The highly anticipated 2025 WNBA Draft is finally here. This year’s talent pool is intriguing, featuring proven college players and high-upside international prospects. The draft landscape is clear at the top, with UConn’s Paige Bueckers projected to go No. 1 overall after concluding her impressive collegiate career with a national title run.
After Bueckers goes off the board, there is some uncertainty. Let’s try to predict all three rounds of tonight’s draft.
1) Dallas Wings: Paige Bueckers, G, UConn
The 2025 WNBA Draft lottery was essentially the Paige Bueckers sweepstakes, as she is a virtual lock to be the No. 1 overall pick. And deservedly so, by the way, as she projects to be an immediate impact player with star potential.
Averaging 19.8 PPG, 4.7 RPG, and 4.4 APG through her four-year NCAA career, Bueckers is an incredible all-around talent. The Dallas Wings have struggled, but they’ve had quite the free agency, adding players such as NaLyssa Smith and Dijonai Carrington.
Capping off their major additions with Bueckers, they’ll be able to implement her into their gameplan with ease as she’s good at just about everything. She’ll be able to have an impact at multiple levels, which is exactly what Dallas needs. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see Bueckers emerge as one of the best players in the league as a rookie.
2) Seattle Storm: Aneesah Morrow, F, LSU
The Seattle Storm were expected to take Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles with the No. 2 pick, but she decided to enter the transfer portal instead. Now, they’ll be looking to take a chance on a player who has a very high ceiling. Aneesah Morrow, a forward from LSU, is a great player who impacts the game on multiple levels.
She led Division I in double-doubles this season, highlighting her ability to both score and come down with the ball, which is of underrated importance in the WNBA.
Morrow has a mediocre floor, so this is a swing-for-the-fences pick. She could turn out to be relatively average, but the potential is there for her to be a really good player in the WNBA, and that’d be hard for the Storm to pass up.
3) Washington Mystics: Kiki Iriafen, F, USC
Kiki Iriafen was once viewed as an obvious pick at No. 2 behind Bueckers. She has shown glimpses of being one of the best women’s basketball prospects we’ve seen, but she lacks consistency.
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Fortunately for her, she was able to boost her draft stock a bit with her recent March Madness run, scoring 36 points in a dominant game against Mississippi State.
She will almost certainly land at either No. 3 or 4 as the Washington Mystics pick back-to-back, giving them a chance to add both a star forward and a star guard.
4) Washington Mystics: Sonia Citron, G, Notre Dame
So, which star guard will Washington select? We have the Mystics going with Sonia Citron out of Notre Dame. Citron is a great defender, averaging at least 1.6 steals per game in every season of her career. This season, though her scoring numbers dropped by a few points, it was the best defensive season of her career (1.9 steals and 0.9 blocks).
She also added over 14.1 PPG and 5.1 RPG on solid efficiency, making her a really good two-way player. Both Citron and Iriafen will greatly beef up the Mystics’ roster and put them in much better shape as they look toward the future.
5) Golden State Valkyries: Dominique Malonga, C, France
With the Storm taking a shot at Morrow with the No. 2 overall pick, the Valkyries will be thrilled to land Malonga with the No. 5 overall pick.
Being a new franchise, they’ll need a player they can build the team around and grow with to become contenders, and Malonga eventually would be just that.
Though she’s young, she’d still make an incredible impact on a team that needs help at just about every position.
6) Washington Mystics: Shyanne Sellers, G, Maryland
With their third pick within the top six of the first round, the Mystics will likely go with the best talent available, and that would be Shyanne Sellers. Though she’s not a once-in-a-lifetime talent, she’s still very solid and has proven to be a great 3-point shooter.
The Mystics will be able to develop this trio of young talent over the next few years, and Sellers will likely be a key part of their success in the future, even if she isn’t the main star.
7) Connecticut Sun: Justė Jocytė, G, Lithuania
Justė Jocytė is the second-highest-rated overseas player in this draft and she also happened to be teammates with Malonga. She’s not exceptional, but she will be the best player available for the Sun at No. 7 overall.
To put it bluntly, Connecticut needs all the help it can get after losing most of their team in the offseason, and Jocytė could be a key piece for them.
8) Indiana Fever (Trade): Georgia Amoore, G, Kentucky
Trade: Indiana trades No. 19 and No. 20 to Connecticut for No. 8
The Fever have had a fantastic offseason, and they’ll be looking to continue this incredible run with a big move in the draft. Trading both of their back-to-back second-round picks, they’ll take a chance at a guard who could be lethal as she develops behind Caitlin Clark.
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Georgia Amoore averaged 19.6 PPG and 6.9 APG this season for Kentucky, which, on paper, seems like a Clark stat line. She could be another guard for the future and a really solid depth piece to help make up for the minutes that Clark is off the floor.
9) Los Angeles Sparks: Hailey Van Lith, G, TCU
Hailey Van Lith has greatly improved her draft stock recently, and she could make a lot of sense with the Sparks. Former LSU star Cameron Brink will be making her highly-anticipated return this season, which would be a great pairing with Van Lith as the two were teammates in the Paris Olympics last year.
The Sparks also added former Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum, making their roster much scarier entering this year. If they land Van Lith, they could definitely make a playoff push.
Las Vegas Aces – Forfeited
The Las Vegas Aces had their 2025 draft pick forfeited.
10) Chicago Sky: Te-Hina Paopao, G, South Carolina
Despite the strong play of rookie Angel Reese last season, the Chicago Sky still have a lot of work to do. Te-Hina Paopao is a solid player who can knock down a 3-pointer when needed, which could make her a perfect fit on a team with two bigs who struggle to shoot the ball.
11) Minnesota Lynx: Aziaha James, G, NC State
Though the Minnesota Lynx lost to the New York Liberty in the Finals last year, they are coming off a great season and aren’t going to be able to make too many improvements through the draft. That said, Aziaha James would be a great fit as she could provide offense off the bench, which is desperately needed on championship-hopeful teams.
12) Dallas Wings: Makayla Timpson, F, Florida State
The Wings have the luxury of opening and closing the first round of the draft, and they could walk away with two really incredible players. Bueckers is a given, as she’s proven to be nothing but consistent for the Huskies, but Dallas could also snag a really talented big to add some balance to their draft.
Makayla Timpson was dominant this season with Florida State, averaging 17.5 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 3.1 BPG, and 1.8 SPG. Her defensive stats are absurd, and paired with her offensive production, she becomes a really solid prospect. Though it’s possible she slips into the second round, Timpson could easily be the steal of the draft at No. 13.
Round 2
13. Las Vegas Aces
Saniya Rivers, G, NC State
14. Dallas Wings
JJ Quinerly, G, West Virginia
15. Minnesota Lynx
Sania Feagin, F/C, South Carolina
16. Chicago Sky
DeYona Gaston, F, Auburn
17. Golden State Valkyries
Sarah Ashlee Barker, G, Alabama
18. Atlanta Dream
Ajsa Sivka, F, Slovenia
19. Connecticut Sun
Sedona Prince, C, TCU
20. Connecticut Sun
Lucy Olsen, G, Iowa
21. Los Angeles Sparks
Serena Sundell, G, Kansas State
22. Chicago Sky
Maddy Wesbeld, F, Notre Dame
23. Washington Mystics
Yvonne Ejim, F, Gonzaga
24. Minnesota Lynx
Harmoni Turner, G, Harvard
25. Connecticut Sun
Alyssa Utsby, F, UNC
Round 3
26. Seattle Storm
Anastasiia Kosu, F, Russia
27. Dallas Wings
Annika Solatau, F, Germany
28. Los Angeles Sparks
Temira Poindexter, G/F, Kansas State
29. Seattle Storm
Madison Scott, G/F, Ole Miss
30. Golden State Valkyries
Jewel Spear, G, Tennessee
31. Dallas Wings
Bree Hall, F, South Carolina
32. Washington Mystics
Taylor Thierry, F, Ohio State
33. Indiana Fever
Rayah Marshall, C, USC
34. Seattle Storm
Zaay Green, G/F, Alabama
35. Las Vegas Aces
Lauren Jensen, G, Creighton
36. Atlanta Dream
Sarah Andrews, G, Baylor
37. Minnesota Lynx
Maria Gakdeng, C, North Carolina
38. New York Liberty
Dalayah Daniels, F, Washington
