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The All-Star Game is in the books, and just five weeks remain of the 2022 WNBA regular season. And as the playoff race heats up, the best players will continue to have an impact around the league.
Before play resumes Tuesday, ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel, Kevin Pelton and Alexa Philippou once again rank the top 25 players in the WNBA. Five former MVPs dominate the top of our update, although No. 1 is now unanimous. Six players who weren’t on our preseason list break into the rankings, including Kelsey Plum, who climbed all the way into the top 10. Teammate Jackie Young also makes her debut, putting the entire Las Vegas Aces’ starting five on the list.
The league-leading Chicago Sky, No. 1 in the WNBA standings and in Monday’s WNBA Power Rankings, have four players featured. Rhyne Howard of the Atlanta Dream is the lone rookie on the list, landing at No. 25.
The New York Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu (No. 10), the Dallas Wings’ Allisha Gray (No. 19) and the Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell (No. 24) also break into the rankings.
Forward | 6-foot-4
2022 stats: 21.0 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 1.9 SPG
Preseason rank: 1
Stewart also was No. 1 in the preseason, edging reigning MVP Jonquel Jones, who got one vote. But Stewart was a unanimous pick this time. Our midseason pick for MVP, Stewart is playing perhaps the best basketball of her career after winning the award in 2018 and Finals MVP twice. In addition to leading the WNBA in scoring, Stewart is also second in steals per game, a key reason she was also our midseason pick for Defensive Player of the Year. Despite Stewart’s heroics, the Storm started slowly, but they’ve moved into third in the WNBA standings at the All-Star break and are just 1½ games out of first place. — Pelton
Forward | 6-foot-4
2022 stats: 18.5 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 2.1 BPG
Preseason rank: 3
Wilson was the leading vote-getter for the All-Star Game and is a perennial MVP candidate. Plum and Young have upped their offensive production this season, but it hasn’t negatively impacted…
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