• First-time Olympian
• WNBA Champion
• Averaging career-high points, assists, rebounds, and blocks this season
• Posted a #SayHerName series on Instagram last season, highlighting black female victims of police brutality before every game
• Got Natasha Cloud's vote

• Fifth Olympic appearance
• Four-time WNBA Champion
• Her and fiance Megan Rapinoe are the definition of a power couple
• Known sneakerhead
• We have to talk about how she is 40 and still one of the top PGs in the league 

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• Third Olympic appearance
• Former MVP
• Teams just hope they can hold her to under 30 points 
• Committed to activism throughout her career
• Runs an entertainment company and debuted her first documentary at Tribeca Film Festival

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• First-time Olympian
• 2019 Rookie of the Year
• Generally not flashy but will pull out the Shimmy as necessary
• Hosts the most delightful WNBA podcast, Tea with A & Phee, with bestie and fellow Olympian A'ja Wilson
• Does not like to be pushed

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• First-time Olympian
• Perennial All-Star with ludicrious handles
• Has had multiple songs written about her, including this bop from Jayla, a tween from Ohio
• Officially blessed a meme from The SkyShowChi
• Balancing it all as a mom

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• Fourth Olympic appearance
• Two-time WNBA champion and Finals MVP
• Studying mortuary science and plans to be a funeral director after she retires from the WNBA
• Plant mom with accompanying merch
• Has the dunk in her back pocket

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• First-time Olympian
• WNBA Champion
• Nicknamed the Point Gawd and her passes will blow your mind
• Looked incredible in suspenders at the All-Star game in 2019
• Teamed up with her wife Tipesa and drag queen Peppermint for a series about LGBTQ+ history (including an episode highlighting fellow Olympian Brittney Griner)

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• Second Olympic appearance
• Two-time Defensive Player of the Year
• 7'4 wingspan and not afraid to dunk
• Other players have credited her openness with her gender expression and sexuality as helping to change the culture of the league
• Once saved a family's lives in the desert like a real-life goddamn superhero

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• First-time Olympian
• Two-time WNBA champion
• Nicknamed the Gold Mamba by Kobe Bryant

• Seeks to inspire those who have also struggled with a learning disability

• Universally beloved

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• Second Olympic appearance
• Two-time WNBA champion and reigning Finals MVP
• MVP of reaction photos
• Has a dog, Stewie, named after her nickname
• Wrote a beautiful and vulnerable Me Too piece for the Players' Tribune and continues to advocate for survivors and for mental health care

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• Fifth Olympian appearance
• Three-time WNBA champion, two-time Finals MVP, and former MVP
• Literally scored the most points of any player in the league each season for four years straight
• Known to get technicals (once got T'd up from the sidelines when she was not even suited up to play)
• Married to former teammate and fellow WNBA champion Penny Taylor

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• First-time Olympian
• Reigning MVP
• Has her own statue at South Carolina
• Hosts the most delightful WNBA podcast, Tea with A & Phee, with bestie and fellow Olympian Napheesa Collier
• Whenever she's not directly playing, you will catch her dancing (here's an example with fellow Olympian Sylvia Fowles)

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• First-time Olympian
• Two-time WNBA All-Star
• Fell off stage at the White House
• Not afraid to call out floppers

• First-time Olympian
• 2017 Rookie of the Year
• Gamer and Twitch live streamer
• Favorite WNBA player is herself

• First-time Olympian
• Number one draft pick in 2017
• Impeccable brows
• Accidentally became a UFC matchmaker based on pure gossiping and trash-talking skills

• First-time Olympian
• Number one draft pick in 2019
• Last-minute selection for the games after Katie Lou was unable to go
• Called "Big Game Jackie" in college because she always played better against the best teams

• First-time Olympian
• NCAA Champion and 2015 Gatorade National Player of the Year 
• Dog Malibu has his own Instagram account
• It's legally required to yell "Louuuuuuuuu" every time she hits a three

• First-time Olympian
• 2014 WNBL Defensive Player of the Year
• Nicknamed Spida because of her long arms
• Looks like a model in all of her media day pictures?

• First-time Olympian
• WNBA Champion (2020), Under-17 World Cup MVP (2016)
• Won a WNBA championship while literally taking final college exams in the same week
• Idol is Storm superstar and former Olympian Lauren Jackson

• Second Olympic appearance
• Three-time champion of Australia's Women's National Basketball League champion and two-time Grand Final MVP
• Married to fellow WNBL star and model Mikaela Dombkins
• At 5'5 is almost universally the smallest athlete on the court

• First-time Olympian
• International Women's Youth Player of the Year in 2014
• Born in Tasmania
• Advocate for indigenous communities in Australia

• Second Olympic appearance
• 2020 WNBL MVP and DPOY
• First player in WNBL history to win MVP and DPOY in the same season
• Stated she learned "shitloads" from playing with Olympians as a WNBL rookie

• First Olympic appearance
• Named to the 2020 All-Rookie Team
• At 5-8, beautifully blocked a 6'5 Center
• This appears to be her dog, but I cannot spend any more time trying to confirm

• First Olympic appearance
• 2019 WNBA Champion and Finals Em-V-P
• Has an ESPN mom
• Only second-round pick and only bench player to ever win WNBA Finals MVP.

• Third Olympic appearance
• 2020 Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award Winner
• Described as one of the smartest players on the court
• Has two dogs, Ace and Blu

• First-time Olympian
• Played for the San Antonio Stars, Indiana Fever, Chicago Sky, and most recently the Minnesota Lynx in 2020
• Wrote and illustrated children’s book The Magic of Basketball
• Custom illustrator

• First-time Olympian
• Cheryl Miller Award Winner for best college Small Forward
• Had a breakout season in the Wubble
• Highschool badminton champion

• First Olympic appearance
• 2019 WNBA All-Star
• Would be a backup dancer for Beyonce if not for basketball
• Recently hit a euro-step buzzer beater (There is merch)

• First-time Olympian
• First Chinese player to be drafted to the WNBA in 22 years
• At 6'9, is tied for the tallest player in the WNBA
• Loudest clapper for her teammates

• Second Olympic appearance
• Named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team in 2021
• Nicknamed the "French Steph Curry" and the "Roadrunner", for self-explanatory reasons
• Beloved by Liberty fans for her on-court swagger

• First-time Olympian
• Named the Best Young Player of the 2020 EuroLeague
• Learned to dribble before she learned to walk
• Worked an umbrella on the WNBA draft orange carpet

• First-time Olympian
• Reigning EuroLeague Defensive Player of the Year
• Has a cat named Halle Berry
• Queen of TikTok 

• First-time Olympian
• Drafted to the New York Liberty in the 2020 WNBA Draft
• Sister to WNBA stars Chiney and Nneka
• Second-year medical student who is vlogging through it

• First-time Olympian

• Named to the Women's Korean Basketball League Best 5 in 2018

• Was the youngest player in the WNBA her rookie season

• Member of BTS ARMY

• Second Olympic appearance (Won Silver in 2016)
• MVP of FIBA Women’s EuroBasket (2019); EuroBasket All-Tournament Team, MVP (2019)
• Here is a picture of her sitting on a throne kissing a trophy and wearing her MVP medal
• Runs a youth foundation to help children through sports in her home country of Senegal