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There are 38 current or former WNBA players dotting the Olympics rosters. There are 143 players on the rosters, so players with WNBA ties (and this isn't counting the drafted but never played, a la Jo Leedham) comprise over 26 percent of the women's basketball Olympians.
Three teams in the field - Croatia, Angola and Great Britain - do not have any WNBA representation.
Here's how they fared statistically in the preliminary rounds of competition:
Preliminary round statistics for women's basketball in the 2012 Olympics
| Name: | WNBA years: | MPG | PPG | FG% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
United States (5-0) |
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| Seimone Augustus | 2006-present | 18.6 | 7.4 | 45.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | -- | -- |
| Sue Bird | 2002-present | 25.2 | 4.6 | 50 | 2 | 5.2 (2) | -- | -- |
| Swin Cash | 2002-present | 8.2 | 3.4 | 46.2 | 1.2 | -- | -- | 0.4 |
| Tamika Catchings | 2001-present | 19 | 5.8 | 54.5 | 4 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Tina Charles | 2010-present | 22.6 | 12.8 | 49.1 | 8.4 (3) | 1.6 | -- | 0.8 |
| Sylvia Fowles | 2008-present | 10.5 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Asjha Jones | 2002-present | 11 | 4.5 | 57.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | |
| Angel McCoughtry | 2009-present | 16.8 | 13 | 71.9 (2) | 6.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 (T1) | 0.8 |
| Maya Moore | 2011-present | 17.8 | 9.2 | 61.5 | 6 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Candace Parker | 2008-present | 18.6 | 8.8 | 40.2 | 7.8 (T4) | 2 | -- | 1.8 (T3) |
| Diana Taurasi | 2004-present | 22.6 | 12.2 | 56.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 (T8) | -- |
| Lindsay Whalen | 2004-present | 18.8 | 10 | 66.7 (3) | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 (T8) | -- |
Australia (4-1) |
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| Suzy Batkovic | 2005, 2009 | 24 | 11.4 | 41.7 | 6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Abby Bishop | 2010 | 12 | 3.2 | 46.2 | 2.6 | 0.8 | -- | -- |
| Liz Cambage | 2011-present | 21.6 | 14 (T8) | 59.6 (4) | 5.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) |
| Kristi Harrower | 1998-99, 2001-03, 2005, 2009 |
24.2 | 4.6 | 42.9 | 3 | 3.2 (T8) | 0.8 | -- |
| Laura (Summerton) Hodges | 2005-06 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lauren Jackson | 2001-present | 24.6 | 15.2 (T4) | 51.4 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 1 | -- |
| Jenna O'Hea | 2011 | 22.6 | 7.8 | 36 | 2.8 | 3.4 (7) | 0.8 | -- |
| Belinda Snell | 2005-07, 2009-11 |
27.2 | 7 | 13.3 | 3.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
Brazil (1-4) |
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| Erika de Souza | 2002-present | 32 | 16.2 (2) | 55.6 (5) | 8.8 (2) | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 (T5) |
| Adriana Moises Pinto | 2001-02, 2007 |
27.8 | 7.2 | 40.9 | 2.6 | 4.4 (4) | 0.8 | |
Canada (2-3) |
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| Miranda Ayim | 2011 | 6 | 1.5 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.3 | -- | -- |
| Kim Smith | 2006-08 | 29.2 | 14 (T8) | 73.7 (1) | 2.6 | 1.4 | -- | -- |
| Shona Thorburn | 2006-07 | 25.4 | 12.2 | 60.7 | 2.8 | 4.8 (3) | 1.2 | 0.4 |
China (3-2) |
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| Miao Lijie | 2005 | 30.6 | 8.6 | 40.5 | 3.4 | 7.4 (1) | -- | -- |
| Chen Nan | 2009 | 25.8 | 17.6 (1) | 51.3 (6) | 6.6 (T9) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Czech Republic (2-3) |
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| Jana Vesela | 2010 | 26.2 | 7.8 | 55.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
France (5-0) |
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| Emilie Gomis | 2006 | 19.4 | 10.6 | 60.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | -- | -- |
| Sandrine Gruda | 2008-10 | 27.4 | 9.8 | 45.5 | 5.2 | 0.8 | -- | 2.8 (1) |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | 2005-10 | 20.2 | 8.8 | 40.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | -- |
| Emmeline Ndongue | 2006 | 16 | 3 | 46.7 | 2.2 | 0.4 | -- | 0.6 |
Russia (3-2) |
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| Becky Hammon | 1999-present | 26.2 | 9.2 | 39.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 (6) | 1.2 | -- |
| Ilona Korstine | 2001 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 28.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | -- | -- |
| Irina Osipova | 2006 | 26.6 | 8 | 46.2 | 7.8 (T4) | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 (T5) |
| Natalia Vodopyanova | 2005 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -- |
Turkey (4-1) |
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| Quanitra Hollingsworth | 2009-11 | 20.4 | 10.6 | 45.2 | 6 | -- | -- | 0.6 |
| Nevriye Yilmaz | 2003-04 | 24.2 | 9 | 38.8 | 7.6 (6) | 1.4 | 1.8 (6) | -- |
Players in bold are still active, numbers in parenthesis denote overall rank, if in category's top 10.
Some names you don't see above put up big numbers for their countries, with Johanna Leedham's 29 points vs. France standing as the best individual scoring output of the preliminary rounds. She finished the prelims tied for second in points per game, with 16.2.
Brazil's Clarissa Dos Santos ends her tournament as the leading rebounder in the preliminary competition. She posted 12- and 13-rebound games, en route to a tournament-leading nine rebound per game average.
As you can see in nearly every category there are top 10 numbers missing from the list, due to the non-WNBA player influence. But you can also see how much of a punch the world's top women's basketball league packs in this Olympic competition. The knockout round for all but two of these women (Brazil's de Souza and Pinto) begins on Tuesday.