Angeles 1999

3× WNBA All-Star (2000, 2004, 2007)
2× WNBA champion (2001, 2002)
Played in the WNBA for 16 seasons (1999-2015); holds the record for most career games (499)
One of five players with over with over 5,000 points and 2,400 rebounds

17. Katie Douglas - Drafted by Orlando 2001

First Team All-WNBA (2006)
3× Second Team All-WNBA (2007, 2009, 2010)
5× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014)
WNBA All-Star MVP (2006)
5× WNBA All-Defensive Team (2005–2007, 2010, 2011)
WNBA champion (2012)

16. Maya Moore - Drafted by Minnesota 2011

WNBA Most Valuable Player (2014)
4× WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013–2015)
WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2015)
3× All-WNBA First Team (2013–2015)
All-WNBA Second Team (2012)
3× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015)
WNBA Finals MVP (2013)
WNBA scoring leader (2014)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2011)
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2011)

15. Swin Cash - Drafted by Detroit 2002

4× WNBA All-Star (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011)
2× WNBA All-Star MVP (2009, 2011)
3× WNBA champion (2003, 2006, 2010)
One of two players to reach 5,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists

14. Taj McWillams-Franklin - Drafted by Orlando 1999

6× WNBA All-Star (1999–2001, 2005–2007)
2× WNBA champion (2008, 2011)
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2005)
WNBA career leader, offensive rebounds

13. Ticha Penichiero - Drafted by Sacramento 1998

WNBA Champion (2005)
4× WNBA All-Star (1999–2002)
2× First Team All-WNBA (1999–2000)
Second Team All-WNBA (2001)
7× WNBA assists leader (1998–2003, 2010)
WNBA Peak Performer (assists) (2010)
WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011)

50% of Writers Ballots

12. Katie Smith - Drafted by Minnesota 1999

2× WNBA champion (2006, 2008)
WNBA Finals MVP (2008)
2× All-WNBA First Team (2001, 2003)
7× WNBA All-Star (2000–2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
WNBA scoring champion (2001)
WNBA's All-Decade Team (2006)

11. Sue Bird - Drafted by Seattle 2002

2× WNBA champion (2004, 2010)
4× All-WNBA First Team (2002–2005)
3× All-WNBA Second Team (2008, 2010, 2011)
9x WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015)
WNBA All-Decade Team
Sixth player to win an NCAA Championship, a WNBA Championship, and an Olympic gold medal
First player in WNBA history to score 5,000 career points and record 2,000 assists

10. Teresa Weatherspoon - Signed with New York 1997

2-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (1997,1998)
4-time WNBA All-Star (1999,2000,2001,2002)
4-time All-WNBA second team (1997,1998,1999,2000)

75% of Writer’s Ballot

9. Becky Hammon - Undrafted Signed with New York 1999

6× WNBA All-Star (2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011)
2× All-WNBA First Team (2007, 2009)
2× All-WNBA Second Team (2005, 2008)
WNBA Assist Leader (2007)

8. Cappie Pondexter - Drafted by Phoenix 2006

7× WNBA All-Star (2006–2007, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015)
3× First Team All-WNBA (2009, 2010, 2012)
Second Team All-WNBA (2011)
2× WNBA champion (2007, 2009)
WNBA Finals MVP (2007)
All-WNBA All-Rookie Team (2006)

7. Tamika Catchings - Drafted by Indiana 2001

WNBA champion (2012)
WNBA Finals MVP (2012)
WNBA Most Valuable Player (2011)
10× WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015)
7× First Team All-WNBA (2002, 2003, 2006, 2009–2012)
5× Second Team All-WNBA (2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
5× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012)
7× WNBA steals leader (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2002)
WNBA’s only player ever to spend an entire career of 15 or more seasons with the same franchise
First player to reach 5,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists