The 2025 season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) was their 26th season as a franchise. It was the fourth full season under head coach Noelle Quinn.
The 2025 season consisted of 44 regular season games played against 12 other teams. The WNBA increased its number of regular season games and announced that the 2025 WNBA Finals would be a best-of-seven series. The WNBA players' union announced on October 21, 2024, that they had opted out of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in place with the league, which expired at the end of the 2025 season.
In November 2024, the Storm's ownership hired a law firm to investigate allegations of player mistreatment by the coaching staff. The Storm announced there were no violations found as a result of the investigation. Shortly after the results were published, it was announced that Jewell Loyd had requested a trade.
The Storm did not have any players taken during the expansion draft held for the Golden State Valkyries on December 6, 2024.
On May 3, 2025, the Storm announced that newly signed forward Katie Lou Samuelson sustained a right ACL tear during practice on May 1.
In addition to their preseason match-up against Connecticut on May 4, the Storm also had a closed scrimmage versus Los Angeles on May 10 at Pauley Pavilion.
On June 1, 2025, during the Storm's home game against the Las Vegas Aces, a complaint was filed by the Aces with an allegation of a Storm assistant coach cursing at an Aces player. On June 4, the Storm's general manager Talisa Rhea stated that the WNBA would not be launching an investigation but rather would be "looking into it and that's really the extent of it."
On June 4, 2025, it was reported that Li Yueru made a request to be traded. The following day after the Storm's practice, Li explained her request was due to her desire for playing time and stated "I just want to play...I came to America only for one reason—just that I want to play basketball." She was traded to the Dallas Wings on June 14 in exchange for draft picks.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref. 1 2 Dominique Malonga F/C ASVEL Féminin (France) Signed rookie contract on April 18Made opening day roster 3 26 Serena Sundell G Kansas State Signed rookie contract on April 18Waived on May 12 3 29 Madison Conner TCU Signed rookie contract April 18Waived on May 6 3 34 Jordan Hobbs Michigan
Transactions
Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. March 5 Hired Mitch Thompson as assistant coach Hired Elijah Knox as player development coach Promoted Drew Stanich to assistant general manager July 23 Bobby Wagner joined team ownership group
Trades February February 1(Three-team trade) To Seattle Storm2025 No. 2 draft pick and rights to Li Yueru (from Los Angeles Sparks)2026 first round draft pick (from Las Vegas Aces) To Las Vegas AcesJewell Loyd (from Seattle Storm)2025 No. 13 draft pick (from Los Angeles Sparks) To Los Angeles SparksKelsey Plum (from Las Vegas Aces)2025 No. 9 draft pick and a 2026 second round draft pick (from Seattle Storm) To Seattle StormLexie Brown2025 No. 26 draft pick To Los Angeles Sparks2025 No. 21 draft pick2027 second round draft pick June June 14 To Seattle Storm 2026 second round draft pick (with right to swap with the Connecticut Sun) 2027 third round pick (with right to swap with the Indiana Fever) To Dallas Wings Li Yueru August August 5 To Seattle StormBrittney Sykes To Washington MysticsAlysha ClarkZia Cooke2026 first round pick (Seattle’s own)
Free agency Core designation Player Date Notes Ref. Gabby Williams January 14 Reported 1-year deal
Re-signed / extensions Player Date Notes Ref. Nneka Ogwumike February 8 Reported 1-year deal Jordan Horston May 13 Exercised team option
Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Li Yueru February 1 Training camp contract Los Angeles SparksAlysha ClarkFebruary 9One-year dealLas Vegas AcesErica WheelerFebruary 12Training camp contractIndiana Fever Mackenzie Holmes February 13 Rookie contract(2024 draft pick – No. 26) Indiana Hoosiers June 16 Rest of season contract Free agentZia Cooke February 13 Training camp contract Los Angeles Sparks Brianna Fraser Galatasaray S.K. Katie Lou Samuelson February 21 Details not announced Indiana Fever Madison Conner April 18 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 29) TCU Horned Frogs Jordan Hobbs Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 34) Michigan Wolverines Dominique Malonga Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 2) ASVEL Féminin Serena Sundell Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 26) Kansas State Wildcats Tiffany Mitchell July 10 Rest of season contract Free agent Zia Cooke August 18
Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Joyner Holmes February 2 Free agency – unrestricted Las Vegas Aces Sami Whitcomb Phoenix Mercury Mercedes Russell February 11 Los Angeles Sparks Victoria Vivians April 16 Adelitas de Chihuahua Jordan Horston April 17 Suspended contract – full season N/A – retained rights Nika Mühl Madison Conner May 6 Waived — Jordan Hobbs —Serena SundellMay 12 Dallas WingsBrianna Fraser—Mackenzie Holmes—
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Skylar Diggins Lexie Brown SG Erica Wheeler Tiffany MitchellBrittney Sykes SF Gabby Williams Katie Lou Samuelson PF Nneka Ogwumike Mackenzie Holmes C Ezi Magbegor Dominique Malonga
Schedule Preseason
|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 1 | May 4 | Connecticut | W 79–59 | Nneka Ogwumike (18) | Li Yueru (10) | Lexie Brown (5) | Climate Pledge Arena7,153 | 1–0
Regular season
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 17 | @ Phoenix | L 59–81 | Skylar Diggins (21) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Diggins, Li, Williams (4) | PHX Arena10,623 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 19 | @ Dallas | W 79–71 | Nneka Ogwumike (23) | Nneka Ogwumike (18) | Skylar Diggins (9) | College Park Center6,137 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 3 | May 23 | Phoenix | W 77–70 | Diggins, Ogwumike (24) | Nneka Ogwumike (8) | Skylar Diggins (14) | Climate Pledge Arena9,091 | 2–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 4 | May 25 | Las Vegas | W 102–82 | Nneka Ogwumike (23) | Nneka Ogwumike (8) | Skylar Diggins (8) | Climate Pledge Arena10,634 | 3–1 |- style="background:#fcc | 5 | May 27 | @ Minnesota | L 77–82 | Gabby Williams (20) | Ezi Magbegor (10) | Gabby Williams (6) | Target Center7,808 | 3–2 |- style="background:#fcc | 6 | May 30 | Atlanta | L 87–94 | Skylar Diggins (20) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Erica Wheeler (5) | Climate Pledge Arena9,666 | 3–3
|- style="background:#fcc |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 7 | June 1 | Las Vegas | L 70–75 | Gabby Williams (20) | Ezi Magbegor (9) | Skylar Diggins (5) | Climate Pledge Arena10,201 | 3–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 3 | Dallas | W 83–77 | Gabby Williams (18) | Nneka Ogwumike (9) | Erica Wheeler (7) | Climate Pledge Arena10,252 | 4–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 7 | @ Phoenix | W 89–77 | Skylar Diggins (26) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Diggins, Williams (7) | PHX Arena9,876 | 5–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 11 | Minnesota | W 94–84 | Nneka Ogwumike (21) | Nneka Ogwumike (10) | Erica Wheeler (9) | Climate Pledge Arena9,722 | 6–4 |- style="background:#fcc |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 14 | @ Golden State | L 70–76 | Skylar Diggins (21) | Ezi Magbegor (6) | Erica Wheeler (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 6–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 12 | June 17 | @ Los Angeles | W 98–67 | Nneka Ogwumike (26) | Nneka Ogwumike (5) | Diggins, Williams (7) | Crypto.com Arena10,581 | 7–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb | 13 | June 20 | @ Las Vegas | W 90–83 | Nneka Ogwumike (25) | Ogwumike, Williams (12) | Skylar Diggins (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,428 | 8–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb | 14 | June 22 | New York | W 89–79 | Nneka Ogwumike (26) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Gabby Williams (10) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 9–5 |- style="background:#fcc | 15 | June 24 | Indiana | L 86–94 | Skylar Diggins (22) | Nneka Ogwumike (6) | Skylar Diggins (6) | Climate Pledge Arena18,343 | 9–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | June 27 | Connecticut | W 97–81 | Skylar Diggins (24) | Gabby Williams (8) | Gabby Williams (7) | Climate Pledge Arena10,776 | 10–6 |- style="background:#fcc | 17 | June 29 | @ Golden State | L 57–84 | Skylar Diggins (18) | Nneka Ogwumike (7) | Skylar Diggins (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 10–7
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 18 | July 3 | @ Atlanta | W 80–79 | Nneka Ogwumike (24) | Nneka Ogwumike (7) | Gabby Williams (6) | Gateway Center Arena3,265 | 11–7 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | July 6 | @ New York | W 79–70 | Gabby Williams (16) | Dominique Malonga (8) | Skylar Diggins (6) | Barclays Center15,515 | 12–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | July 9 | @ Connecticut | L 83–93 | Skylar Diggins (23) | Nneka Ogwumike (12) | Diggins, Wheeler (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,984 | 12–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | July 11 | Connecticut | W 79–65 | Gabby Williams (18) | Dominique Malonga (8) | Diggins, Ogwumike, Wheeler, Williams (5) | Climate Pledge Arena9,569 | 13–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | July 13 | Washington | L 69–74 | Ezi Magbegor (19) | Ezi Magbegor (7) | Diggins, Williams (4) | Climate Pledge Arena11,126 | 13–9 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 23 | July 16 | Golden State | W 67–58 | Nneka Ogwumike (22) | Magbegor, Ogwumike (8) | Skylar Diggins (6) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 14–9 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#fcc | 24 | July 22 | Dallas | L 63–87 | Nneka Ogwumike (22) | Ezi Magbegor (9) | Gabby Williams (8) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 14–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 25 | July 24 | @ Chicago | W 95–57 | Skylar Diggins (21) | Dominique Malonga (10) | Gabby Williams (7) | Wintrust Arena7,750 | 15–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | July 26 | @ Washington | L 58–69 | Nneka Ogwumike (18) | Dominique Malonga (9) | Erica Wheeler (6) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 15–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 27 | July 28 | @ Connecticut | W 101–85 | Nneka Ogwumike (26) | Skylar Diggins (12) | Skylar Diggins (11) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,136 | 16–11
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 1 | Los Angeles | L 106–108 (2OT) | Nneka Ogwumike (37) | Nneka Ogwumike (12) | Gabby Williams (8) | Climate Pledge Arena11,354 | 16–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | August 3 | Indiana | L 74–78 | Nneka Ogwumike (16) | Gabby Williams (9) | Gabby Williams (5) | Climate Pledge Arena16,819 | 16–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | August 5 | Minnesota | L 87–91 | Nneka Ogwumike (23) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Skylar Diggins (7) | Climate Pledge Arena10,468 | 16–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | August 8 | @ Las Vegas | L 86–90 | Dominque Malonga (22) | Dominique Malonga (12) | Diggins, Sykes (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,415 | 16–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | August 10 | @ Los Angeles | L 91–94 | Brittney Sykes (27) | Dominique Malonga (11) | Skylar Diggins (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,796 | 16–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 33 | August 13 | Atlanta | L 75–85 | Nneka Ogwumike (29) | Nneka Ogwumike (9) | Gabby Williams (6) | Climate Pledge Arena10,687 | 16–17 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=febffc| 34 | August 15 | @ Atlanta | W 80–78 | Skylar Diggins (21) | Malonga, Ogwumike (8) | Skylar Diggins (11) | Rogers Arena15,892 | 17–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 35 | August 17 | Phoenix | L 82–85 | Nneka Ogwumike (24) | Nneka Ogwumike (8) | Gabby Williams (7) | Climate Pledge Arena14,169 | 17–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 36 | August 19 | @ Chicago | W 94–88 | Skylar Diggins (24) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Skylar Diggins (6) | Wintrust Arena6,724 | 18–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 37 | August 22 | @ Dallas | W 95–60 | Dominique Malonga (22) | Dominique Malonga (9) | Diggins, Sykes (5) | College Park Center6,063 | 19–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 38 | August 24 | @ Washington | W 84–82 | Nneka Ogwumike (30) | Dominique Malonga (10) | Skylar Diggins (11) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 20–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 39 | August 26 | @ Indiana | L 75–95 | Nneka Ogwumike (17) | Dominique Malonga (6) | Skylar Diggins (8) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,737 | 20–19 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 40 | August 28 | @ Minnesota | W 93–79 | Skylar Diggins (23) | Nneka Ogwumike (9)