The 2010 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.

A lottery was held on November 5, 2009. The Minnesota Lynx received the first overall selection of the draft. The Sacramento Monarchs received the number two selection. The Connecticut Sun came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Minnesota Lynx again at four, and the Chicago Sky at number five.

Additionally, on December 14, 2009, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Sacramento Monarchs who folded at the end of 2009 WNBA season. Since the Monarchs folded after the draft lottery took place, their pick was simply eliminated.

As of 2026, Alysha Clark is the only remaining active WNBA player from this draft.

Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top five picks in the 2010 Draft occurred on November 5, 2009, the Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Sacramento Monarchs and Connecticut Sun were awarded the second and third picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places: Team2009recordLotterychancesPick1st2nd3rd4th5th Sacramento Monarchs 12–22 420 .420.302 .181 .097 .000 Minnesota Lynx 13–21 261.261 .284 .246 .200 .008 Minnesota Lynx 14–20 167 .167 .207 .263.315 .048 Connecticut Sun 16–18 78 .076 .103.155 .388 .278 Chicago Sky 16–18 78 .076 .103 .155 .000.666

Transactions January 30, 2009: The Washington Mystics receive the second-round pick from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsey Harding transaction. March 26, 2009: The Los Angeles Sparks receive the first-round pick from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Temeka Johnson transaction. May 5, 2009: The Minnesota Lynx receive the first-round pick from the New York Liberty (via L.A.) as part of the Sidney Spencer/Noelle Quinn transaction. November 20, 2009: The league announces the folding of the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs' picks in the draft were simply eliminated. January 12, 2010: The Connecticut Sun receive the first overall pick in exchange for the second overall pick from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsay Whalen/Renee Montgomery transaction. Source

Key

Draft Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 1Tina Charles * Connecticut Sun Connecticut 2 Monica Wright Minnesota Lynx Virginia 3 Kelsey Griffin Minnesota Lynx Nebraska 4Epiphanny Prince * Chicago Sky Rutgers/Turkey 5 Jayne Appel San Antonio Silver Stars Stanford 6 Jacinta Monroe Washington Mystics Florida State 7 Danielle McCray Connecticut Sun Kansas 8 Andrea Riley Los Angeles Sparks Oklahoma State 9 Chanel Mokango Atlanta Dream Mississippi State 10 Alison Lacey Seattle Storm Iowa State 11 Jené Morris Indiana Fever San Diego State 12 Bianca Thomas # Los Angeles Sparks Ole Miss

Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 13 Kalana Greene New York Liberty Connecticut 14 Jenna Smith # Washington Mystics Illinois 15 Allison Hightower + Connecticut Sun LSU 16 Ashley Houts New York Liberty Georgia 17 Alysha Clark / San Antonio Silver Stars Middle Tennessee 18 Shanavia Dowdell # Washington Mystics Louisiana Tech 19 Amanda Thompson Tulsa Shock Oklahoma 20 Angel Robinson Los Angeles Sparks Georgia 21 Brigitte Ardossi # Atlanta Dream Georgia Tech 22 Tanisha Smith # Seattle Storm Texas A&M 23 Armelie Lumanu # Indiana Fever Mississippi State 24 Tyra Grant # Phoenix Mercury Penn State

Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 25 Cory Montgomery # New York Liberty Nebraska 26 Gabriela Marginean Minnesota Lynx Drexel 27 Johannah Leedham # Connecticut Sun Franklin Pierce 28 Abi Olajuwon Chicago Sky Oklahoma 29 Alexis Rack # San Antonio Silver Stars Mississippi State 30 Alexis Gray-Lawson Washington Mystics California 31 Vivian Frieson # Tulsa Shock Gonzaga 32 Rashidat Junaid # Los Angeles Sparks Rutgers 33 Brittainey Raven Atlanta Dream Texas 34 Tijana Krivačević # / Seattle Storm MKB Euroleasing Sopron 35 Joy Cheek Indiana Fever Duke 36 Nyeshia Stevenson # Phoenix Mercury Oklahoma

See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks

References

External links 2010 WNBA Draft Board