Milestones

Milestones

*Player*	*1000 Games*	*Player*	*2000 Games*	*Player*	*3000 Games*	*Player*	*4000 Games*	*Player*	*5000 Games*	*Player*	*6000 Games*
Cynthia Cooper	45	Cynthia Cooper	90	Elena Delle Donne	148	Arike Ogunbowale	195	A'ja Wilson	238	Diana Taurasi	291
Seimone Augustus	46	Seimone Augustus	93	Arike Ogunbowale	150	Breanna Stewart	196	Breanna Stewart	242	Breanna Stewart	293
Arike Ogunbowale	51	Elena Delle Donne	98	Seimone Augustus	151	Diana Taurasi	197	Diana Taurasi	243	Lauren Jackson	316
Elena Delle Donne	52	Breanna Stewart	100	Diana Taurasi	151	A'ja Wilson	198	Angel McCoughtry	257	Tina Charles	332
A'ja Wilson	53	Arike Ogunbowale	102	Breanna Stewart	151	Elena Delle Donne	199	Lauren Jackson	259	Cappie Pondexter	333
Tamika Catchings	54	Diana Taurasi	104	Cappie Pondexter	154	Angel McCoughtry	206	Cappie Pondexter	260	Lisa Leslie	348
Breanna Stewart	54	Cappie Pondexter	104	Angel McCoughtry	154	Cappie Pondexter	208	Tina Charles	275	Tamika Catchings	361
Jennifer Gillom	55	A'ja Wilson	104	A'ja Wilson	157	Lauren Jackson	209	Seimone Augustus	283	Candace Parker	361
Natalie Williams	56	Angel McCoughtry	108	Lauren Jackson	162	Seimone Augustus	213	Brittnry Griner	283	Nneka Ogwumike	362
Cappie Pondexter	56	Lauren Jackson	109	Maya Moore	163	Maya Moore	217	Lisa Leslie	287	Jewell Loyd	370

Diana Taurasi took 348 games to reach 7000, 406 to reach 8000, 461 to reach 9000, and 521 to reach 10000 to be fastest to all four

How about reaching the scoring landmarks at the youngest age?

*Player*	*1000 Age*	*Player*	*2000 Age*	*Player*	*3000 Age*	*Player*	*4000 Age*	*Player*	*5000 Age*	*Player*	*6000 Age*
Lauren Jackson	22-27	Lauren Jackson	23-65	Lauren Jackson	25-27	Lauren Jackson	26-77	Lauren Jackson	28-96	Diana Taurasi	31-61
Penny Taylor	22-89	Breanna Stewart	23-355	Diana Taurasi	26-27	Diana Taurasi	27-86	A'ja Wilson	28-321	Lauren Jackson	31-133
Tina Charles	22-259	Seimone Augustus	24-88	Maya Moore	26-71	Arike Ogunbowale	27-197	Diana Taurasi	29-34	Breanna Stewart	31-254
Aliyah Boston	22-261	Tina Charles	24-227	Arike Ogunbowale	26-173	Tina Charles	27-273	Tina Charles	29-199	Jewell Loyd	31-339
Breanna Stewart	22-332	Jewell Loyd	24-305	Tina Charles	26-216	A'ja Wilson	27-306	Breanna Stewart	29-308	Tina Charles	32-164
Chamique Holdsclaw	22-360	Diana Taurasi	24-348	A'ja Wilson	26-304	Maya Moore	28-25	Cappie Pondexter	30-238	Cappie Pondexter	33-155
Candice Dupree	23-0	A'ja Wilson	25-9	Angel McCoughtry	26-361	Breanna Stewart	28-304	Jewell Loyd	30-246	Nneka Ogwumike	33-341
A'ja Wilson	23-12	Candice Dupree	25-12	Candice Dupree	27-7	Angel McCoughtry	28-314	Angel McCoughtry	31-252	Candice Dupree	33-364
Emma Meesseman	23-23	Maya Moore	25-16	Nneka Ogwumike	27-40	Nneka Ogwumike	29-54	Candice Dupree	32-10	Tamika Catchings	34-2
Seimone Augustus	23-47	Rhyne Howard	25-56	Alana Beard	27-87	Semone Augustus	29-108	Nneka Ogwumike	32-12	DeWanna Bonner	34-326

Ages are listed in Years-Days. Tina Charles is the youngest to 7000 at 33-231. Diana Taurasi is the youngest to 8000 at 35-359, the youngest to 9000 at 39-16, and the youngest to 10000 at 41-53. If you want to see all the players who have reached each milestone click here:

1000

Let's break them down by rookie class:

Class	1000	2000	3000	4000	5000	6000	7000	8000	9000	10000
original	15	9	4	2	1	1
undrafted	17	8	3	1	1
allocated	4	4	3	1	1	1
1997	10	7	4	2	1	1	1
1998	10	5	2	1	1
1999	21	13	7	4	2
2000	7	2	1
2001	14	11	7	4	3	2	1
2002	8	4	4	3	2	1
2003	5	3	2	1
2004	9	7	7	5	2	1	1	1	1	1
2005	10	6	2
2006	7	5	5	5	3	3
2007	9	3	2
2008	12	8	4	3	2	2
2009	9	8	6	3	2	1	1
2010	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
2011	9	6	4	2
2012	8	5	2	2	1	1	1
2013	10	6	3	3	2
2014	10	6	6	4	1
2015	9	6	2	2	1	1
2016	8	6	4	4	1
2017	6	4	3	2
2018	11	7	3	2	1
2019	10	5	3	1
2020	5	2	1
2021	4
2022	3	1
2023	1
2024	1
Total	266	160	96	58	29	16	6	2	1	1

Originals are players that were on opening day rosters in 1997 but were not drafted in the Elite Draft or the 1997 draft. Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes fit in this category. Drafted players go with the year they are drafted even if they didn't appear until a later season. Tamika Catchings goes with 2001. The 1997 Elite Draft is included in 1997.

While we're on the subject of draft classes, let's take a glance at which ones have produced the most awards.

Year	MVP	All WNBA 1st	All WNBA 2nd	DPY	All DEF 1st	All DEF 2nd	MIP	6OY	Sportsmanship	Finals MVP	All Star	USA
originals	8	20	14	7	4	2			2	6	34	3
undrafted		3	2		4	3			4		13	4
allocated		2	7			1					14	3
1997		6	8				2		2		21	1
1998		2	1		1	2					11	1
1999	1	5	9	2	1	2	1		5	2	46	5
2000			1							1	3
2001	4	18	13	6	16	11	3		4	4	36	7
2002		5	8			1	1		4		22	6
2003			2			1		1	3		7	1
2004	1	13	7	2	6	11	2			2	27	5
2005					7	8	1				2	1
2006		5	9		2	1				2	25	4
2007					1	3					2	1
2008	3	10	9	5	9	5	3	3	1	3	24	2
2009		3	6		11	4	3	4			18	2
2010	1	5	5		2	4		1			10	2
2011	1	8	7		4	7		1		1	22	1
2012	1	2	7		4	5		2	4		14
2013	2	11	6	2	3	4	2	1		1	30
2014		5	4	1	5	5	1			1	25
2015		1	2		3	3	3	2	2		12
2016	3	7	6		5	6	1	1		4	18
2017		2			2	3	1	2			10
2018	4	6	3	3	8	6				2	15
2019		4	5	2	6	6	1				14
2020		1	4				1				7
2021					1		1
2022						2	1	1			3
2023			1			1					3
2024		1									4
2025			1								3

All Stars include those that missed the game due to injury and those selected to replace them. USA is for the games between WNBA select teams and Team USA, like The Game at Radio City in 2004. I put them in a separate column because the W is inconsistent about how it counts them. Sometimes they're included in All Star appearances and sometimes not.

You want more draft class stuff? OK, how about a chart of how many draftees made appearances from each draft

Draft	Draftees	Appeared Initial		Appeared Eventual
Elite	16	15	94%	15	94%
1997	32	31	97%	31	97%
1998	40	35	88%	37	93%
1999	50	47	94%	49	98%
2000	64	44	69%	44	69%
2001	64	38	59%	40	63%
2002	64	27	42%	29	45%
2003	42	19	45%	22	52%
2004	38	27	71%	31	82%
2005	39	22	56%	25	64%
2006	42	28	67%	31	74%
2007	39	23	59%	27	69%
2008	43	34	79%	36	84%
2009	39	20	51%	23	59%
2010	36	18	50%	23	64%
2011	36	23	64%	24	67%
2012	36	18	50%	24	67%
2013	36	24	67%	26	72%
2014	36	19	53%	24	67%
2015	36	20	56%	21	58%
2016	36	21	58%	24	67%
2017	36	20	56%	22	61%
2018	36	21	58%	22	61%
2019	36	24	67%	29	81%
2020	36	24	67%	28	78%
2021	36	18	50%	21	58%
2022	36	22	61%	26	72%
2023	36	19	53%	21	58%
2024	36	15	42%	19	53%
2025	38	24	63%

Appeared Initial is the number and percent of draftees who made appearances the year they were drafted. Appeared Eventual is the number and percent of draftees who made appearances at any time. Players have debuted as long as seven years after being drafted.

1997-2002 were four round drafts. 2003-present have been three rounds. Elite draft was two rounds.