WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

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.

As of 2011, six Rookie of the Year recipients have gone on to become a member of a WNBA championship team.

Winners

Season Player Nationality Team Draft Pick Year 1998 Tracy Reid  United States Charlotte Sting 7 1998 1999 Chamique Holdsclaw  United States Washington Mystics 1 1999 2000 Betty Lennox  United States Minnesota Lynx 6 2000 2001 Jackie Stiles  United States Portland Fire 4 2001 2002 Tamika Catchings  United States Indiana Fever 3 2001 2003 Cheryl Ford  United States Detroit Shock 3 2003 2004 Diana Taurasi  United States Phoenix Mercury 1 2004 2005 Temeka Johnson  United States Washington Mystics 6 2005 2006 Seimone Augustus  United States Minnesota Lynx 1 2006 2007 Armintie Price  United States Chicago Sky 3 2007 2008 Candace Parker  United States Los Angeles Sparks 1 2008 2009 Angel McCoughtry  United States Atlanta Dream 1 2009 2010 Tina Charles  United States Connecticut Sun 1 2010 2011 Maya Moore  United States Minnesota Lynx 1 2011 2012 Nneka Ogwumike  United States Los Angeles Sparks 1 2012 2013 Elena Delle Donne  United States Chicago Sky 2 2013 2014 Chiney Ogwumike  United States Connecticut Sun 1 2014 2015 Jewell Loyd  United States Seattle Storm 1 2015 2016 Breanna Stewart  United States Seattle Storm 1 2016 References "WNBA Rookie of the Year". Retrieved January 19, 2009.  "Nneka Ogwumike, Glory Johnson Headline 2012 All-Rookie Team". WNBA. Retrieved 7 Oct 2012.  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 WNBA drafts Draft lottery Expansion drafts First overall picks 1990s 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 List of Connecticut Huskies in the WNBA Draft Women's National Basketball Association (2016) Eastern Conference Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics Western Conference Dallas Wings Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Stars Seattle Storm Annual events Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals Statistics Career scoring Career rebounding Career assists Career steals Career blocks Career turnovers Season: Scoring leaders Rebounding leaders Assists leaders Steals leaders Blocks leaders Turnovers leaders Other Arenas Attendance Awards Coaches Defunct teams Expansion draft history LiveAccess MVP NBA Media (NBA TV, WNBA on ESPN, Current broadcasters, Finals broadcasters) Players (Current rosters, Foreign players) Rookie of the Year Seasons Teams (All-Decade Team, Top 15 Team, Top 20 Team)