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Women's National Basketball Association

Every WNBA franchise since 1997, ranked by titles, with relocations folded into one lineage.

15 current franchises
5 defunct
31 seasons (1997–2027)
Reigning champion: Golden State Valkyries

2026 Playoffs

Best-of series from ESPN; seeds are the final regular-season seeds.

First Round
Best of 3
1Minnesota Lynx crestMinnesota Lynx0
8New York Liberty crestNew York Liberty2✓
G1 75-91G2 87-71
Best of 3
3Las Vegas Aces crestLas Vegas Aces2✓
6Indiana Fever crestIndiana Fever1
G1 102-85G2 99-89G3 94-83
Best of 3
4Atlanta Dream crestAtlanta Dream2✓
5Washington Mystics crestWashington Mystics0
G1 92-77G2 75-93
Best of 3
2Golden State Valkyries crestGolden State Valkyries2✓
7Dallas Wings crestDallas Wings1
G1 104-80G2 108-100G3 77-73
Semifinals
Best of 5
4Atlanta Dream crestAtlanta Dream3✓
8New York Liberty crestNew York Liberty0
G1 92-82G2 101-98G3 83-85
Best of 5
2Golden State Valkyries crestGolden State Valkyries3✓
3Las Vegas Aces crestLas Vegas Aces0
G1 71-60G2 83-81G3 77-87
WNBA Finals
Best of 7
2Golden State Valkyries crestGolden State Valkyries4✓
4Atlanta Dream crestAtlanta Dream3
G1 68-64G2 65-79G3 97-71G4 62-67G5 64-55G6 80-69G7 68-63
Golden State Valkyries crest
2026 WNBA champion
Golden State Valkyries

As of Nov 1, via ESPN scoreboard (seasontype 3) + ESPN standings playoffSeed.

Final 2027 standings

Eastern Conference
1
Atlanta Dream crestAtlanta Dream
30-14
.682
2
Washington Mystics crestWashington Mystics
28-16
.636
3
Indiana Fever crestIndiana Fever
28-16
.636
4
New York Liberty crestNew York Liberty
26-18
.591
5
Chicago Sky crestChicago Sky
16-28
.364
6
Toronto Tempo crestToronto Tempo
11-33
.250
7
Connecticut Sun crestConnecticut Sun
11-33
.250
Western Conference
1
Minnesota Lynx crestMinnesota Lynx
33-11
.750
2
Golden State Valkyries crestGolden State Valkyries
32-12
.727
3
Las Vegas Aces crestLas Vegas Aces
31-13
.705
4
Dallas Wings crestDallas Wings
27-17
.614
5
Portland Fire crestPortland Fire
17-27
.386
6
Los Angeles Sparks crestLos Angeles Sparks
16-28
.364
7
Phoenix Mercury crestPhoenix Mercury
16-28
.364
8
Seattle Storm crestSeattle Storm
8-36
.182

★ Champion · F Finalist · 2027 final standings

All-Time Franchises

Current and defunct franchises, sorted by championships. Click any column to sort.

Minnesota Lynx crest
Minnesota Lynx
Minneapolis
#1
Titles
4
Finals
7
Playoffs
17
W-L
582-426
Win%
.577
Seasons
29
Title years
2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Seattle Storm crest
Seattle Storm
Seattle
#2
Titles
4
Finals
4
Playoffs
20
W-L
483-493
Win%
.495
Seasons
28
Title years
2004, 2010, 2018, 2020
Houston CometsDefunct
Houston
#3
Titles
4
Finals
4
Playoffs
9
W-L
241-149
Win%
.618
Seasons
12
Title years
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Phoenix Mercury crest
Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix
#4
Titles
3
Finals
6
Playoffs
19
W-L
527-539
Win%
.494
Seasons
31
Title years
2007, 2009, 2014
Los Angeles Sparks crest
Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles
#5
Titles
3
Finals
5
Playoffs
20
W-L
583-483
Win%
.547
Seasons
31
Title years
2001, 2002, 2016
Las Vegas Aces crest
Las Vegas Aces
Las Vegas
#6
Titles
3
Finals
5
Playoffs
17
W-L
547-519
Win%
.513
Seasons
31
Title years
2022, 2023, 2025
Dallas Wings crest
Dallas Wings
Arlington
#7
Titles
3
Finals
4
Playoffs
15
W-L
456-582
Win%
.439
Seasons
30
Title years
2003, 2006, 2008
New York Liberty crest
New York Liberty
New York
#8
Titles
1
Finals
6
Playoffs
21
W-L
561-505
Win%
.526
Seasons
31
Title years
2024
Indiana Fever crest
Indiana Fever
Indianapolis
#9
Titles
1
Finals
3
Playoffs
16
W-L
459-517
Win%
.470
Seasons
28
Title years
2012
Washington Mystics crest
Washington Mystics
Washington
#10
Titles
1
Finals
2
Playoffs
16
W-L
469-569
Win%
.452
Seasons
30
Title years
2019
Chicago Sky crest
Chicago Sky
Chicago
#11
Titles
1
Finals
2
Playoffs
9
W-L
339-439
Win%
.436
Seasons
22
Title years
2021
Sacramento MonarchsDefunct
Sacramento
#12
Titles
1
Finals
2
Playoffs
9
W-L
224-200
Win%
.528
Seasons
13
Title years
2005

Champions

2026Golden State Valkyries crestGolden State Valkyries
2025Las Vegas Aces crestLas Vegas Aces
2024New York Liberty crestNew York Liberty
2023Las Vegas Aces crestLas Vegas Aces
2022Las Vegas Aces crestLas Vegas Aces
2021Chicago Sky crestChicago Sky
2020Seattle Storm crestSeattle Storm
2019Washington Mystics crestWashington Mystics
2018Seattle Storm crestSeattle Storm
2017Minnesota Lynx crestMinnesota Lynx
2016Los Angeles Sparks crestLos Angeles Sparks
2015Minnesota Lynx crestMinnesota Lynx

Defunct Franchises

Houston Comets(1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)Sacramento Monarchs(2005)Charlotte StingCleveland RockersMiami Sol
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The premier women's professional basketball league, founded by the NBA in 1996 and first played in 1997. Franchise identity folds relocations and renames into one lineage, so the Detroit Shock's titles sit with the Dallas Wings and Utah Starzz history with the Las Vegas Aces. Defunct franchises are listed alongside the active ones.

Seasons 1997–2027. Records via WNBA official; live standings via ESPN.

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