With the 2025 WNBA season set to tip off on May 16, the ESPN experts came together for another fantasy women’s basketball mock draft.
We used the ESPN default settings — a six-team league with nine players per team — but you can check out how to play women’s fantasy basketball for information on personalizing your league settings.
The participants of this mock draft, in order of draft position, were Fantasy women’s basketball analyst Andre Snellings, Rotowire WNBA editor Jason Shebilske, ESPN WNBA researcher Jennifer LaCroix, fantasy women’s basketball analyst Eric Moody, fantasy women’s basketball editor James Best and fantasy and sports betting intern Gabriella Madden.
Here is the way the draft unfolded with some thoughts on certain selections from each round.
Note: The position rank in parentheses indicates where the player was taken in relation to the others at their position
Round 1
1. A’ja Wilson, LV (F1) — Snellings
2. Caitlin Clark, Ind (G1) — Shebilske
3. Napheesa Collier, Min (F2) — LaCroix
4. Breanna Stewart, NY (F3) — Moody
5. Arike Ogunbowale, Dal (G2) — Best
6. Sabrina Ionescu, NY (G3) — Madden
Quick draft thoughts
Snellings: I’ve hashed out my reasoning for Wilson as the top player in the draft. She put up the most dominant season in WNBA history in 2024 and is…
