WNBA Rookie of the Year

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 consideration[a]
Player (in bold text)	Denotes unanimous winners

Rookie of the Year

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School	Pick	Year	Ref.
1998	Tracy Reid	Forward	United States	Charlotte Sting	UNC (Sr.)	7	1998	[1]
1999	Chamique Holdsclaw			Washington Mystics	Tennessee (Sr.)	1	1999	[2]
2000	Betty Lennox	Guard		Minnesota Lynx	Louisiana Tech (Sr.)	6	2000	[3]
2001	Jackie Stiles			Portland Fire	Missouri State (Sr.)	4	2001	[4]
2002	Tamika Catchings*	Forward		Indiana Fever	Tennessee (Sr.)	3	2001	[5]
2003	Cheryl Ford			Detroit Shock	Louisiana Tech (Sr.)	3	2003	[6]
2004	Diana Taurasi†	Guard		Phoenix Mercury	UConn (Sr.)	1	2004	[7]
2005	Temeka Johnson			Washington Mystics (2)	LSU (Sr.)	6	2005	[8]
2006	Seimone Augustus*	Guard/Forward		Minnesota Lynx (2)	LSU (Sr.)	1	2006	[9]
2007	Armintie Price	Guard		Chicago Sky	Ole Miss (Sr.)	3	2007	[10]
2008	Candace Parker†	Forward/Center		Los Angeles Sparks	Tennessee (Jr.)	1	2008	[11]
2009	Angel McCoughtry†	Forward		Atlanta Dream	Louisville (Sr.)	1	2009	[12]
2010	Tina Charles^	Center		Connecticut Sun	UConn (Sr.)	1	2010	[13]
2011	Maya Moore*	Forward		Minnesota Lynx (3)	UConn (Sr.)	1	2011	[14]
2012	Nneka Ogwumike^			Los Angeles Sparks (2)	Stanford (Sr.)	1	2012	[15][16]
2013	Elena Delle Donne†	Guard/Forward		Chicago Sky (2)	Delaware (Sr.)	2	2013	[17]
2014	Chiney Ogwumike†	Forward		Connecticut Sun (2)	Stanford (Sr.)	1	2014	[18]
2015	Jewell Loyd^	Guard		Seattle Storm	Notre Dame (Jr.)	1	2015	[19]
2016	Breanna Stewart^	Forward/Center		Seattle Storm (2)	UConn (Sr.)	1	2016	[20]
2017	Allisha Gray^	Guard		Dallas Wings (2)	South Carolina (Jr.)	4	2017	[21]
2018	A'ja Wilson^	Forward		Las Vegas Aces	South Carolina (Sr.)	1	2018	[22]
2019	Napheesa Collier^			Minnesota Lynx (4)	UConn (Sr.)	6	2019	[23]
2020	Crystal Dangerfield^	Guard		Minnesota Lynx (5)	UConn (Sr.)	16	2020	[24]
2021	Michaela Onyenwere^	Forward		New York Liberty	UCLA (Sr.)	6	2021	[25]
2022	Rhyne Howard^	Guard		Atlanta Dream (2)	Kentucky (Sr.)	1	2022	[26]
2023	Aliyah Boston^	Forward/Center		Indiana Fever (2)	South Carolina (Sr.)	1	2023	[27]
2024	Caitlin Clark^	Guard		Indiana Fever (3)	Iowa (Sr.)	1	2024	[28]

Teams

WNBA ROTY Winners

• Top row: (left to right) Tamika Catchings, Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus, and Candace Parker
• Middle row: (left to right) Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Nneka Ogwumike, and Elena Delle Donne
• Bottom row: (left to right) Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, and Caitlin Clark

Awards	Teams	Years
5	Minnesota Lynx	2000, 2006, 2011, 2019, 2020
3	Indiana Fever	2002, 2023, 2024
2	Washington Mystics	1999, 2005
	Dallas Wings / Tulsa Shock / Detroit Shock	2003 (as Detroit) 2017 (as Dallas)
	Chicago Sky	2007, 2013
	Los Angeles Sparks	2008, 2012
	Atlanta Dream	2009, 2022
	Connecticut Sun / Orlando Miracle	2010, 2014 (as Connecticut)
	Seattle Storm	2015, 2016
1	Charlotte Sting	1998
	Portland Fire	2001
	Phoenix Mercury	2004
	Las Vegas Aces / San Antonio Stars / San Antonio Silver Stars / Utah Starzz	2018 (as Las Vegas)
	New York Liberty	2021
0	Cleveland Rockers	N/A
	Houston Comets
	Miami Sol
	Sacramento Monarchs

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women

Notes

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.