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Minnesota Lynx - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 42% (5 players with tattoos, 7 without)

Players with tattoos:

Seimone Augustus The veteran Augustus has the sentence “No Struggle, No Progress” along a couple of Looney Tunes characters split on her inner arms.

Rebekkah Brunson Mostly hidden by her jersey most of the time, Rebekkah has her chest (Eye of Horus depicted) tattooed as could be partially seen during a game she played in Europe.

Sylvia Fowles The reigning MVP of the W has both wrists tattooed.

Lynetta Kizer Sleeves are the jam in Minnesota. Lynetta has multiple individual pieces inked on her arms, from top to bottom, starting to get tattooed in her days at Maryland.

Danielle Robinson One of the most electrifying players of the WNBA, D-Rob’s got one of the illest left-arm tattoos you can find between Lynx players, which she expanded with a rose at its bottom part lately.

Players without tattoos:

Temi Fagbenle Alexis Jones Maya Moore Lindsay Whalen Tanisha Wright Cecilia Zandalasini Endy Miyen

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Washington Mystics - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 33% (4 players with tattoos, 8 without)

Players with tattoos:

Natasha Cloud Cloud has both of her wrists tattooed, having a couple of doves inked on her left and a minimal cross on her right.

Elena Delle Donne Though not visible during games, EDD has a tattoo on her ribs, her sister’s name “Lizzie”, along a pair of angel wings.

Myisha Hines-Allen The rookie applied new ink to her right arm once she got onto the W, but she already had some in her lower left arm during her days at Louisville.

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt TRP covers his right leg sometimes during games with multiple accessories, but she’s got a tattoo of an hourglass on it that wasn’t there during his college days.

Players without tattoos:

Ariel Atkins Monique Currie Tianna Hawkins Tayler Hill LaToya Sanders Krystal Thomas Kristi Toliver Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

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Los Angeles Sparks - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 36% (4 players with tattoos, 7 without)

Players with tattoos:

Candace Parker The former champ has multiple small tattoos around her body, mostly her wrists, and in 2016 she opted to honour Pat Summitt with this “Left Foot, Right Foot, Breathe, Repeat” ink.

Cappie Pondexter One of the most tattooed ballers, Cappie was sure enough–as if there were any doubt...–at age 17 that she would make the WNBA that she got the league’s logo tattooed on her arm (she later covered), with it becoming the first inked piece she ever got. Her favourite one, though, the “LOVE” script made out of hands she got along her right arm. 

Maria Vadeeva Still to make her debut in the W, the Russian has both of her wrists minimally tattooed. 

Riquna Williams Another heavily tattooed player, Riquna does sport non-visible ink on her back along that present on her arms–front and back.

Jantel Lavender Among other multiple tattoos and although not visible in-game, Lavender has a full sentence inked on the left side of her body reading “Through Love Possibilities Are Endless”.

Players without tattoos:

Alana Beard Essence Carson Chelsea Gray Nneka Ogwumike Odyssey Sims Sydney Wiese

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Atlanta Dream - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 33% (4 players with tattoos, 8 without)

Players with tattoos:

Jessica Breland Although Jess’ sleeves are the most eye-catching, she also has inked both of her legs.

Damiris Dantas The Brazilian has both of her shoulders inked. Her birthday date can be spotted on her right one in Roman numbers, while the word “Believe” appears on the left side.

Angel McCoughtry Though usually hidden under the Dream’s jersey, AM has “Carpe Diem” written at the top of her right collarbone and a pretty visible Olympic rings tattoo on her inner left biceps.

Imani McGee-Stafford Imani has got at least four tattoos, with min two not visible due to them being placed in the center’s abdomen, thus covered by her jersey.

Players without tattoos:

Monique Billings Layshia Clarendon Blake Dietrick Tiffany Hayes Maggie Lucas Renee Montgomery Brittney Sykes Elizabeth Williams

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Las Vegas Aces - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 29% (4 players with tattoos, 10 without)

Players with tattoos:

Kelsey Bone One of Kelsey’s most recognizable tattoos is the infinite-symbol-shaped crown of thorns she has on her right inner arm.

A’ja Wilson Las Vegas’ rook is known for rubbing her wrist during games. Well, it turns out she’s touching her granny’s name, which will rest in there forever.

Tamera Young “More than 100″, she’d lost the count already in 2016, and she kept on adding new ink to her skin. Tamera has about everything tattooed on her, both in B&W and color schemas, and even a full-back work mostly non-visible during games.

Sequoia Holmes Re-signed by Vegas by mid June, Holmes has both wrists and lower arms tattooed, and she also sports ink on her right shoulder/chest zone.

Players without tattoos:

Lindsay Allen Nia Coffey Dearica Hamby Isabelle Harrison Moriah Jefferson Kayla McBride Jaime Nared JiSu Park Kelsey Plum Carolyn Swords

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Dallas Wings - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 31% (4 players with tattoos, 9 without)

Players with tattoos:

Liz Cambage Big Liz sports a small “888.” tattoo on her left wrist, as could be seen during a past edition of the Australian Open.

Skylar Diggins-Smith The Wings’ guard has no visible tattoos although she’s got ink right below her waistline. 

Glory Johnson Johnson inked her left sleeve this offseason, adding a couple of separated, minimal line-based pieces to the rose-based work she has on her upper arm and shoulder.

Cayla George One of the most visible tattooed players of the W, Cayla has a Biblical phrase from Proverbs (21:31) inked on her left calf, which is usually uncovered and allow for a perfect view during games.

Players without tattoos:

Karima Christmas-Kelly Kaela Davis Allisha Gray Breanna Lewis Theresa Plaisance Aerial Powers Leticia Romero Azurá Stevens Kayla Thornton

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Seattle Storm - 2018

Tattoo percentage: 33% (4 players with tattoos, 8 without)

Players with tattoos:

Natasha Howard Former Lynx and WNBA Champion Howard has the words Luck & Lottery on her right sleeve, plus a flower-wrapped music sheet on her left.

Alysha Clark Although not visible in-game, Alysha’s got (among other pieces) a Hebrew symbol on her abdomen that means "Begin Anew", and a Hebrew phrase that means "Whoever believes, isn't afraid".

Jewell Loyd Almost impossible to spot on TV during games, Loyd’s got ink on her inner left elbow and also what looks like a cross/sword on her left hand.

Breanna Stewart Another of those players with those hidden tattoos, Stewie has a script tattoo over her ribs.

Players without tattoos:

Sue Bird Jordin Canada Crystal Langhorne Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Courtney Paris Noelle Quinn Mercedes Russell Sami Whitcomb

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WNBA League Report - 2018

Last Update: Monday, 4 June, 2018

Using team rosters as posted through the last update’s date, there have been 146 players featured in the 2018 WNBA season. 62 of these players have visible (or otherwise self-reported) tattoos, 84 do not have tattoos. This means that (at least) 43% of the WNBA is tattooed this season.

If you click on a team name below (if available), it will take you to a page listing all of the players on their 2018 roster and whether or not they have tattoos. If you click on an individual player’s name you can see every mention of that player on this blog.

2018 WNBA teams listed by tattoo percentage from highest to lowest:

Fever: 58% (7 with, 5 without) Mercury: 55% (6 with, 5 without) Liberty: 50% (6 with, 6 without) Sky: 50% (6 with, 6 without) Sun: 46% (6 with, 7 without) Lynx: 42% (5 with, 7 without) Sparks: 36% (4 with, 7 without) Mystics: 33% (4 with, 8 without) Dream: 33% (4 with, 8 without) Storm: 33% (4 with, 8 without) Aces: 29% (4 with, 10 without) Wings: 23% (3 with, 10 without)