2027 WNBA Draft Lottery to Decide First Two Picks

Overview

• The league will draw two four-ball combinations from a 14-ball machine to award the No. 1 and No. 2 picks in the 2027 draft, and the remaining lottery teams will be ordered by their two-year cumulative records.
• ESPN will broadcast the televised lottery with streaming available on the ESPN app so fans can watch the selection process live.
• The Houston Comets and Toronto Tempo each hold the most combinations at 329, but Houston won the head-to-head tiebreaker so it cannot fall below the third pick and Toronto is guaranteed at least the fourth pick.
• Washington (161 combinations), Seattle (93), Portland (52) and Los Angeles (24, including an extra entry from a prior trade) also share lottery chances and pick ownership follows past trades between teams.
• The lottery has changed franchise trajectories before by delivering players who became core stars, so the two drawn picks could accelerate rebuilds or open championship windows for the teams involved.