Welcome to Gaming Society's ranking of the top-100 players in WNBA fantasy basketball! Like the note above said, this is not a list of the best basketball players, this is for fantasy sports!
If you aren't sure what fantasy sports are all about, I wrote about that here! And if you want to see how players performed last year in ESPN's first-ever WNBA fantasy leagues, you can read that here! Also, my top-50 guards are here, and my top-50 forward & centers are here.
As a basic reminder, fantasy WNBA is scored with a points system.
For standard leagues:
1 point on the court = 1 point in fantasy
1 rebound = 1 point
1 assist = 1 point
1 steal = 1 point
1 block = 2 points
1 3-pointer = 1 point
Without further adieu, here is my top-100 ranking, based on how players performed last year, and how I think they'll play this year given roster changes. I tried my hardest with this. One hundred players are a lot! So feel free to tell me where I went wrong, but please be nice. Thank you!
Actually, one more further adieu. Also coming soon: Gaming Society's fantasy draft featuring WNBA All-Star/Gaming Society VP of Business Marissa Coleman, Flagrant magazine editor-in-chief Ashtyn Butoso, Queens of the Court podcast co-host and freelance writer Jordan Ligons Robinson, Homefield apparel director of content Whitney Medworth, Gaming Society social producer Ciara Mountains and also me, Matt. Subscribe to our YouTube page to be the first to hear about it!
Ok, here it is.
Gaming Society's top-100 WNBA fantasy players, ranked
Tier 1: The fantasy MVPs
A’ja Wilson
Elena Delle Donne
[Why I picked Breanna Stewart over A'ja Wilson and Elena Delle Donne]
Tier 2: The fantasy All-StarsNapheesa Collier
Jewell Loyd
Rhyne Howard
Alyssa Thomas
Brionna Jones
Nneka Ogwumike
Arike Ogunbowale
Kelsey Plum
Sabrina Ionescu
[Why Collier and Loyd lead my best of the rest, and why Ionescu fell outside my top-10]
Tier 3: High-upside, possible fantasy All-StarsEzi Magbegor
Natasha Howard
Kahleah Copper
Teaira McCowan
Kelsey Mitchell
DeWanna Bonner
Aerial Powers
Allisha Gray
Jackie Young
NaLyssa Smith
Candace Parker
Courtney Vandersloot
Marina Mabrey
Tier 4: Reliable starsCourtney Williams
Tiffany Hayes
Ariel Atkins
Shakira Austin
Azurá Stevens
Cheyenne Parker
Satou Sabally
Natasha Cloud
Diana Taurasi
[Why only two rookies are safe fantasy draft bets]
Tier 5: Risks, but could yield high rewardsMoriah Jefferson
Sophie Cunningham
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Dearica Hamby
Brianna Turner
Betnijah Laney
Sami Whitcomb
Brittney Sykes
Erica Wheeler
Jasmine Thomas
Kayla McBride
Kia Nurse
[Where to draft Skylar Diggins-Smith]
Tier 6: Role playersMichaela Onyenwere
Myisha Hines-Allen
Jessica Shepard
Diamond Miller
Elizabeth Williams
Mercedes Russell
Crystal Dangerfield
Danielle Robinson
Riquna Williams
Lexie Brown
Dana Evans
Victoria Vivians
Natisha Hiedeman
Jordin Canada
Rebecca Allen
Chiney Ogwumike
Rebekah Gardner
Isabelle Harrison [moved down from No. 42 after news she'll miss significant time with a knee injury]
Marine Johannes
Queen Egbo
Han Xu
DiJonai Carrington
Monique Billings
Tier 7: Let's see what they've gotArella Guirantes
Veronica Burton
Rachel Banham
Kristi Toliver
Iliana Rupert
Amanda Zahui B
Stefanie Dolson
Maddy Siegrist
Aari McDonald
Shey Peddy
Awak Kuier
Naz Hillmon
Diamond DeShields [bumped down from No. 41 after news that she'll miss "most of the season"]
Kayla Thornton
Kristy Wallace
Olivia Nelson-Ododa
Kristine Anigwe (replaces Theresa Plaisance, who was cut by the Storm on 5/18)
Kiah Stokes
Emma Cannon
Alysha Clark
Nia Coffey
Ty Harris
Cayla George
Nikolina Milic
Dorka Juhasz (added after Damiris Dantas — No. 64 — was cut on 5/18)
(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
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Top-100 WNBA fantasy rankings explained (This is where things get juicy, tbh)
