2026 WNBA draft
The Women's National Basketball Association 's draft for the 2026 season will be held following the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This will be the first draft for the league's two newest expansion teams: the Portland Fire and the Toronto Tempo.
Draft lottery
In November 2025, the WNBA announced that the 2026 WNBA Draft Lottery would be held on November 23, 2025. The lottery decided the order of the first 5 picks in the 2026 WNBA draft and was televised on ESPN in the United States. The five teams that did not qualify for 2025 WNBA playoffs participated in this draft lottery.Lottery chances
The lottery chances were based on the combined record from the 2024 and 2025 WNBA seasons. In the drawing, 14 balls numbered 1 to 14 were placed in a lottery machine and mixed. Four balls were drawn to determine a four-digit combination. The team assigned that four-ball combination received the No. 1 pick. The four balls were then be placed back into the machine and the process was repeated to determine the second pick. Of the three teams not selected in the drawings, the team with the worst cumulative two-year record was selected third; the team with the next worst record selected fourth; and the remaining team, fifth.A representative from the league's independent accounting firm, Ernst & Young, was in attendance to oversee the draft lottery process.
Note: The team selected for the No. 1 pick in the lottery is noted below in bold text.
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