How to watch the WNBA Draft lottery today: Time, TV channel, schedule, live streams, format, odds for 2025 event originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
With an unforgettable 2025 season in the books, the WNBA now gets set for the WNBA Draft lottery.
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This year, the Dallas Wings are the odds-on favorite to land the top overall pick. The Wings had the worst record in the WNBA, sitting at 19-65. This has earned them a 42% chance at selecting first overall.
The other teams in contention are as follows: Minnesota Lynx (via trade with the Chicago Sky), 26.1%; Seattle Storm (via trade from the Los Angeles Sparks), 16.7%; Washington Mystics, 9.7%; and the Chicago Sky (via trade from the Connecticut Sun), 5.5%.
Some of the top prospects include center Lauren Betts from UCLA, guard Azzi Fudd from UConn, and guard Flau’Jae Johnson from LSU.
Here is everything you need to know about the WNBA Draft lottery, including how to watch the annual event.
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How to watch the WNBA Draft lottery today: TV channel, live stream
Sunday’s WNBA Draft lottery will air live on ESPN. Malika Andrews will host the show, with Rebecca Lobo and Chiney Ogwumike providing analysis.
Fans can also stream the game live via DIRECTV.
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WNBA Draft lottery start time
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The results of the 2025 WNBA Draft lottery will be revealed at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 23. The 2026 WNBA Draft will be held on Monday, April 13.
How does the WNBA Draft lottery work?
Lottery odds are based on the combined 2024 and 2025 regular season records of the four teams that did not make the 2025 playoffs. Here is the breakdown of the process, per WNBA.com:
In the drawing, 14 balls numbered 1-14 will be placed in a lottery machine and mixed. Four balls will be drawn to determine a four-digit combination. The team assigned that four-ball combination will receive the No. 1 pick. The four balls will then be placed back into the machine and the process will be repeated to determine the second pick. The team with the lowest cumulative two-year record whose numerical combinations do not come up in the first two four-ball combinations will select third and the remaining team will select fourth.
WNBA Draft lottery odds
Here are the full odds for each team to receive the No. 1 overall pick, per WNBA.com.
|
Team |
Combined 2024-2025 Record |
Chances (out of 1,000) |
|
Dallas Wings |
19-65 |
420 |
|
Minnesota Lynx |
23-61* |
261 |
|
Seattle Storm |
29-55^ |
167 |
|
Washington Mystics |
30-54 |
97 |
|
Chicago Sky |
39-45+ |
55 |
From WNBA.com.
* Chicago and Minnesota have extinguished Minnesota’s right to swap its own first round pick for Chicago’s own first round pick, and Chicago has traded its own first round pick to Minnesota (Sika Koné, Nikolina Milić, 4/14/24), (Draft picks, 4/13/25)
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^ Los Angeles has traded its own first-round pick to Seattle (Kia Nurse, 1/31/24)
+ Phoenix has traded its own first-round pick to Chicago (Kahleah Copper, Morgan Bertsch, Michaela Onyenwere, Brianna Turner, 2/6/24), and Chicago has swapped Phoenix’s first-round pick for Connecticut’s own first-round pick (Marina Mabrey, Rachel Banham, Moriah Jefferson, 7/17/24)
