The 2026 WNBA Draft occurred on April 13, 2026. Many records were broken, including the highest salary and the number of picks from one school.

Round 1:

With the first pick of the WNBA Draft, the Dallas Wings drafted the 5 ’11 guard, from UConn, Azzi Fudd. Fudd received the highest rookie salary in WNBA history and has signed a 4-year, $2.2 million deal. Her first-year salary will be $500,000, which is seven times the previous record, set by partner/former teammate Paige Bueckers at UConn.

The Minnesota Lynx, with the second pick, drafted Olivia Miles, a 5’10 point guard from TCU.

Next, the Seattle Storm drafted the 6’4 center from Spain, Awa Fam Thiam.

With the fourth, fifth, and sixth picks being UCLA players, the record for the most players drafted from the same school in a single draft was set at six. The fourth pick was the 6’7 center, Lauren Betts, going to the Washington Mystics. The 6′ guard, Gabriella Jaquez, was drafted to the Chicago Sky; she is the sister of Miami Heat player Jaime Jaquez Jr. With the sixth pick, the Toronto Tempo drafted the 5’11 guard, Kiki Rice.

The expansion team, The Portland Fire, had the 7th pick and drafted the 5’9 point guard from Spain, Iyana Martin Carriōn.

Flau’jae Johnson, the 5’10 guard from LSU, was drafted eighth by the Golden State Valkyries.

The Washington Mystics selected ninth and drafted the 6’4 forward from UCLA, Angela Dugali.

Raven Johnson, the 5’9 point guard from South Carolina, was drafted tenth by the Indiana Fever.

Ole Miss’s 6′ forward, Cotie McMahon, was drafted eleventh by the Washington Mystics.

The twelfth pick was a 5’11 forward from France, Nell Angloma, who was drafted by the Connecticut Sun.

Mandia Okot, the 6’6 center from South Carolina, was the thirteenth pick, drafted by the Atlanta Dream, and became the highest-drafted Kenyan player in WNBA history.

The fourteenth pick was a 5’9 point guard from Duke, Taina Mair. Mair was selected by the Seattle Storm.

The final pick of round one was Gianna Kneepkens, the 5’11 guard from UCLA, making her the 5th player from UCLA to be drafted, and was selected by the Connecticut Sun.

Round 2:

The sixteenth pick was Marta Suárez, the 6’3 small forward from TCU, who was drafted by the Seattle Storm.

The Portland Fire received the seventeenth pick and selected the 6’1 power forward from Germany, Freida Bühner.

The eighteenth pick was UCLA’s 6th and final pick of the draft, the 5’10 Point guard Charlisse Leger-Walker. She was drafted by the Connecticut Sun.

The Washington Mystics, with the nineteenth pick, selected the 6’3 guard from Notre Dame, Cassandre Prosper.

The twentieth pick was Ta’Niya Latson, a 5’8 guard from South Carolina. The Los Angeles Sparks selected Latson.

6’4 power forward from Ole Miss, Latasha Lattimore was the Chicago Sky’s draft pick at number twenty-one.

The twenty-second pick was Teonni Key, a 6’5 power forward from Kentucky, and was selected by the Toronto Tempo.

Asholn Jackson, the 6’ guard from Duke, was selected by the Golden State Valkyries with the twenty-third pick.

The Los Angelous Sparks drafted Ohio State’s 5’9 guard in the twenty-fourth pick, Chance Gary.
The 6’4 guard from Vanderbilt, Justine Pissott, was selected twenty-fifth by the Indiana Fever.

The twenty-sixth pick was Saffron Shiels, a 6’2 small forward from Australia, whom the Toronto Tempo selected.

Ines Pitarch-Granel, a 5’11 guard from France, was drafted twenty-seventh by the Phoenix Mercury.

The Atlanta Dream, with the twenty-eighth pick, drafted Indya Nivar, North Carolina’s  5’10 guard.

Tennessee’s 6’4 power forward, Janiah Barker, was drafted twenty-ninth by the Las Vegas Aces.

With the last pick of round two, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor’s 6’1 power forward, was selected by the Washington Mystics.

Round 3:

The first pick of the third round, thirty-first overall pick, was the 6’4 power forward from Tennessee, Zee Spearman. She was selected by the Dallas Wings.

Tonie Morgan, a 5’9 point guard from Kentucky, was selected as the thirty-second overall pick by the Chicago Sky.

The Connecticut Sun had the thirty-third pick and selected Serah Williams, the 6’4 Center from UConn.

The thirty-fourth overall pick was the 5’6 point guard from Texas, Rori Harmon, selected by the Washington Mystics.

Ameilia Hassett, the 6’4 power forward from Kentucky, was drafted thirty-fifth by the Los Angeles Sparks.

The Toronto Tempo made history by drafting Charlise Dunn as the thirty-sixth pick: the 6’2 small forward and the first-ever women’s basketball player drafted from Davidson College.

Taylor Bigby, the 6’1 Shooting guard from TCU, was drafted thirty-seventh by the Portland Fire.

The thirty-eight overall pick was the 5’8 shooting guard from Japan, Kokoro Tanaka. The Golden State Valkyries drafted Tanaka.

Grace VanSlooten, the 6’3 power forward from Michigan State, was selected thirty-ninth by the Seattle Storm.

The fortieth pick of the draft was held by the Indiana Fever, who selected the 5’8 guard from Alabama, Jessica Timmons.

Manuela Puoch was drafted forty-first. The 6’1 power forward from Australia was drafted by the New York Liberty.

The Phoenix Mercury, with the forty-second pick, drafted the  5’10 guard from Hungary, Eszter Ratkai.

The forty-third pick was held by the Atlanta Dream, who selected Kejia Ran, a 6’2 guard from China.

Jordan Obi, a 6’1 small forward from Kentucky, was selected forty-fourth by the Las Vegas Aces.

Finally, the last pick of the draft was held by the Minnesota Lynx. They selected a 5’11 guard from Utah, Lani White, making her this year’s Ms. Irrelevant.

From record historic draft milestones and record-breaking salaries, the 2026 WNBA Draft marked the beginning of a new era for women’s basketball with exciting transformations ahead.