List of No. 1 WNBA draft picks

#1 Picks

Year	Team	Player	Nat.	College/High School/Nat. Team
1997(Elite Draft)	Utah Starzz	Dena Head	USA	Tennessee
1997(Regular Draft)	Houston Comets	Tina Thompson	USA	Southern California
1998	Utah Starzz	Margo Dydek	Poland	Poland
1999	Washington Mystics	Chamique Holdsclaw	USA	Tennessee
2000	Cleveland Rockers	Ann Wauters	Belgium	BC Volgaburmash
2001	Seattle Storm	Lauren Jackson	Australia	Canberra Capitals
2002	Seattle Storm	Sue Bird	USA	Connecticut
2003	Cleveland Rockers	LaToya Thomas	USA	Mississippi State
2004	Phoenix Mercury	Diana Taurasi	USA	Connecticut
2005	Charlotte Sting	Janel McCarville	USA	Minnesota
2006	Minnesota Lynx	Seimone Augustus	USA	LSU
2007	Houston Comets	Lindsey Harding	USA	Duke
2008	Los Angeles Sparks	Candace Parker	USA	Tennessee
2009	Atlanta Dream	Angel McCoughtry	USA	Louisville