Overview
- The drawing airs Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, using the WNBA’s two-year record formula and lottery-ball combinations to set the top two picks.
- Dallas owns the highest odds for the top selection based on the league’s combined-record system over the past two seasons.
- Five teams are in this year’s lottery because the league had 13 teams last season, and the field is expected to expand to seven lottery teams in 2026 with 15 franchises.
- After the top five are set, the next two picks go to expansion clubs Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire, with the specific order between them not yet publicly confirmed.
- Key pick ownership wrinkles include Minnesota holding Chicago’s lottery pick and Seattle holding Los Angeles’ pick, while ESPN’s latest mock projects Spain’s Awa Fam as the potential No. 1.