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Who is the best player in Dallas Wings history?

By YPB Team

Three cities, one franchise: the Detroit Shock and Tulsa Shock years count here too, so championship-era bigs share the bracket with today's Dallas scorers.

  1. Deanna Nolan — ranked #11
    Deanna Nolan
    Guard who won three titles with the Detroit Shock, was 2006 Finals MVP and made All-WNBA First Team in 2005 and 2007.
    1000pts
  2. Arike Ogunbowale — ranked #22
    Arike Ogunbowale
    Dallas guard who led the league at 22.8 points per game in 2020, made All-WNBA First Team and was All-Star Game MVP in 2021 and 2024.
    777pts
  3. Katie Smith — ranked #33
    Katie Smith
    Joined Detroit in 2005, won titles in 2006 and 2008 and was named 2008 Finals MVP.
    678pts
  4. Allisha Gray — ranked #44
    Allisha Gray
    Guard who won the 2017 Rookie of the Year award with Dallas.
    678pts
  5. Cheryl Ford — ranked #55
    Cheryl Ford
    Detroit forward who was 2003 Rookie of the Year, led the league in rebounding in 2005 and 2006 and was 2007 All-Star Game MVP.
    555pts
  6. Plenette Pierson — ranked #66
    Plenette Pierson
    Forward who won the 2007 Sixth Woman of the Year award with Detroit and was part of its 2006 and 2008 title teams.
    555pts
  7. Glory Johnson — ranked #77
    Glory Johnson
    Forward who made the 2013 All-Defensive Second Team and two All-Star teams with Tulsa before moving with the franchise to Dallas.
    555pts
  8. Liz Cambage — ranked #88
    Liz Cambage
    Australian center who won the 2018 scoring title for Dallas, set the WNBA single-game record with 53 points and made All-WNBA First Team.
    555pts
  9. Swin Cash — ranked #99
    Swin Cash
    Forward on Detroit's 2003 and 2006 title teams who made All-WNBA Second Team in 2003 and 2004.
    0pts
  10. Ruth Riley — ranked #1010
    Ruth Riley
    Center who was named Finals MVP when Detroit won its first championship in 2003.
    0pts
  11. Skylar Diggins — ranked #1111
    Skylar Diggins
    Guard who was 2014 Most Improved Player and made All-WNBA First Team with Tulsa in 2014 and with Dallas in 2017.
    0pts
  12. Riquna Williams — ranked #1212
    Riquna Williams
    Tulsa guard who won 2013 Sixth Woman of the Year and scored a then-record 51 points in a game that September.
    0pts
  13. Courtney Paris — ranked #1313
    Courtney Paris
    Tulsa center who led the WNBA in rebounding in 2014 and 2015.
    0pts
  14. Satou Sabally — ranked #1414
    Satou Sabally
    German forward who won 2023 Most Improved Player and made All-WNBA First Team with Dallas that season.
    0pts
  15. Paige Bueckers — ranked #1515
    Paige Bueckers
    The 2025 No. 1 draft pick, who won Rookie of the Year and made All-WNBA Second Team in her first season with Dallas.
    0pts
  16. Odyssey Sims — ranked #1616
    Odyssey Sims
    Guard taken No. 2 overall by Tulsa in the 2014 draft who made the WNBA All-Rookie Team that season.
    0pts

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