The 2026 WNBA Draft is on Monday, April 13 at 7 pm ET. Coverage begins at 6:30 pm ET on ESPN. 

The 2026 WNBA Draft will be held at the Shed in Manhattan, New York. 

Yes! Fans can purchase tickets to the 2026 WNBA Draft HERE. 

 The Dallas Wings hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. 

The Dallas Wings, Minnesota Lynx (via Chicago Sky*), Seattle Storm (via Los Angeles Sparks^), Washington Mystics, and Chicago Sky (via Connecticut Sun+) were eligible for the 2026 WNBA Draft Lottery.  

* Chicago and Minnesota extinguished Minnesota’s right to swap its own first round pick for Chicago’s own first round pick and Chicago has traded its own first round pick to Minnesota (Sika Koné, Nikolina Milić, 4/14/24), (Draft picks, 4/13/25)   

^ Los Angeles has traded its own first round pick to Seattle (Kia Nurse, 1/31/24)   

+ Phoenix has traded its own first round pick to Chicago (Kahleah Copper, Morgan Bertsch, Michaela Onyenwere, Brianna Turner, 2/6/24) and Chicago has swapped Phoenix’s first round pick for Connecticut’s own first round pick (Marina Mabrey, Rachel Banham, Moriah Jefferson, 7/17/24) 

First Round: 

1) Dallas Wings 

2) Minnesota Lynx from Chicago Sky  

3) Seattle Storm from Los Angeles Sparks 

4) Washington Mystics 

5) Chicago Sky from Connecticut Sun 

6) Toronto Tempo 

7) Portland Fire 

8) Golden State Valkyries 

9) Washington Mystics from Seattle Storm 

10) Indiana Fever 

11) Washington Mystics from New York Liberty 

12) Connecticut Sun from Phoenix Mercury  

13) Atlanta Dream 

14) Seattle Storm from Las Vegas Aces 

15) Connecticut Sun from Minnesota Lynx 

Second Round 

1) Seattle Storm from Dallas Wings 

2) Chicago Sky 

3) Connecticut Sun 

4) Washington Mystics 

5) Los Angeles Sparks 

6) Portland Fire 

7) Toronto Tempo 

8) Golden State Valkyries 

9) Los Angeles Sparks from Seattle Storm 

10) Indiana Fever 

11) Chicago Sky from New York Liberty 

12) Phoenix Mercury 

13) Atlanta Dream 

14) Las Vegas Aces 

15) Washington Mystics from Minnesota Lynx 

Third Round: 

1) Dallas Wings  

2) Chicago Sky  

3) Connecticut Sun 

4) Washington Mystics 

5) Los Angeles Sparks  

6) Toronto Tempo 

7) Portland Fire 

8) Golden State Valkyries 

9) Seattle Storm 

10) Indiana Fever 

11) New York Liberty 

12) Phoenix Mercury 

13) Atlanta Dream 

14) Las Vegas Aces 

15) Minnesota Lynx 

The WNBA Draft consists of three rounds, with each round taking place on April 13th.    

The order of team picks in each round is the inverse order of the standings from the last regular season, except for the first five picks of the first round, which are determined by the Draft Lottery. Additionally, the two expansion teams in 2026, the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire received the sixth and seventh picks in each round. 

Draft picks can be traded among teams up until the night before the Draft, so the order and number of picks per team can change significantly.  

After that point, exercised draft picks (i.e. selected players) can be traded during or after the Draft. 

All collegiate players who are turning twenty-two years old in 2025 are eligible to renounce any remaining NCAA eligibility to opt into the 2026 WNBA Draft. College seniors who have exhausted all eligibility are not required to renounce.    

International players who have not exercised collegiate eligibility and are turning twenty years old in 2026 are also eligible for the 2026 WNBA Draft. 

Year: Team with No. 1| Player Taken   

2025: Dallas Wings | Paige Bueckers 

2024: Indiana Fever | Caitlin Clark  

2023: Indiana Fever | Aliyah Boston   

2022: Atlanta Dream | Rhyne Howard    

2021: Dallas Wings | Charli Collier    

2020: New York Liberty | Sabrina Ionescu   

2019: Las Vegas Aces | Jackie Young   

2018: Las Vegas Aces | A’ja Wilson   

2017: San Antonio Stars | Kelsey Plum   

2016: Seattle Storm | Breanna Stewart    

2015: Seattle Storm | Jewell Loyd   

2014: Connecticut Sun | Chiney Ogwumike    

2013: Phoenix Mercury | Brittney Griner    

2012: Los Angeles Sparks | Nneka Ogwumike   

2011: Minnesota Lynx | Maya Moore   

2010: Connecticut Sun | Tina Charles   

2009: Atlanta Dream | Angel McCoughtry   

2008: Los Angeles Sparks | Candace Parker    

2007: Phoenix Mercury | Lindsey Harding   

2006: Minnesota Lynx | Seimone Augustus   

2005: Charlotte Sting | Janel McCarville   

2004: Phoenix Mercury | Diana Taurasi   

2003: Cleveland Rockets | LaToya Thomas   

2002: Seattle Storm | Sue Bird   

2001: Seattle Storm | Lauren Jackson  

2000: Cleveland Rockers | Ann Wauters 

1999: Washington Mystics | Chamique Holdsclaw 

1998: Utah Starzz | Margo Dydek 

1997: Houston Comets | Tina Thompson