List of Serbian WNBA players

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Center Nikolina Milic is the only current WNBA player from Serbia. Nikolina Milic, Han Xu.jpg
Center Nikolina Milić is the only current WNBA player from Serbia.
Jasmina Perazic-Gipe is the first player from Serbia to be elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Jasmina "Jazz" Perazic Basketball.jpg
Jasmina Perazić-Gipe is the first player from Serbia to be elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Guard Ana Dabovic is the only WNBA champion from Serbia. Ana Dabovic Fenerbahce Women's Basketball vs BC Nadezhda Orenburg EuroLeague Women 20171011.jpg
Guard Ana Dabović is the only WNBA champion from Serbia.

The following is a list of Serbian basketball players that play or have played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Contents

Active players

The following is a list of current WNBA players.

Note: This list is correct through the end of the 2022 season.
Pos.PlayerDraft Year (Pick)Current teamFormer team (Season)Se.SGPPGPHonours [A] Ref.
C Nikolina Milić [a] Undrafted Minnesota Lynx (2022–present)1310 [1]

Former players

The following is a list of former WNBA players.

^Denotes player who has been elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
#Denotes player who is still active outside WNBA
Pos.PlayerDraft Year (Pick)Former team (Season)Se.SGPPGPHonours [A] Ref.
G Milica Vukadinović Undrafted Charlotte Sting (1997)110 [2]
F Jasmina Perazić-Gipe ^ Undrafted New York Liberty (1997)190 [3]
G Gordana Grubin Undrafted 61344 [4]
C Nina Bjedov Undrafted Los Angeles Sparks (1999)1274 [5]
F Mila Nikolić Undrafted Houston Comets (1999)172 [6]
C Slobodanka Tuvić Undrafted Phoenix Mercury (20012004)41060 [7]
G Katarina Lazić Undrafted New York Liberty (2001)182 [8]
C Daliborka Vilipić [a] Undrafted Los Angeles Sparks (2006)120 [9]
F Danielle Page [b] [c] Undrafted Connecticut Sun (2008)130 [12]
F Sonja Vasić 2009 (#26)2612 [13]
F Jelena Brooks # 2009 (#24) Washington Mystics (2014)1160 [14]
G Ana Dabović [d] # Undrafted Los Angeles Sparks (20152016)2469 [15]
F Tina Krajišnik [a] # Undrafted Chicago Sky (2022)120 [16]
G Yvonne Anderson [b] [c] # Undrafted Connecticut Sun (2022)1110 [17]

Drafted players

The following is a list of drafted players who have never appeared in an WNBA regular season or playoff game.

Draft Year (Pick)PlayerDrafted byStatusRef.
2010 (#34) Tijana Krivačević [e] Seattle Storm Free agent [18]
2011 (#35) Sara Krnjić Washington Mystics Currently playing for Uni Győr, Hungary [19]
2015 (#30) Dragana Stanković San Antonio Stars Currently playing for USK Praha, Czech Republic [20]
2021 (#28) Ivana Raca [f] Los Angeles Sparks Currently playing for Geas Basket, Italy [21]

Players with Serbian citizenship or parentage

The following is a list of players, that play or have played in the WNBA, who have citizenship of Serbia or Serbian parentage or who are Serbs of former Yugoslav republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia).

NationalityRelationPos.PlayerDraft Year (Pick)Former team (Season)Se.SGPPGPHonours [A] Ref.
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Serbian parents [22] F Tanja Kostić 1998 (#26)2100 [23]

See also

Notes

Details
  1. 1 2 3 This section doesn't include overseas honours, WNBA finals entry and various types of records
Other nationalities, ethnic groups, native-language
  1. 1 2 3 Born in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
  2. 1 2 Born in the United States, became a naturalized Serbian citizen and represented Serbia internationally [10] [11]
  3. 1 2 Not fluent in the Serbian language
  4. Born in SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
  5. Although she was born in Serbia and has Serbian citizenship, she decided to represent Hungary internationally
  6. Born in Cyprus

References

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  2. "Milica Vukadinovic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  3. "Jasmina Perazic-Gipe WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  4. "Gordana Grubin WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  5. "Nina Bjedov WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  6. "Mila Nikolich WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  7. "Slobodanka Tuvic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  8. "Katarina Lazic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  9. "Daliborka Vilipic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  10. "Eurobasket Women 2015: Danielle Page". FIBA Europe . Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  11. "Debitovala Amerikanka Ivon, Srbija slomila žilavu Litvaniju". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  12. "Danielle Page WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  13. "Sonja Petrovic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  14. "Jelena Milovanovic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  15. "Ana Dabovic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  16. "Tina Krajisnik WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  17. "Yvonne Anderson WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  18. "Tijana Krivacevic WNBA Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  19. "Sarah Krnjic WNBA Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  20. "Dragana Stankovic WNBA Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  21. "Ivana Raca WNBA Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  22. "Hem från USA som stjärna. Serbiska Tanja från Täby ska skjuta Sverige vidare i EM". Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Den 23-åriga Täbytjejen, med serbiska föräldrar
  23. "Tanja Kostic WNBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2015.