Los Angeles Sparks

Die Los Angeles Sparks sind ein US-amerikanisches Basketballteam aus Los Angeles . Sie spielen in der Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) in der Western Conference . Ihre Heimspiele tragen sie in der Crypto.com Arena aus . Die Sparks wurden vor Beginn der ersten WNBA- Saison 1997 gegründet . Wie einige andere WNBA-Teams sind die Sparks keinem NBA- Team zugeordnet, obwohl sie sich den Markt mit den Los Angeles Lakers und den Los Angeles Clippers teilen .

Jerry Buss, der Besitzer der Los Angeles Lakers, besaß die Sparks von 1997 bis 2006 als Schwesterteam der Los Angeles Lakers. Seit 2014 gehören die Sparks zu Sparks LA Sports, einer Gruppe um Mark Walter , Magic Johnson , Stan Kasten , Todd Boehly , Bobby Patton und Eric Holoman. ^{[ 4 ] [ 5 ]}

The Sparks have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in twenty of their twenty-eight years in Los Angeles, more than any other team in the league. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) center and Tennessee standout Candace Parker, point guard Nikki Teasley, and nearby USC alums Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson. In 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016 and 2017, the Sparks went to the WNBA Finals. They won the title in 2001, 2002, and 2016, beating Charlotte, New York, and Minnesota respectively, but fell short to Detroit in 2003 and Minnesota in 2017.

The 1997 WNBA season, the league's first, opened with a game between the Sparks and the New York Liberty at the Sparks home (The Forum) in Inglewood. The Sparks lost the game 57–67. Sparks player Penny Toler scored the league's first two points with a lay-up 59 seconds into the game. The Sparks finished with a record of 14–14. The team did compete for a playoff spot, but because of a loss to the Phoenix Mercury in the final game of the season, the Sparks missed the playoffs. In the 1998 WNBA season, the Sparks finished 12–18, missing the playoffs once more.

The 1999 season featured the development of Lisa Leslie and the Sparks' first playoff berth, as the Sparks posted a 20–12 record. The Sparks won their first playoff game and series with a win over the Sacramento Monarchs. They played in the Western Conference Finals but fell to the defending champion Houston Comets, 2 games to 1, in the three-game series.

The 2000 season was a record one, as the Sparks had a 28–4 record, the best in league history, and second only to the 1998 Houston Comets for best all-time. In the playoffs, the Sparks swept the Phoenix Mercury in the first round but lost in the Western Conference Finals again, when they were swept by the Comets. Ultimately, the Sparks were playing in the shadow of the Comets, who won the first four WNBA championships.

In der Saisonpause 2000/01 zogen die Sparks ins Staples Center um und verpflichteten den ehemaligen Spieler der Los Angeles Lakers, Michael Cooper, als neuen Cheftrainer. In der darauffolgenden regulären Saison erzielten die Sparks erneut eine Bilanz von 28 Siegen und 4 Niederlagen. In den Playoffs 2001 eliminierten die Sparks schließlich die Comets mit einem 3:0-Sieg in der ersten Runde. Anschließend gewannen sie alle drei Spiele gegen die Monarchs und erreichten damit erstmals die WNBA-Finals , wo sie die Charlotte Sting mit 2:0 besiegten und ihre erste Meisterschaft der Liga gewannen.

2002 gelang Leslie als erster Frau in der Liga ein Dunking während eines Spiels, und die Sparks dominierten erneut die reguläre Saison mit einer Bilanz von 25 Siegen und 7 Niederlagen. Anschließend fegten die Sparks durch die Playoffs und besiegten sowohl die Seattle Storm als auch die Utah Starzz . Im Finale trafen die Sparks auf die Liberty, die noch auf ihren ersten Titel warteten. Ein Dreier von Nikki Teasley in der Schlussphase des zweiten Spiels sicherte den Sparks die zweite Meisterschaft in Folge.

2003 erreichten die Sparks eine Bilanz von 24 Siegen und 10 Niederlagen und gingen mit dem Ziel, den Titel „Hattrick“ zu holen, in die Playoffs. Sowohl die erste als auch die zweite Runde mussten über drei Spiele entschieden werden, nachdem sie die Minnesota Lynx bzw. die Sacramento Monarchs besiegt hatten. Im Finale trafen die Sparks dann auf die aufstrebenden Detroit Shock . Die Shock waren nach ihrem schwachen Abschneiden 2002 in Topform . Das Finale war ein Kampf, der von der Beziehung zwischen den Trainern Michael Cooper (Sparks) und Bill Laimbeer (Shock) geprägt war, die aus ihrer gemeinsamen Zeit in der NBA stammte . Der steinige Weg ins Finale und die starke Spielweise der Shock zehrten an den Kräften der Sparks, die die Serie mit 1:2 verloren und den Titel-Hattrick verpassten.

In der Saisonpause 2003/04 verpflichteten die Sparks mit Tamika Whitmore und Teresa Weatherspoon zwei Spielerinnen , die zuvor für die New York Liberty gespielt hatten . Die Sparks legten einen vielversprechenden Saisonstart hin, doch Trainer Cooper verließ das Team mitten in der Saison, um eine Trainerstelle in der NBA anzunehmen . Der Verlust des Trainers trug zum durchwachsenen Saisonende bei, das mit einer Bilanz von 25 Siegen und 9 Niederlagen endete. In den Playoffs unterlag das Team den Sacramento Monarchs in drei Spielen .

Die Sparks erholten sich in der Saison 2005 nicht mehr und beendeten sie mit einer Bilanz von 17 Siegen und 17 Niederlagen. Als viertgesetztes Team schafften sie es nur knapp in die Playoffs. In der ersten Runde wurden die Sparks von den späteren Meistern, den Monarchs, klar besiegt.

In 2006, the Sparks played much better, posting a 25–9 record. In the playoffs, they defeated the Seattle Storm in three games. However, in the Western Conference finals, the Sparks' season was ended by the Monarchs for the third year in a row.

After the 2006 season ended, team president Johnny Buss resigned,^[6] and his father, team owner, Jerry Buss announced he was selling the Sparks. On December 7, 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported the sale to an investor group led by Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson. Goodman is a former executive for Intermedia Films. Christofferson is a litigationattorney for the O’Melveny & Myers law firm and was Miss North Dakota USA in 1989.^[7] The day after the sale was announced, team star Lisa Leslie announced that she was pregnant and would not play in the 2007 season.^[8] The Sparks posted a league-worst 10–24 record, also the worst in Sparks history. They missed the playoffs for the first time since 1998.

Before the start of the 2008 season, the team's prospects improved dramatically. Lisa Leslie returned to the team, and on April 9, 2008, the team used its number-one draft pick to select Candace Parker, the college player of the year, the morning after Parker had led the University of Tennessee Lady Vols to their second-straight NCAA championship.

In 2008, the Sparks posted a 20–14 record and finished third in the Western Conference. Parker had won Rookie of the Year and WNBA MVP, becoming the first player in WNBA history to win both awards in the same season.^[9] In the playoffs, the Sparks beat the Seattle Storm 2–1 to reach the Western Conference Finals and compete against the San Antonio Silver Stars. The Sparks were on track to win game 2 of the series, but Silver Star Sophia Young made a turn-around bank-shot with a second left on the clock to force the series to a deciding game three. The Sparks lost game three, and the Silver Stars moved on to the WNBA Finals.

Following the 2008 season, Parker announced that she was pregnant. To compensate for Parker's absence, the Sparks signed native veteran superstar Tina Thompson (who had previously played for the former rival Houston Comets) and former Finals MVP Betty Lennox in free agency. With the addition of Thompson and Lennox, the Sparks added more championship experience and veteran leadership to their roster to them help them compete for another title.

The 2009 season had started poorly for the Sparks. Parker began the season on maternity leave, and Leslie suffered a knee injury early in the season. Both Leslie and Parker returned to the court in July, however, sparking a 10–2 run which turned an 8–14 start into an 18–16 regular-season record and clinching the Sparks' tenth playoff appearance in their 13-year history. In the first round of the playoffs, the Sparks defeated the Seattle Storm for the third time in four years. In the Western Conference Finals, the Sparks' lost to the eventual champion Phoenix Mercury in three games. The end of the 2009 playoff run marked the end of Leslie's career as a player and Cooper's second tenure as Sparks' head coach. In the off-season, former Sparks player Jennifer Gillom became the team's new head coach.

With the acquisition of former All-Star point guard Ticha Penicheiro and Parker establishing herself as the team's next franchise player, the 2010 Sparks believed they had the pieces to contend for a championship. However, Parker had season-ending shoulder surgery after the team started 3–7. Without her, the Sparks struggled, finishing 13–21, which was good enough to qualify them for fourth place in the Western Conference, but they were swept by the eventual champion Seattle Storm in the first round.

The 2011 season was eerily reminiscent of the previous year for the Sparks. The team started 4–3 but again Parker sustained an injury. Following three more losses, the Sparks fired head coach Gillom, promoting previous Sparks coach Joe Bryant. With Parker out until the end of the season, the Sparks headed into the All-Star break 6–8 and in fifth place. The Sparks finished the season three games out of the playoffs with a 15–19 record. Thompson would become a free agent and sign with the Seattle Storm.

In the 2012 season, the Sparks significantly improved, making it back to the playoffs since 2010, finishing second in the Western Conference with a 24–10 record. That same year they drafted Rookie of the Year and future MVP Nneka Ogwumike with the number-one pick. However, the Sparks were eliminated 2–0 in the first round by the Minnesota Lynx.

Das Team befand sich bis Januar 2014 im Besitz der Williams Group Holdings (Mehrheitseigentümerin: Paula Madison ) sowie Carla Christofferson, Nicholas JH und Lisa Leslie (Minderheitseigentümer). Dann wurde überraschend bekannt gegeben, dass WGH die Kontrolle vollständig abgeben würde. Paula Madison erklärte, dass sie und ihre Familie seit ihrem Einstieg im Jahr 2007 insgesamt 12 Millionen US-Dollar verloren hätten, darunter 1,4 Millionen US-Dollar im Jahr 2013. ^{[ 10 ]} Das Team wurde vorübergehend von der Liga übernommen und anschließend von Sparks LA Sports, einer Gruppe um den ehemaligen NBA-Spieler Magic Johnson , gekauft . ^{[ 11 ]}

Die Spielzeiten 2014 und 2015 verliefen für die Sparks enttäuschend, da sie weiterhin ein Playoff-Team unter ihren Möglichkeiten blieben und in beiden Jahren in der ersten Runde von den Phoenix Mercury bzw. den Minnesota Lynx ausgeschaltet wurden .

Nachdem die Sparks 2015 die Playoffs erreicht, dort aber in der ersten Runde ausgeschieden waren, nahmen sie im folgenden Jahr einige Kaderveränderungen vor und verbesserten sich deutlich. Plötzlich zeigten sie Anzeichen dafür, ein Titelkandidat zu sein, beendeten die Saison mit einer Bilanz von 26 Siegen und 8 Niederlagen und erreichten die WNBA-Playoffs 2016. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatten die Sparks mit Candace Parker , Nneka Ogwumike und Kristi Toliver ein „Big Three“-Trio in ihren Reihen . Sie sicherten sich den zweiten Platz in der Liga und erhielten dank des neuen Playoff-Formats der WNBA ein Freilos für das Halbfinale. ^{[ 12 ]} Im Halbfinale trafen die Sparks auf die Chicago Sky und besiegten diese mit 3:1, um zum ersten Mal seit 2003 ins Finale einzuziehen. Dort standen sie den an Nummer 1 gesetzten Minnesota Lynx gegenüber . Sie sicherten sich den ersten Auswärtssieg, als die erfahrene Stürmerin Alana Beard mit dem Schlusspfiff einen spielentscheidenden Wurf zum 78:76-Erfolg versenkte. Spiel 2 verloren sie mit 60:79, doch zurück in Los Angeles waren sie mit einem dominanten 92:75-Sieg in Spiel 3 nur noch einen Sieg von ihrem ersten Titel seit über einem Jahrzehnt entfernt. Obwohl sie die Meisterschaft in eigener Halle bereits sicher erwartet hatten, verloren sie Spiel 4 enttäuschenderweise mit 79:85. Spiel 5 war wahrhaft historisch: Gegen alle Erwartungen und vor den Augen zahlreicher Minnesota-Fans schnappte sich die WNBA-MVP von 2016 , Nneka Ogwumike, einen Offensivrebound und traf 3,1 Sekunden vor Schluss zum 77:76-Sieg für die Sparks. Die Sparks gewannen ihre erste Meisterschaft seit 2002 und ihren dritten Titel in der Franchise-Geschichte. Candace Parker wurde zur Finals-MVP gekürt. ^{[ 13 ] [ 14 ]}

Coming into the 2017 season, the Sparks had some changes made in their roster. Toliver left the Sparks in free agency to join the Washington Mystics, Chelsea Gray became the starting point guard, the Sparks traded for Odyssey Sims, drafted Sydney Wiese and retooled most of their bench, but kept their core intact. The Sparks once again finished as the second best team in the league with a 26–8 record with a double-bye to the semi-finals. The Sparks swept the Phoenix Mercury 3-0 in the semi-finals, advancing to the Finals for the second season in a row, setting up a rematch with the Lynx. In Game 1, Gray made a game-winning jumper with 2 seconds left to give the Sparks a 1-0 series lead. In Game 3, Parker set the Finals record for most steals in a game with 5 steals as the Sparks were up 2–1 in the Finals. With another opportunity to close out the series at home, the Sparks failed to deliver as they lost Game 4 80–69, extending the series to a deciding Game 5. The Sparks would lose Game 5, failing to win back-to-back championships.

In 2018, the Sparks continued to hold onto their core, but would underperform during the season, this time they would finish as the number 6 seed with a 19–15 record. They would start off their playoff run against the rival championship-defending Minnesota Lynx. They would defeat the Lynx 75–68, advancing to the second round. In the second round elimination game, the Sparks lost 96–64 to the Washington Mystics, ending their run of two consecutive finals appearances.

After the 2018 season, Brian Agler resigned as the coach of the Sparks.^[15] One month later, the Sparks announced that Derek Fisher had been hired as a replacement.^[16]

After the 2019 season, Penny Toler was dismissed as general manager.^[17]

Before the 2021 season, both Parker and Gray left the team in free agency.^[18] The Sparks failed to make playoffs for the first time since 2011.^[19]

On June 7, 2022, the Sparks and Fisher parted ways as head coach and general manager after the team started the year 5-7, despite the acquisition of Liz Cambage. Fisher went 54-46 as head coach during his Sparks tenure.^[20]Fred Williams took over as interim head coach, but the Sparks ultimately missed the playoffs once again.^[21]

Für die Saison 2023 wurde Curt Miller zum neuen Cheftrainer und Karen Bryant zur neuen General Managerin ernannt. ^{[ 22 ]} Die Sparks verpassten zum dritten Mal in Folge die Playoffs – ein Novum in der Franchise-Geschichte. ^{[ 23 ]} Sie erhielten den zweiten Pick im Draft. ^{[ 24 ]}

Vor der Saison 2024 wurde Raegan Pebley zur neuen General Managerin ernannt. ^{[ 25 ]} Nneka Ogwumike, die letzte verbliebene Spielerin des Meisterteams von 2016, verließ die Sparks als Free Agent. ^{[ 26 ]} Durch Trades sicherten sich die Sparks den vierten Pick im WNBA-Draft 2024 und wählten mit ihren beiden Lottery-Picks Cameron Brink und Rickea Jackson aus . ^{[ 27 ]} Die Sparks beendeten die Saison mit der schlechtesten Bilanz der Liga und trennten sich daraufhin von Miller. ^{[ 28 ]} Nach der Saison erhielten die Sparks erneut den zweiten Pick in der Draft-Lotterie. ^{[ 29 ]}

Am 19. November 2024 wurde Lynne Roberts als neue Cheftrainerin vorgestellt. ^{[ 30 ]} Vor der Saison 2025 tauschten die Sparks ihren zweiten Pick im Draft ein und verpflichteten Kelsey Plum . ^{[ 31 ]}

Am 9. April 2026 verpflichteten die Sparks Ariel Atkins von den Sky im Tausch gegen Rickea Jackson . ^{[ 32 ]}

Die Los Angeles Sparks tragen ihre Heimspiele in der Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles , Kalifornien , aus. Die Kapazität für ein Sparks-Spiel beträgt 13.141 Zuschauer, da der Oberrang gesperrt ist (die Kapazität für ein Lakers -Spiel liegt bei 18.997). Die Sparks spielen seit 2001 in der Crypto.com Arena . Zuvor trugen sie ihre Heimspiele im The Forum aus , blieben dort aber noch zwei Jahre, nachdem die Lakers in die Crypto.com Arena umgezogen waren, bis die Arena von einer örtlichen Kirche gekauft wurde.

• 2021 bis heute: Nike und die WNBA präsentierten neue Designs für alle ihre Teams und kündigten neue Trikot-Editionen an. Die Sparks stellten erstmals ein weißes Trikot vor; alle weißen Trikots wurden der „Heroine“-Serie zugeordnet. Das violette Trikot wurde Teil der „Explorer“-Serie, während ein schwarzes Ausweichtrikot als Teil der „Rebel“-Serie veröffentlicht wurde. Die „Rebel“-Trikots ähneln der „City“-Edition der NBA, da sie die Kultur und den Stolz einer Stadt oder eines Teams widerspiegeln.
• 2018–2020: Nike replaced Adidas as uniform provider. EquiTrust remains jersey sponsor, while slight tweaks were made in the fonts and striping. Similar to the NBA, Nike's WNBA uniforms were classified under the "Icon" and "Statement" series, with the Sparks' gold and purple jerseys designated as such.
• 2015–2017: EquiTrust Life Insurance becomes new jersey sponsor; jersey remains unchanged other than the addition of the name of the sponsor.
• 2013–2014: Farmers Insurance naming rights expire, and the team name returns on both jerseys. In addition a modified font for the jersey numbers was introduced.
• 2011–2012: As part of the move to Adidas's Revolution 30 technology, the Sparks unveiled new jerseys. Home uniforms remain gold, but numbers are now rounded and in white with purple trim. Away uniforms are purple with numbers in white with gold trim. The Farmers Insurance name will remain on the jerseys.
• 2009–2010: On June 5, the Los Angeles Sparks and Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a multi-year marketing partnership that includes a branded jersey sponsorship. The Farmers Insurance branded jersey was worn by the players for the first time on June 6, 2009. As part of this alliance, the Farmers Insurance name and logo will appear on the front of the Sparks jerseys.^[33] In the 2009 season, the Sparks yellow jersey is used regardless of home or away. In the 2010 season they introduced the purple jersey for away games.
• 2007–2008: For home games, gold with purple lines and sparks on the side, with the name "Sparks" written across in purple. For away games, purple with golden yellow lines and sparks on the side, with the name "Los Angeles" in yellow. The uniform looks similar to the Los Angeles Lakers' uniform.
• 1997–2006: For home games, gold with large purple stripe on the side, with the name "Sparks" written across in purple. For away games, purple with large gold stripe on the side, with the name "Los Angeles" in yellow.

Current injuries are not updated.

Los Angeles Sparks roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 7 Atkins, Ariel 5' 8" (1.73m) 167 lb (76kg) 1996-07-30 Texas 8 F 22 Brink, Cameron 6' 5.5" (1.97m) 170 lb (77kg) 2001-12-31 Stanford 1 G/F 12 Burrell, Rae 6' 2" (1.88m) 168 lb (76kg) 2000-06-21 Tennessee 3 F 32 Cannon, Emma 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1989-06-01 Florida Southern 6 G 2 Gray, Chance 5' 9" (1.75m) 2004-07-06 Ohio State R F 5 Hamby, Dearica 6' 3" (1.91m) 189 lb (86kg) 1993-11-06 Wake Forest 10 G 0 Latson, Ta'Niya 5' 9" (1.75m) 2003-12-26 South Carolina R G 21 Martin, Kate 6' 0" (1.83m) 172 lb (78kg) 2000-06-05 Iowa 3 F 3 Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1990-07-02 Stanford 13 G 6 Park, Ji-hyun 6' 1" (1.85m) 2000-04-07 South Korea R G 10 Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 1994-08-24 Washington 7 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1991-05-02 Rutgers 9 G 23 Williams, Kiana 5' 8" (1.73m) 1999-04-09 Stanford 4 F 4 Ziegler, Laura 6' 2" (1.88m) 2002-07-23 Louisville R	Head coach Lynne Roberts (Seattle Pacific) Assistant coaches Ebony Hoffman (USC) Zach O'Brien (St. Joseph's College of Maine) Zak Buncik (UT Arlington) Athletic trainer Karissa Scherer Tavon Spears Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY TOR WAS West DAL GS LV LA MIN PHO POR SEA

Nationality	Name	Years pro	Last played	Drafted
	Alina Iagupova	0	N/A	N/A
	Maria Vadeeva	2	2019	2018
	Julia Reisingerová	0	N/A	2018

• Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers (1997–2006)
• Gemini Basketball LLC, composed of Carla Christofferson, Kathy Goodman, and Lynai Jones (2006–2011)
• Williams Group Holdings (Paula Madison) (2011–2014)^[38] and Carla Christofferson, Kathy Goodman, and Lisa Leslie (2011–2013)
• Sparks LA Sports (Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Todd Boehly, Bobby Patton, Eric Holoman) (2014–present)^[39]

• Rhonda Windham (1997–1999)
• Penny Toler (2000–2019)
• Derek Fisher (2021–2022)
• Karen Bryant (2023)
• Raegan Pebley (2024–present)

Currently, some Sparks games are broadcast on Spectrum SportsNet, a local television channel in the Southern California area, after agreeing to a multi-year broadcast deal with Time Warner Cable in March 2012 which was later acquired by Charter Communications in May 2016.^[40] Broadcasters for the Sparks games are Larry Burnett and Lisa Leslie. Previously, Sparks games were found on Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket and former analysts have included Derek Fisher and Ann Meyers.

Some Sparks games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, Ion Television (KPXN-TV), CBS (KCBS-TV), ABC (KABC-TV), NBC (KNBC), Amazon Prime Video, USA, NBCSN, and NBA TV.^[41]

Currently, the team's games are not on radio; however, the team did bounce around several stations from 1999 to 2008. The first two years had no broadcasts. Then in 1999, the team signed with KWKU, a sister station to Spanish-language KWKW, licensed to Pomona, California. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times published in this period, KWKU had no switchboard and no website. In addition, its 500-watt signal reached only a handful of people in the greater L.A. area and was certainly nowhere near the team's home arenas. In 2003, the team left KWKU for KLAC, which had summer time slots available after the Anaheim Angels' radio broadcasts had just left. That lasted until 2006, when KLAC switched the broadcasts to XETRA, which carried the same format KLAC had before. In 2007, the game broadcasts moved again, this time to KTLK, when XETRA switched its language of broadcasts from English to Spanish. The Sparks and Clear Channel Communications (licensee of the last three stations mentioned) chose not to renew their contract after 2008. Sparks radio broadcasts never covered a complete season; most nationally-televised games and many games from the Eastern time zone were not covered. Burnett was the announcer.

• Die höchste jemals in den Jahren 1997–2000 ausverkaufte Basketballveranstaltung im The Forum verzeichnete Zuschauerzahl von 17.505.
• Die höchste jemals in der Crypto.com Arena (ehemals Staples Center) (2001–heute) erreichte Zuschauerzahl bei einem ausverkauften Basketballspiel beträgt 19.079.

• 1997 Elite Draft : Daedra Charles (8), Haixia Zheng (16)
• 1997 : Jamila Wideman (3), Tamecka Dixon (14), Katrina Colleton (19), Travesa Gant (30)
• 1998 : Allison Feaster (5), Octavia Blue (15), Rehema Stephens (25), Erica Kienast (35)
• 1999 : Delisha Milton (4), Clarisse Machanguana (16), Ukari Figgs (28), La'Keshia Frett (40)
• 2000 : Nicole Kubik (15), Paige Sauer (31), Marte Alexander (47), Nicky McCrimmon (63)
• 2001 : Camille Cooper (16), Nicole Levandusky (32), Kelley Siemon (48), Beth Record (64)
• 2002 : Rosalind Ross (16), Gergana Slavtcheva (30), Jackie Higgins (32), Rashana Barnes (48), Tiffany Thompson (64)
• Miami / Portland Dispersal Draft 2003 : Jackie Stiles (14)
• 2003 : Schuye LaRue (27), Mary Jo Noon (42)
• Cleveland Dispersal Draft 2004 : Isabelle Fijalkowski (12)
• 2004 : Christi Thomas (12), Doneeka Hodges (25)
• 2005 : DeeDee Wheeler (26), Heather Schreiber (39)
• 2006 : Lisa Willis (5), Willnett Crockett (22), Tiffany Porter-Talbert (36)
• Charlotte Dispersal Draft 2008 : Ayana Walker (12)
• 2007 : Sidney Spencer (25), Amanda Brown (38)
• 2008 : Candace Parker (1), Shannon Bobbitt (15), Sharnee Zoll (29)
• Houston Dispersal Draft 2009 : Verzicht auf Auswahl
• 2009 : Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (13), Ashley Paris (22), Britney Jordan (35)
• Sacramento Dispersal Draft 2010 : Auswahl verzichtet
• 2010 : Bianca Thomas (12), Angel Robinson (20), Rashidat Junaid (32)
• 2011 : Jantel Lavender (5), Elina Babkina (29, nicht teilnahmeberechtigt )
• 2012 : Nneka Ogwumike (1), Farhiya Abdi (13), Khadijah Rushdan (15), Tyra White (16), April Sykes (28)
• 2013 : A'dia Mathies (10), Brittany Chambers (22)
• 2014 : Jennifer Hamson (23), Antonita Slaughter (35)
• 2015 : Crystal Bradford (7), Cierra Burdick (14), Andrea Hoover (31)
• 2016 : Jonquel Jones (6), Whitney Knight (15), Brianna Butler (23), Talia Walton (29)
• 2017 : Sydney Weise (11), Saicha Grant-Allen (35)
• 2018 : Maria Vadeeva (11), Shakayla Thomas (23), Julia Reisingerová (35)
• 2019 : Kalani Brown (7), Marina Mabrey (19), Ángela Salvadores (31)
• 2020 : Beatrice Mompremier (20), Leonie Fiebich (22), Tynice Martin (34)
• 2021 : Jasmine Walker (7), Stephanie Watts (10), Arella Guirantes (22), Ivana Raca (28), Aina Ayuso (34)
• 2022 : Rae Burrell (9), Kianna Smith (16), Olivia Nelson-Ododa (19), Amy Atwell (27)
• 2023 : Zia Cooke (10), Shaneice Swain (14), Monika Czinano (26)
• 2024 : Cameron Brink (2), Rickea Jackson (4), McKenzie Forbes (28)
• 2025 : Sarah Ashlee Barker (9), Sania Feagin (21), Liatu King (28)

• 2000 : Lisa Leslie, Delisha Milton
• 2004 : Lisa Leslie
• 2008 : Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker, Delisha Milton-Jones
• 2012 : Candace Parker, Jenna O'Hea (AUS)
• 2016 : Ana Dabovic (SER)
• 2020 : Keine
• 2024: Dearica Hamby (USA 3x3), Kia Nurse (CAN), Stephanie Talbot (AUS), Li Yueru (CHN)

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