As is our annual tradition, we’re counting down the 30 best players in the WNBA.
We had our staff participate by each ranking their Top 30. If a player was voted 1st on a list, they earned 30 points; second place earned 29, and so on, and the totals were summed together to make a collective staff determination. In the event of a tie, the player who was higher on the 2022 list stayed ahead.
Players who received votes but didn’t make our final list include Natasha Cloud, Han Xu, Courtney Williams, Satou Sabally, Aerial Powers, Marina Mabrey, Azurá Stevens, Teaira McCowan, Cheyenne Parker and Aliyah Boston.
On our 2021 list, Alyssa Thomas was left off because she was expected to miss the entire season. On our 2022 and 2023 lists, we included players who were/are expected to miss the season but had/have yet to retire.
Here’s the Top 10:
10) Jewell Loyd (82 points)
Seattle Storm
2022: 5; 2021: 15
We’re splitting hairs putting Skylar Diggins-Smith ahead of Loyd, because both former Notre Dame guards are phenomenal. Loyd is the better scorer of the two and her numbers should skyrocket this year with Breanna Stewart no longer in Seattle. We put Loyd all the way up at No. 5 last year after her spectacular 2021. Her scoring average dropped by 1.6 to 16.3 in 2022 though…
