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This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2020 WNBA season.

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
June 2019	Camille Little	San Antonio Silver Stars (2007) Atlanta Dream (2008) Seattle Storm (2008–2014) Connecticut Sun (2015–2016) Phoenix Mercury (2017–2019)	34	WNBA Champion (2010) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2007) Also played overseas in Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, China and Italy.
September 2019	Sancho Lyttle	Houston Comets (2005–2008) Atlanta Dream (2009–2017) Phoenix Mercury (2018–2019)	36	WNBA All-Star (2009) 2× WNBA steals leader (2015, 2016) Also played overseas in Spain, Turkey and Russia.
January 22, 2020	Alana Beard	Washington Mystics (2004–2011) Los Angeles Sparks (2012–2019)	37	WNBA Champion (2016) 4× WNBA All-Star (2005–2007, 2009) All-WNBA Second Team (2006) 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018) 5× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2007, 2012, 2016–2018) 4× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2006, 2009, 2014) Also played overseas in Australia, South Korea, Israel, Poland and Spain.
February 11, 2020	Rebekkah Brunson	Sacramento Monarchs (2004–2009) Minnesota Lynx (2010–2018)	38	5× WNBA Champion (2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 5× WNBA All-Star (2007, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018) WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2011) 6× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018) WNBA all-time rebounding leader Also played overseas in Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain and Czech Republic.
February 24, 2020	Carolyn Swords	Chicago Sky (2011–2013) New York Liberty (2015–2016) Seattle Storm (2017) Las Vegas Aces (2018–2019)	30	Also played overseas in Turkey, Spain, Italy, Australia and Poland. Subsequently took back retirement in 2020 to continue playing for the Aces.

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Off-season

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
September 9	Indiana Fever	Pokey Chatman	Fired	November 26	Marianne Stanley	Washington Mystics assistant coach (2010–2019)
October 16	New York Liberty	Katie Smith	Fired	January 9	Walt Hopkins	Minnesota Lynx assistant coach (2017–2019)

Player movement

Trades

Free agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Natisha Hiedeman	February 10	Connecticut Sun
Jonquel Jones		Connecticut Sun
Morgan Bertsch		Dallas Wings
Megan Gustafson		Dallas Wings
Moriah Jefferson		Dallas Wings
Imani McGee-Stafford		Dallas Wings
Karlie Samuelson		Dallas Wings
Angel McCoughtry		Las Vegas Aces	Atlanta Dream
Kristi Toliver		Los Angeles Sparks	Washington Mystics
Layshia Clarendon		New York Liberty	Connecticut Sun
Isabelle Harrison	February 11	Dallas Wings
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt		Los Angeles Sparks
Elena Delle Donne		Washington Mystics
Glory Johnson	February 13	Atlanta Dream	Dallas Wings
Sydney Colson		Chicago Sky	Las Vegas Aces
Betnijah Laney		Indiana Fever
Tiffany Mitchell		Indiana Fever
Brittney Griner		Phoenix Mercury
Bria Hartley		Phoenix Mercury	New York Liberty
Breanna Stewart		Seattle Storm
Leilani Mitchell		Washington Mystics	Phoenix Mercury
Kahleah Copper	February 15	Chicago Sky
Bria Holmes		Connecticut Sun
Shekinna Stricklen	February 16	Atlanta Dream	Connecticut Sun
Danielle Robinson		Las Vegas Aces	Minnesota Lynx
Stefanie Dolson	February 17	Chicago Sky
Emma Meesseman		Washington Mystics
Alexis Jones	February 18	Atlanta Dream (claimed off waivers)	Los Angeles Sparks (waived on February 15)
Sugar Rodgers		Las Vegas Aces
Allie Quigley	February 19	Chicago Sky
Bernadett Határ		Indiana Fever	Sopron (Hungary)
Raisa Musina	February 20	Las Vegas Aces	UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Seimone Augustus		Los Angeles Sparks	Minnesota Lynx
Blake Dietrick	February 24	Atlanta Dream	Seattle Storm
Marine Johannès		New York Liberty
Kia Vaughn		Phoenix Mercury	New York Liberty
Epiphanny Prince		Seattle Storm	Las Vegas Aces
Courtney Vandersloot	February 25	Chicago Sky
Jazmon Gwathmey		Connecticut Sun	San Martino di Lupari (Italy)
Sue Bird		Seattle Storm
Elīna Dikaioulaku	February 26	Atlanta Dream	Adana (Turkey)
Valériane Vukosavljević		Connecticut Sun	USK Praha (Czech Republic)
Chelsea Gray	February 28	Los Angeles Sparks
Kang Lee-seul		Washington Mystics	Bucheon KEB Hana Bank (Korea)
Cecilia Zandalasini	February 29	Minnesota Lynx
Julie Allemand	March 2	Indiana Fever	Lyon ASVEL (France)
Lindsay Allen		Las Vegas Aces
Jacki Gemelos	March 13	Connecticut Sun	Olympiacos (Greece)
Megan Huff	March 14	Connecticut Sun	New York Liberty
Jessica January	March 19	Indiana Fever	Piešťanské Čajky (Slovakia)
Avery Warley-Talbert	March 20	Las Vegas Aces	New York Liberty
Sara Blicavs	April 9	Phoenix Mercury	Southside Flyers (Australia)
Olivia Époupa		Phoenix Mercury	Canberra Capitals (Australia)
Alaina Coates	April 17	Atlanta Dream
Dominique McBryde		Los Angeles Sparks	Arizona
Liz Cambage	April 22	Las Vegas Aces

Waived

Player	Date Waived	Former Team	Ref
Alexis Jones	February 15	Los Angeles Sparks
Rebecca Greenwell	February 28	Washington Mystics
Brittany Boyd	April 21	New York Liberty
Paris Kea	April 22	Indiana Fever
Erica McCall		Indiana Fever
Kaela Davis	April 23	Dallas Wings

Draft

First round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
1	Sabrina Ionescu	April 26	New York Liberty
2	Satou Sabally	April 21	Dallas Wings
3	Lauren Cox	April 21	Indiana Fever
4	Chennedy Carter	April 23	Atlanta Dream
5	Bella Alarie	April 20	Dallas Wings
6	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan	April 29	Minnesota Lynx
7	Tyasha Harris	April 24	Dallas Wings
8	Ruthy Hebard	April 28	Chicago Sky
9	Megan Walker	April 22	New York Liberty
10	Jocelyn Willoughby	April 25	Phoenix Mercury
11	Kitija Laksa	April 25	Seattle Storm
12	Jazmine Jones	April 22	New York Liberty

Second round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
13	Kylie Shook	April 24	New York Liberty
14	Kathleen Doyle	April 21	Indiana Fever
15	Leaonna Odom	April 23	New York Liberty
16	Crystal Dangerfield	April 22	Minnesota Lynx
17	Brittany Brewer	April 20	Atlanta Dream
18	Te'a Cooper	April 29	Phoenix Mercury
19	Joyner Holmes	April 22	Seattle Storm
20	Beatrice Mompremier	April 26	Los Angeles Sparks
21	Luisa Geiselsöder		Dallas Wings
22	Leonie Fiebich		Los Angeles Sparks
23	Kaila Charles	April 23	Connecticut Sun
24	Jaylyn Agnew	April 22	Washington Mystics

Third round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
25	Mikayla Pivec	April 20	Atlanta Dream
26	Erica Ogwumike	April 29	New York Liberty
27	Kobi Thornton		Atlanta Dream
28	Kamiah Smalls	April 21	Indiana Fever
29	Stella Johnson	April 28	Phoenix Mercury
30	Japreece Dean	April 24	Chicago Sky
31	Haley Gorecki	April 22	Seattle Storm
32	Kiah Gillespie	April 25	Chicago Sky
33	Lauren Manis	April 27	Las Vegas Aces
34	Tynice Martin		Los Angeles Sparks
35	Juicy Landrum	April 24	Connecticut Sun
36	Sug Sutton	April 22	Washington Mystics

References

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3. "Alana Beard Retires From WNBA". wnba.com. WNBA. January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
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5. "Minnesota Lynx Hire Five-Time WNBA Champion Rebekkah Brunson as Assistant Coach". wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
6. Youngblood, Kent (February 11, 2020). "Rebekkah Brunson will join Lynx coaching staff". startribune.com. Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
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8. "Pokey Chatman Will Not Return As Head Coach & General Manager". WNBA.com. WNBA. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
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16. "Wings Trade Diggins-Smith, Acquire Astou Ndour". wnba.com. WNBA. February 12, 2020.
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18. "Wings Trade for Katie Lou Samuelson". wnba.com. WNBA. February 14, 2020.
19. "Dream Acquire Courtney Williams In Three-Team Trade". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2020.
20. "Mercury Add Jessica Breland and Nia Coffey to Phoenix Family". mercury.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2020.
21. "Wings Trade for Mabrey". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 21, 2020.
22. "Sun Acquire Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis from Seattle". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 24, 2020.
23. "Minnesota Lynx Acquire Rachel Banham". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. February 25, 2020.
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28. "Get To Know Erica Ogwumike". lynx.wnba.com. Minnesota Lynx. April 17, 2020.
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38. "Harrison Signs Multi-Year Deal with Wings". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020.
39. "Sparks Re-Sign Tierra Ruffin-Pratt". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020.
40. "Mystics Re-Sign Reigning MVP Elena Delle Donne". wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020.
41. "Atlanta Dream Sign Free-Agent Forward Glory Johnson". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
42. "Chicago Sky Sign Guard Sydney Colson". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
43. "Fever Re-Sign Betnijah Laney". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
44. "Tiffany Mitchell Returns to the Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
45. "Brittney Griner Will Continue to Call The Valley home". mercury.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
46. "Bria Hartley Heads West to Join The Mercury". mercury.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
47. "Seattle Storm Re-Signs Breanna Stewart". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
48. "LEILANI MITCHELL RETURNS TO MYSTICS". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020.
49. "Kahleah Copper Returns to Chicago, Re-Signs With Sky". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. February 15, 2020.
50. "Connecticut native and dynamic playmaker Bria Holmes re-signs with the Sun". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 15, 2020.
51. "Shekinna Stricklen Signs Multi-Year Deal with Dream". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 16, 2020.
52. "Aces Sign Three-Time All-Star Guard Danielle Robinson". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 16, 2020.
53. "Chicago Sky Re-Sign Two-Time WNBA All-Star Center Stefanie Dolson". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. February 17, 2020.
54. "MYSTICS RE-SIGN 2019 FINALS MVP EMMA MEESSEMAN". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 17, 2020.
55. "Atlanta Dream Claim Alexis Jones Off Waivers". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. February 18, 2020.
56. "Las Vegas Re-Signs All-Star Guard Sugar Rodgers". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. February 18, 2020.
57. "Chicago Sky Re-Sign Three-Time All-Star Allie Quigley". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2020.
58. "Fever Sign 6-10 Hungarian Center Bernadett Határ". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2020.
59. "Las Vegas Signs Russian National Team Forward/Center Raisa Musina To Training Camp Contract". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 24, 2020.
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63. "Kia Vaughn Chooses Phoenix in Free Agency". mercury.wnba.com. WNBA. February 24, 2020.
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72. "Lynx Re-Sign Forward Cecilia Zandalasini". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. February 29, 2020.
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83. "Sparks waive guard Alexis Jones, per source". ocregister.com. February 15, 2020.
84. "New York Liberty Waive Guard Brittany Boyd". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. April 21, 2020.
85. "Fever release Paris Kea and Erica McCall". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. April 22, 2020.
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