List of 2022 WNBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2022 WNBA season.

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.
October 12, 2021	Atlanta Dream	Darius Taylor	Interim coach, contract not renewed	October 12	Tanisha Wright	Las Vegas Aces assistant coach (2020–2021)	^[1]
December 6, 2021	New York Liberty	Walt Hopkins	Mutual agreement	January 7	Sandy Brondello	Phoenix Mercury head coach (2014–2021)	^[2]^[3]
December 6, 2021	Phoenix Mercury	Sandy Brondello	Mutual agreement	January 24	Vanessa Nygaard	Las Vegas Aces assistant coach (2021)	^[4]^[5]
December 31, 2021	Las Vegas Aces	Bill Laimbeer	Mutual agreement	December 31	Becky Hammon	San Antonio Spurs assistant coach (2014–2022)	^[6]

Player movement

Trades

January
January 31	To Atlanta Dream Kia Vaughn	To Phoenix Mercury 2023 third-round pick	^[7]
February
February 3
	To Los Angeles Sparks Katie Lou Samuelson	To Seattle Storm Gabby Williams	^[8]
	Three-team trade
	To Chicago Sky Julie Allemand (from Indiana) 2023 first-round pick (from Phoenix)	To Phoenix Mercury Diamond DeShields (from Chicago)	^[9] ^[10]
	To Indiana Fever Bria Hartley (from Phoenix) 2022 first-round pick (#7) (from Chicago) 2022 second-round pick (#20) (from Phoenix) 2023 first-round pick (from Chicago) 2023 second-round pick (from Phoenix)		^[9] ^[10]
February 5	To Atlanta Dream Erica Wheeler 2022 second-round pick (#15) 2023 first-round pick	To Los Angeles Sparks Chennedy Carter Li Yueru	^[11]
March
March 8	To Dallas Wings Teaira McCowan 2022 first-round pick (#7) 2023 first-round pick	To Indiana Fever 2022 first-round pick (#4) 2022 first-round pick (#6) 2023 first-round pick	^[12]
March 30	To Chicago Sky Li Yueru	To Los Angeles Sparks Lexie Brown	^[13] ^[14]
April
April 6	To Atlanta Dream 2022 first-round pick (#1)	To Washington Mystics 2022 first-round pick (#3) 2022 second-round pick (#14) 2023 first-round pick (right to swap)	^[15]
April 10	To Las Vegas Aces 2022 first-round pick (#8) 2022 second-round pick (#13)	To Minnesota Lynx 2023 first-round pick 2023 second-round pick	^[16]
April 11	To New York Liberty Lorela Cubaj	To Seattle Storm 2023 second-round pick	^[17]

Free agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Natisha Hiedeman	January 3	Connecticut Sun		^[18]
Beatrice Mompremier	January 4	Connecticut Sun		^[19]
Lauren Cox		Los Angeles Sparks		^[20]
Bridget Carleton		Minnesota Lynx		^[21]
Jaylyn Agnew	January 6	Atlanta Dream		^[22]
Chelsey Perry		Indiana Fever		^[23]
Megan Gustafson		Washington Mystics		^[24]
Shey Peddy	January 13	Phoenix Mercury		^[25]
Paris Kea	January 14	New York Liberty
Megan Walker	January 18	Atlanta Dream		^[26]
Te'a Cooper	January 20	Los Angeles Sparks		^[27]
Stephanie Jones	January 28	Connecticut Sun		^[28]
Tiffany Hayes	February 1	Atlanta Dream		^[29]
Nia Coffey		Atlanta Dream	Los Angeles Sparks	^[29]
Jonquel Jones		Connecticut Sun		^[30]
Sylvia Fowles		Minnesota Lynx		^[31]
Sophie Cunningham		Phoenix Mercury		^[32]
Jewell Loyd		Seattle Storm		^[33]
Mercedes Russell		Seattle Storm		^[34]
Tianna Hawkins		Washington Mystics	Atlanta Dream	^[35]
Myisha Hines-Allen		Washington Mystics		^[36]
Kang Lee-seul		Washington Mystics	Bucheon Hana 1Q (South Korea)	^[37]
Klara Lundquist		Washington Mystics	Södertälje BBK (Sweden)	^[37]
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough		Washington Mystics		^[38]
Elizabeth Williams		Washington Mystics	Atlanta Dream	^[39]
Taja Cole	February 2	Connecticut Sun	Baloncesto Málaga (Spain)	^[40]
Joyner Holmes		Connecticut Sun	Las Vegas Aces	^[40]
Courtney Williams		Connecticut Sun	Atlanta Dream	^[41]
A'ja Wilson		Las Vegas Aces		^[42]
Angel McCoughtry		Minnesota Lynx	Las Vegas Aces	^[43]
Briann January		Seattle Storm	Connecticut Sun	^[44]
Breanna Stewart		Seattle Storm		^[45]
Monique Billings	February 3	Atlanta Dream		^[46]
Arike Ogunbowale		Dallas Wings		^[47]
Kiah Stokes		Las Vegas Aces		^[48]
Riquna Williams		Las Vegas Aces		^[49]
Stefanie Dolson		New York Liberty	Chicago Sky	^[50]
Jennie Simms		Phoenix Mercury	Hapoel Rishon LeZion (Israel)	^[51]
Lindsay Allen	February 4	Indiana Fever		^[52]
Emma Cannon		Indiana Fever		^[53]
Rebecca Allen		New York Liberty		^[54]
Tina Charles		Phoenix Mercury	Washington Mystics	^[55]
Stephanie Talbot		Seattle Storm		^[56]
Crystal Bradford	February 5	Chicago Sky	Atlanta Dream	^[57]
Kia Nurse	February 5	Phoenix Mercury		^[58]
Alaina Coates	February 7	Indiana Fever	Nesibe Aydın GSK (Turkey)	^[59]
Victoria Vivians	February 7	Indiana Fever		^[60]
Jordin Canada	February 8	Los Angeles Sparks	Seattle Storm	^[61]
Rachel Banham		Minnesota Lynx		^[62]
Layshia Clarendon		Minnesota Lynx		^[62]
Kysre Gondrezick	February 9	Chicago Sky	Indiana Fever	^[63]
Rebekah Gardner	February 10	Chicago Sky	Uni Girona CB (Spain)	^[64]
Kamiah Smalls		Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	^[64]
Jazmine Jones		Indiana Fever	New York Liberty	^[65]
Leaonna Odom	February 13	Phoenix Mercury	New York Liberty	^[51]
Rui Machida	February 14	Washington Mystics	Fujitsu Red Wave (Japan)	^[66]
Khaalia Hillsman	February 15	Atlanta Dream	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)	^[67]
N'dea Jones		Atlanta Dream	Ramat Hasharon (Israel)	^[67]
Kalani Brown		Las Vegas Aces	Atlanta Dream	^[68]
Kahleah Copper	February 17	Chicago Sky		^[69]
Allie Quigley		Chicago Sky		^[70]
Courtney Vandersloot		Chicago Sky		^[70]
Jamasha Jackson		Washington Mystics	Santurce (Puerto Rico)	^[71]
Emma Meesseman	February 18	Chicago Sky	Washington Mystics	^[72]
Liz Cambage		Los Angeles Sparks	Las Vegas Aces	^[73]
Natasha Mack		Minnesota Lynx	Chicago Sky	^[74]
Yvonne Turner		Minnesota Lynx	Çukurova Basketbol (Turkey)	^[74]
Sue Bird		Seattle Storm		^[75]
Micaela Kelly	February 19	Indiana Fever	Connecticut Sun	^[76]
Kristy Wallace	February 20	Atlanta Dream	Southside Flyers (Australia)	^[77]
Alanna Smith	February 20	Indiana Fever	Phoenix Mercury	^[78]
Yvonne Anderson	February 22	Connecticut Sun	Reyer Venezia (Italy)	^[79]
Linnae Harper	February 22	Washington Mystics	Minnesota Lynx	^[80]
Maya Caldwell	February 23	Atlanta Dream	Indiana Fever	^[81]
Lauren Manis	February 24	Seattle Storm	Las Vegas Aces	^[82]
Stephanie Mavunga	February 24	Washington Mystics	Chicago Sky	^[83]
Kathleen Doyle	February 25	Chicago Sky	Bursa BSB (Turkey)	^[84]
Tina Krajišnik	February 25	Chicago Sky	Galatasaray S.K. (Turkey)	^[84]
Haley Gorecki	February 26	Indiana Fever	Phoenix Mercury	^[85]
Kiana Williams	March 1	Phoenix Mercury	Seattle Storm	^[51]
Sydney Colson	March 2	Las Vegas Aces	Free agent	^[86]
Destinee Walker	March 3	Dallas Wings		^[87]
Theresa Plaisance	March 3	Las Vegas Aces	Washington Mystics	^[88]
Morgan Bertsch	March 7	Dallas Wings	Connecticut Sun	^[89]
Unique Thompson	March 7	Dallas Wings	Indiana Fever	^[89]
Kristine Anigwe	March 10	Phoenix Mercury	Los Angeles Sparks	^[51]
Kaela Davis	March 14	Chicago Sky	Galatasaray S.K. (Turkey)	^[90]
Anneli Maley		Chicago Sky	Bendigo Spirit (Australia)
Imani McGee-Stafford		Chicago Sky	Free agent
Jaime Nared	March 15	Indiana Fever	Antalya (Turkey)	^[91]
Bernadett Határ	March 18	Indiana Fever		^[92]
Jantel Lavender	March 21	Seattle Storm	Indiana Fever	^[93]
Lexie Brown	March 30	Chicago Sky		^[94]
Keyona Hayes	April 11	Connecticut Sun	DVTK Miskolc (Hungary)	^[95]
Alexus Dye	April 12	Connecticut Sun	Tennessee	^[96]
Aleksa Gulbe		Connecticut Sun	Indiana
Delicia Washington		Connecticut Sun	Clemson
Vivian Gray		Phoenix Mercury	Texas Tech	^[97]
Sam Thomas		Phoenix Mercury	Arizona	^[97]
Que Morrison	April 13	Atlanta Dream	Georgia	^[98]
Lexi Held		Chicago Sky	DePaul	^[99]
Kayla Wells		Chicago Sky	Texas A&M	^[99]
Deja Winters		Las Vegas Aces	Minnesota	^[100]
Chloe Bibby		Minnesota Lynx	Maryland	^[101]
CeCe Hooks		Minnesota Lynx	Ohio	^[101]
Maya Dodson		Phoenix Mercury	Arizona	^[97]
Emmanuelle Tahane	April 14	Chicago Sky	Rhode Island	^[102]
Sparkle Taylor		Chicago Sky	CSM Satu Mare (Romania)	^[103]
Erin Whalen		Indiana Fever	Dayton	^[104]
Moon Ursin		Minnesota Lynx	Tulane	^[101]
Jenna Giacone		Seattle Storm	Dayton	^[105]
Paisley Harding		Seattle Storm	Brigham Young
Raina Perez		Seattle Storm	North Carolina State
Jennifer Coleman		Washington Mystics	Navy	^[106]
Masseny Kaba	April 15	Chicago Sky	Central Florida	^[103]^[107]
Lexi Gordon		Los Angeles Sparks	Duke	^[108]
Chantel Horvat		Los Angeles Sparks	UCLA	^[108]
Lindsey Pulliam	April 16	Chicago Sky	Elazığ (Turkey)	^[103]
Nancy Mulkey		Las Vegas Aces	Washington	^[109]
Emma Cannon		Phoenix Mercury	Indiana Fever	^[110]
Katie Benzan	April 20	Washington Mystics	Maryland	^[111]
Reshanda Gray	May 2	Seattle Storm	New York Liberty	^[112]
Victoria Macaulay	May 3	Las Vegas Aces	Bursa (Turkey)	^[113]
Odyssey Sims	May 3	Minnesota Lynx	Atlanta Dream	^[114]
Megan Gustafson	May 4	Phoenix Mercury	Washington Mystics	^[115]

Waived

Player	Date Waived	Former Team	Ref
Luisa Geiselsöder	January 6	Dallas Wings	^[116]
Tianna Hawkins	January 13	Atlanta Dream
Megan Walker	January 13	Phoenix Mercury
Kysre Gondrezick	January 18	Indiana Fever
Jazmine Jones	February 4	New York Liberty
Leaonna Odom	February 4	New York Liberty
Sydney Wiese	February 28	Washington Mystics
Aaliyah Wilson	March 2	Indiana Fever
Crystal Bradford	March 9	Chicago Sky
Jantel Lavender	March 16	Indiana Fever
Destiny Slocum	April 8	Las Vegas Aces
Emma Cannon	April 13	Indiana Fever
Natasha Mack	April 15	Minnesota Lynx

Training camp cuts

All players listed did not make the final roster.

Atlanta Dream	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	Dallas Wings
Khaalia Hillsman Que Morrison N'dea Jones Jaylyn Agnew	Kamiah Smalls Kayla Wells Lexi Held Imani McGee-Stafford Lindsey Pulliam Anneli Maley Kaela Davis Tina Krajišnik Sparkle Taylor Kysre Gondrezick	Alexus Dye Keyona Hayes Delicia Washington Jordan Lewis Taja Cole Aleksa Gulbe Kaila Charles Beatrice Mompremier Stephanie Jones	Jazz Bond Chelsea Dungee Destinee Walker Unique Thompson
Indiana Fever	Las Vegas Aces	Los Angeles Sparks	Minnesota Lynx
Micaela Kelly Ali Patberg Haley Gorecki Jazmine Jones Jaime Nared Ameshya Williams-Holiday Lindsay Allen Erin Whalen	Kalani Brown Faustine Aifuwa Deja Winters Nancy Mulkey Mya Hollingshed Khayla Pointer	Lauren Cox Chantel Horvat Lexi Gordon T'ea Cooper Arella Guirantes Kianna Smith	CeCe Hooks Chloe Bibby Moon Ursin Layshia Clarendon Crystal Dangerfield Yvonne Turner Rennia Davis Kayla Jones Hannah Sjerven
New York Liberty	Phoenix Mercury	Seattle Storm	Washington Mystics
Paris Kea	Macee Williams Mael Gilles Kiana Williams Jennie Simms Emma Cannon Viivan Gray	Lauren Manis Jenna Giacone Paisley Harding Raina Perez Elissa Cunane Kennedy Burke Mikiah Herbert Harrigan Evina Westbrook	Christyn Williams Jamasha Jackson Megan Gustafson Erica McCall Kang Lee-seul Linnae Harper Stephanie Mavunga

Draft

First round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
1	Rhyne Howard	April 18	Atlanta Dream	^[116]
2	NaLyssa Smith	April 16	Indiana Fever	^[116]
3	Shakira Austin	April 14	Washington Mystics	^[116]
4	Emily Engstler	April 16	Indiana Fever	^[116]
5	Nyara Sabally	–	New York Liberty
6	Lexie Hull	April 17	Indiana Fever	^[116]
7	Veronica Burton	April 13	Dallas Wings	^[116]
8	Mya Hollingshed	April 13	Las Vegas Aces	^[116]
9	Rae Burrell	April 16	Los Angeles Sparks	^[116]
10	Queen Egbo	April 15	Indiana Fever	^[116]
11	Kierstan Bell	April 13	Las Vegas Aces	^[116]
12	Nia Clouden	April 14	Connecticut Sun	^[116]

Second round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
13	Khayla Pointer	April 13	Las Vegas Aces	^[116]
14	Christyn Williams	April 15	Washington Mystics	^[116]
15	Naz Hillmon	April 18	Atlanta Dream	^[116]
16	Kianna Smith	April 16	Los Angeles Sparks	^[116]
17	Elissa Cunane	April 14	Seattle Storm	^[116]
18	Lorela Cubaj	–	Seattle Storm
19	Olivia Nelson-Ododa	April 17	Los Angeles Sparks	^[116]
20	Destanni Henderson	April 16	Indiana Fever	^[116]
21	Evina Westbrook	April 14	Seattle Storm	^[116]
22	Kayla Jones	April 13	Minnesota Lynx	^[116]
23	Aisha Sheppard	April 13	Las Vegas Aces	^[116]
24	Jordan Lewis	April 15	Connecticut Sun	^[116]

Third round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Ref
25	Ameshya Williams-Holliday	April 16	Indiana Fever	^[116]
26	Maya Dodson	April 13	Phoenix Mercury	^[116]
27	Amy Atwell	April 16	Los Angeles Sparks	^[116]
28	Hannah Sjerven	April 13	Minnesota Lynx	^[116]
29	Sika Koné	–	New York Liberty
30	Jasmine Dickey	April 13	Dallas Wings	^[116]
31	Jazz Bond	April 13	Dallas Wings	^[116]
32	Macee Williams	April 13	Phoenix Mercury	^[116]
33	Jade Melbourne	–	Seattle Storm
34	Ali Patberg	April 14	Indiana Fever	^[116]
35	Faustine Aifuwa	April 13	Las Vegas Aces	^[116]
36	Kiara Smith	–	Connecticut Sun

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List of 2022 WNBA season transactions

Contents

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Player movement

Trades

Free agency

Waived

Training camp cuts

Draft

First round

Second round

Third round

References