The 2025–26 Washington Wizards season was the 65th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 52nd in the Washington, D.C. area.
On January 9, 2026, the Wizards acquired guard Trae Young from the Atlanta Hawks through a trade in exchange for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. On February 5, the team later acquired more veterans in former All-Stars Anthony Davis and D'Angelo Russell through a three-team trade with the Dallas Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets. However, Young and Davis would not immediately suit up while recovering from injuries. On March 12, the Wizards were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth season in a row following a 131–136 overtime loss to the Orlando Magic.
The Wizards finished the season with a 17–65 record, the second worst in franchise history and the worst one throughout the entire season.
In a game against the Miami Heat on March 10, 2026, Miami's Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, surpassing Kobe Bryant's 81-point performance against the Toronto Raptors in 2006 for the second-most points scored in NBA history.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 Tre Johnson Shooting Guard United States Texas 1 18 Walter Clayton Jr. Point Guard United States Florida 2 40 Micah Peavy Point Guard United States Georgetown The Wizards entered the draft holding two first-round selections and one second-round pick. They had acquired an additional 2025 first-round selection, the 18th pick, from the Memphis Grizzlies via a trade in February 2025. Although Washington had traded its original 2025 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in the five-team trade that sent Russell Westbrook to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021 and the pick was eventually held by the Boston Celtics on draft night, the team acquired a second-round pick from the Phoenix Suns as part of the Bradley Beal trade in 2023.
With the sixth overall pick, they selected Tre Johnson from Texas. Washington traded its 18th overall pick to the Utah Jazz in exchange for the rights to the 21st pick (Will Riley), the 43rd pick (Jamir Watkins), and two future second-round selections.
Roster
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Standings Division
Conference
Game log Preseason
| 1 | October 12 | Toronto | | CJ McCollum (19) | George, Middleton (9) | Khris Middleton (5) | Capital One Arena9,403 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 13 | @ New York | | Marvin Bagley III (18) | Marvin Bagley III (11) | Bub Carrington (4) | Madison Square Garden19,241 | 1–1 |- | 3 | October 16 | @ Detroit | | Kyshawn George (20) | Alex Sarr (9) | Khris Middleton (4) | Little Caesars Arena11,088 | 1–2
Regular season
| 1 | October 22 | @ Milwaukee | | Khris Middleton (23) | Alex Sarr (12) | Kyshawn George (4) | Fiserv Forum17,341 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 24 | @ Dallas | | Kyshawn George (34) | Kyshawn George (11) | McCollum, Sarr (5) | American Airlines Center19,225 | 1–1 |- | 3 | October 26 | Charlotte | | CJ McCollum (24) | Kyshawn George (8) | Carrington, George, McCollum, Sarr (5) | Capital One Arena16,307 | 1–2 |- | 4 | October 28 | Philadelphia | | Alex Sarr (31) | Alex Sarr (11) | George, McCollum (7) | Capital One Arena15,529 | 1–3 |- | 5 | October 30 | @ Oklahoma City | | CJ McCollum (19) | Coulibaly, Sarr (8) | Kyshawn George (6) | Paycom Center18,203 | 1–4
| 6 | November 1 | Orlando | | Kyshawn George (17) | Alex Sarr (8) | Bub Carrington (5) | Capital One Arena14,602 | 1–5 |- | 7 | November 3 | @ New York | | Alex Sarr (19) | Alex Sarr (8) | Carrington, Sarr (7) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 1–6 |- | 8 | November 5 | @ Boston | | Alex Sarr (31) | Alex Sarr (8) | Bub Carrington (6) | TD Garden19,156 | 1–7 |- | 9 | November 7 | Cleveland | | CJ McCollum (25) | Justin Champagnie (11) | Bub Carrington (11) | Capital One Arena14,054 | 1–8 |- | 10 | November 8 | Dallas | | CJ McCollum (25) | Tre Johnson (9) | Alex Sarr (5) | Capital One Arena16,258 | 1–9 |- | 11 | November 10 | @ Detroit | | CJ McCollum (42) | Alex Sarr (15) | Kyshawn George (6) | Little Caesars Arena17,994 | 1–10 |- | 12 | November 12 | @ Houston | | Alex Sarr (25) | Alex Sarr (11) | Kyshawn George (9) | Toyota Center18,055 | 1–11 |- | 13 | November 16 | Brooklyn | | Kyshawn George (29) | Kyshawn George (6) | Kyshawn George (5) | Capital One Arena14,164 | 1–12 |- | 14 | November 19 | @ Minnesota | | Kyshawn George (23) | Bagley III, George (7) | Kyshawn George (7) | Target Center16,578 | 1–13 |- | 15 | November 21 | @ Toronto | | CJ McCollum (20) | (3) | (4) | Scotiabank Arena19,800 | 1–14 |- | 16 | November 22 | @ Chicago | | Kispert, Whitmore (20) | Kyshawn George (12) | Kyshawn George (7) | United Center21,302 | 1–15 |- | 17 | November 25 | Atlanta | | CJ McCollum (46) | Alex Sarr (11) | Khris Middleton (12) | Capital One Arena15,522 | 2–15 |- | 18 | November 28 | @ Indiana | | Alex Sarr (24) | Alex Sarr (9) | George, Middleton (4) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,515 | 2–16
| 19 | December 1 | Milwaukee | | CJ McCollum (28) | Marvin Bagley III (9) | Khris Middleton (6) | Capital One Arena13,709 | 3–16 |- | 20 | December 2 | @ Philadelphia | | Tristan Vukčević (16) | Bagley III, George (8) | Kyshawn George (5) | Xfinity Mobile Arena16,743 | 3–17 |- | 21 | December 4 | Boston | | CJ McCollum (22) | Justin Champagnie (7) | Khris Middleton (4) | Capital One Arena16,026 | 3–18 |- | 22 | December 6 | Atlanta | | CJ McCollum (28) | Kyshawn George (6) | Bub Carrington (8) | Capital One Arena15,596 | 3–19 |- | 23 | December 12 | Cleveland | | Carrington, McCollum (27) | Marvin Bagley III (13) | Bub Carrington (8) | Capital One Arena15,465 | 3–20 |- | 24 | December 14 | @ Indiana | | Marvin Bagley III (23) | Bagley III, Champagnie (14) | Kyshawn George (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,001 | 4–20 |- | 25 | December 18 | @ San Antonio | | Alex Sarr (18) | Justin Champagnie (9) | Kyshawn George (6) | Frost Bank Center18,754 | 4–21 |- | 26 | December 20 | @ Memphis | | George, McCollum (28) | Champagnie, Sarr (11) | Kyshawn George (7) | FedExForum15,780 | 5–21 |- | 27 | December 21 | San Antonio | | Bub Carrington (21) | Tristan Vukčević (9) | Kyshawn George (7) | Capital One Arena20,028 | 5–22 |- | 28 | December 23 | @ Charlotte | | Khris Middleton (16) | Alex Sarr (11) | Kyshawn George (6) | Spectrum Center18,679 | 5–23 |- | 29 | December 26 | Toronto | | Kyshawn George (23) | Bilal Coulibaly (8) | Carrington, McCollum (4) | Capital One Arena15,575 | 6–23 |- | 30 | December 28 | Memphis | | Alex Sarr (20) | Justin Champagnie (12) | Bub Carrington (7) | Capital One Arena16,681 | 7–23 |- | 31 | December 29 | Phoenix | | Tre Johnson (24) | Bagley III, Coulibaly (7) | (4) | Capital One Arena16,982 | 7–24 |- | 32 | December 31 | @ Milwaukee | | Carrington, Sarr (20) | Alex Sarr (11) | Khris Middleton (6) | Fiserv Forum17,341 | 8–24
| 33 | January 2 | Brooklyn | | Justin Champagnie (20) | Bagley III, Coulibaly (8) | (4) | Capital One Arena16,486 | 9–24 |- | 34 | January 4 | Minnesota | | CJ McCollum (20) | Justin Champagnie (6) | Carrington, Sarr (4) | Capital One Arena16,728 | 9–25 |- | 35 | January 6 | Orlando | | CJ McCollum (27) | Bilal Coulibaly (8) | Johnson, McCollum (5) | Capital One Arena13,724 | 10–25 |- | 36 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | | Tre Johnson (20) | Marvin Bagley III (9) | Malaki Branham (8) | Xfinity Mobile Arena19,746 | 10–26 |- | 37 | January 9 | New Orleans | | George, Vukčević (15) | Justin Champagnie (9) | (4) | Capital One Arena16,563 | 10–27 |- | 38 | January 11 | @ Phoenix | | Johnson, Sarr (19) | Alex Sarr (15) | Bub Carrington (7) | Mortgage Matchup Center17,071 | 10–28 |- | 39 | January 14 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Kyshawn George (23) | Marvin Bagley III (11) | Bub Carrington (7) | Intuit Dome15,452 | 10–29 |- | 40 | January 16 | @ Sacramento | | Alex Sarr (19) | Kyshawn George (8) | Bub Carrington (9) | Golden 1 Center16,339 | 10–30 |- | 41 | January 17 | @ Denver | | Kyshawn George (29) | Justin Champagnie (9) | Kyshawn George (7) | Ball Arena19,968 | 10–31 |- | 42 | January 19 | L.A. Clippers | | Alex Sarr (28) | Marvin Bagley III (8) | Bub Carrington (7) | Capital One Arena16,630 | 10–32 |- | 43 | January 22 | Denver | | Kyshawn George (20) | Kyshawn George (12) | Kyshawn George (7) | Capital One Arena15,040 | 10–33 |- | 44 | January 24 | @ Charlotte | | Tre Johnson (26) | Justin Champagnie (11) | Bub Carrington (8) | Spectrum Center15,698 | 10–34 |- | 45 | January 27 | Portland | | Alex Sarr (29) | Alex Sarr (12) | Bilal Coulibaly (6) | Capital One Arena13,852 | 11–34 |- | 46 | January 29 | Milwaukee | | Kyshawn George (23) | Alex Sarr (17) | Bub Carrington (6) | Capital One Arena16,235 | 12–34 |- | 47 | January 30 | L.A. Lakers | | Malaki Branham (17) | Anthony Gill (10) | George, Carrington (6) | Capital One Arena20,028 | 12–35
| 48 | February 1 | Sacramento | | Will Riley (18) | Cooper, Labissière (7) | Carrington, Riley (6) | Capital One Arena13,102 | 13–35 |- | 49 | February 3 | New York | | Will Riley (17) | Alex Sarr (9) | AJ Johnson (4) | Capital One Arena17,822 | 13–36 |- | 50 | February 5 | @ Detroit | | Will Riley (20) | Justin Champagnie (7) | Cooper, Riley (5) | Little Caesars Arena19,401 | 14–36 |- | 51 | February 7 | @ Brooklyn | | Will Riley (27) | Justin Champagnie (9) | Bub Carrington (4) | Barclays Center17,548 | 14–37 |- | 52 | February 8 | Miami | | Tristan Vukčević (14) | Alex Sarr (12) | Carrington, Sarr (5) | Capital One Arena14,056 | 14–38 |- | 53 | February 11 | @ Cleveland | | Kyshawn George (17) | Justin Champagnie (8) | Sharife Cooper (5) | Rocket Arena19,432 | 14–39 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- | 54 | February 19 | Indiana | | (13) | Anthony Gill (8) | Sharife Cooper (7) | Capital One Arena14,602 | 15–39 |- | 55 | February 20 | Indiana | | Alondes Williams (25) | Alondes Williams (10) | Bub Carrington (7) | Capital One Arena15,846 | 16–39 |- | 56 | February 22 | Charlotte | | Bilal Coulibaly (17) | Alondes Williams (7) | Gill, Riley (4) | Capital One Arena16,443 | 16–40 |- | 57 | February 24 | @ Atlanta | | Will Riley (18) | Bub Carrington (10) | Bub Carrington (7) | State Farm Arena15,417 | 16–41 |- | 58 | February 26 | @ Atlanta | | (14) | Will Riley (10) | Bub Carrington (5) | State Farm Arena15,828 | 16–42 |- | 59 | February 28 | Toronto | | Will Riley (19) | (5) | Bub Carrington (5) | Capital One Arena17,429 | 16–43
| 60 | March 2 | Houston | | Bilal Coulibaly (23) | Bub Carrington (5) | Carrington, Watkins (4) | Capital One Arena17,352 | 16–44 |- | 61 | March 3 | @ Orlando | | Will Riley (19) | Leaky Black (9) | Carrington, Riley (5) | Kia Center16,894 | 16–45 |- | 62 | March 5 | Utah | | Julian Reese (18) | Julian Reese (20) | Trae Young (6) | Capital One Arena17,689 | 16–46 |- | 63 | March 8 | @ New Orleans | | Tre Johnson (20) | Julian Reese (9) | Trae Young (8) | Smoothie King Center16,698 | 16–47 |- | 64 | March 10 | @ Miami | | Alex Sarr (28) | Coulibaly, Sarr (6) | Bilal Coulibaly (7) | Kaseya Center19,700 | 16–48 |- | 65 | March 12 | @ Orlando | | Bilal Coulibaly (29) | Tristan Vukčević (11) | Trae Young (6) | Kia Center17,321 | 16–49 |- | 66 | March 14 | @ Boston | | Tristan Vukčević (22) | Jamir Watkins (6) | Bub Carrington (8) | TD Garden19,156 | 16–50 |- | 67 | March 16 | Golden State | | (21) | Coulibaly, Gill (8) | Riley, Young (5) | Capital One Arena15,922 | 16–51 |- | 68 | March 17 | Detroit | | Bub Carrington (30) | Justin Champagnie (9) | Sharife Cooper (6) | Capital One Arena15,296 | 16–52 |- | 69 | March 19 | Detroit | | Tristan Vukčević (21) | Sharife Cooper (7) | Bub Carrington (4) | Capital One Arena16,572 | 16–53 |- | 70 | March 21 | Oklahoma City | | Bilal Coulibaly (21) | Tristan Vukčević (7) | Alex Sarr (8) | Capital One Arena20,028 | 16–54 |- | 71 | March 22 | @ New York | | Jaden Hardy (25) | Jamir Watkins (6) | Bub Carrington (8) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 16–55 |- | 72 | March 25 | @ Utah | | Julian Reese (26)