Count returning 0 when called outside object~

Oddly enough, I cant seem to call list.Count on "Waypoints" out side of the class?? Debug.Log (WaypointManager.Waypoints[0].name); will return just fine on the PlayerScript class... but WaypointManager.Waypoints.count always returns 0 from the player script class

     public class WaypointManager: MonoBehaviour {
 
         public List<GameObject> Waypoints{get;set;}
         void Start()
         {
             if(Waypoints == null){
                  Waypoints = new List<GameObject>();
             }
         }
 
 ...
 
 }
 
 
     public class PlayerScript : MonoBehaviour {
         public WaypointManager WaypointManager{get;set;}
         void Start () {
             WaypointManager = GameObject.Find(this.transform.parent.name + "/WaypointManager").GetComponent<WaypointManager>();
         }

 public void Getcount(){
     WaypointManager.Waypoints.count//Will always return 0
     WaypointManager.Waypoints[0].name//Will return just fine

 }