The 2025 Chicago Sky season was franchise's 20th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach Tyler Marsh, who was hired on November 3, 2024.
On May 18, 2025, the WNBA announced that they had opened an investigation regarding "allegations of inappropriate fan conduct" directed at Sky players occurring during their May 17 season opener at the Indiana Fever. Sky head coach, Tyler Marsh, told the press that he and his team did not report or witness any misconduct while at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and only learned about the allegations after the game had concluded. Nine days later, the WNBA announced their investigation was complete, and all allegations of racist fan behavior were unsubstantiated.
On June 8, 2025, it was announced that newly signed guard, Courtney Vandersloot, sustained a right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear during the June 7 game against the Indiana Fever and would miss the rest of the season.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref. 1 10 Ajša Sivka F Tarbes Gespe Bigorre Rights retained 1 11 Hailey Van Lith G TCU Signed rookie contract April 23Made opening day roster 2 16 Maddy Westbeld F Notre Dame Signed rookie contract April 22Made opening day roster 2 22 Aicha Coulibaly G Texas A&M Rights retained
Transactions
Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. September 27, 2024 Fired head coach, Teresa Weatherspoon November 3, 2024 Hired Tyler Marsh as head coach December 18, 2024 Hired Courtney Paris as an assistant coach January 4, 2025 Hired Tanisha Wright as an assistant coach March 24, 2025 Hired Rena Wakama as an assistant coach March 27, 2025 Hired Donnie Marsh as a basketball operations specialist Promoted David Simon to director of player development April 21, 2025 Hired Aaron Johnson as a player development coach
Trades February To Chicago SkyRebecca Allen To Connecticut SunLindsay AllenRights to Nikolina Milić To Chicago Sky2025 No. 16 draft pick2025 No. 22 draft pick To Las Vegas AcesDana Evans (sign-and-trade) To Chicago SkyAriel Atkins To Washington Mystics2025 No. 3 draft pick2027 second round draft pickRights to swap 2027 first round draft picks April To Chicago Sky2025 No. 11 draft pick To Minnesota LynxOutright 2026 first-round draft pickExtinguished previous right to exchange 2026 first round draft picks with Chicago
Free agency Re-signed Player Date Notes Ref. Michaela Onyenwere February 2, 2025 One-year deal Kamilla Cardoso July 9, 2025 Set as active
Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Courtney Vandersloot February 1 One-year deal New York Liberty Kia Nurse February 4 Los Angeles Sparks Arella Guirantes February 22 Training camp contract Shanghai Swordfish Alex Wilson February 27 Perth Lynx Morgan Bertsch March 3 Tilly Boler April 16 Memphis Tigers Sammie Puisis South Florida Bulls Jessika Carter April 17 Las Vegas Aces Maddy Westbeld April 22 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 16) Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hailey Van Lith April 23 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 11) TCU Horned Frogs Marquesha Davis July 22 7-day hardship contract Free agent Sevgi Uzun July 28 Rest of season contract
Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. María Conde December 6, 2024 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries Diamond DeShields February 3, 2025 Free agency – unrestricted Connecticut Sun Brianna Turner February 16, 2025 Indiana Fever Isabelle Harrison February 21, 2025 New York Liberty Aicha Coulibaly April 14, 2025 Unsigned draft pick(2025 draft pick – No. 22) N/A – retained rights Ajša Sivka Unsigned draft pick(2025 draft pick – No. 10) Chennedy Carter April 25, 2025 Free agency – unrestricted Adelitas de Chihuahua Tilly Boler May 3, 2025 Waived — Arella Guirantes —Sammie Puisis—Morgan BertschMay 11, 2025—Jessika Carter—Alex Wilson— Kamilla Cardoso June 25, 2025 Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights Moriah Jefferson July 28, 2025 Waived — Marquesha Davis Released —
Roster
Depth chart Pos.StarterBench PGCourtney Vandersloot Sevgi UzunHailey Van Lith SGAriel Atkins Rachel Banham SFKia NurseRebecca AllenMichaela Onyenwere PFAngel Reese Maddy Westbeld CKamilla CardosoElizabeth Williams
Schedule Preseason
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 2 | Brazil | W 89–62 | Angel Reese (15) | Angel Reese (10) |rowspan=2| Van Lith, Vandersloot (5) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center6,373 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | May 6 | Minnesota | W 74–69 | Courtney Vandersloot (11) | Angel Reese (8) | Wintrust Arena4,688 | 2–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 10 | @ Minnesota | L 87–92 | Banham, Nurse (14) | Kamilla Cardoso (8) | Atkins, Reese (6) | Target Center7,615 | 2–1
Regular season
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 17 | @ Indiana | L 58–93 | Angel Reese (12) | Angel Reese (17) | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 0–1 |- |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | May 22 | New York | L 74–99 | Rachel Banham (15) | Angel Reese (12) | Hailey Van Lith (6) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 0–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 25 | @ Los Angeles | L 78–91 | Angel Reese (13) | Angel Reese (12) | Ariel Atkins (5) | Crypto.com Arena11,422 | 0–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 | May 27 | @ Phoenix | L 89–94 | Ariel Atkins (21) | Angel Reese (15) | Courtney Vandersloot (11) | PHX Arena8,818 | 0–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 | May 29 | Dallas | W 97–92 | Kamilla Cardoso (23) | Angel Reese (9) | Courtney Vandersloot (9) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 1–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 | May 31 | @ Dallas | W 94–83 | Ariel Atkins (26) | Angel Reese (9) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | College Park Center6,251 | 2–4
|- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 7 | June 7 | Indiana | L 52–79 | Allen, Cardoso (8) | Angel Reese (12) | Ariel Atkins (3) | United Center18,496 | 2–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 10 | @ New York | L 66–85 | Angel Reese (17) | Angel Reese (11) | Rachel Banham (5) | Barclays Center16,081 | 2–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 13 | @ Atlanta | L 70–88 | Kamilla Cardoso (15) | Cardoso, Reese (9) | Ariel Atkins (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,296 | 2–7 |- bgcolor=#cfc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 15 | @ Connecticut | W 78–66 | Hailey Van Lith (16) | Angel Reese (13) | Angel Reese (11) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,451 | 3–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 17 | Washington | L 72–79 | Kamilla Cardoso (18) | Cardoso, Reese (10) | Ariel Atkins (7) | Wintrust Arena7,579 | 3–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 12 | June 21 | Phoenix | L 86–104 | Cardoso, Onyenwere (17) | (3) | Rachel Banham (6) | Wintrust Arena7,291 | 3–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 13 | June 22 | @ Atlanta | L 80–93 | Ariel Atkins (29) | Angel Reese (19) | Banham, Reese (4) | Gateway Center Arena3,283 | 3–10 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 14 | June 24 | Los Angeles | W 97–86 | Kamilla Cardoso (27) | Angel Reese (17) | Angel Reese (6) | Wintrust Arena8,004 | 4–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | June 27 | @ Golden State | L 78–83 | Ariel Atkins (20) | Angel Reese (18) | Atkins, Nurse (3) | Chase Center18,064 | 4–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | June 29 | @ Los Angeles |W 92–85 | Angel Reese (24) | Angel Reese (16) | Angel Reese (7) | Crypto.com Arena13,523 | 5–11
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | July 6 | @ Minnesota | L 75–80 | Rachel Banham (20) | Angel Reese (17) | Atkins, Reese (6) | Target Center8,810 | 5–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 18 | July 8 | @ Washington | L 79–81 | Angel Reese (22) | Angel Reese (15) | Ariel Atkins (5) | EagleBank Arena9,350 | 5–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | July 9 | Dallas | W 87–76 | Rebecca Allen (27) | Angel Reese (11) | Elizabeth Williams (6) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 6–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 20 | July 12 | Minnesota | W 87–81 | Ariel Atkins (27) | Kamilla Cardoso (15) | Rachel Banham (5) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 7–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 21 | July 14 | Minnesota | L 78–91 | Angel Reese (22) | Angel Reese (10) | Allen, Atkins, Reese, Williams (3) | Wintrust Arena8,105 | 7–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | July 16 | Atlanta | L 49–86 | Rebecca Allen (9) | Kamilla Cardoso (11) | Moriah Jefferson (5) | Wintrust Arena9,085 | 7–15 |- align=center |colspan=9 bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | July 22 | @ Minnesota | L 68–91 | Kia Nurse (16) | Angel Reese (11) | Hailey Van Lith (4) | Target Center8,821 | 7–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 24 | July 24 | Seattle | L 57–95 | Banham, Cardoso (13) | Kamilla Cardoso (13) | Hailey Van Lith (5) | Wintrust Arena7,750 | 7–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 25 | July 27 | Indiana | L 78–93 | Rachel Banham (26) | Kamilla Cardoso (12) | Rachel Banham (5) | United Center19,601 | 7–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | July 29 | @ Washington | L 86–103 | Angel Reese (22) | Angel Reese (13) | Banham, Nurse, Reese, Williams (3) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 7–19
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 27 | August 1 | Golden State | L 66–73 | Elizabeth Williams (15) | Kamilla Cardoso (11) | Banham, Nurse (7) | Wintrust Arena7,714 | 7–20 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 3 | Phoenix | L 67–83 | Elizabeth Williams (15) | Elizabeth Williams (15) | Sevgi Uzun (4) | Wintrust Arena7,081 | 7–21 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | August 5 | Washington | W 78–64 | Elizabeth Williams (18) | Kamilla Cardoso (13) | Atkins, Uzun (5) | Wintrust Arena6,572 | 8–21 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | August 7 | Atlanta | L 65–86 | Rachel Banham (18) | Kamilla Cardoso (6) | Kamilla Cardoso (5) | Wintrust Arena7,221 | 8–22 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | August 9 | @ Indiana | L 70–92 | Rachel Banham (11) | Kamilla Cardoso (12) | Banham, Cardoso, Van Lith (3) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 8–23 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | August 13 | @ Connecticut | L 62–71 | Kamilla Cardoso (24) | Elizabeth Williams (15) | Cardoso, Williams (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,848 | 8–24 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 33 | August 15 | Golden State | L 59–90 | Rachel Banham (15) | Ariel Atkins (6) | Kamilla Cardoso (5) | Wintrust Arena7,804 | 8–25 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 34 | August 19 | Seattle | L 88–94 | Atkins, Reese (19) | Elizabeth Williams (9) | Kamilla Cardoso (6) | Wintrust Arena6,724 | 8–26 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 35 | August 21 | @ New York | W 91–85 | Kamilla Cardoso (22) | Kamilla Cardoso (15) | Atkins, Cardoso (5) | Barclays Center15,887 | 9–26 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 36 | August 23 | Connecticut | L 84–94 | Kia Nurse (19) | Angel Reese (11) | Cardoso, Reese (5) | Wintrust Arena8,412 | 9–27 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 37 | August 25 | Las Vegas | L 74–79 | Ariel Atkins (30) | Angel Reese (17) | Ariel Atkins (7) | Wintrust Arena9,103 | 9–28 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 38 | August 28 | @ Phoenix | L 79–83 | Kia Nurse (17) | Angel Reese (20) | Cardoso, Nurse, Reese (4) | PHX Arena10,445 | 9–29 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 39 | August 30 | @ Seattle | L 69–79 | Angel Reese (20) | Cardoso, Reese (10) | Ariel Atkins (8) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 9–30
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 40 | September 3 | Connecticut | W 88–64 | Angel Reese (18) | Angel Reese (13) | Banham, Onyenwere, Reese, Uzun (4) | Wintrust Arena7,195 | 10–30 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 41 | September 5 | @ Indiana | L 77–97 | Cardoso, Onyenwere (18) | Elizabeth Williams (11) | Kamilla Cardoso (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,012 | 10–31 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 42 | September 7 | @ Las Vegas | L 66–80 | Banham, Onyenwere (12) | Kamilla Cardoso (15) | Sevgi Uzun (6) | T-Mobile Arena17,306 | 10–32 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 43 | September 9 | @ Las Vegas | L 61–92 | Cardoso, Onyenwere (13) | Kamilla Cardoso (13) | Kamilla Cardoso (3) | T-Mobile Arena15,640 | 10–33 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 44 | September 11 | New York | L 86–91 | Maddy Westbeld (25) | Maddy Westbeld (7) | Rachel Banham (10) | Wintrust Arena8,824 | 10–34
Notes: Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.
Standings
Statistics
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Regular season