All eyes may be on Phoenix, Arizona, this weekend as the Final Four plays out, but on Monday, April 13, everyone will be watching the 2026 WNBA Draft.
This year's draft is happening after the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was finally negotiated between the WNBA and the WNBPA. While it's fair to say that this year's No. 1 overall pick isn't as immediately clear as the last two have been (there's plenty of debate about whether it should be Awa Fam from Spain or Azzi Fudd from UConn), much of the early round of the draft is safe to assume.
Things start to get murkier about midway through round two. Happily, this year two new teams — the Portland Fire and the Toronto Tempo — will make their debut, which creates 24 new roster spots (plus 1-2 players for each team's developmental pool). As a result, this year could result in more rookies actually staying in the league than have been able to in quite some time.
We still have nearly two weeks until the draft takes place, and a lot can change.
2026 WNBA Mock Draft: Round One
No. 1, Dallas Wings: Azzi Fudd (UConn)
No. 2, Minnesota Lynx: Awa Fam (Spain)
No. 3, Seattle Storm: Olivia Miles (TCU)
No. 4, Washington Mystics: Lauren Betts (UCLA)
No. 5, Chicago Sky: Kiki Rice (UCLA)
No. 6, Toronto Tempo: Flau'jae Johnson (LSU)
No. 7, Portland Fire: Raven Johnson (South Carolina)
No. 8, Golden State Valkyries: Gianna Kneepkens (UCLA)
No. 9, Washington Mystics: Iyana Martin (Spain)
No. 10, Indiana Fever: Ta'Niya Latson (South Carolina)
No. 11, Washington Mystics: Cotie McMahon (Ole Miss)
No. 12, Connecticut Sun: Nell Angloma (France)
No. 13, Atlanta Dream: Madina Okot (South Carolina)
No. 14, Seattle Storm: Yarden Garzon (Maryland)
No. 15, Connecticut Sun: Serah Williams (UConn)
2026 WNBA Mock Draft: Round Two
No. 16, Seattle Storm: Gabriela Jacquez (UCLA)
No. 17, Portland Fire: Marta Suarez (TCU)
No. 18, Connecticut Sun: Ashlon Jackson (Duke)
No. 19, Washington Mystics: Janiah Barker (Tennessee)
No. 20, Los Angeles Sparks: Charlieese Leger-Walker (UCLA)
No. 21, Chicago Sky: Justine Pissott (Vanderbilt)
No. 22, Toronto Tempo: Raegan Beers (Oklahoma)
No. 23, Golden State Valkyries: Grace VanSlooten (Michigan State)
No. 24, Los Angeles Sparks: Laila Phelia (Syracuse)
No. 25, Indiana Fever: Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (Baylor)
No. 26, Toronto Tempo: Maggie Doogan (Richmond)
No. 27, Phoenix Mercury: Payton Verhulst (Oklahoma State)
No. 28, Atlanta Dream: Rori Harmon (Texas)
No. 29, Las Vegas Aces: Tonie Morgan (Kentucky)
No. 30, Washington Mystics: Shay Ciezki (Indiana)
2026 WNBA Mock Draft: Round Three
No. 31, Dallas Wings: Zee Spearman (Tennessee)
No. 32, Chicago Sky: Hannah Stuelke (Iowa)
No. 33, Connecticut Sun: Teonni Key (Kentucky)
No. 34, Washington Mystics: Elle Ladine (Washington)
No. 35, Los Angeles Sparks: Micah Gray (Oklahoma State)
No. 36, Toronto Tempo: Kara Dunn (USC)
No. 37, Portland Fire: Jalyn Brown (Michigan State)
No. 38, Golden State Valkyries: Jasmine Shavers (Florida State)
No. 39, Seattle Storm: Saylor Poffenbarger (Maryland)
No. 40, Indiana Fever: Haleigh Timmer (Oklahoma State)
No. 41, New York Liberty: Susie Raifu (Columbia)
No. 42, Phoenix Mercury: Lexi Fleming (High Point)
No. 43, Atlanta Dream: Snuda Collins (Texas Tech)
No. 44, Las Vegas Aces: Jade Masogayo (Colorado)
No. 45, Minnesota Lynx: Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda (Vanderbilt)