Top 20 WNBA players countdown, ranked for the 2018 season: Part 2

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Candace Parker #3 of the Los Angeles Sparks plays defense against Maya Moore #23 of the Minnesota Lynx in Game Three of the 2017 WNBA Finals on September 29, 2017 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photos by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 16: Maya Moore #23 of the Minnesota Lynx poses for a portrait during 2018 Media Day on May 16, 2017 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images) /

1. Maya Moore

Through age 28, Maya Moore has four championships, while collecting 48.5 win shares, good for 15th all-time. Let’s consider what that means, though: 48.5 win shares in her first seven seasons easily bests the first seven years of everyone’s career with the exception of Tamika Catchings (48.7) and Lauren Jackson (52.3), who also happen to be first and second, ever, in win shares. So that’s the track she’s on, and if anything, her counting stats are likely to only get better the further into her career she gets, and the Lynx come to rely on her offense even more. But while Moore does that Diana Taurasi thing—identifying the moment to execute the kill and then doing it—she also never takes a play off, on either end, and as a result, her teams win championships, and so many of them. See everyone on this list as often as you can, but pay particular attention to Maya Moore, who is setting a new standard for the game.

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