List of 2019 WNBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that took place during the off-season and the 2019 WNBA season.

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
August 21	Lindsay Whalen	Connecticut Sun (2004-2009) Minnesota Lynx (2010-2018)	36	4× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 5× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2011, 2013–2015) 3× All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2011, 2013) 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2012, 2014) 3× WNBA Peak Performer (2008, 2011–2012) 3× WNBA assists leader (2008, 2011–2012) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) WNBA playoffs all-time assists leader Also played overseas in Russia, Czech Republic, Turkey, and Northern Cyprus.	[1]
February 21	Noelle Quinn	Minnesota Lynx (2007-2008) Los Angeles Sparks (2009-2011) Washington Mystics (2012) Seattle Storm (2013-2014, 2016-2018) Phoenix Mercury (2015-2016)	34	WNBA champion (2018)	[2]
February 26	Monique Currie	Charlotte Sting (2006) Chicago Sky (2007) Washington Mystics (2007-2014, 2018) Phoenix Mercury (2015, 2017) San Antonio Stars (2016)	36	WNBA All-Rookie Team (2006) Also played overseas in Turkey, Romania and Spain.	[3]
April 16	Cappie Pondexter	Phoenix Mercury (2006-2009) New York Liberty (2010-2014) Chicago Sky (2015-2017) Los Angeles Sparks (2018) Indiana Fever (2018)	36	2× WNBA champion (2007, 2009) WNBA Finals MVP (2007) 7× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015) 3× All-WNBA First Team (2009, 2010, 2012) All-WNBA Second Team (2011) WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2010) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2006) WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011) Also played overseas in Turkey and Russia.	[4]

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Off-season

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
August 31	Chicago Sky	Amber Stocks	Fired	November 9	James Wade	Minnesota Lynx assistant coach (2017–2018)	[5][6]
November 30	Los Angeles Sparks	Brian Agler	Resigned	December 5	Derek Fisher	New York Knicks head coach (2014–2016)	[7][8]
December 18	Dallas Wings	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	Interim; Contract not renewed	December 18	Brian Agler	Los Angeles Sparks head coach (2015–2018)	[9]

Player movement

Trades

April
April 10	To Atlanta Dream Marie Gülich	To Phoenix Mercury Brianna Turner	[10]
	To Connecticut Sun Natisha Hiedeman	To Minnesota Lynx Lexie Brown	[11]
April 11	To Atlanta Dream Nia Coffey	To Las Vegas Aces 2020 second-round pick	[12]
	To Las Vegas Aces Sugar Rodgers	To New York Liberty 2020 second-round pick
	To New York Liberty Tanisha Wright	To Minnesota Lynx 2020 second-round pick	[13]
April 22	To Los Angeles Sparks Alexis Jones	To Minnesota Lynx Odyssey Sims	[14][15]
April 27	To Los Angeles Sparks Chiney Ogwumike	To Connecticut Sun 2020 first-round pick	[16]
May
May 16	To Las Vegas Aces Liz Cambage	To Dallas Wings Moriah Jefferson Isabelle Harrison 2020 first-round pick 2020 second-round pick	[17]
	To Dallas Wings Imani McGee-Stafford	To Atlanta Dream 2020 third-round pick	[18]
May 20	To Chicago Sky Jantel Lavender	To Los Angeles Sparks 2020 second-round pick	[19]
May 21	To Minnesota Lynx Alaina Coates	To Chicago Sky 2020 third-round pick	[20]
	To Minnesota Lynx Stephanie Talbot	To Phoenix Mercury 2020 second-round pick	[21]
August
August 6	To Connecticut Sun Theresa Plaisance	To Dallas Wings Kristine Anigwe	[22]

Free agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Cheyenne Parker	February 1	Chicago Sky		[23]
Cayla George		Dallas Wings		[24]
Glory Johnson		Dallas Wings
Kayla Thornton		Dallas Wings
Natalie Achonwa		Indiana Fever		[25]
Shenise Johnson		Indiana Fever
Erica Wheeler		Indiana Fever
Dearica Hamby		Las Vegas Aces		[26]
Karlie Samuelson		Los Angeles Sparks		[27]
Odyssey Sims		Los Angeles Sparks (Offer sheet matched with Phoenix Mercury)
Karima Christmas-Kelly		Minnesota Lynx	Dallas Wings	[28]
Briann January		Phoenix Mercury		[29]
Yvonne Turner		Phoenix Mercury		[30]
Crystal Langhorne		Seattle Storm		[31]
Mercedes Russell		Seattle Storm
Natasha Cloud		Washington Mystics (Offer sheet matched with New York Liberty)		[32]
Blake Dietrick	February 2	Atlanta Dream		[33]
Allie Quigley		Chicago Sky		[34]
Seimone Augustus		Minnesota Lynx		[35]
Kim Mestdagh	February 4	Washington Mystics	Çukurova (Turkey)	[36]
LaToya Sanders		Washington Mystics
Betnijah Laney	February 5	Indiana Fever	Connecticut Sun	[37]
Ashley Walker	February 6	Los Angeles Sparks	Mersin BŞB (Turkey)	[38]
Essence Carson		Phoenix Mercury	Los Angeles Sparks	[39]
Haley Peters	February 7	Atlanta Dream	Flammes Carolo Basket (France)	[40]
Jasmine Thomas		Connecticut Sun		[41]
Teana Muldrow		Seattle Storm		[42]
Damiris Dantas	February 8	Minnesota Lynx	Atlanta Dream	[43]
Lynetta Kizer	February 11	Atlanta Dream	Minnesota Lynx	[44]
Alana Beard		Los Angeles Sparks		[45]
Rebecca Allen		New York Liberty		[46]
Kelly Faris		New York Liberty	Breiðablik (Iceland)
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe		New York Liberty	CJM Bourges Basket (France)
Amanda Zahui B.		New York Liberty
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	February 13	Los Angeles Sparks	Washington Mystics	[47]
Jamierra Faulkner	February 15	Chicago Sky		[48]
Linnae Harper	February 18	Chicago Sky		[49]
Asia Taylor		Indiana Fever		[50]
Victoria Macaulay	February 19	Chicago Sky	Galatasaray (Turkey)	[51]
Brooke McCarty-Williams		Dallas Wings	Los Angeles Sparks	[52]
Saniya Chong	February 20	Las Vegas Aces	Dallas Wings	[53]
Ruth Hamblin		Las Vegas Aces	BC Castors Braine (Belgium)
Alina Iagupova		Los Angeles Sparks	Çukurova (Turkey)	[54]
Alex Harden	February 21	Las Vegas Aces	Maccabi Ramat Hen (Israel)	[55]
Jillian Alleyne	February 22	Minnesota Lynx		[56]
Nicole Seekamp	February 25	Dallas Wings	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)	[57]
Astou Ndour	February 27	Chicago Sky		[58]
Ariel Edwards		Connecticut Sun	Araski AES (Spain)	[59]
Erlana Larkins	February 28	Minnesota Lynx		[60]
Kelsey Griffin		Minnesota Lynx	Canberra Capitals (Australia)	[61]
Rachel Hollivay	March 5	Los Angeles Sparks	Nantes Basket (France)	[62]
Kolby Morgan	March 8	New York Liberty
Reshanda Gray	March 11	New York Liberty		[63]
Shey Peddy		Washington Mystics	TTT Riga (Latvia)	[64]
Sun Mengran	March 15	Atlanta Dream	Bayi Kylin (China)	[65]
Hind Ben Abdelkader	March 18	Chicago Sky	Indiana Fever	[66]
Marine Johannès	March 21	New York Liberty	CJM Bourges Basket (France)	[67]
Sancho Lyttle		Phoenix Mercury		[68]
Brianna Kiesel	March 22	Connecticut Sun	AZS-UMCS Lublin (Poland)	[69]
DeWanna Bonner		Phoenix Mercury		[70]
Brittany Boyd	March 27	New York Liberty		[71]
Loryn Goodwin	March 28	Los Angeles Sparks	Dallas Wings	[72]
Emma Cannon	April 11	Connecticut Sun	Phoenix Mercury	[73]
Shavonte Zellous		Seattle Storm	New York Liberty	[74]
Crystal Bradford	April 12	Indiana Fever	Bnot Hertzliya (Israel)	[75]
Bria Goss		Indiana Fever	Maccabi Raanana (Israel)
Gabby Green		Los Angeles Sparks	Loyola Marymount	[76]
Emese Hof	April 16	Phoenix Mercury	Miami	[77]
Alexis Peterson		Phoenix Mercury	Indiana Fever	[78]
Meme Jackson	April 17	Atlanta Dream	Tennessee	[79]
Dominique Wilson		Las Vegas Aces	Widzew Łódź (Poland)	[80]
Shao Ting		Minnesota Lynx	Beijing Great Wall (China)	[63]
AJ Alix		Washington Mystics		[63]
G'mrice Davis		Washington Mystics	Minnesota Lynx	[63]
Tiffany Bias	April 18	New York Liberty	Dallas Wings	[63]
Bianca Cuevas-Moore		New York Liberty	South Carolina	[63]
Receé Caldwell		Seattle Storm	California	[81]
Presley Hudson		Seattle Storm	Central Michigan
Zyreka Rice		Seattle Storm	Gonzaga
Talia Caldwell	April 22	New York Liberty	Dynamo Kursk (Russia)	[63]
Allazia Blockton	April 23	Chicago Sky	Marquette	[63]
Maci Morris		Washington Mystics	Kentucky	[63]
Taylor Emery	April 24	Minnesota Lynx	Virginia Tech	[63]
Leslie Robinson	April 30	Chicago Sky	New York Liberty	[82]
Chelsea Gray		Los Angeles Sparks		[83]
Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah	May 3	Chicago Sky	Northwestern	[84]
Tina Charles		New York Liberty		[63]
Ashton Millender	May 4	Chicago Sky	DePaul	[85]
Sydney Colson	May 13	Las Vegas Aces	Minnesota Lynx	[86]
Cierra Dillard		Los Angeles Sparks (claimed off waivers)	Minnesota Lynx (waived on May 11)	[63]
Riquna Williams	May 15	Los Angeles Sparks		[87]
Kennedy Burke	May 25	Indiana Fever (claimed off waivers)	Dallas Wings (waived on May 22)	[88]
Ashley Walker	June 3	Los Angeles Sparks (Previously waived on May 23, 2019)		[89]
Leilani Mitchell	June 5	Phoenix Mercury (Previously waived on May 23, 2019)		[90]
Blake Dietrick		Seattle Storm (claimed off waivers)	Atlanta Dream (waived on May 23)	[91]
Shey Peddy	June 8	Washington Mystics (Previously waived on May 23, 2019)		[92]
Victoria Macaulay	June 13	Chicago Sky (Previously waived on May 22, 2019)		[93]
Megan Gustafson		Dallas Wings (Previously waived on May 22, 2019)		[94]
Natisha Hiedeman	June 19	Atlanta Dream (claimed off waivers)	Connecticut Sun (waived on May 23)	[95]
Avery Warley-Talbert	June 27	New York Liberty (Previously waived on May 25, 2019)		[96]
Kenisha Bell	July 2	Minnesota Lynx (Previously waived on May 21, 2019)		[97]
Asia Taylor		Minnesota Lynx (claimed off waivers)	Indiana Fever (waived on May 25)
Natisha Hiedeman	July 3	Connecticut Sun (claimed off waivers)	Atlanta Dream (waived on July 1)	[98]
Karlie Samuelson	July 18	Los Angeles Sparks (7-day contract, previously waived on May 23, 2019)	[99]
Alaina Coates		Atlanta Dream (claimed off waivers)	Minnesota Lynx (waived on July 14)	[100]
Jillian Alleyne	July 30	Minnesota Lynx (7-day contract, previously waived on May 21, 2019)		[101]
Arica Carter	August 4	Phoenix Mercury (7-day contract, previously waived on June 2, 2019)		[63]
Jaime Nared	August 6	Las Vegas Aces (7-day contract, previously waived on May 23, 2019)		[102]
Jillian Alleyne		Minnesota Lynx (second 7-day contract)		[103]
Asia Taylor		Phoenix Mercury (7-day contract)	Minnesota Lynx (waived on July 25)	[104]
Arica Carter	August 12	Phoenix Mercury (second 7-day contract)		[63]
Jaime Nared	August 13	Las Vegas Aces (second 7-day contract)		[105]
Jillian Alleyne		Minnesota Lynx (third 7-day contract)		[106]
Asia Taylor		Phoenix Mercury (second 7-day contract)		[63]
Shey Peddy		Washington Mystics (7-day contract, previously waived on July 11, 2019)		[63]
Asia Taylor	August 20	Phoenix Mercury (third 7-day contract)		[63]
Shey Peddy		Washington Mystics (second 7-day contract)		[63]
Kayla Alexander	August 22	Chicago Sky (7-day contract)	Indiana Fever (waived on May 22)	[107]
Bridget Carleton		Minnesota Lynx (7-day contract)	Connecticut Sun (waived on July 3)	[108]
Shey Peddy	August 27	Washington Mystics (third 7-day contract)		[63]
Epiphanny Prince	August 28	Las Vegas Aces (Signed for rest of season)	New York Liberty	[109]
Karlie Samuelson	August 29	Dallas Wings (7-day contract)	Los Angeles Sparks	[110]
Kayla Alexander		Chicago Sky (second 7-day contract)		[63]
Bridget Carleton		Washington Mystics (Signed for rest of season)		[111]
Shey Peddy	September 3	Washington Mystics (Signed for rest of season)		[63]
Kayla Alexander	September 5	Chicago Sky (Signed for rest of season)		[63]
Karlie Samuelson		Dallas Wings (Signed for rest of season)		[112]

Waived

Player	Date Waived	Former Team	Ref
Asia Taylor	May 25	Indiana Fever	[88]
Arica Carter	June 1	Phoenix Mercury	[113]
Anriel Howard	June 5	Seattle Storm	[91]
Ashley Walker	June 17	Los Angeles Sparks	[63]
Natisha Hiedeman	July 1	Atlanta Dream	[63]
Bridget Carleton	July 3	Connecticut Sun	[98]
Tiffany Bias	July 8	New York Liberty	[114]
Avery Warley-Talbert
Victoria Macauley	July 9	Chicago Sky	[63]
Shey Peddy	July 11	Washington Mystics	[115]
Shao Ting	July 13	Minnesota Lynx	[116]
Alaina Coates	July 14	Minnesota Lynx	[117]
Haley Peters	July 17	Atlanta Dream	[118]
Kenisha Bell	July 19	Minnesota Lynx	[119]
Asia Taylor	July 25	Minnesota Lynx	[63]
Chloe Jackson	August 22	Chicago Sky	[120]
Asia Taylor	August 25	Phoenix Mercury	[63]

Training camp cuts

All players listed did not make the final roster.

Atlanta Dream	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	Dallas Wings
Blake Dietrick Meme Jackson Lynetta Kizer	Hind Ben Abdelkader Evelyn Akhator Allazia Blockton Linnae Harper Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah Victoria Macaulay Ashton Millender Leslie Robinson	Emma Cannon Ariel Edwards Natisha Hiedeman Brianna Kiesel Regan Magarity	Morgan Bertsch Kennedy Burke Cayla George Megan Gustafson Nicole Seekamp
Indiana Fever	Las Vegas Aces	Los Angeles Sparks	Minnesota Lynx
Kayla Alexander Crystal Bradford Bria Goss Caliya Robinson	Lindsay Allen Kelsey Bone Saniya Chong Ruth Hamblin Alex Harden Jaime Nared Dominique Wilson	Cierra Dillard Loryn Goodwin Gaby Green Rachel Hollivay Karlie Samuelson Ashley Walker	Jillian Alleyne Kenisha Bell Cierra Dillard Taylor Emory Erlana Larkins
New York Liberty	Phoenix Mercury	Seattle Storm	Washington Mystics
Talia Caldwell Bianca Cuevas-Moore Kelly Faris Megan Huff Kolby Morgan Avery Warley-Talbert	Emese Hof Leilani Mitchell Alexis Peterson	Recee Caldwell Presley Hudson Macy Miller Teana Muldrow Zykera Rice Brooke Salas	AJ Alix G'mrice Davis Sam Fuehring Maci Morris Shey Peddy

Draft

Main article: 2019 WNBA draft

First round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
1	Jackie Young	April 17	Las Vegas Aces	[63]
2	Asia Durr	May 3	New York Liberty	[63]
3	Teaira McCowan	April 26	Indiana Fever	[63]
4	Katie Lou Samuelson	April 26	Chicago Sky	[63]
5	Arike Ogunbowale	April 18	Dallas Wings	[63]
6	Napheesa Collier	April 19	Minnesota Lynx	[63]
7	Kalani Brown	April 18	Los Angeles Sparks	[63]
8	Alanna Smith	April 20	Phoenix Mercury	[63]
9	Kristine Anigwe	April 18	Connecticut Sun	[63]
10	Kiara Leslie	April 19	Washington Mystics	[63]
11	Brianna Turner	April 16	Atlanta Dream	[63]
12	Ezi Magbegor	April 25	Seattle Storm	[63]

Second round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
13	Sophie Cunningham	April 22	Phoenix Mercury	[63]
14	Han Xu	April 18	New York Liberty	[63]
15	Chloe Jackson	April 19	Chicago Sky	[63]
16	Jessica Shepard	April 24	Minnesota Lynx	[63]
17	Megan Gustafson	April 20	Dallas Wings	[63]
18	Natisha Hiedeman	April 12	Minnesota Lynx	[121]
19	Marina Mabrey	April 25	Los Angeles Sparks	[63]
20	Cierra Dillard	April 12	Minnesota Lynx	[63]
21	Bridget Carleton	April 12	Connecticut Sun	[63]
22	Kennedy Burke	April 18	Dallas Wings	[63]
23	Maite Cazorla	May 3	Atlanta Dream	[63]
24	Anriel Howard	April 22	Seattle Storm	[63]

Third round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
25	Paris Kea	April 23	Indiana Fever	[63]
26	Megan Huff	April 18	New York Liberty	[63]
27	María Conde	April 23	Chicago Sky	[63]
28	Caliya Robinson	April 23	Indiana Fever	[63]
29	Morgan Bertsch	April 20	Dallas Wings	[63]
30	Kenisha Bell	April 23	Minnesota Lynx	[63]
31	Ángela Salvadores	—	Los Angeles Sparks
32	Arica Carter	April 17	Phoenix Mercury	[63]
33	Regan Magarity	April 17	Connecticut Sun	[63]
34	Sam Fuehring	May 3	Washington Mystics	[63]
35	Li Yueru	—	Atlanta Dream
36	Macy Miller	April 18	Seattle Storm	[63]