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 a look at No. 20 through No. 11:
20) Jackie Young (40 points)
Las Vegas Aces
2022: not ranked ; 2021: not ranked
From unranked all the way to No. 20, it’s 2022 Most Improved Player Jackie Young. She may have finished the season with a scoring average improvement of just 3.7 to 15.9, but she was averaging 19.2 points through the first 11 games of the season and probably could have sustained that if she didn’t play on a team with so many other…
