The Dallas Wings were the lucky winners on Sunday in the 2025 WNBA Draft Lottery, and will now have the No. 1 overall pick for the second time in franchise history. The first came in 2021, when they selected Charli Collier, who was out of the league after two seasons. This time around, things should go much better with UConn star Paige Bueckers on the board.
Rounding out the lottery are the Los Angeles Sparks, who had the best individual odds (44.2%) at winning the top pick, but will have to settle for the No. 2 selection for the second year in a row, the Chicago Sky, who owed the Wings a pick swap and could not wind up with the first pick, and the Washington Mystics.
The league’s new expansion team, the Golden State Valkyries, will begin play in the 2025 season. They have been slotted in at No. 5 in the first round, just behind the lottery participants, and will maintain that spot in the second and third rounds as well, which means they’ll also have the Nos. 17 and 30 selections. The Valkyries will begin to fill out their roster on Dec. 6 with the expansion draft.
One important note for this year is that the Las Vegas Aces had their 2025 first-round pick rescinded by the league after a 2023 investigation found that the organization had violated rules regarding impermissible player benefits. As a result, the first round will only have 12 selections instead of 13.
No date has been set for the 2025 draft, but it will happen sometime in mid-April after the conclusion of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. For now, here’s a look at the full draft order.
Full 2025 WNBA Draft order
First round
1. Dallas Wings2. Los Angeles Sparks3. Chicago Sky4. Washington Mystics5. Golden State Valkyries6. Washington Mystics (via Atlanta)7. New York Liberty (via Phoenix)8. Indiana Fever9. Seattle Storm10. Chicago Sky (via Connecticut)11. Minnesota Lynx12. Phoenix Mercury (via New York)
Second round
13. Los Angeles Sparks14. Dallas Wings15. Minnesota Lynx (via Chicago)16. Las Vegas Aces (via Washington)17. Golden State Valkyries18. Atlanta Dream19. Chicago Sky (via Phoenix)20. Indiana Fever21. Seattle Storm22. Las Vegas Aces23. Connecticut Sun24. Minnesota Lynx25. Connecticut Sun (via New York)
Third round
26. Los Angeles Sparks27. Dallas Wings28. Los Angeles Sparks (via Chicago)29. Seattle Storm (via Washington)30. Golden State Valkyries31. Dallas Wings (via Atlanta)32. Washington Mystics (via Phoenix)33. Indiana Fever34. Seattle Storm35. Las Vegas Aces36. Atlanta Dream (via Connecticut)37. Minnesota Lynx 38. New York Liberty
