Guide to the WNBA Draft: How to watch, selection order, top players available, and more
This is the 29th draft in league history. There will be 13 franchises making a combined 38 draft selections over three rounds. The first round will feature 12 picks with 13 in each of the final two rounds. After Dallas makes its pick, the Seattle Storm hold the No. 2 selection overall with the Washington Mystics having both the third and fourth picks.
How to watch the 2025 WNBA draft
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ESPN is televising the draft starting at 7:30 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. A countdown show will be available starting at 7 p.m. on the ESPN app, and the WNBA has its own 'Orange Carpet' for draft prospects showing off their own style and fashion before the big night. The league also will be providing updates on its social and digital sites, including the WNBA app and WNBA.com.
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The orange carpet should be quite the fashion show, based on the show draftees put on last year. That's when Caitlin Clark became the first athlete — female or male — dressed by Prada for the WNBA or NBA draft and helped set the tone for draft night in style.
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When and where is the draft?
Monday night in New York.
The draft is being held at The Shed, a cultural center at Hudson Yards in Manhattan. This will be the second straight draft fans will be able to attend. Tickets went on sale March 21.
Who are the top players?
With a new collective bargaining agreement expected for the 2026 season, this draft has seen some would-be top picks choose to stay in college or hit the transfer portal to tap name, image and likeness deals rather than take the WNBA base salary with the very real risk of not making a roster.
That means Olivia Miles and Flau-Jae Johnson won't have their names called.
Instead, the WNBA will have a bit of an NBA-feel with a French player with Dominique Malonga being drafted early. The 6-foot-6 center played for France last summer in the Paris Olympics and will be a top selection after averaging a double-double playing for Lyon this season. She also became the first French female player to dunk in a EuroCup game last October.
Miles announced Tuesday night she is finishing her college career at TCU after four years at Notre Dame. Her Fighting Irish teammate Sonia Citron could be joining Malonga with the Mystics bringing her defense prowess and nearly automatic free throw shooting to Washington.
Johnson said she plans to return to LSU for another season.
Hailey Van Lith is another likely top 10 pick after becoming the first player to play on three different teams in the Elite Eight. She's coming off her best college season helping the Horned Frogs make program history, and Van Lith won bronze with the United States in 3-on-3 at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
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2025 WNBA Draft order
First round
Dallas Wings
Seattle Storm
Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
Golden State Valkyries
Washington Mystics
Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
Los Angeles Sparks
Chicago Sky
Minnesota Lynx
Dallas Wings
Second round
Las Vegas Aces
Dallas Wings
Minnesota Lynx
Chicago Sky
Golden State Valkyries
Atlanta Dream
Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever
Los Angeles Sparks
Chicago Sky
Washington Mystics
Minnesota Lynx
Connecticut Sun
Third round
Seattle Storm
Dallas Wings
Los Angeles Sparks
Seattle Storm
Golden State Valkyries
Dallas Wings
Washington Mystics
Indiana Fever
Seattle Storm
Las Vegas Aces
Atlanta Dream
Minnesota Lynx
New York Liberty
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