The 2025 Phoenix Mercury season was the 28th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second season under general manager, Nick U'Ren, and head coach, Nate Tibbetts. It was the first season since 2012 without 11-year veteran and 2014 WNBA champion Brittney Griner under contract, who signed with the Atlanta Dream in free agency. It was also the first season following the retirement of 3-time WNBA champion and WNBA all-time leading scorer Diana Taurasi who spent all 20 of her WNBA seasons (2004–2014, 2016–2024) with the franchise. This was Phoenix's first winning season since 2021. They went on to reach the 2025 WNBA Finals, losing to the Las Vegas Aces in 4 games, in the first best-of-seven championship series in WNBA history.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome None
Transactions
Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref.
Trades February (Four-team trade)To Phoenix MercuryAlyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, and Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings)To Connecticut SunRebecca Allen and Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix Mercury)Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings)2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever)To Dallas WingsDiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun)NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third-round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever)Rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix Mercury)To Indiana FeverSophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix Mercury)Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings)
Free agency Re-signed Player Date Notes Ref. Natasha Mack January 17 Training camp contract Celeste Taylor January 22 Amy Atwell February 2 Murjanatu Musa May 19 Activated
Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Sami Whitcomb February 2 Details unannounced Seattle Storm Anna Makurat February 7 Training camp contract Geas Basket Lexi Held PEAC-Pécs Kathryn Westbeld February 10 TARR KSC Szekszárd Kitija Laksa February 11 One-year deal Fenerbahçe S.K. Murjanatu Musa February 17 Training camp contract Tarbes Gespe Bigorre Monique Akoa Makani March 11 Training camp contract Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud Shyla Heal March 13 Tarsus Belediyesi Mersin Alexis Prince March 20 Elitzur Ramla Helena Pueyo April 16 Basket Zaragoza Julia Ayrault April 17 Michigan State Spartans Megan McConnell Duquesne Dukes June 3 Rest of season contract Temira Poindexter April 18 Training camp contract Kansas State Wildcats Haley Jones June 1 Hardship contract Atlanta Dream Kiana Williams June 26 Rest of season contract Hefei July 15 7-day contract Free agent July 22 August 13 August 20 Rest of season contract DeWanna Bonner July 8
Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Charisma Osborne — Free agency – unrestricted — Klara Lundquist February 18, 2022 Suspended – contract expired — Monique Billings December 6, 2024 Free agency – unrestricted /Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries Brittney Griner February 1, 2025 Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted Atlanta Dream Amy Atwell February 13, 2025 Waived — Diana Taurasi February 25, 2025 Retired N/A Julia Ayrault April 25, 2025 Suspended – personal decision N/A – retained rights Shyla Heal May 7, 2025 Waived— Anna Makurat —Helena Pueyo May 9, 2025 Suspended – personal decision N/A – retained rights Temira Poindexter May 15, 2025 Waived – Celeste Taylor — Murjanatu Musa Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights July 8, 2025 Waived — Megan McConnell May 15, 2025 Waived — June 26, 2025 — Alexis Prince May 19, 2025 — Sevgi Uzun June 2, 2025 Chicago Sky Haley Jones June 8, 2025 Dallas Wings Kiana Williams July 10, 2025 — July 22, 2025 Released — end of 7-day contract — July 29, 2025 — August 20, 2025—
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Monique Akoa Makani SG Kahleah Copper Lexi HeldSami Whitcomb SF Satou Sabally Kitija Laksa PF Alyssa Thomas Kathryn Westbeld C Natasha Mack Kalani Brown
Schedule Preseason
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 6 | @ Las Vegas | L 84–85 | Sabally, Westbeld (14) | Shyla Heal (7) | Alyssa Thomas (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena8,637 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | May 11 | Golden State | L 79–84 | Sabally, Thomas (15) | Sami Whitcomb (8) | Alyssa Thomas (6) | PHX Arena6,430 | 0–2
Regular season
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | May 17 | Seattle | W 81–59 | Satou Sabally (27) | Alexis Prince (8) | Alyssa Thomas (6) | PHX Arena10,623 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 21 | Los Angeles | W 89–86 | Satou Sabally (25) | Kathryn Westbeld (6) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | PHX Arena8,024 | 2–0 |- |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 23 | @ Seattle | L 70–77 | Alyssa Thomas (16) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | Climate Pledge Arena9,091 | 2–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 4 | May 25 | Washington | W 68–62 | Monique Akoa Makani (13) | Sabally, Thomas (8) | Alyssa Thomas (5) | PHX Arena10,065 | 3–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 5 | May 27 | Chicago | W 94–89 | Satou Sabally (20) | Satou Sabally (8) | Alyssa Thomas (15) | PHX Arena8,818 | 4–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 6 | May 30 | Minnesota | L 71–74 | Satou Sabally (26) | Satou Sabally (11) | Sami Whitcomb (6) | PHX Arena9,043 | 4–2
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 7 | June 1 | @ Los Angeles | W 85–80 | Satou Sabally (24) | Satou Sabally (9) | Monique Akoa Makani (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,033 | 5–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 3 | @ Minnesota | L 65–88 | Lexi Held (16) | Satou Sabally (8) | Lexi Held (3) | Target Center8,772 | 5–3 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 5 | Golden State | W 86–77 | Lexi Held (24) | Kalani Brown (8) | Satou Sabally (5) | PHX Arena9,943 | 6–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 7 | Seattle | L 77–89 | Satou Sabally (22) | Musa, Sabally, Whitcomb (5) | Satou Sabally (6) | PHX Arena9,876 | 6–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 11 | Dallas | W 93–80 | Satou Sabally (20) | Satou Sabally (8) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | PHX Arena13,001 | 7–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 12 | June 15 | @ Las Vegas | W 76–70 | Satou Sabally (22) | Satou Sabally (9) | Alyssa Thomas (13) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,497 | 8–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 13 | June 18 | @ Connecticut | W 83–75 | Held, Thomas (14) | Satou Sabally (15) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,864 | 9–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 14 | June 19 | @ New York | W 89–81 | Monique Akoa Makani (21) | Alyssa Thomas (15) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | Barclays Center16,383 | 10–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 15 | June 21 | @ Chicago | W 104–86 | Sami Whitcomb (17) | Mack, Westbeld (5) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | Wintrust Arena7,291 | 11–4 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | June 27 | New York | W 106–91 | Satou Sabally (25) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | Alyssa Thomas (15) | PHX Arena12,009 | 12–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | June 29 | Las Vegas | L 81–84 | Alyssa Thomas (16) | Satou Sabally (9) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | PHX Arena13,247 | 12–5
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 18 | July 3 | @ Dallas | L 89–98 | Kahleah Copper (33) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | College Park Center6,162 | 12–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | July 7 | Dallas | W 102–72 | Sami Whitcomb (36) | Mack, Thomas (10) | Alyssa Thomas (15) | PHX Arena11,932 | 13–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 20 | July 9 | Minnesota | W 79–71 | Alyssa Thomas (29) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | Sami Whitcomb (6) | PHX Arena10,083 | 14–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | July 14 | @ Golden State | W 78–77 | DeWanna Bonner (22) | DeWanna Bonner (11) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Chase Center18,064 | 15–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | July 16 | @ Minnesota | L 66–79 | Alyssa Thomas (12) | Natasha Mack (13) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | Target Center16,421 | 15–7 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | July 23 | Atlanta | L 79–90 | DeWanna Bonner (18) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | PHX Arena11,850 | 15–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 24 | July 25 | @ New York | L 76–89 | Alyssa Thomas (20) | Alyssa Thomas (13) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | Barclays Center17,515 | 15–9 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 25 | July 27 | @ Washington | W 88–72 | Alyssa Thomas (27) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 16–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | July 30 | @ Indiana | L 101–107 | Alyssa Thomas (32) | Alyssa Thomas (15) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 16–10
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 27 | August 1 | @ Atlanta | L 72–95 | Kahleah Copper (19) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | Monique Akoa Makani (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,283 | 16–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 28 | August 3 | @ Chicago | W 83–67 | Kahleah Copper (25) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | Wintrust Arena7,081 | 17–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | August 5 | Connecticut | W 88–62 | Satou Sabally (23) | Alyssa Thomas (12) | Alyssa Thomas (12) | PHX Arena8,083 | 18–11 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 30 | August 7 | Indiana | W 95–60 | DeWanna Bonner (23) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | PHX Arena17,071 | 19–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | August 10 | Atlanta | L 66–74 | Alyssa Thomas (21) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | Alyssa Thomas (5) | PHX Arena13,953 | 19–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | August 15 | Las Vegas | L 83–86 | Satou Sabally (26) | Mack, Thomas (6) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | PHX Arena10,850 | 19–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 33 | August 17 | @ Seattle | W 85–82 | Alyssa Thomas (19) | Sabally, Thomas (10) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Climate Pledge Arena14,169 | 20–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 34 | August 19 | @ Golden State | W 98–91 | Kahleah Copper (25) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 21–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 35 | August 21 | @ Las Vegas | L 61–83 | Alyssa Thomas (17) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Alyssa Thomas (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,460 | 21–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 36 | August 22 | Golden State | W 81–72 | Monique Akoa Makani (18) | Alyssa Thomas (12) | Alyssa Thomas (16) | PHX Arena10,280 | 22–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 37 | August 26 | @ Los Angeles | W 92–84 | Satou Sabally (19) | Alyssa Thomas (16) | Alyssa Thomas (15) | Crypto.com Arena10,726 | 23–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 38 | August 28 | Chicago | W 83–79 | Kahleah Copper (28) | Natasha Mack (12) | Alyssa Thomas (6) | PHX Arena10,445 | 24–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 39 | August 30 | New York | W 80–63 | Kahleah Copper (22) | Natasha Mack (10) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | PHX Arena13,252 | 25–14
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 40 | September 2 | Indiana | W 85–79 | Alyssa Thomas (23) | Natasha Mack (10) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | PHX Arena13,132 | 26–14 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 41 | September 4 | @ Washington | W 75–69 | Kahleah Copper (18) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 27–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 42 | September 6 | @ Connecticut | L 84–87 | Kahleah Copper (18) | Natasha Mack (9) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 27–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 43 | September 9 | Los Angeles | L 83–88 | Satou Sabally (24) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | Alyssa Thomas (10) | PHX Arena13,151 | 27–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 44 | September 11 | @ Dallas | L 76–97 | Satou Sabally (14) | Brown, Akoa Makani, Sabally (5) | Sabally, Thomas (5) | College Park Center6,251 | 27–17
Notes: Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.
Playoffs
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | September 14 | New York | L 69–76 (OT) | Kahleah Copper (15) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | PHX Arena10,095 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | September 17 | @ New York | W 86–60 | Sabally, Thomas (15) | DeWanna Bonner (8) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | Barclays Center17,017 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 3 | September 19 | New York | W 79–73 | Satou Sabally (23) | Satou Sabally (12) | Alyssa Thomas (11) | PHX Arena13,104 | 2–1
|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | September 21 | @ Minnesota | L 69–82 | Kahleah Copper (22) | DeWanna Bonner (9) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | Target Center10,121 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | September 23 | @ Minnesota | W 89–83 (OT) | Satou Sabally (24) | Satou Sabally (9) | Alyssa Thomas (13) | Target Center10,824 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 3 | September 26 | Minnesota | W 84–76 | Satou Sabally (23) | Alyssa Thomas (9) | Alyssa Thomas (8) | PHX Arena15,941 | 2–1 |-bgcolor=#bbffbb | 4 | September 28 | Minnesota |W 86–81