2026 WNBA Draft Information
Courtesy of the WNBA April 13 on ESPN
• Rounds 1 - 3: Monday, April 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) Location: TBD
• Rounds 1 - 3: Monday, April 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) Location: TBD
Awa Fam, Olivia Miles, Lauren Betts and Flau'jae Johnson follow projected No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd.
Azzi Fudd is the new projected No. 1 pick after Dallas won the draft lottery for the second consecutive year.
Four UCLA players, including Lauren Betts, are now projected first-round picks. But Spain's Awa Fam is No. 1.
The 2026 WNBA draft lottery will take place on Nov. 23, with the Wings, Lynx, Storm, Mystics and Sky hoping to land the first overall pick.
Lauren Betts, Azzi Fudd, Flau'Jae Johnson and Olivia Miles are projected 2026 lottery picks.
Storm point guard Nika Mühl will miss her second straight WNBA season because of a knee injury, this time after tearing her right ACL during a March 11 game for Croatia in EuroBasket qualifying.
Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu both announced that they will re-sign with the Liberty.
The league will hold an expansion draft for the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo on Friday. Portland will have the first pick after Toronto won a coin toss and chose instead to pick sixth in the standard WNBA draft April 13.
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert joins the "Pat McAfee Show" to discuss the benefits for both the players and owners with the new CBA.
Potential WNBA lottery pick Awa Fam has signed on to play in Project B -- the new overseas five-on-five basketball competition.
A'ja Wilson will take part in a USA Basketball training camp in Phoenix, the first time that Wilson will take part in a training camp since helping the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games.











