Who is the best New York Liberty player of all time?

Hall of Famers from the franchise's first summers share this list with the core that finally brought a title to Brooklyn.

1. 1
   Breanna Stewart

   Signed by New York in 2023, she won that season's WNBA MVP award and the franchise's first championship in 2024.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Teresa Weatherspoon

   An original 1997 Liberty point guard, she was Defensive Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998 and entered the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2019.
   785pts
3. 3
   Sabrina Ionescu

   The first overall pick of the 2020 draft set the WNBA Three-Point Contest record with 37 points in 2023 and won the 2024 title.
   700pts
4. 4
   Cappie Pondexter

   Arriving in a 2010 trade with Phoenix, she led the Liberty in scoring from 2010 to 2013 and spent five seasons in New York before a 2015 trade to Chicago.
   642pts
5. 5
   Vickie Johnson

   Johnson was a Liberty guard from 1997 to 2005, an All-Star in 1999 and 2001, and is a member of the team's Ring of Honor.
   642pts
6. 6
   Leilani Mitchell

   The point guard won the WNBA's Most Improved Player award in 2010 while playing for New York.
   500pts
7. 7
   Crystal Robinson

   Drafted sixth overall in 1999 after the ABL folded, Robinson played seven Liberty seasons through 2005, reached three WNBA Finals, and is in the team's Ring of Honor.
   500pts
8. 8
   Betnijah Laney-Hamilton

   Signed in 2021, the wing made that year's All-Star Game and was part of the 2024 title team.
   500pts
9. 9
   Jonquel Jones

   Acquired from Connecticut in a 2023 trade, the Bahamian-born center was named 2024 WNBA Finals MVP.
   500pts
10. 10
    Essence Carson

    New York drafted the Rutgers guard seventh overall in 2008, and she made the 2011 All-Star Game.
    409pts
11. 11
    Kia Nurse

    The Canadian guard, picked 10th in 2018, was named a WNBA All-Star in her second Liberty season in 2019.
    409pts
12. 12
    Sue Wicks

    A founding-roster forward, Wicks played for New York from 1997 to 2002 and was named an All-Star in 2000.
    409pts
13. 13
    Rebecca Lobo

    Allocated to the Liberty for the league's first season in 1997, the former UConn star was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2017.
    300pts
14. 14
    Leonie Fiebich

    Germany's Fiebich joined the Liberty as a rookie in 2024 and won the championship in her first WNBA season.
    300pts
15. 15
    Kym Hampton

    This original 1997 Liberty center played the franchise's first three seasons, through the 1999 Finals, before a knee injury ended her career.
    300pts
16. 16
    Becky Hammon

    Undrafted in 1999, Hammon signed with New York and played eight seasons there before a 2007 trade to San Antonio; she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2023.
    300pts
17. 17
    Courtney Vandersloot

    The veteran point guard left Chicago for New York in 2023 and won the 2024 championship with the Liberty.
    300pts
18. 18
    Tari Phillips

    Traded to New York before the 2000 season, Phillips won that year's Most Improved Player award, made four straight All-Star teams from 2000 to 2003, and is in the Liberty Ring of Honor.
    0pts
19. 19
    Tina Charles

    During her 2014 to 2019 stint in New York, the center led the WNBA in both scoring and rebounding in 2016.
    0pts

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