WNBA Draft - All-Time No. 1 Draft Picks
Below is a list of all first overall draft picks in the WNBA Draft.
For a full list of draft picks by year, click the hyperlink for the year.
| Year | Team | Prospect | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dallas Wings | Paige Bueckers | Connecticut |
| 2024 | Indiana Fever | Caitlin Clark | Iowa |
| 2023 | Indiana Fever | Aliyah Boston | South Carolina |
| 2022 | Atlanta Dream | Rhyne Howard | Kentucky |
| 2021 | Dallas Wings | Charli Collier | Texas |
| 2020 | New York Liberty | Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon |
| 2019 | Las Vegas Aces | Jackie Young | Notre Dame |
| 2018 | Las Vegas Aces | A'ja Wilson | South Carolina |
| 2017 | Las Vegas Aces | Kelsey Plum | Washington |
| 2016 | Seattle Storm | Breanna Stewart | Connecticut |
| 2015 | Seattle Storm | Jewell Loyd | Notre Dame |
| 2014 | Connecticut Sun | Chiney Ogwumike | Stanford |
| 2013 | Phoenix Mercury | Brittney Griner | Baylor |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Sparks | Nneka Ogwumike | Stanford |
| 2011 | Minnesota Lynx | Maya Moore | Connecticut |
| 2010 | Connecticut Sun | Tina Charles | Connecticut |
| 2009 | Atlanta Dream | Angel McCoughtry | Louisville |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Sparks | Candace Parker | Tennessee |
| 2007 | Phoenix Mercury | Lindsey Harding | Duke |
| 2006 | Minnesota Lynx | Seimone Augustus | LSU |
| 2005 | Charlotte Sting | Janel McCarville | Minnesota |
| 2004 | Phoenix Mercury | Diana Taurasi | Connecticut |
| 2003 | Cleveland Rockers | LaToya Thomas | Mississippi State |
| 2002 | Seattle Storm | Sue Bird | Connecticut |
| 2001 | Seattle Storm | Lauren Jackson | Australia |
| 2000 | Cleveland Rockers | Ann Wauters | Belgium |
| 1999 | Washington Mystics | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee |
| 1998 | Utah Starzz | Margo Dydek | Poland |
| 1997 | Houston Comets | Tina Thompson | USC |