List of first overall WNBA draft picks

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The 2002 first overall draft pick, Sue Bird. She was also the first pick from Connecticut as the first overall.

The Women's National Basketball Association's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the WNBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing record in the previous season.

Eight first picks have won the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Lauren Jackson (three-time winner), Candace Parker (two-time winner), Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart, and A'ja Wilson (three-time winner). Candace Parker is the only player to win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award during her rookie year.

Fifteen first picks have won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award: Chamique Holdsclaw, Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus, Candace Parker, Angel McCoughtry, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Nneka Ogwumike, Chiney Ogwumike, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson, Rhyne Howard, Aliyah Boston, and Caitlin Clark. Three of these made the All-WNBA first team as a rookie: Taurasi, Parker, and Clark.

Four collegiate programs have multiple players that were selected first overall: UConn with six, Tennessee with three, and Notre Dame, South Carolina and Stanford with two each.

Key

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PPG Points per game
APG Assists per game
RPG Rebounds per game

List of first overall picks

Draft Selected by Player Country Position College / former club WNBA rookie statistics[lower-alpha 1] Ref.
PPG RPG APG
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1998 Utah Starzz Script error: No such module "Sort". + Template:Flagcountry Center Pool Getafe (Spain) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [3]
1999 Washington Mystics Script error: No such module "Sort". * ^ Template:Flagcountry Forward Tennessee Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [4]
2000 Cleveland Rockers Script error: No such module "Sort". + Template:Flagcountry Center USV Olympic (France) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [5]
2001 Seattle Storm Script error: No such module "Sort". * ^ ! Template:Flagcountry Forward-Center Canberra Capitals (Australia) Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [6]
2002 Seattle Storm Script error: No such module "Sort". * ! Template:Flagcountry Guard Connecticut Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [7]
2003 Cleveland Rockers Script error: No such module "Sort". Forward Mississippi State Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [8]
2004 Phoenix Mercury Script error: No such module "Sort". * Connecticut Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [9]
2005 Charlotte Sting Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagcountry Center Minnesota Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [10]
2006 Minnesota Lynx Script error: No such module "Sort". * ^ ! Template:Flagcountry Forward LSU Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [11]
2007 Phoenix Mercury Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Flagcountry Guard Duke Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [12]
2008 Los Angeles Sparks Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Forward Tennessee Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [13]
2009 Atlanta Dream Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Louisville Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [14]
2010 Connecticut Sun Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Center Connecticut Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [15]
2011 Minnesota Lynx Script error: No such module "Sort". * ^ ! Template:Flagcountry Forward Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [16]
2012 Los Angeles Sparks Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Stanford Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [17]
2013 Phoenix Mercury Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Center Baylor Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [18]
2014 Connecticut Sun Script error: No such module "Sort". + Template:Flagcountry Forward Stanford Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [19]
2015 Seattle Storm Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Guard Notre Dame Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [20]
2016 Seattle Storm Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Forward Connecticut Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [21]
2017 San Antonio Stars Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Guard Washington Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [22]
2018 Las Vegas Aces Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Forward South Carolina Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [23]
2019 Las Vegas Aces Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Guard Notre Dame Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [24]
2020 New York Liberty Script error: No such module "Sort". * Template:Flagcountry Oregon Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [25]
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2023 Indiana Fever Script error: No such module "Sort". + Template:Flagcountry Center South Carolina Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts [28]
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See also

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