NEW YORK - Three-time league Most Valuable Player Sheryl Swoopes, two-time MVP Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson - the cornerstones of the Houston Comets teams that won four consecutive championships from 1997-2000 - were among those named Tuesday on the WNBA Top 20@20 list.

The list, selected by a 15-member panel, honors the 20 greatest and most influential players in the history of the WNBA, which is in the midst of its 20th season.

Minnesota's Maya Moore, 27, and Los Angeles' Candace Parker, 30, both former MVPs, were the youngest players on the list.

Other active players on the list are Moore's Minnesota teammates Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen. Seattle's Sue Bird, Indiana's Tamika Catchings, Phoenix's Diana Taurasi, Chicago's Cappie Pondexter and New York's Swin Cash.

Other former players honored were Yolanda Griffith, Becky Hammon, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Deanna Nolan, Ticha Penicheiro, Katie Smith and Teresa Weatherspoon.

Nolan was the only one of the former players not to be selected five years ago among the 15 greatest.

Dawn Staley was on that list but didn't make Tuesday's group.