This is a list of transactions that occurred during the 2024–25 WNBA off-season and the 2025 WNBA season. This includes retirements, front office transitions, player signings, and player trades. The list also includes information about the expansion draft that took place as the Golden State Valkyries entered their first year of play in 2025. The list also includes information regarding in-season roster moves, such as hardship contracts, waiver wire transactions, contract suspensions, and players who are inactive.
Retirement
+ List of WNBA players who retired in 2024 offseason or 2025 regular season Date NameImage Team(s) played (years) Age Notes September 20, 2024 Layshia Clarendon Indiana Fever Atlanta Dream Connecticut Sun New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx Los Angeles Sparks 33 WNBA All-Star First openly nonbinary and trans player in the league First active player to have top surgery Also played in Athletes Unlimited January 1, 2025 Danielle Robinson Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx Indiana Fever Atlanta Dream 35 3× WNBA All-Star All-WNBA Second Team 3× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team WNBA Assists Leader WNBA Peak Performer – Assists WNBA All-Rookie Team Also played abroad Hired as Manager of Basketball Integration and Scout Support for Los Angeles Sparks in January 2025 February 25, 2025 Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 42 3× WNBA champion 2× WNBA Finals MVP WNBA MVP 11× WNBA All-Star 10× All-WNBA First Team 4× All-WNBA Second Team First overall WNBA draft pick WNBA Rookie of the Year WNBA All-Time Leading Scorer 5× WNBA Scoring Champion WNBA Assists Leader 6× WNBA Peak Performer – Points WNBA 15th Anniversary Team WNBA 20th Anniversary Team WNBA 25th Anniversary Team 6× Olympic Gold Medalist 4× USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year Also played abroad April 4, 2025 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Washington Mystics 35 WNBA champion 2× WNBA MVP 50–40–90 club 7× WNBA All-Star 4× All-WNBA First Team All-WNBA Second Team WNBA Rookie of the Year WNBA All-Rookie Team WNBA Scoring Champion WNBA 25th Anniversary Team Olympic Gold Medalist June 10, 2025 Allie Quigley Phoenix Mercury Indiana Fever San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Chicago Sky 38 WNBA champion 3× WNBA All-Star 2× WNBA Sixth Player of the Year 4× WNBA Three-Point Shootout champion Also played abroad Turkish Cup MVP
Front office movement Head coaching changes + List of WNBA head coaching changes and hires made in the 2024–25 offseason Departure date Team Outgoing head coach Reasonfor departure Hire date Incoming head coach Last coaching position N/A Golden State Valkyries 2025 expansion team October 10, 2024 Natalie Nakase Las Vegas Aces assistant coach (–) September 24, 2024 Los Angeles Sparks Curt Miller Fired November 19, 2024 Lynne Roberts Utah head coach (2015–2024) September 27, 2024 Chicago Sky Teresa Weatherspoon Fired November 3, 2024 Tyler Marsh Las Vegas Aces assistant coach (–) October 2, 2024 Atlanta Dream Tanisha Wright Fired November 13, 2024 Karl Smesko Florida Gulf Coast head coach (2002–2024) October 18, 2024 Dallas Wings Latricia Trammell Fired December 23, 2024 Chris Koclanes USC assistant coach (2023–2024) October 23, 2024 Washington Mystics Eric Thibault Mutual separation Sydney Johnson Chicago Sky assistant coach () October 27, 2024 Indiana Fever Christie Sides Fired November 1, 2024 Stephanie White Connecticut Sun head coach (–) November 1, 2024 Connecticut Sun Stephanie White Resigned December 4, 2024 Rachid Meziane Villeneuve-d'Ascq head coach (2019–2024)Belgium national team head coach (2022–2024)
General manager changes + List of WNBA general manager changes and hires made in the 2024–25 offseason and 2025 regular season Departure date Team Outgoinggeneral manager Reasonfor departure Hire date Incominggeneral manager Last managerial position .October 4, 2024 Indiana Fever Lin Dunn Role change October 4, 2024 Amber Cox Kansas City Current Chief Operating Officer (2021–2024) October 18, 2024 Dallas Wings Greg Bibb Dispersion of duty November 8, 2024 Curt Miller Connecticut Sun General Manager (2016–2022) October 23, 2024 Mike Thibault Mutual separation Jamila Wideman NBA Senior Vice President of Player Development (2018–2024) October 26, 2024 Las Vegas Aces Natalie Williams — Vacant — Minnesota Lynx Clare Duwelius Resigned — Vacant — Connecticut Sun Darius Taylor Role change Morgan Tuck Connecticut Sun Director of Franchise Development (2021–2024)Connecticut Sun Assistant General Manager (2022–2024) N/A Toronto Tempo 2026 expansion team February 20, 2025 Monica Wright Rogers Phoenix Mercury Assistant General Manager (2023–2025) Portland Fire September 15, 2025 Vanja Černivec London Lions general manager (2022–2024)Golden State Valkyries vice president of basketball operations (2024–2025)
Player movement Expansion draft On December 6, 2024, an expansion draft took place to help fill the roster for the Golden State Valkyries for their debut WNBA season in 2025.
Pick Player Position Former Team Nationality Notes (at time of draft) + 2024 expansion draft picks1 Iliana Rupert Center Atlanta Dream Suspended – contract expired 2 María Conde Forward Chicago Sky Suspended – contract expired3 Veronica Burton Guard Connecticut Sun Free agent – reserved4 Carla Leite Dallas Wings Unsigned 2024 draft pick (No. 9)5 Temi Fágbénlé Center Indiana Fever Free agent – restricted6 Kate Martin Guard Las Vegas Aces Under contract for 2025 season7 Stephanie Talbot Forward Los Angeles Sparks Under contract for 2025 season8 Cecilia Zandalasini Minnesota Lynx Free agent – reserved9 Kayla Thornton New York Liberty Under contract for 2025 season10 Monique Billings Phoenix Mercury Free agent – unrestricted11 No selection — Seattle Storm — —12 Julie Vanloo Guard Washington Mystics Free agent – reserved
Contract extensions + List of players signed to contract extensions during 2025 season Date Player Team Notes April 18 Aliyah Boston Indiana Fever Exercised team option May 6 Maddy Siegrist Dallas Wings May 12 Nyara Sabally New York Liberty May 13 Jordan Horston Seattle Storm May 15 Dorka Juhász Minnesota Lynx Diamond Miller
Trades Starting on January 21, 2025, teams were permitted to begin trades, including 2025, 2026, and 2027 draft picks.
The trade window for the 2025 season ended on August 7, 2025.
+ List of trades amongst teams during 2025 season February February 1Three-team trade To Las Vegas Aces Jewell Loyd (from Seattle) 2025 No. 13 draft pick (from Los Angeles) (Aaliyah Nye) To Los Angeles Sparks Kelsey Plum (sign-and-trade from Las Vegas) 2025 No. 9 draft pick (from Seattle) (Sarah Ashlee Barker) 2026 second round draft pick (from Seattle) To Seattle Storm 2025 No. 2 draft pick (from Los Angeles) (Dominique Malonga) Rights to Li Yueru (from Los Angeles) 2026 first round draft pick (from Las Vegas) February 2Four-team trade To Connecticut Sun Rebecca Allen (from Phoenix) Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix) Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas) 2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana) (Saniya Rivers) To Dallas Wings DiJonai Carrington (sign-and-trade from Connecticut) Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut) NaLyssa Smith (from Indiana) Right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana) Rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (from Phoenix) 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix) (Aziaha James) To Indiana Fever Sophie Cunningham (from Phoenix) 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix) (Makayla Timpson) Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas) To Phoenix Mercury Alyssa Thomas (sign-and-trade from Connecticut) Satou Sabally (sign-and-trade from Dallas) Kalani Brown (from Dallas) Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas) February 4 To Chicago Sky Rebecca Allen To Connecticut Sun Lindsay Allen Rights to Nikolina Milić February 7 To Chicago Sky 2025 No. 16 draft pick (Maddy Westbeld) 2025 No. 22 draft pick (Aicha Coulibaly) To Las Vegas Aces Dana Evans(Sign-and-trade) February 14 To Los Angeles Sparks 2025 No. 21 draft pick (Sania Feagin) 2027 second round draft pick To Seattle Storm Lexie Brown 2025 No. 26 draft pick (Serena Sundell) February 23 To Chicago Sky Ariel Atkins To Washington Mystics 2025 No. 3 draft pick (Sonia Citron) 2027 second round draft pick Rights to swap 2027 first round draft picks March March 16 To Connecticut Sun 2025 No. 7 draft pick (Aneesah Morrow) 2026 first round draft pick To New York Liberty Natasha Cloud April April 13 To Chicago Sky2025 No. 11 draft pick (Hailey Van Lith) To Minnesota LynxOutright 2026 first round draft pickExtinguished previous right to exchange 2026 first round draft picks with Chicago April 14 To Minnesota LynxKarlie Samuelson To Washington Mystics2026 first round pick (Minnesota's own) June June 14 To Dallas Wings Li Yueru 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) June 30 To Dallas Wings 2027 first round pick To Las Vegas Aces NaLyssa Smith August August 3 To Dallas WingsDiamond MillerKarlie Samuelson2027 second round pick (Minnesota's own) To Minnesota LynxDiJonai Carrington August 5 To Seattle StormBrittney Sykes To Washington MysticsAlysha ClarkZia Cooke2026 first round pick (Seattle's own) August 7 To Connecticut SunAaliyah Edwards To Washington Mystics Jacy SheldonRight to swap 2026 first round picks
Free agency From January 11–20, 2025, teams were able to extend qualifying offers to core-eligible or reserved players.
The free agency negotiation period began on January 21, 2025, and teams were able to officially begin signing players on February 1, 2025.
The mid-season cut down date for the 2025 season was July 13, the final date teams could waive players on unprotected contracts without financial penalty.
Denotes uncoreable unrestricted free agent Denotes unrestricted free agent Denotes restricted free agent Denotes reserved free agent Denotes sign-and-trade player
S Denotes player whose contract was suspended for 2025 season X Denotes signed player who failed to make 2025 opening-day roster W Denotes signed player who was waived during regular season R Denotes signed player who was released during regular season
Core designation
+ List of players cored during 2025 season Date designated Player Cored placed by Notes January 11 Kelsey Plum Las Vegas Aces Traded to Los Angeles Sparks on February 1(Sign-and-trade) January 13 Satou Sabally Dallas Wings Traded to Phoenix Mercury on February 2(Sign-and-trade) Breanna Stewart New York Liberty Accepted core offer on March 29(Signed one-year deal) January 14 Gabby Williams Seattle Storm Accepted core offer on February 10(Signed a reported one-year deal) January 16 Kelsey Mitchell Indiana Fever Accepted core offer on January 29 January 17 Alyssa Thomas Connecticut Sun Traded to Phoenix Mercury on February 2(Sign-and-trade)
Free agents