WNBA expansion draft
The Women's National Basketball Association 'expansion draft' is an event hosted by the WNBA as needed that allows expansion teams to select from a pool of existing WNBA players to build their debut rosters. Pre-existing WNBA teams are allowed to protect six players on their current rosters from being drafted.
Prior to the 2000 expansion draft, the WNBA allocated players from outside of the league to new expansion teams both prior to and following the WNBA draft and expansion drafts.
The WNBA has hosted six expansion drafts since the league's creation in 1996 with the introduction of the Detroit Shock and Washington Mystics in 1998; the Minnesota Lynx and Orlando Miracle in 1999; the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and Seattle Storm in 2000; the Chicago Sky in 2006; the Atlanta Dream in 2008; and the Golden State Valkyries in 2024.
1998: Detroit Shock, Washington Mystics
Initial player allocation
Expansion draft
1999: Minnesota Lynx, Orlando Miracle
Initial player allocation
Expansion draft selections
Post-expansion draft player allocation
2000: Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Seattle Storm
| Pick | Player | Nationality | New WNBA team | Former WNBA team | College/country/team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gordana Grubin |  SCG|name=FR Yugoslavia2006: Chicago SkyOn November 16, 2005, an expansion draft occurred to help fill the roster for the Chicago Sky.
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United States
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