2025 New York Liberty season

The 2025 New York Liberty season is the ongoing 29th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their fourth season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Saturday, May 17, 2025, against the Las Vegas Aces at home.

2025 New York Liberty season
Coach	Sandy Brondello
Arena	Barclays Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Team Leaders
Points	—
Rebounds	—
Assists	—
Media
Television	WWOR-TV WNYW
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Draft

See also: 2025 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Club	Outcome	Ref.
3	38	Adja Kane	C	France	Landerneau Bretagne Basket	Rights retained	[1]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025 WNBA season transactions

Front office and coaching

Date	Details	Ref.
January 13	Hired Sonia Raman as assistant coach	[2]

Trades

March
March 16	To New York Liberty Natasha Cloud	To Connecticut Sun 2025 No. 7 draft pick 2026 first round draft pick	[3]

Free agency

Core designation

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Breanna Stewart	January 13	Accepted core offer on March 29 (Signed one-year deal)	[4][5]

Re-signed / extensions

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Jaylyn Sherrod	January 15	Training camp contract	[6]
Rebekah Gardner			[7]
Kennedy Burke	February 1		[8]
Nyara Sabally	May 12	Exercised team option (Fourth-year)	[9]
Leonie Fiebich	June 30	Set as active	[10]

Additions

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
Raquel Carrera	February 1	Training camp contract	Valencia Basket	[11]
Esmery Martínez			Flammes Carolo Basket	[12]
Kaitlyn Davis	February 12		Rojas de Veracruz [es]	[13]
Isabelle Harrison	February 21		Chicago Sky	[14]
Seehia Ridard	March 13		Sedis Cadí La Seu	[15]
Marine Johannès	March 21		Çimsa ÇBK Mersin	[16][17]
Annika Soltau [de]	April 22		Rutronik Stars Keltern	[18]
Leaonna Odom	April 24			[19]
Stephanie Talbot	July 21	Rest of season contract	Free agent	[20]
Emma Meesseman	August 1			[21]

Subtractions / unsigned

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
Marine Fauthoux	April 15, 2021	Unsigned draft pick (2021 draft pick – No. 29)	N/A – retained rights
Han Xu	September 10, 2023	Suspended contract – temporary
Kayla Thornton	December 6, 2024	Expansion draft	Golden State Valkyries	[22]
Raquel Carrera	December 31, 2024	Rights renounced	N/A[a]	[23]
	April 21, 2025	Suspended contract – full season	N/A – retained rights	[1]
Kaitlyn Davis	December 31, 2024	Rights renounced	N/A[b]	[24]
	May 2, 2025	Waived	—	[25]
Ivana Dojkić	January 11, 2025	Free agency – reserved (qualifying offer extended)	Not signed – rights retained	[16]
Courtney Vandersloot	February 1, 2025	Free agency – unrestricted	Chicago Sky	[26]
Adja Kane	April 14, 2025	Unsigned draft pick (2025 draft pick – No. 38)	N/A – retained rights	[1]
Seehia Ridard	April 21, 2025	Suspended contract – full season		[1]
Annika Soltau [de]	May 13, 2025			[27]
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton	May 14, 2025			[28]
Esmery Martínez	May 15, 2025	Waived	—	[29]
Leaonna Odom			—
Leonie Fiebich	June 12, 2025	Suspended contract – temporary	N/A – retained rights	[30]
Marquesha Davis	July 13, 2025	Waived	—	[31]
Jaylyn Sherrod	August 1		—	[32]

1. Carrera later signed training camp contract with club in February 2025, but their contract was suspended in April 2025.^[11]
2. Davis signed training camp contract with club in February 2025.^[13]

Roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 22 Burke, Kennedy 6' 1" (1.85m) 182 lb (83kg) 1997-02-14 UCLA 5 G 9 Cloud, Natasha 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1992-02-22 Saint Joseph's 9 F 13 Fiebich, Leonie 6' 4" (1.93m) 2000-01-10 Germany 1 G 7 Gardner, Rebekah 6' 1" (1.85m) 130 lb (59kg) 1990-07-09 UCLA 2 F 21 Harrison, Isabelle  6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 7 G 20 Ionescu, Sabrina 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-12-06 Oregon 5 G 23 Johannès, Marine 5' 10" (1.78m) 134 lb (61kg) 1995-01-21 France 3 C 35 Jones, Jonquel 6' 6" (1.98m) 215 lb (98kg) 1994-01-05 George Washington 8 F 33 Meesseman, Emma 6' 4" (1.93m) 191 lb (87kg) 1993-05-13 Belgium 8 C 8 Sabally, Nyara  6' 5" (1.96m) 204 lb (93kg) 2000-02-26 Oregon 2 F 30 Stewart, Breanna  6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 1994-08-27 Connecticut 8 F 6 Talbot, Stephanie 6' 2" (1.88m) 192 lb (87kg) 1994-06-15 Australia 6 C – Carrera, Raquel (S) 6' 3" (1.91m) 2001-10-31 Spain – G – Dojkić, Ivana (FA) 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) 1997-12-24 Croatia 2 G – Fauthoux, Marine (DP) 5' 9" (1.75m) 2001-01-23 France – C – Han Xu (S) 6' 11" (2.11m) 203 lb (92kg) 1999-10-31 China 3 C – Kane, Adja (DP) 6' 3" (1.91m) 2005-03-30 France – G/F – Laney-Hamilton, Betnijah  (S) 6' 0" (1.83m) 166 lb (75kg) 1993-10-29 Rutgers 9 F – Ridard, Seehia  (S) 6' 2" (1.88m) 2002-08-09 France – F – Soltau, Annika (S) 6' 4" (1.93m) 2005-03-25 Germany –	Head coach Sandy Brondello Assistant coaches Olaf Lange Zach O'Brien (St. Joseph's (ME)) Sonia Raman (Tufts) Athletic trainer Terri Acosta Strength and conditioning coach Emily Zaler Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL GS LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Natasha Cloud
SG	Sabrina Ionescu	Marine Johannès
SF	Leonie Fiebich	Rebekah Gardner
PF	Breanna Stewart	Kennedy Burke Isabelle Harrison Stephanie Talbot
C	Jonquel Jones	Nyara Sabally

Schedule

Preseason

2025 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 9 Connecticut L 86–94 Marine Johannès (12) Isabelle Harrison (5) Sabrina Ionescu (6) Barclays Center 8,395 0–1 2 May 12 Toyota Antelopes W 84–61 Sabrina Ionescu (25) Jones, Sabally (5) Natasha Cloud (6) Matthew Knight Arena 12,364 1–1
2025 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2025 game log Total: 21–13 (Home: 13–4; Road: 8–9)
May: 6–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 17 Las Vegas W 92–78 Breanna Stewart (25) Jonquel Jones (10) Natasha Cloud (9) Barclays Center 17,344 1–0 2 May 22 @ Chicago W 99–74 Natasha Cloud (18) Jonquel Jones (7) Natasha Cloud (8) Wintrust Arena 9,025 2–0 3 May 24 @ Indiana W 90–88 Jonquel Jones (26) Jonquel Jones (12) Natasha Cloud (6) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274 3–0 4 May 27 Golden State W 95–67 Breanna Stewart (24) Jonquel Jones (10) Natasha Cloud (10) Barclays Center 14,774 4–0 5 May 29 Golden State W 82–77 Breanna Stewart (27) Leonie Fiebich (8) Natasha Cloud (5) Barclays Center 14,951 5–0 6 May 30 @ Washington W 85–63 Sabrina Ionescu (28) Jonquel Jones (18) Breanna Stewart (7) CareFirst Arena 4,200 6–0
June : 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 1 Connecticut W 100–52 Sabrina Ionescu (18) Jonquel Jones (11) Natasha Cloud (7) Barclays Center 17,415 7–0 8 June 5 @ Washington W 86–78 Breanna Stewart (26) Breanna Stewart (11) Sabrina Ionescu (7) CareFirst Arena 4,200 8–0 9 June 10 Chicago W 85–66 Sabrina Ionescu (23) Breanna Stewart (7) Sabrina Ionescu (7) Barclays Center 16,081 9–0 10 June 14 @ Indiana L 88–102 Sabrina Ionescu (34) Nyara Sabally (9) Natasha Cloud (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274 9–1 11 June 17 Atlanta W 86–81 Sabrina Ionescu (34) Jonquel Jones (10) Cloud, Ionescu (5) Barclays Center 15,149 10–1 12 June 19 Phoenix L 81–89 Breanna Stewart (35) Nyara Sabally (7) Natasha Cloud (10) Barclays Center 16,383 10–2 13 June 22 @ Seattle L 79–89 Breanna Stewart (18) Sabally, Stewart (9) Natasha Cloud (8) Climate Pledge Arena 12,500 10–3 14 June 25 @ Golden State W 81–78 Breanna Stewart (23) Breanna Stewart (10) Natasha Cloud (7) Chase Center 18,064 11–3 15 June 27 @ Phoenix L 91–106 Breanna Stewart (17) Nyara Sabally (6) Cloud, Ionescu (7) PHX Arena 12,009 11–4 16 June 29 @ Atlanta L 81–90 Breanna Stewart (21) Breanna Stewart (9) Natasha Cloud (6) Gateway Center Arena 3,265 11–5
July : 6–4 (Home: 6–2; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 July 3 Los Angeles W 89–79 Natasha Cloud (23) Breanna Stewart (14) Natasha Cloud (7) Barclays Center 15,956 12–5 18 July 6 Seattle L 70–79 Sabrina Ionescu (22) Sabrina Ionescu (9) Sabrina Ionescu (6) Barclays Center 15,515 12–6 19 July 8 Las Vegas W 87–78 Sabrina Ionescu (28) Leonie Fiebich (9) Sabrina Ionescu (8) Barclays Center 15,041 13–6 20 July 13 Atlanta L 79–72 Leonie Fiebich (21) Breanna Stewart (10) Sabrina Ionescu (5) Barclays Center 17,265 14–6 21 July 16 Indiana W 98–77 Breanna Stewart (24) Breanna Stewart (11) Sabrina Ionescu (9) Barclays Center 17,371 15–6 All-Star Game 22 July 22 Indiana W 98–84 Jonquel Jones (18) Jonquel Jones (9) Sabrina Ionescu (9) Barclays Center 17,365 16–6 23 July 25 Phoenix W 89–76 Sabrina Ionescu (29) Jonquel Jones (11) Sabrina Ionescu (8) Barclays Center 17,515 17–6 24 July 26 Los Angeles L 99–101 Sabrina Ionescu (30) Ionescu, Jones (8) Natasha Cloud (9) Barclays Center 16,024 17–7 25 July 28 @ Dallas L 82–92 Jonquel Jones (18) Jonquel Jones (7) Natasha Cloud (8) College Park Center 6,018 17–8 26 July 30 @ Minnesota L 93–100 Sabrina Ionescu (31) Jonquel Jones (7) Natasha Cloud (7) Target Center 10,824 17–9
August: 4–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 August 1 @ Connecticut L 62–78 Sabrina Ionescu (23) Ionescu, Talbot (7) Sabrina Ionescu (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,664 17–10 28 August 3 @ Connecticut W 87–78 Sabrina Ionescu (36) Sabrina Ionescu (11) Cloud, Ionescu, Jones, Talbot (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,747 18–10 29 August 5 Dallas W 85–76 Jonquel Jones (15) Jonquel Jones (10) Natasha Cloud (6) Barclays Center 17,306 19–10 30 August 8 @ Dallas W 88–77 Sabrina Ionescu (16) Emma Meesseman (8) Emma Meesseman (7) College Park Center 6,251 20–10 31 August 10 Minnesota L 71–83 Natasha Cloud (14) Cloud, Jones (6) Cloud, Ionescu, Jones (5) Barclays Center 17,343 20–11 32 August 12 @ Los Angeles W 105–97 Emma Meesseman (24) Jonquel Jones (11) Sabrina Ionescu (6) Crypto.com Arena 11,862 21–11 33 August 13 @ Las Vegas L 77–83 Emma Meesseman (24) Emma Meesseman (10) Jonquel Jones (5) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,417 21–12 34 August 16 @ Minnesota L 80–86 Jonquel Jones (17) Sabrina Ionescu (10) Natasha Cloud (6) Target Center 10,810 21–13 35 August 19 Minnesota Barclays Center 36 August 21 Chicago Barclays Center 37 August 23 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena 38 August 25 Connecticut Barclays Center 39 August 28 Washington Barclays Center 40 August 30 @ Phoenix PHX Arena
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 41 September 2 @ Golden State Chase Center 42 September 5 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 43 September 9 Washington Barclays Center 44 September 11 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
2025 season schedule

Notes:

• Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	x – Minnesota Lynx	28	5	.848	–	17–2	17–1	11–4	5–1
2	Atlanta Dream	22	12	.647	6.5	11–6	10–5	12–7	3–2
3	New York Liberty	21	13	.618	7.5	11–3	13–4	8–9	4–1
4	Las Vegas Aces	21	14	.600	8	13–8	12–5	9–9	2–4
5	Phoenix Mercury	20	13	.606	8	10–8	11–6	9–7	4–2
6	c – Indiana Fever	19	16	.543	10	11–8	10–8	9–8	4–1
7	Golden State Valkyries	18	16	.529	10.5	7–10	10–6	8–10	3–3
8	Seattle Storm	17	18	.486	12	9–11	8–10	9–8	4–2
9	Los Angeles Sparks	16	18	.471	12.5	6–12	6–10	10–8	2–4
10	Washington Mystics	16	18	.471	12.5	8–7	10–7	6–11	2–3
11	Dallas Wings	9	26	.257	20	3–14	5–13	4–13	1–5
12	Chicago Sky	8	25	.242	20	2–14	5–12	3–13	1–4
13	Connecticut Sun	6	27	.182	22	4–9	5–12	1–15	1–4

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Notes

(#) – League Standing

c – Commissioner's Cup winners

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Sandy Brondello	Coach of the Month – May	June 4	[33]
	WNBA All-Star Head Coach	July 3	[34]
Natasha Cloud	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	May 28	[35]
Sabrina Ionescu	WNBA All-Star Starter	June 30	[36]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 15	[37]
		July 29	[38]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month – July	August 4	[39]
Breanna Stewart	WNBA All-Star Starter	June 30	[36]