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The 2025 WNBA season will be the 29th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), a professional women's basketball league based in the United States.

The regular season runs from May 16 to September 11 with each of the 13 teams playing 44 games—four games against five teams from the same conference and two teams from the other conference, and three games against the remaining four teams. Five regular season games will be played against teams in the same conference to determine qualification for the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament first played in 2021; the final will be hosted by the team with the better win–loss record in qualifying games. The 2025 season will feature a week long break for the annual WNBA All-Star Game in July 2025.

The eight teams with the best regular season records, regardless of conference, qualify for the WNBA Playoffs to determine the league's champion in the 2025 WNBA Finals. Since 2022, the playoffs have used a best-of-three series in the first round, where teams are seeded based on regular season performance, and a best-of-five format for the semifinals and new this season, a best-of-7 WNBA finals. The defending champions for 2024 are the New York Liberty.

2025 WNBA draft

The 2025 WNBA draft will be held in April 2025.

Transactions

Retirement

• On September 20, 2024, Layshia Clarendon announced her retirement after twelve seasons in the WNBA. Clarendon was the first openly non-binary WNBA player, and the first active WNBA player to have top surgery. Clarendon played for six teams during her career and was selected as an All-Star in 2017. Clarendon played for the Indiana Fever, Atlanta Dream, Connecticut Sun, New York Liberty, Minnesota Lynx, and Los Angeles Sparks.
• On January 1, 2025, Danielle Robinson announced her retirement after twelve seasons in the WNBA. Robinson was selected to the All-Rookie team in 2011, and was the leagues assist leader in 2013. Robinson also was selected to the All-WNBA Second team in 2014 and the All-Defensive Team three times during her career. She was selected as an All-Star three times. She most recently played for the Indiana Fever

Free agency

The free agency negotiation period began on January 21, 2025, and teams were able to officially sign players starting on February 1, 2025.

Coaching changes

Off-season
Team	2024 season	2025 season	Reference
Atlanta Dream	Tanisha Wright	Karl Smesko
Chicago Sky	Teresa Weatherspoon	Tyler Marsh
Connecticut Sun	Stephanie White	Rachid Meziane
Dallas Wings	Latricia Trammell	Chris Koclanes
Golden State Valkyries	Did Not Exist	/ Natalie Nakase
Indiana Fever	Christie Sides	Stephanie White
Los Angeles Sparks	Curt Miller	Lynne Roberts
Washington Mystics	Eric Thibault	Sydney Johnson

Regular season

All-Star Game

Standings

{{2025 WNBA standings}}

Statistical leaders

The following shows the leaders in each statistical category during the 2025 regular season.

Season award winners

Player of the Week Award

Player of the Month Award

Rookie of the Month Award

Coach of the Month Award

Postseason awards

Coaches

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Notes:

• Year with team does not include 2025 season.
• Records are from time at current team and are through the end of the 2024 regular season.
• Playoff appearances are from time at current team only.
• WNBA Finals and Championships do not include time with other teams.
• Coaches shown are the coaches who began the 2025 season as head coach of each team.

Media Coverage

National

This will be the ninth and final year of the deal with ESPN, the third and final year of the deal with Ion, and the second and final year of a deal with CBS Sports and Amazon. New 11 year deals with ESPN, NBC Sports and Amazon will begin in 2026. Select games also air on NBA TV through the WNBA and NBA's shared ownership.

References

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