The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm picked first.

This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility. Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012).

Draft lottery The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN

Note: Team selected for the No. 1 pick noted in bold text. Team 2014 record Lottery chances Result Seattle Storm 12–22 35.9% 1st pick Tulsa Shock 12–22 35.9% 2nd pick Connecticut Sun 13–21 17.8% 3rd pick Connecticut Sun 15–19 10.4% 4th pick

Draft invitees The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 the 12 players invited to attend the draft.

Brittany Boyd, California Reshanda Gray, California Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee Brittany Hrynko, DePaul Samantha Logic, Iowa Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut Kiah Stokes, Connecticut Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina Elizabeth Williams, Duke Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota

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Round 1 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team1Jewell Loyd * Seattle Storm Notre Dame2Amanda Zahui B. Tulsa Shock Minnesota3Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Seattle Storm Connecticut4 Elizabeth Williams + Connecticut Sun Duke5 Cheyenne Parker + Chicago Sky Middle Tennessee6 Dearica Hamby + San Antonio Stars Wake Forest7 Crystal Bradford Los Angeles Sparks Central Michigan8 Ally Malott Washington Mystics Dayton9 Brittany Boyd New York Liberty California10 Samantha Logic Atlanta Dream Iowa11 Kiah Stokes New York Liberty Connecticut12 Isabelle Harrison Phoenix Mercury Tennessee

Round 2 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 13 Brianna Kiesel Tulsa Shock Pittsburgh 14 Cierra Burdick Los Angeles Sparks Tennessee 15 Natasha Cloud Washington Mystics Saint Joseph's 16 Reshanda Gray Minnesota Lynx California 17Betnijah Laney + Chicago Sky Rutgers 18 Alex Harden Phoenix Mercury Wichita State 19 Brittany Hrynko Connecticut Sun DePaul 20 Vicky McIntyre # Seattle Storm Oral Roberts 21 Chelsea Gardner # Indiana Fever Kansas 22 Aleighsa Welch # Chicago Sky South Carolina 23 Amber Orrange # New York Liberty Stanford 24 Žofia Hruščáková # Phoenix Mercury Good Angels Košice

Round 3 PickPlayerNationalityTeamSchool / club team 25 Mimi Mungedi # Tulsa Shock Nevada 26 Nneka Enemkpali # Seattle Storm Texas 27 Laurin Mincy # New York Liberty Maryland 28 Michala Johnson # New York Liberty Wisconsin 29 Ariel Massengale # Atlanta Dream Tennessee 30 Dragana Stanković # San Antonio Stars UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron 31 Andrea Hoover Los Angeles Sparks Dayton 32 Marica Gajić # Washington Mystics ŽKK Celje 33 Nikki Moody # San Antonio Stars Iowa State 34 Lauren Okafor # Atlanta Dream James Madison 35 Shae Kelley Minnesota Lynx Minnesota 36 Promise Amukamara # Phoenix Mercury Arizona State

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