#4 Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes gave birth to her son in 1997,but returned to her team, the Houston Comets of the WNBA for the inaugural season. As a member of the Houston Comets, she has accumulated over 2,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, 300 career assists and 200 career steals. Her extraordinary scoring and defensive ability have made her the first three-time WNBA MVP (2000, 2002, 2005) and the first three-time WNBA Defensive player of the year (2000, 2002, 2003). Swoopes is a four-time WNBA champion (1997–2000).
Swoopes is the second player in WNBA history to win both the regular season MVP award and the All-Star Game MVP award in the same season. She is also the first player in WNBA history to record a playoff triple-double.