Category
page 1American women's basketball players
Lauren Betts
Lauren Marie Betts is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado, where she was ranked as the number one recruit in her class by ESPN. Betts started her college career with the Stanford Cardinal before transferring to UCLA after one season. She has twice been named a first-team All-American with the Bruins. She led UCLA to a national championship in 2026, when she was named the NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player (MOP).
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American track and field athlete
Marion Jones
American athlete
Brittney Griner
American basketball player (born 1990)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American golfer and athlete
Sue Bird
American basketball player (born 1980)
Diana Taurasi
American basketball player
Lisa Leslie
American basketball player
Candace Parker
American basketball player
Becky Hammon
American-Russian basketball player and coach
Caitlin Clark
American basketball player (born 2002)
Sheryl Swoopes
American basketball player
Tamika Catchings
American Hall of Fame basketball player
Helen Stephens
athletics competitor (1918–1994)
Sylvia Fowles
American basketball player
Seimone Augustus
American basketball player
Maya Moore
American basketball player
Tina Charles
American basketball player
Elena Delle Donne
American basketball player
Teresa Edwards
American basketball player
Kelsey Plum
American basketball player (born 1994)
A'ja Wilson
A'ja Riyadh Wilson is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wilson is regarded by many as the best female basketball player of her generation, and is widely considered one of the greatest WNBA players ever.
Breanna Stewart
American basketball player
Anne Donovan
American basketball player and coach (1961–2018)
Lindsay Whalen
American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
Sabrina Ionescu
American basketball player
DeLisha Milton-Jones
American basketball player
Jackie Young
American basketball player
Dawn Staley
Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. Widely considered to be one of the greatest players and coaches in the history of the sport, she is the only person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach.
Katie Smith
American basketball player and coach
Brittany Bowe
American speed skater
Tina Thompson
American basketball player
Angel McCoughtry
American basketball player
Maura Healey
73rd governor of Massachusetts (born 1971)
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
American basketball player and coach
Lynette Woodard
American basketball player
Nancy Lieberman
American basketball player
Lusia Harris
American basketball player (1955–2022)
Yolanda Griffith
American basketball player
Cheryl Miller
American basketball player and coach (born 1964)
Jewell Loyd
American basketball player
Pat Summitt
American basketball player and coach (1952–2016)
Swin Cash
American Hall of Fame basketball player
Allisha Gray
American basketball player
Paige Bueckers
American basketball player (born 2001)
Angel Reese
American basketball player
Laulauga Tausaga
American discus thrower
Stefanie Dolson
American basketball player
Cappie Pondexter
American basketball player
Nneka Ogwumike
American basketball player (born 1990)
Skylar Diggins-Smith
American basketball player
Alyssa Thomas
American basketball player
Jade Cargill
American professional wrestler and fitness model
Ruthie Bolton
American basketball player
Shannon Johnson
basketball player
Napheesa Collier
American basketball player
Chelsea Gray
American basketball player
Ruth Riley
American basketball player
Teresa Weatherspoon
American basketball player and coach
Katrina McClain
American basketball player