2023 WNBA draft

2023 WNBA Draft
2023 WNBA Draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 10, 2023
Location	Spring Studios New York; Manhattan, New York City
Network(s)	United States: ESPN; Canada: TSN3/5
Overview
League	WNBA
Teams	12
First selection	Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) Draft, the WNBA's draft for the 2023 WNBA season and 28th draft in WNBA history, was held following the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 2023 draft took place at Spring Studios New York on April 10, 2023. It was exclusively televised on ESPN in the United States and on TSN3/5 in Canada at 7:00 p.m. EDT.^[1]

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2023 draft took place on November 11, 2022, and was televised on ESPN leading into ESPN's women's college basketball game that evening featuring defending National Champion South Carolina at Maryland.^[2] The four non-playoff teams in 2022 qualified from the lottery drawing: Indiana Fever, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks, and the Minnesota Lynx. The Sparks made a trade in February 2022 that allowed their pick to ultimately end up with the Washington Mystics at the time of the drawing. Each team had a representative at the lottery drawing - Kelsey Mitchell for the Fever, Head Coach Tanisha Wright for the Dream, Natasha Cloud for the Mystics, and Napheesa Collier for the Lynx. The Fever won the lottery for the first time in franchise history and were awarded the top pick in the draft. The rest of the order went as the following: Lynx, Dream, and Mystics.^[3]

Lottery chances

Note: Team selected for No.1 pick noted in bold text

Team	Combined 2021–2022 record	Lottery chances (out of 1,000)
Indiana Fever	11–57	442
Atlanta Dream	22–46	276
Washington Mystics (via the Los Angeles Sparks)	25–43	178
Minnesota Lynx	36–32	104

The lottery odds were based on combined records from the 2021 and 2022 WNBA seasons. In the drawing, 14 balls numbered 1–14 are placed in a lottery machine and mixed. Four balls are drawn to determine a four-digit combination (only 11–12–13–14 is ignored and redrawn). The team to which that four-ball combination is assigned receives the No. 1 pick. The four balls are then placed back into the machine and the process is repeated to determine the second pick. The two teams whose numerical combinations do not come up in the lottery will select in the inverse order of their two-year cumulative record. Ernst & Young knows the discreet results before they are announced.^[4]

The order of selection for the remainder of the first round as well as the second and third rounds was determined by inverse order of the teams' respective regular-season records solely from 2022.

Eligibility

Under the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the WNBA and its players' union, draft eligibility for players not defined as "international" requires the following to be true:^[5]

The player's 22nd birthday falls during the calendar year of the draft. For this draft, the cutoff birth date is December 31, 2001.
She has either:
- completed her college eligibility;
- received a bachelor's degree, or is scheduled to receive such in the 3 months following the draft; or
- is at least 4 years removed from high school graduation.

A player who is scheduled to receive her bachelor's degree within 3 months of the draft date, and is younger than the cutoff age, is only eligible if the calendar year of the draft is no earlier than the fourth after her high school graduation.

Players with remaining college eligibility who meet the cutoff age must notify the WNBA headquarters of their intent to enter the draft no later than 10 days before the draft date, and must renounce any remaining college eligibility to do so. A separate notification timetable is provided for players involved in postseason tournaments (most notably the NCAA Division I tournament); those players (normally) must declare for the draft within 24 hours of their final game.

"International players" are defined as those for whom all of the following is true:

Born and currently residing outside the U.S.
Never "exercised intercollegiate basketball eligibility" in the U.S.

For "international players", the eligibility age is 20, also measured on December 31 of the year of the draft.

Draft invitees

On April 7, 2023, the WNBA released the names of the players who would be invited to be in attendance at the draft.^[6]

Laeticia Amihere, South Carolina
Brea Beal, South Carolina
Grace Berger, Indiana
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Zia Cooke, South Carolina
Jordan Horston, Tennessee
Ashley Joens, Iowa State
Haley Jones, Stanford
Dorka Juhász, UConn
Lou Lopez Sénéchal, UConn
Taylor Mikesell, Ohio State
Diamond Miller, Maryland
Alexis Morris, LSU
Maddy Siegrist, Villanova
Stephanie Soares, Iowa State

Key

⁺	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft

First round

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Aliyah Boston⁺	United States	Indiana Fever	South Carolina
2	Diamond Miller	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Maryland
3	Maddy Siegrist	United States	Dallas Wings (from Atlanta)^[a]	Villanova
4	Stephanie Soares	Brazil	Washington Mystics (from Los Angeles via Atlanta, traded to Dallas)^[b]^[c]^[d]	Iowa State
5	Lou Lopez Sénéchal	Mexico	Dallas Wings (from Phoenix via Chicago)^[e]^[f]	UConn
6	Haley Jones	United States	Atlanta Dream (from New York via Connecticut)^[g]^[h]	Stanford
7	Grace Berger	United States	Indiana Fever (from Dallas)^[i]	Indiana
8	Laeticia Amihere	Canada	Atlanta Dream (from Washington)^[c]	South Carolina
9	Jordan Horston	United States	Seattle Storm	Tennessee
10	Zia Cooke	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (from Connecticut)^[j]	South Carolina
11	Abby Meyers	United States	Dallas Wings (from Chicago via Indiana)^[i]^[e]	Maryland
12	Maïa Hirsch	France	Minnesota Lynx (from Las Vegas)^[k]	ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Second round

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
13	Taylor Mikesell	United States	Indiana Fever	Ohio State
14	Shaneice Swain	Australia	Los Angeles Sparks	Cairns Dolphins
15	Leigha Brown	United States	Atlanta Dream	Michigan
16	Dorka Juhász	Hungary	Minnesota Lynx	UConn
17	LaDazhia Williams	United States	Indiana Fever (from Phoenix)^[e]	LSU
18	Madi Williams	United States	Seattle Storm (from New York)^[l]	Oklahoma
19	Ashley Joens	United States	Dallas Wings	Iowa State
20	Elena Tsineke	Greece	Washington Mystics	South Florida
21	Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu	Cameroon	Seattle Storm	South Florida
22	Alexis Morris	United States	Connecticut Sun	LSU
23	Kayana Traylor	United States	Chicago Sky	Virginia Tech
24	Brea Beal	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Las Vegas)^[k]	South Carolina

Third round

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
25	Victaria Saxton	United States	Indiana Fever	South Carolina
26	Monika Czinano	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Iowa
27	Destiny Harden	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Atlanta)^[m]	Miami
28	Taylor Soule	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Virginia Tech
29	Kadi Sissoko	France	Phoenix Mercury	USC
30	Okako Adika	Denmark	New York Liberty	USC
31	Paige Robinson	United States	Dallas Wings	Illinois State
32	Txell Alarcón	Spain	Washington Mystics	Araski AES
33	Jade Loville	United States	Seattle Storm	Arizona
34	Ashten Prechtel	United States	Connecticut Sun	Stanford
35	Kseniya Malashka	Belarus	Chicago Sky	Middle Tennessee
36	Brittany Davis	United States	Las Vegas Aces	Alabama

Trades

^
January 21, 2023: Atlanta to Dallas^[7]
- Atlanta acquired Allisha Gray
- Dallas acquired 2023 and 2025 first-round picks
^
February 5, 2022: Los Angeles to Atlanta^[8]
- Atlanta acquired Erica Wheeler, a 2022 second-round pick, and a 2023 first-round pick
- Los Angeles acquired Chennedy Carter and the rights to Li Yueru
^ ^a ^b
April 6, 2022: Atlanta to Washington^[9]
- Atlanta acquired 2022 (1st overall) and 2023 first-round picks
- Washington acquired 2022 first- and second-round picks (3rd and 14th overall), and option to swap its own 2023 first-round pick with the 2023 first-round pick Atlanta acquired from Los Angeles
^
April 10, 2023: Washington to Dallas^[10]
- Dallas acquired the rights to Stephanie Soares
- Washington acquired 2024 second-round and 2025 first-round picks (via Atlanta)
^ ^a ^b ^c
February 3, 2022: Three-team trade among Chicago, Indiana, and Phoenix^[11]
- Chicago acquired Julie Allemand from Indiana and a 2023 first-round pick from Phoenix
- Indiana acquired Bria Hartley, 2022 and 2023 first-round pick from Chicago, 2022 and 2023 second-round picks from Phoenix
- Phoenix acquired Diamond DeShields
^
February 11, 2023: Four-team trade among Chicago, Dallas, New York, and Phoenix^[12]
- Chicago acquired Marina Mabrey and a 2024 second-round pick (from Phoenix)
- New York acquired rights to Leonie Fiebich, a 2024 second-round pick (from Chicago), and the right to swap 2025 first-round picks (from Phoenix)
- Phoenix acquired Michaela Onyenwere, 2024 third-round pick (from Chicago), and 2025 second-round pick (from Chicago)
- Dallas acquired Diamond DeShields, 2023 and 2024 first-round picks (from Chicago), and the right to swap 2025 first-round picks (from Chicago)
^
January 16, 2023: Three-team trade among New York, Connecticut, and Dallas^[13]
- Connecticut acquired Rebecca Allen and a 2023 first-round pick from New York, and Tyasha Harris from Dallas
- Dallas acquired Natasha Howard and Crystal Dangerfield from New York
- New York acquired Jonquel Jones from Connecticut and Kayla Thornton from Dallas
^
February 9, 2023: Connecticut to Atlanta^[14]
- Connecticut acquired rights to Tiffany Hayes
- Atlanta acquired a 2023 first-round pick (6th overall)
^ ^a ^b
March 8, 2022: Indiana to Dallas^[15]
- Indiana acquired two 2022 first-round picks (4th and 6th) and a 2023 first-round pick
- Dallas acquired Teaira McCowan, a 2022 first-round pick, and Chicago's 2023 first-round pick
^
January 16, 2023: Connecticut to Los Angeles^[16]
- Connecticut acquired Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Jasmine Walker, and Kianna Smith
- Los Angeles acquired Jasmine Thomas and a 2023 first-round pick
^ ^a ^b
April 10, 2022: Las Vegas to Minnesota^[17]
- Vegas acquired a 2022 first- and second-round picks (8th and 13th overall)
- Minnesota acquired 2023 first- and second-round picks
^
April 11, 2022: New York to Seattle^[18]
- New York acquired Lorela Cubaj
- Seattle acquired a 2023 second-round pick
^
January 31, 2022: Atlanta to Phoenix^[19]
- Atlanta acquired Kia Vaughn
- Phoenix acquired a 2023 third-round pick

References

^ "WNBA Draft 2023 Presented By State Farm To Be Held On April 10th". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
^ "WNBA Draft Lottery 2023 Presented By State Farm To Take Place Friday, NOV. 11". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ Philippou, Alexa (11 November 2022). "Indiana Fever earn No. 1 pick in 2023 WNBA draft for first time". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ "Napheesa Collier to Represent Minnesota Lynx at WNBA Draft Lottery 2023 Presented by State Farm". Minnesota Lynx. WNBA. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
^ "Article XIII, Section 1: Player Eligibility" (PDF). 2020 Women's National Basketball Association Collective Bargaining Agreement. Women's National Basketball Players Association. pp. 110–111. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
^ "South Carolina's Aliyah Boston, Maryland's Diamond Miller And Villanov's Maddy Siegrist Headline Prospects To Attend WNBA Draft 2023 Presented By State Farm". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Atlanta Dream Land Allisha Gray". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Dream Acquire Erica Wheeler, 2023 First Round Pick and 2022 Second Round Pick in Trade with Sparks". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ "Dream Lands 2022 Number One Overall Draft Pick". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ DBragaSports (April 10, 2023). "Stephanie Soares selected 4th overall in WNBA Draft". SBNation. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "Mercury, Fever & Sky Complete Three-Team Trade". WNBA.com. March 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Chicago Sky Acquires Marina Mabrey in Four-Team Trade". WNBA.com. February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
^ "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rebecca Allen, Tyasha Harris and the No. 6 Pick in a Three-Team Trade". Connecticut Sun. WNBA. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
^ "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rights to Tiffany Hayes". Connecticut Sun. WNBA. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
^ "Fever Acquire Draft Picks in Trade with Dallas Wings". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ "Sparks Acquire Guard Jasmine Thomas". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "Aces Acquire No. 8 and 13 picks from Minnesota". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ "New York Liberty Select Nyara Sabally, Lorela Cubaj and Sika Kone in 2022 WNBA Draft". WNBA. April 11, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ Atlanta Dream PR [@ATLDreamPR] (January 31, 2022). "Transaction: Atlanta acquires Kia Vaughn in a trade with Phoenix in exchange for a 2023 third round draft pick" (Tweet). Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Twitter.

[DreamWings-8] January 21, 2023: Atlanta to Dallas^[7]
Atlanta acquired Allisha Gray

Dallas acquired 2023 and 2025 first-round picks

[2] Atlanta acquired Allisha Gray

[3] Dallas acquired 2023 and 2025 first-round picks

[SparksDream-10] February 5, 2022: Los Angeles to Atlanta^[8]
Atlanta acquired Erica Wheeler, a 2022 second-round pick, and a 2023 first-round pick

Los Angeles acquired Chennedy Carter and the rights to Li Yueru

[5] Atlanta acquired Erica Wheeler, a 2022 second-round pick, and a 2023 first-round pick

[6] Los Angeles acquired Chennedy Carter and the rights to Li Yueru

[DreamMystics-12] April 6, 2022: Atlanta to Washington^[9]
Atlanta acquired 2022 (1st overall) and 2023 first-round picks

Washington acquired 2022 first- and second-round picks (3rd and 14th overall), and option to swap its own 2023 first-round pick with the 2023 first-round pick Atlanta acquired from Los Angeles

[8] Atlanta acquired 2022 (1st overall) and 2023 first-round picks

[9] Washington acquired 2022 first- and second-round picks (3rd and 14th overall), and option to swap its own 2023 first-round pick with the 2023 first-round pick Atlanta acquired from Los Angeles

[SparksWings-14] April 10, 2023: Washington to Dallas^[10]
Dallas acquired the rights to Stephanie Soares

Washington acquired 2024 second-round and 2025 first-round picks (via Atlanta)

[11] Dallas acquired the rights to Stephanie Soares

[12] Washington acquired 2024 second-round and 2025 first-round picks (via Atlanta)

[SkyFeverMercury-16] February 3, 2022: Three-team trade among Chicago, Indiana, and Phoenix^[11]
Chicago acquired Julie Allemand from Indiana and a 2023 first-round pick from Phoenix

Indiana acquired Bria Hartley, 2022 and 2023 first-round pick from Chicago, 2022 and 2023 second-round picks from Phoenix

Phoenix acquired Diamond DeShields

[14] Chicago acquired Julie Allemand from Indiana and a 2023 first-round pick from Phoenix

[15] Indiana acquired Bria Hartley, 2022 and 2023 first-round pick from Chicago, 2022 and 2023 second-round picks from Phoenix

[16] Phoenix acquired Diamond DeShields

[SkyLibertyMercuryWings-18] February 11, 2023: Four-team trade among Chicago, Dallas, New York, and Phoenix^[12]
Chicago acquired Marina Mabrey and a 2024 second-round pick (from Phoenix)

New York acquired rights to Leonie Fiebich, a 2024 second-round pick (from Chicago), and the right to swap 2025 first-round picks (from Phoenix)

Phoenix acquired Michaela Onyenwere, 2024 third-round pick (from Chicago), and 2025 second-round pick (from Chicago)

Dallas acquired Diamond DeShields, 2023 and 2024 first-round picks (from Chicago), and the right to swap 2025 first-round picks (from Chicago)

[18] Chicago acquired Marina Mabrey and a 2024 second-round pick (from Phoenix)

[19] New York acquired rights to Leonie Fiebich, a 2024 second-round pick (from Chicago), and the right to swap 2025 first-round picks (from Phoenix)

[20] Phoenix acquired Michaela Onyenwere, 2024 third-round pick (from Chicago), and 2025 second-round pick (from Chicago)

[21] Dallas acquired Diamond DeShields, 2023 and 2024 first-round picks (from Chicago), and the right to swap 2025 first-round picks (from Chicago)

[SunWingsLiberty-20] January 16, 2023: Three-team trade among New York, Connecticut, and Dallas^[13]
Connecticut acquired Rebecca Allen and a 2023 first-round pick from New York, and Tyasha Harris from Dallas

Dallas acquired Natasha Howard and Crystal Dangerfield from New York

New York acquired Jonquel Jones from Connecticut and Kayla Thornton from Dallas

[23] Connecticut acquired Rebecca Allen and a 2023 first-round pick from New York, and Tyasha Harris from Dallas

[24] Dallas acquired Natasha Howard and Crystal Dangerfield from New York

[25] New York acquired Jonquel Jones from Connecticut and Kayla Thornton from Dallas

[SunDream-22] February 9, 2023: Connecticut to Atlanta^[14]
Connecticut acquired rights to Tiffany Hayes

Atlanta acquired a 2023 first-round pick (6th overall)

[27] Connecticut acquired rights to Tiffany Hayes

[28] Atlanta acquired a 2023 first-round pick (6th overall)

[FeverWings-24] March 8, 2022: Indiana to Dallas^[15]
Indiana acquired two 2022 first-round picks (4th and 6th) and a 2023 first-round pick

Dallas acquired Teaira McCowan, a 2022 first-round pick, and Chicago's 2023 first-round pick

[30] Indiana acquired two 2022 first-round picks (4th and 6th) and a 2023 first-round pick

[31] Dallas acquired Teaira McCowan, a 2022 first-round pick, and Chicago's 2023 first-round pick

[SparksSun-26] January 16, 2023: Connecticut to Los Angeles^[16]
Connecticut acquired Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Jasmine Walker, and Kianna Smith

Los Angeles acquired Jasmine Thomas and a 2023 first-round pick

[33] Connecticut acquired Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Jasmine Walker, and Kianna Smith

[34] Los Angeles acquired Jasmine Thomas and a 2023 first-round pick

[AcesLynx-28] April 10, 2022: Las Vegas to Minnesota^[17]
Vegas acquired a 2022 first- and second-round picks (8th and 13th overall)

Minnesota acquired 2023 first- and second-round picks

[36] Vegas acquired a 2022 first- and second-round picks (8th and 13th overall)

[37] Minnesota acquired 2023 first- and second-round picks

[LibertyStorm-30] April 11, 2022: New York to Seattle^[18]
New York acquired Lorela Cubaj

Seattle acquired a 2023 second-round pick

[39] New York acquired Lorela Cubaj

[40] Seattle acquired a 2023 second-round pick

[DreamMercury-32] January 31, 2022: Atlanta to Phoenix^[19]
Atlanta acquired Kia Vaughn

Phoenix acquired a 2023 third-round pick

[42] Atlanta acquired Kia Vaughn

[43] Phoenix acquired a 2023 third-round pick

[1] "WNBA Draft 2023 Presented By State Farm To Be Held On April 10th". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

[2] "WNBA Draft Lottery 2023 Presented By State Farm To Take Place Friday, NOV. 11". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[3] Philippou, Alexa (11 November 2022). "Indiana Fever earn No. 1 pick in 2023 WNBA draft for first time". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[4] "Napheesa Collier to Represent Minnesota Lynx at WNBA Draft Lottery 2023 Presented by State Farm". Minnesota Lynx. WNBA. Retrieved November 12, 2022.

[5] "Article XIII, Section 1: Player Eligibility" (PDF). 2020 Women's National Basketball Association Collective Bargaining Agreement. Women's National Basketball Players Association. pp. 110–111. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

[6] "South Carolina's Aliyah Boston, Maryland's Diamond Miller And Villanov's Maddy Siegrist Headline Prospects To Attend WNBA Draft 2023 Presented By State Farm". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

[7] "Atlanta Dream Land Allisha Gray". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[9] "Dream Acquire Erica Wheeler, 2023 First Round Pick and 2022 Second Round Pick in Trade with Sparks". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[11] "Dream Lands 2022 Number One Overall Draft Pick". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[13] DBragaSports (April 10, 2023). "Stephanie Soares selected 4th overall in WNBA Draft". SBNation. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[15] "Mercury, Fever & Sky Complete Three-Team Trade". WNBA.com. March 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[17] "Chicago Sky Acquires Marina Mabrey in Four-Team Trade". WNBA.com. February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.

[19] "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rebecca Allen, Tyasha Harris and the No. 6 Pick in a Three-Team Trade". Connecticut Sun. WNBA. Retrieved January 17, 2023.

[21] "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rights to Tiffany Hayes". Connecticut Sun. WNBA. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

[23] "Fever Acquire Draft Picks in Trade with Dallas Wings". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[25] "Sparks Acquire Guard Jasmine Thomas". sparks.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[27] "Aces Acquire No. 8 and 13 picks from Minnesota". WNBA. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[29] "New York Liberty Select Nyara Sabally, Lorela Cubaj and Sika Kone in 2022 WNBA Draft". WNBA. April 11, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

[31] Atlanta Dream PR [@ATLDreamPR] (January 31, 2022). "Transaction: Atlanta acquires Kia Vaughn in a trade with Phoenix in exchange for a 2023 third round draft pick" (Tweet). Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Twitter.

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Draft lottery

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Draft

First round

Second round

Third round

Trades

See also

References

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