2026 WNBA draft
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s draft for the 2026 season will be held following the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This will be the first draft for the league's two newest expansion teams: the Portland Fire and the Toronto Tempo.
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2026 WNBA draft
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s draft for the 2026 season will be held following the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This will be the first draft for the league's two newest expansion teams: the Portland Fire and the Toronto Tempo.
Draft lottery
2026 WNBA draft
In November 2025, the WNBA announced that the 2026 WNBA Draft Lottery would be held on November 23, 2025. The lottery decided the order of the first 5 picks in the 2026 WNBA draft and was televised on ESPN in the United States. The five teams that did not qualify for 2025 WNBA playoffs participated in this draft lottery.
Lottery chances
The lottery chances were based on the combined record from the 2024 and 2025 WNBA seasons. In the drawing, 14 balls numbered 1 to 14 were placed in a lottery machine and mixed. Four balls were drawn to determine a four-digit combination. The team assigned that four-ball combination received the No. 1 pick. The four balls were then be placed back into the machine and the process was repeated to determine the second pick. Of the three teams not selected in the drawings, the team with the worst cumulative two-year record was selected third; the team with the next worst record selected fourth; and the remaining team, fifth.
A representative from the league's independent accounting firm, Ernst & Young, was in attendance to oversee the draft lottery process.
Note: The team selected for the No. 1 pick in the lottery is noted below in bold text.
<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Combined 2024–25 record</th><th>Lottery chances</th><th>Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Dallas Wings</td><td>19–65</td><td>42.0%</td><td>1st pick</td></tr><tr><td>Minnesota Lynx (from Chicago Sky)</td><td>23–61</td><td>26.1%</td><td>2nd pick</td></tr><tr><td>Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles Sparks)</td><td>29–55</td><td>16.7%</td><td>3rd pick</td></tr><tr><td>Washington Mystics</td><td>30–54</td><td>9.7%</td><td>4th pick</td></tr><tr><td>Chicago Sky (from Connecticut Sun)</td><td>39–45</td><td>5.5%</td><td>5th pick</td></tr></tbody></table>
Draft
2026 WNBA draft
<table><thead><tr><th>#</th><th>Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Bold</td><td>Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year</td></tr></tbody></table>
First round
<table><thead><tr><th>Pick</th><th>Player</th><th>Nationality</th><th>Team</th><th>School / club team</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>Dallas Wings</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>Minnesota Lynx (from Chicago)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>Seattle Storm (from Los Angeles)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>Washington Mystics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>Chicago Sky (from Connecticut)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>Toronto Tempo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>Portland Fire</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>Golden State Valkyries</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td></td><td></td><td>Washington Mystics (from Seattle)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td></td><td></td><td>Indiana Fever</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td></td><td></td><td>Washington Mystics (from New York via Minnesota and Connecticut)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td></td><td></td><td>Connecticut Sun (from Phoenix via Chicago)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td></td><td></td><td>Atlanta Dream</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td></td><td></td><td>Seattle Storm (from Las Vegas)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td></td><td></td><td>Connecticut Sun (from Minnesota via Washington)</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Second round
<table><thead><tr><th>Pick</th><th>Player</th><th>Nationality</th><th>Team</th><th>School / club team</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>16</td><td></td><td></td><td>Seattle Storm (from Dallas)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td></td><td></td><td>Chicago Sky</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td></td><td></td><td>Connecticut Sun</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td></td><td></td><td>Washington Mystics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td></td><td></td><td>Los Angeles Sparks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td></td><td></td><td>Portland Fire</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td></td><td></td><td>Toronto Tempo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td></td><td></td><td>Golden State Valkyries</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td></td><td></td><td>Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td></td><td></td><td>Indiana Fever</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td></td><td></td><td>Chicago Sky (from New York)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td></td><td></td><td>Phoenix Mercury</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td></td><td></td><td>Atlanta Dream</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td></td><td></td><td>Las Vegas Aces</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td></td><td></td><td>Washington Mystics (from Minnesota)</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Third round
<table><thead><tr><th>Pick</th><th>Player</th><th>Nationality</th><th>Team</th><th>School / club team</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>31</td><td></td><td></td><td>Dallas Wings</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td></td><td></td><td>Chicago Sky</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td></td><td></td><td>Connecticut Sun</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td></td><td></td><td>Washington Mystics</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td></td><td></td><td>Los Angeles Sparks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td></td><td></td><td>Toronto Tempo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td></td><td></td><td>Portland Fire</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td></td><td></td><td>Golden State Valkyries</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td></td><td></td><td>Seattle Storm</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td></td><td></td><td>Indiana Fever</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td></td><td></td><td>New York Liberty</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td></td><td></td><td>Phoenix Mercury</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td></td><td></td><td>Atlanta Dream</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td></td><td></td><td>Las Vegas Aces</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td></td><td></td><td>Minnesota Lynx</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>