The Washington Post’s Top 25 list projects the premier WNBA talents for the 2025 season. The rankings, compiled primarily by WNBA writer Kareem Copeland, are meant to assess each player’s relative value without regard to her specific role or teammates.
Among the factors considered: last year’s performance, current health status, injury history, age, consistency, contributions to winning, ability to make teammates better, off-court concerns and postseason performance. Each player’s traditional per-game statistics, advanced metrics and offensive and defensive impact were included in the assessment. Salary, expected earning power and projected growth or decline beyond the 2025 season were not considered.
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All rookies — including Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 draft — were excluded. Stats shown are from the 2024 season.
Rankings were set May 12. Ages are as of May 16, opening night.
Reese’s rebounding average set the WNBA record, and her offensive efficiency has plenty of room to grow.
Magbegor has been named all-defense and ranked in the top three in blocks per game in each of the past three seasons.
The No. 4 scorer in NCAA history put together a career year in her first season alongside Caitlin Clark.
McBride was the second-best player on a Lynx team that made it to the WNBA Finals.
Sabally has the potential to be a top-10 player, but injuries have limited her to fewer than 18 games in four of her five seasons.
A six-time all-WNBA selection, Diggins is one of the most competitive and consistent players in the league.
The seven-time all-WNBA selection has received MVP votes the past three seasons, years after winning the award in 2016.
Loyd is the 2023 scoring champion and remains one of the best scorers in the game, even coming off the worst shooting season of her career.
The two-time defensive player of the year, two-time scoring champion and six-time all-WNBA selection remains one of the best centers in the league.
The 2017 rookie of the year has made the past two All-Star Games as she has hit her stride as a plus defender and three-level scorer.
Bonner is a matchup nightmare as a 6-foot-4 wing and still one of the best scorers in the league as she enters her 16th season.
Ogunbowale is widely believed to be the best one-on-one player in the WNBA. Efficiency and defense prevent the four-time all-star from ranking higher.
Hamby picked up her third all-star nod last season, when she averaged career highs in points and rebounds.
The soft-spoken three-time all-star hasn’t gotten the same recognition as other Aces during their current run of success, but she has been just as valuable.
Known as the “Point Gawd,” Gray is the best pure point guard in the league thanks to her vision and passing accuracy.
Howard was the top pick in the 2022 draft and already has two all-star nods. Now she has the best surrounding cast of her career.
Copper was the 2021 Finals MVP and has continued to grow each season. She’s coming off a career-high scoring campaign.
Ionescu has been one of the league’s most consistent players since she was the No. 1 pick in 2020. She has earned three straight all-WNBA honors.
Plum is one of the best scorers and shooters in the league and should thrive as the No. 1 option for her new team in Los Angeles.
Clark lived up to the hype as a rookie, setting the WNBA assists record and becoming the first rookie to earn all-WNBA first-team honors since 2008.
Jones’s numbers have dipped since she won the 2021 MVP award, but she has helped the Liberty to two straight Finals and the 2024 title.
Thomas is a five-time all-star and six-time all-defensive team selection who has been a top-five MVP vote-getter the past three seasons.
Stewart, a two-time MVP and three-time WNBA champion, may have the best all-around game in the league.
Collier seems to be on a mission to win her first MVP award after being named defensive player of the year in 2024.
Wilson won her third MVP award in the past five seasons last year. She remains the best player on the planet.
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correction
A previous version of this article incorrectly said that Satou Sabally plays for the Dallas Wings. Sabally plays for the Phoenix Mercury after she was traded during the offseason.
