Welcome back to the WNBA Cup!

In every WNBA regular season game, we award descending points (5-4-3-2-1) to the top five players.  At the end of the season, the player with the most points will be awarded the Notinhalloffame WNBA Cup. However, the winning player must accept their award in person in the Emerald City of Seattle.

Here is the current top ten as of games concluded on July 17:

1. Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx, 83 Cup Points:  21 Games, 3.95 Cup Points per Game, 23.2 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.6 BPG, 29.9 PER, 5.4 WS.  (#1 Last Week)

2. Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty, 69 Cup Points:  21 Games, 3.29 Cup Points Per Game, 19.7 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.4 BPG, 24.1 PER, 3.9 WS.  (#2 Last Week)

3. Nneka Ogwumike, Seattle Storm, 68 Cup Points:  23 Games, 2.95 Cup Points Per Game, 17.1 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.6 BPG, 21.5 PER, 3.0 WS. (#4 Last Week)

4. A’Ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces, 63 Cup Points:  18 Games, 3.50 Cup Points per Game, 22.3 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.6 SPG, 2.4 BPG, 32.1 PER, 3.6 WS.  (#4 Last Week)

5. Alyssa Thomas, Phoenix Mercury, 62 Cup Points:  17 Games, 3.65 Cup Points per Game, 15.2 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 9.5 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 24.6 PER, 2.9 WS. (#5 Last Week)

6. Allisha Gray, Atlanta Dream, 59 Cup Points:  22 Games, 2.68 Cup Points per Game, 18.4 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 4.0 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 19.9 PER, 4.2 WS. (#6 Last Week)

7. (TIE) Angel Reese, Chicago Sky, 55 Cup Points:  21 Games, 2.62 Cup Points Per Game, 14.0 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.6 BPG, 19.0 PER, 1.4 WS. (#9 Last Week)

7. (TIE) Dearica Hamby, Los Angeles Sparks, 55 Cup Points, 22 Games, 2.50 Cup Points per Game, 17.2, PPG, 7.5 RPG, 3.7 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 22.5 PER, 2.5 WS. (#8 Last Week)

9. (TIE) Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever, 52 Cup Points:  23 Games, 2.26 Cup Points per Game, 15.6 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 3.7 APG, 0.7 SPG, 1.1 BPG, 24.7 PER, 4.5 WS. (#10 Last Week)

9. (TIE) Satou Sabally, Phoenix Mercury, 52 Cup Points: 18 Games, 2.89 Cup Points per Game, 19.1, PPG, 7.7 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 21.8 PER, 2.2 WS. (#7 Last Week)

Nobody fell off the top ten.

At present, 112 players have received at least one point, up from 110 last week.

Our next update will be up next Friday.

This one hurts.

Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary figure of Heavy Metal for decades, passed away this morning after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease.

He was 76.

From Birmingham, England, Osbourne was the front man of the influential band, Black Sabbath, whose hits “Paranoid”, “War Pigs” and “Iron Man” remain metal staples to this day.  Osbourne would break out on his own, churning out bigger hits, most notably “Crazy Train”.  His career experienced a renaissance on reality TV with his family, “The Osbournes,” which introduced Ozzy to a new generation of fans.

The “Prince of Darkness” had been ill for many years, as his condition with Parkinson's was made public in 2019.  In the 70s and 80s, Osbourne was a heavy drug and alcohol abuser, and long credited his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, for saving him from addiction. 

He last performed (though had to remain seated) with the original Black Sabbath two weeks ago in front of over 40,000 people in England.

Osbourne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, first as a member of Black Sabbath, and then as a solo artist.

We here at notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends, and family of Ozzy Osbourne.

Winning three National Championships at the University of Alabama, Ryan Kelly was the top Center chosen in the 2016 Draft (18th Overall), with the team that drafted him hoping that they found their new Jeff Saturday.  That wasn’t the case, but Kelly gave the Indianapolis Colts eight solid seasons.

Kelly started all of his 121 Games with Indy.  Earning four Pro Bowls, Kelly provided the Colts an excellent centerpiece to build out from, though the Colts' brass was unable to assemble a Super Bowl-contending team while Kelly was there.  He departed as a Free Agent in 2025 for the Minnesota Vikings.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while. 

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Green Bay Packers.

As for all of our top 50 players in football, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Packers had an 11-6 record and returned to the playoffs, ultimately losing in the Wild Card to the eventual Super Bowl Champion, the Philadelphia Eagles.  Despite the solid season, the Packers' history is so long and storied that there were no new entrants and no fluctuations.  Although the Top 50 remains the same, we acknowledge that we also looked at the past season.

As always, we present our top five, which remain (obviously) unchanged.

1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Brett Favre
3. Don Hutson
4. Forrest Gregg
5. Bart Starr 

You can find the entire list here.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.