It’s been a trying season for Nneka Ogwumike, who was left off the Olympic team due to an injury that cost her 14 games and is in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in her WNBA career.
But Ogwumike still received an impressive honor over the weekend, as she was selected to the W25, a list of the 25 greatest players in 25 years of WNBA history, an exclusive group considering 1,004 players have suited up for at least one game, per Across The Timeline.
The W25 was compiled from a group of 72 nominees who played at least two WNBA seasons and met four or more of the following criteria: won a major individual award; selected to either the All-WNBA first or second team; selected to either the WNBA All-Defensive first or second team; selected to the WNBA All-Star Game; a member of a WNBA Championship team; currently ranked among the top 40 career leaders in at least one major statistical category; and/or a recipient of the WNBA’s season-long Community Assist Award.