WNBA All-Star Voting

Urban Sports Newswire

Arlington, TX---Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx and Elena Delle Donne are the leading vote getters of the first fan returns reported the WNBA. The first 15 days of voting generated 489,583 votes. Both Moore and Delle Donne are former league MVPs.

Moore leads all players with 25,496 votes. Delle Donne is second with 24,152 votes. Rounding out the top five are: Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks (21,136), Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury (20,460), and Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm (20,362). Bird is tied with Tamika Catchings for the most All-Star selections in WNBA History with 10.

Rounding out the top 10 vote getters are Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm (19,354); Rookie A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces (18,768); Reigning MVP Sylvia Fowles of the Lynx (17,483); Dallas Wings guard Skylar Diggins-Smith (16,177); and 2016 MVP Nneka Ogumike of the Sparks (16,103).

In a surprise, Liz Cambage of the Wings is only in 19th place in the voting. Cambage is the number 2 scoring in the league (20.2ppg) and second in rebounding (9.9). Liz also ranks second in blocked shots. The 6'8" Australian is just getting recognized for her superlative season.

After all the votes are tallied, players will be ranked in four voting groups-fan votes, player votes, head coach votes and media votes. The 22 players with the highest overall score will form the player pool for the All-Star game.

Fan voting closes on Thursday July 12. On Tuesday, July 17, the All-Stars will be announced. The Captains will draft players to form their 11-man rosters. The game will be played on Saturday, July 28 at Target Center in Minneapolis.