The WNBA free agent period is officially underway. Additional players who may not have been on rosters last season may also qualify as free agents and will be added to the list if and when they sign with a team. Trades, new free agent signings and player retirements will also play a part in shaping rosters in 2009.
- UFA: Unrestricted free agent; RFA: Restricted free agent
- Click here to search alphabetically by player.

	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
		Alison Bales (to Phoenix) Katie Feenstra Mattera (to San Antonio) Betty Lennox (to Los Angeles) Kasha Terry (to Seattle)	Chamique Holdsclaw Ashley Shields (from Detroit) Michelle Snow (from Houston) Nikki Teasley
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	Tye'sha Fluker (UFA) Cathy Joens (UFA)	Chasity Melvin (to Washington)	Shyra Ely (from Seattle) Chen Nan KB Sharp Erin Thorn (from N.Y.)
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	Svetlana Abrosimova (UFA) Jolene Anderson (UFA) Jamie Carey (RFA) Tamika Raymond (UFA) Nykesha Sales (UFA)		Lauren Ervin Kerri Gardin Anete Jekabsone-Zogota Danielle Page Barbara Turner
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	Elaine Powell (UFA) Sheri Sam (UFA)	Kelly Schumacher (to Washington) Ashley Shields (to Atlanta)	Kara Braxton Deanna Nolan (Cored)
	Free Agents	Leaving
	Latasha Byears (UFA) Mwadi Mabika (UFA)	Tamecka Dixon (to Indiana) Shannon Johnson (to Seattle) Hamchetou Maiga-Ba (to Sacramento) Michelle Snow (to Atlanta) Tina Thompson (to Los Angeles)
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	LaToya Bond (UFA)	Kristen Mann (to Washington) Bernadette Ngoyisa (to San Antonio)	Tully Bevilaqua Tamika Catchings (Cored) Tamecka Dixon (from Houston) Yolanda Griffith (from Seattle) Doneeka Lewis
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	Margo Dydek (UFA) Jessica Moore (RFA)	Kiesha Brown (to Washington) Temeka Johnson (to Phoenix) Raffaella Masciadri (to Minnesota) Murriel Page (waived) Sidney Spencer (to NY) Christi Thomas (to Minnesota)	Marta Fernandez Kristi Harrower (from Minnesota) Vanessa Hayden (from Minnesota) Betty Lennox (from Atlanta) Lisa Leslie (Cored) Noelle Quinn (from Minnesota) Tina Thompson (from Houston)
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	LaToya Thomas (UFA)	Lindsey Harding (to Washington) Vanessa Hayden (to LA) Nicole Ohlde (to Phoenix) Noelle Quinn (to LA) Kristen Rasmussen	Kamesha Hairston Roneeka Hodges Raffaella Masciadri (from LA) Kelly Miller (from Phoenix) Aisha Mohammed LaToya Pringle (from Phoenix) Christi Thomas (from LA)
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
		Erin Thorn (to Chicago)	Cathrine Kraayeveld Sidney Spencer (from LA)
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	Jen Derevjanik (RFA) Olympia Scott (UFA) Penny Taylor (UFA)	Barbara Farris (to Sacramento) Kelly Miller (to Minnesota) LaToya Pringle (to Minnesota) Belinda Snell (to San Antonio)	Alison Bales (from Atlanta) Temeka Johnson (from Los Angeles) Laurie Koehn (from Washington) Nicole Ohlde (from Minnesota) Kim Smith (from Sacramento) Tangela Smith (Cored)
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	Adrian Williams (UFA)	A'Quonesia Franklin (to Phoenix) Kim Smith (to Phoenix)	Barbara Farris (from Phoenix) Miao Li Jie Hamchetou Maiga-Ba (from Houston) Chelsea Newton Ticha Penicheiro DeMya Walker
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
	Dalma Ivanyi (RFA) Ann Wauters (UFA)		Katie Feenstra Mattera (from Atlanta) Vickie Johnson Edwige Lawson-Wade Bernadette Ngoyisa (from Indiana) Ruth Riley (Cored) Belinda Snell (from Phoenix)
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
		Shyra Ely (to Chicago) Yolanda Griffith (to Indiana) Kelly Santos (waived) Sheryl Swoopes (waived)	La’Tangela Atkinson Suzy Batkovic Sue Bird (Cored) Janell Burse A’Quonesia Franklin Lauren Jackson Shannon Johnson (from Houston) Aja Parham Ashley Robinson Kasha Terry (from Atlanta) Tanisha Wright
	Free Agents	Leaving	Coming (or Staying)
		Coco Miller (waived)	Kiesha Brown (from Los Angeles) Lindsey Harding (from Minnesota) Kristen Mann (from Indiana) Chasity Melvin (from Chicago) Kelly Schumacher (from Detroit)