The 2025 New York Liberty season was the 29th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their fourth season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Saturday, May 17, 2025, against the Las Vegas Aces at home.

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Club Outcome Ref. 3 38 Adja Kane C Landerneau Bretagne Basket Rights retained

Transactions

Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. January 13 Hired Sonia Raman as assistant coach

Trades March To New York LibertyNatasha Cloud To Connecticut Sun2025 No. 7 draft pick2026 first round draft pick

Free agency Core designation Player Date Notes Ref. Breanna Stewart January 13 Accepted core offer on March 29(Signed one-year deal)

Re-signed / extensions Player Date Notes Ref. Jaylyn Sherrod January 15 Training camp contract Rebekah Gardner Kennedy Burke February 1 Nyara Sabally May 12 Exercised team option Leonie Fiebich June 30 Set as active

Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Raquel Carrera February 1 Training camp contract Valencia Basket Esmery Martínez Flammes Carolo Basket Kaitlyn Davis February 12 Isabelle Harrison February 21 Chicago Sky Seehia Ridard March 13 Sedis Cadí La Seu Marine Johannès March 21 Çimsa ÇBK Mersin April 22 Rutronik Stars Keltern Leaonna Odom April 24 Stephanie Talbot July 21 Rest of season contract Free agent Emma Meesseman August 1

Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Marine Fauthoux April 15, 2021 Unsigned draft pick(2021 draft pick – No. 29) N/A – retained rights Han Xu September 10, 2023 Suspended contract – temporary Kayla Thornton December 6, 2024 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries Raquel Carrera December 31, 2024 Rights renounced N/A April 21, 2025 Suspended contract – full season N/A – retained rights Kaitlyn Davis December 31, 2024 Rights renounced N/A May 2, 2025 Waived — Ivana Dojkić January 11, 2025 Free agency – reserved(qualifying offer extended) Not signed – rights retained Courtney Vandersloot February 1, 2025 Free agency – unrestricted Chicago Sky Adja Kane April 14, 2025 Unsigned draft pick(2025 draft pick – No. 38) N/A – retained rights Seehia Ridard April 21, 2025 Suspended contract – full season May 13, 2025 Betnijah Laney-Hamilton May 14, 2025 Esmery Martínez May 15, 2025Waived— Leaonna Odom — Leonie Fiebich June 12, 2025 Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights Marquesha Davis July 13, 2025 Waived — Jaylyn Sherrod August 1 Minnesota Lynx

Roster

Depth chart Pos.StarterBench PG Natasha Cloud SG Sabrina Ionescu Marine Johannès SF Leonie Fiebich Rebekah Gardner PF Breanna Stewart Kennedy BurkeIsabelle HarrisonStephanie Talbot C Jonquel Jones Nyara Sabally

Schedule Preseason

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 9 | Connecticut | L 86–94 | Marine Johannès (12) | Isabelle Harrison (5) | Sabrina Ionescu (6) | Barclays Center8,395 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 12 | Toyota Antelopes | W 84–61 | Sabrina Ionescu (25) | Jones, Sabally (5) | Natasha Cloud (6) | Matthew Knight Arena12,364 |1–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 1 | May 17 | Las Vegas | W 92–78 | Breanna Stewart (25) | Jonquel Jones (10) | Natasha Cloud (9) | Barclays Center17,344 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 2 | May 22 | @ Chicago | W 99–74 | Natasha Cloud (18) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Natasha Cloud (8) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 2–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 3 | May 24 | @ Indiana | W 90–88 | Jonquel Jones (26) | Jonquel Jones (12) | Natasha Cloud (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 3–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 4 | May 27 | Golden State | W 95–67 | Breanna Stewart (24) | Jonquel Jones (10) | Natasha Cloud (10) | Barclays Center14,774 | 4–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 5 | May 29 | Golden State | W 82–77 | Breanna Stewart (27) | Leonie Fiebich (8) | Natasha Cloud (5) | Barclays Center14,951 | 5–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb" | 6 | May 30 | @ Washington | W 85–63 | Sabrina Ionescu (28) | Jonquel Jones (18) | Breanna Stewart (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 6–0

|- style="background:#bbffbb" |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 7 | June 1 | Connecticut | W 100–52 | Sabrina Ionescu (18) | Jonquel Jones (11) | Natasha Cloud (7) | Barclays Center17,415 | 7–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb" |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 5 | @ Washington | W 86–78 | Breanna Stewart (26) | Breanna Stewart (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 8–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb" |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 10 | Chicago | W 85–66 | Sabrina Ionescu (23) | Breanna Stewart (7) | Sabrina Ionescu (7) | Barclays Center16,081 | 9–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 14 | @ Indiana | L 88–102 | Sabrina Ionescu (34) | Nyara Sabally (9) | Natasha Cloud (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 9–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb" |bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 17 | Atlanta | W 86–81 | Sabrina Ionescu (34) | Jonquel Jones (10) | Cloud, Ionescu (5) | Barclays Center15,149 | 10–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 12 | June 19 | Phoenix | L 81–89 | Breanna Stewart (35) | Nyara Sabally (7) | Natasha Cloud (10) | Barclays Center16,383 | 10–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 13 | June 22 | @ Seattle | L 79–89 | Breanna Stewart (18) | Sabally, Stewart (9) | Natasha Cloud (8) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 10–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb" | 14 | June 25 | @ Golden State | W 81–78 | Breanna Stewart (23) | Breanna Stewart (10) | Natasha Cloud (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 11–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | June 27 | @ Phoenix | L 91–106 | Breanna Stewart (17) | Nyara Sabally (6) | Cloud, Ionescu (7) | PHX Arena12,009 | 11–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | June 29 | @ Atlanta | L 81–90 | Breanna Stewart (21) | Breanna Stewart (9) | Natasha Cloud (6) | Gateway Center Arena3,265 | 11–5

|- style="background:#bbffbb" | 17 | July 3 | Los Angeles | W 89–79 | Natasha Cloud (23) | Breanna Stewart (14) | Natasha Cloud (7) | Barclays Center15,956 | 12–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 18 | July 6 | Seattle | L 70–79 | Sabrina Ionescu (22) | Sabrina Ionescu (9) | Sabrina Ionescu (6) | Barclays Center15,515 | 12–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | July 8 | Las Vegas | W 87–78 | Sabrina Ionescu (28) | Leonie Fiebich (9) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Barclays Center15,041 | 13–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 20 | July 13 | Atlanta | L 79–72 | Leonie Fiebich (21) | Breanna Stewart (10) | Sabrina Ionescu (5) | Barclays Center17,265 | 14–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | July 16 | Indiana | W 98–77 | Breanna Stewart (24) | Breanna Stewart (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (9) | Barclays Center17,371 | 15–6 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 22 | July 22 | Indiana | W 98–84 | Jonquel Jones (18) | Jonquel Jones (9) | Sabrina Ionescu (9) | Barclays Center17,365 | 16–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 23 | July 25 | Phoenix | W 89–76 | Sabrina Ionescu (29) | Jonquel Jones (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Barclays Center17,515 | 17–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 24 | July 26 | Los Angeles | L 99–101 | Sabrina Ionescu (30) | Ionescu, Jones (8) | Natasha Cloud (9) | Barclays Center16,024 | 17–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 25 | July 28 | @ Dallas | L 82–92 | Jonquel Jones (18) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Natasha Cloud (8) | College Park Center6,018 | 17–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | July 30 | @ Minnesota | L 93–100 | Sabrina Ionescu (31) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Natasha Cloud (7) | Target Center10,824 | 17–9

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 27 | August 1 | @ Connecticut | L 62–78 | Sabrina Ionescu (23) | Ionescu, Talbot (7) | Sabrina Ionescu (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,664 | 17–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 28 | August 3 | @ Connecticut | W 87–78 | Sabrina Ionescu (36) | Sabrina Ionescu (11) | Cloud, Ionescu, Jones, Talbot (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,747 | 18–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | August 5 | Dallas | W 85–76 | Jonquel Jones (15) | Jonquel Jones (10) | Natasha Cloud (6) | Barclays Center17,306 | 19–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 30 | August 8 | @ Dallas | W 88–77 | Sabrina Ionescu (16) | Emma Meesseman (8) | Emma Meesseman (7) | College Park Center6,251 | 20–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | August 10 | Minnesota | L 71–83 | Natasha Cloud (14) | Cloud, Jones (6) | Cloud, Ionescu, Jones (5) | Barclays Center17,343 | 20–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 32 | August 12 | @ Los Angeles | W 105–97 | Emma Meesseman (24) | Jonquel Jones (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,862 | 21–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 33 | August 13 | @ Las Vegas | L 77–83 | Emma Meesseman (24) | Emma Meesseman (10) | Jonquel Jones (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,417 | 21–12 |-bgcolor=#fcc | 34 | August 16 | @ Minnesota | L 80–86 | Jonquel Jones (17) | Sabrina Ionescu (10) | Natasha Cloud (6) | Target Center10,810 | 21–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 35 | August 19 | Minnesota | W 85–75 | Jonquel Jones (22) | Jonquel Jones (10) | Sabrina Ionescu (11) | Barclays Center16,864 | 22–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 36 | August 21 | Chicago | L 85–91 | Jonquel Jones (25) | Jones, Meesseman (7) | Emma Meesseman (6) | Barclays Center15,887 | 22–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 37 | August 23 | @ Atlanta | L 62–78 | Kennedy Burke (13) | Jonquel Jones (8) | Marine Johannès (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,305 | 22–15 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 38 | August 25 | Connecticut | W 81–79 | Breanna Stewart (19) | Jonquel Jones (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (9) | Barclays Center15,011 | 23–15 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 39 | August 28 | Washington | W 89–63 | Isabelle Harrison (16) | Breanna Stewart (9) | Stephanie Talbot (6) | Barclays Center15,015 | 24–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 40 | August 30 | @ Phoenix | L 63–80 | Emma Meesseman (17) | Fiebich, Jones, Stewart (6) | Cloud, Jones (4) | PHX Arena13,252 | 24–16

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 41 | September 2 | @ Golden State | L 58–66 | Cloud, Stewart (19) | Burke, Cloud, Meesseman, Stewart (5) | Cloud, Fiebich (4) | Chase Center18,064 | 24–17 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 42 | September 5 | @ Seattle | W 84–76 | Breanna Stewart (24) | Cloud, Stewart (7) | Natasha Cloud (6) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 25–17 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 43 | September 9 | Washington | W 75–66 | Emma Meesseman (19) | Jonquel Jones (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (9) | Barclays Center17,532 | 26–17 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 44 | September 11 | @ Chicago | W 91–86 | Breanna Stewart (24) | Meesseman, Stewart (6) | Sabrina Ionescu (11) | Wintrust Arena8,824 | 27–17

Notes: Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.

Playoffs

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | September 14 | @ Phoenix | W 76–69 (OT) | Natasha Cloud (23) | Jonquel Jones (12) | Sabrina Ionescu (7) | PHX Arena10,095 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | September 17 | Phoenix | L 60–86 | Emma Meesseman (11) | Jonquel Jones (13) | Ionescu, Meesseman (3) | Barclays Center17,017 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | September 19 | @ Phoenix | L 73–79 | Breanna Stewart (30) | Breanna Stewart (9) | Ionescu, Jones (4) | PHX Arena13,104 | 1–2

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Source:

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG Sabrina Ionescu 38 38 31.4 40.1% 29.9% 93.3% 4.9 5.7 1.3 0.4 2.6 18.2 Breanna Stewart 31 31 30.6 46.1% 24.1% 83.7% 6.5 3.5 1.4 1.4 1.9 18.3 Natasha Cloud 41 41 29.0 43.3% 33.8% 87.0% 3.7 5.1 1.2 0.3 1.9 10.1 Leonie Fiebich 37 37 28.1 48.9% 42.5% 87.1% 3.5 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.2 8.7 Jonquel Jones 31 31 26.8 49.0% 42.4% 76.9% 8.1 2.7 0.5 1.1 2.1 13.6 Emma Meesseman 17 12 25.9 57.2% 66.7% 86.5% 5.1 3.2 1.2 0.8 2.1 13.4 Kennedy Burke 36 9 21.6 46.8% 41.4% 75.9% 2.4 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.9 8.1 Marine Johannès 44 5 18.3 39.7% 34.4% 84.2% 1.9 1.6 0.6 0.3 1.2 6.4 Nyara Sabally 17 10 17.9 48.7% 14.3% 68.0% 4.5 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.9 5.4 Stephanie Talbot 22 0 12.4 42.2% 33.3% 64.3% 2.2 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.0 2.5 Rebekah Gardner 41 5 12.2 50.0% 47.6% 81.5% 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.6 3.7 Isabelle Harrison 34 1 10.6 48.5% 26.7% 76.7% 2.6 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.7 4.9 Jaylyn Sherrod 18 0 5.8 30.0% 27.3% 77.8% 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.6 1.2 Marquesha Davis 9 0 3.4 25.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.6 0.1 — 0.1 0.3 0.9

Playoffs