List of first overall WNBA draft picks
List of first overall picks

List of first overall WNBA draft picks

Section Title: List of first overall picks
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Draft	Selected by	Player	Country	Position	College / high school / former club	WNBA rookie statistics	Ref.

PPG	RPG	APG

1997 (Elite)	Utah Starzz	Dena Head	USA	Guard	Tennessee	5.7	2.3	1.7

1997	Houston Comets	Tina Thompson*	USA	Forward	USC	13.2	6.6	1.1

1998	Utah Starzz	Margo Dydek+	POL	Center	Fota Porta Gdynia (Poland)	12.9	7.6	1.8

1999	Washington Mystics	Chamique Holdsclaw+	USA	Forward	Tennessee	16.9	7.9	2.4

2000	Cleveland Rockers	Ann Wauters+	BEL	Center	USV Olympic (France)	6.2	4.0	1.2

2001	Seattle Storm	Lauren Jackson*	AUS	Forward-Center	Canberra Capitals (Australia)	15.2	6.7	1.5

2002	Seattle Storm	Sue Bird*	USA	Guard	Connecticut	14.4	2.6	6.0

2003	Cleveland Rockers	LaToya Thomas	USA	Forward	Mississippi State	10.8	5.1	1.2

2004	Phoenix Mercury	Diana Taurasi*	USA	Forward	Connecticut	17.0	4.4	3.9

2005	Charlotte Sting	Janel McCarville	USA	Center	Minnesota	1.8	2.7	0.4

2006	Minnesota Lynx	Seimone Augustus*	USA	Forward	LSU	21.9	3.8	1.5

2007	Phoenix Mercury	Lindsey Harding	USA	Guard	Duke	11.7	4.4	3.9

2008	Los Angeles Sparks	Candace Parker*	USA	Forward	Tennessee	18.5	9.5	3.4

2009	Atlanta Dream	Angel McCoughtry*	USA	Forward	Louisville	12.8	3.1	2.1

2010	Connecticut Sun	Tina Charles*	USA	Center	Connecticut	15.5	11.7	1.5

2011	Minnesota Lynx	Maya Moore*	USA	Forward	Connecticut	13.2	4.6	2.6

2012	Los Angeles Sparks	Nneka Ogwumike*	USA	Forward	Stanford	14.0	7.5	1.2

2013	Phoenix Mercury	Brittney Griner*	USA	Center	Baylor	12.6	6.3	1.0

2014	Connecticut Sun	Chiney Ogwumike+	USA	Forward	Stanford	15.5	8.5	0.6

2015	Seattle Storm	Jewell Loyd+	USA	Guard	Notre Dame	10.7	3.5	1.9

2016	Seattle Storm	Breanna Stewart*	USA	Forward	Connecticut	18.3	9.3	3.4

2017	San Antonio Stars	Kelsey Plum	USA	Guard	Washington	8.5	1.9	3.4

2018	Las Vegas Aces	A'ja Wilson+	USA	Forward	South Carolina	20.7	8.0	2.2

2019	Las Vegas Aces	Jackie Young	USA	Guard	Notre Dame	—	—	—

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Stewart was drafted first overall in the 2016 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.

final_sentence: Stewart was drafted first overall in the 2016 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.