2005 WNBA DRAFT,
ROUND 1
| PICK |
TEAM | SELECTION |
| 1 | Charlotte Sting | Janel McCarville, C, Minnesota |
| 2 | Indiana Fever | Tan White, G, Mississippi St. |
| 3 | Phoenix Mercury | Sandora Irvin, F, Texas Christian |
| 4 | San Antonio Silver Stars | Kendra Wecker, F, Kansas St. |
| 5 | Houston Comets | Sancho Lyttle, C, Houston |
| 6 | Washington Mystics | Temeka Johnson, G, L.S.U. |
| 7 | Detroit Shock | Kara Braxton, F, Georgia |
| 8 | Connecticut Sun | Katie Feenstra, C, Liberty (Rights traded to San Antonio for Margo Dydek) |
| 9 | Sacramento Monarchs | Kristin Haynie, G, Michigan St. |
| 10 | New York Liberty | Loree Moore, G, Tennessee |
| 11 | Minnesota Lynx | Kristen Mann, F, UC-Santa Barbara |
| 12 | Seattle Storm | Tanisha Wright, G, Penn State |
| 13 | Detroit Shock | Dionnah Jackson, F, Oklahoma |
2005 WNBA DRAFT, ROUND 2
| PICK |
TEAM | SELECTION |
| 14 | San Antonio Silver Stars | Shyra Ely, F, Tennessee |
| 15 | Houston Comets | Roneeka Hodges, G, Florida State |
| 16 | Indiana Fever | Yolanda Paige, G, West Virginia |
| 17 | Minnesota Lynx | Jacqueline Batteast, F, Notre Dame |
| 18 | Phoenix Mercury | Angelina Williams, F, Illinois |
| 19 | Washington Mystics | Erica Taylor, G, Louisiana Tech |
| 20 | Detroit Shock | Nikita Bell, F/G, North Carolina |
| 21 | Connecticut Sun | Erin Phillips, Australia |
| 22 | Sacramento Monarchs | Chelsea Newton, G, Rutgers |
| 23 | New York Liberty | Tabitha Pool, F, Michigan |
| 24 | Charlotte Sting | Jessica Moore, C, Connecticut |
| 25 | Seattle Storm | Ashley Battle, F, Connecticut |
| 26 | Los Angeles Sparks | DeeDee Wheeler, G, Arizona |
2005 WNBA DRAFT, ROUND 3
| PICK |
TEAM | SELECTION |
| 27 | San Antonio Silver Stars | Catherine Kraayeveld, F, Oregon |
| 28 | Houston Comets | Jenni Dant, G, DePaul |
| 29 | Indiana Fever | Ashley Earley, G/F, Vanderbilt |
| 30 | Sacramento Monarchs | Anne O'Neil, G, Iowa State |
| 31 | Phoenix Mercury | Jamie Carey, G, Texas |
| 32 | Washington Mystics | Tashia Morehead, F, Florida |
| 33 | Detroit Shock | Jenni Lingor, G, Southwest Missouri St. |
| 34 | Connecticut Sun | Megan Mahoney, F, Kansas St. |
| 35 | Sacramento Monarchs | Cisti Greenwalt, C, Texas Tech |
| 36 | New York Liberty | Rebecca Richman, C, Rutgers |
| 37 | Minnesota Lynx | Monique Bivins, G, Alabama |
| 38 | Seattle Storm | Steffanie Blackmon, F, Baylor |
| 39 | Los Angeles Sparks | Heather Schreiber, F, Texas |