Now that the 2025 WNBA Draft has come to a close, it’s officially time to start preparing for next year’s edition, which should be fascinating. The 2026 class is stacked, and unlike previous years, where the No. 1 overall pick was a lock well in advance, there are a number of players who will make their case for that honor.
Over the next year, the WNBA will change tremendously. A new collective bargaining agreement is expected to be in place for the 2026 season, nearly every player who is not on a rookie scale contract will become a free agent next winter, and two more expansion teams — the Toronto Tempo and a yet unnamed Portland franchise — will officially join in 2026.
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All of that will have a huge impact on the 2026 WNBA Draft, which will expand to 15 picks per round and 45 selections overall. We still don’t know the draft order, of course, but we do know the top…
