# List of 2016–17 WNBL season signings

This is a list of all personnel changes that occurred during the 2016 Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) off-season and 2016–17 WNBL season.

## Incoming Player Movement
### Re-signings

| Team | Player | Nationality |
| Adelaide Lightning | Alex Ciabattoni Jessica Good Ieva Nagy | Australia Australia Australia |
| Bendigo Spirit | Kerryn Harrington Heather Oliver Ashleigh Spencer Andrea Wilson Molly Matthews Ebony Rolph | Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia |
| Canberra Capitals | Carly Wilson | Australia |
| Dandenong Rangers | Sara Blicavs Stephanie Cumming Chloe Bibby Aimie Clydesdale Lauren Scherf Amelia Todhunter Jacinta Kennedy | Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia |
| Melbourne Boomers | Rebecca Cole Brittany Smart Olivia Thompson Elyse Penaluna Alice Kunek | Australia United States Australia Australia Australia |
| Perth Lynx | Carley Mijovic Antonia Edmondson Natalie Burton Ashleigh Grant | Australia New Zealand Australia Australia |
| Sydney Uni Flames | Hayley Moffatt Alex Wilson Carly Boag Tahlia Tupaea | Australia Australia Australia Australia |
| Townsville Fire | Darcee Garbin Micaela Cocks Jacqui Zelenka Ainsley Walsh Chevannah Paalvast | Australia New Zealand Australia Australia New Zealand |

### Internal signings

| Team | Player | Nationality | Former team |
| Adelaide Lightning | Tayla Roberts | Australia | Melbourne |
| Bendigo Spirit | Nadeen Payne | Australia | South East Queensland |
| Canberra Capitals | Mikaela Ruef Lauren Mansfield Stephanie Bairstow Kate Gaze | United States Australia Australia Australia | Adelaide South East Queensland South East Queensland Townsville |
| Dandenong Rangers | Natalie Novosel Rosemary Fadljevic | United States Australia | Townsville Canberra |
| Melbourne Boomers | Tegan Cunningham Jessica Bygate Kelly Bowen | Australia New Zealand Australia | Dandenong Adelaide Adelaide |
| Perth Lynx | Tenaya Phillips | Australia | Dandenong |
| Sydney Uni Flames | Shanae Greaves Belinda Snell Leilani Mitchell | Australia Australia Australia | Melbourne Bendigo Adelaide |
| Townsville Fire | Kelly Wilson Kayla Standish | Australia United States | Bendigo Adelaide |

### New signings

| New Team | Player | Nationality | Former team | Location |
| Adelaide Lightning | Laura Hodges Samantha Logic Colleen Planeta Chelsea Brook Sarah Elsworthy Shannon McKay Jordan Hunter | Australia United States United States Australia Australia Australia New Zealand | Bourges Calais Hume City Norwood North Adelaide North Adelaide Sturt | France France Victoria South Australia South Australia South Australia South Australia |
| Bendigo Spirit | Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe Blake Dietrick Ashleigh Karaitiana | Canada United States Australia | Wasserburg Princeton Hawaii | Germany United States United States |
| Canberra Capitals | Keely Froling Marianna Tolo Jazmon Gwathmey | Australia Australia United States | Dallas Bourges James Madison | United States France United States |
| Dandenong Rangers | Ally Malott | United States | Adana | Turkey |
| Melbourne Boomers | Monique Conti Chante Black Rebecca Ott | Australia United States Australia | Melbourne Bendigo Knox | Victoria Victoria Victoria |
| Perth Lynx | Ruth Hamblin Monica Wright Kisha Lee | Canada United States United States | Oregon State Keflavík Ansett | United States Iceland Northern Territory |
| Sydney Uni Flames | Lauren Nicholson Jennifer Hamson Lara McSpadden Sarah Graham Asia Taylor | Australia United States Australia Australia United States | Saint Mary's Krasnoyarsk Centre of Excellence Hornsby Yongin | United States Russia Australian Capital Territory New South Wales South Korea |
| Townsville Fire | Natasha Cloud Haylee Andrews Amy Kame | United States Australia United States | Beşiktaş Townsville Nunawading | Turkey Queensland Victoria |

## Outgoing Player Movement
### Retirement

| Former Team | Player | Nationality |
| Canberra Capitals | Jessica Bibby Lauren Jackson Hanna Zavecz | Australia Australia Australia |
| Melbourne Boomers | Kristen Veal | Australia |
| Sydney Uni Flames | Rohanee Cox | Australia |
| Townsville Fire | Cherie Gallagher | Australia |

### Going overseas

| Former Team | Player | Nationality | New Team | Location |
| Adelaide Lightning | Morgan Yaeger Taylor Ortlepp | Australia Australia | Oregon Boston | United States United States |
| Canberra Capitals | Stephanie Talbot | Australia | Gorzów Wlkp. | Poland |
| Dandenong Rangers | Alexandra Bunton | Australia | Moscow | Russia |
| Melbourne Boomers | Tess Madgen | Australia | Lublin | Poland |
| Perth Lynx | Louella Tomlinson | Australia | Logroño | Spain |
| South East Queensland Stars | Rachel Jarry Rebecca Allen | Australia Australia | Lattes Košice | France Slovakia |
| Sydney Uni Flames | Katie-Rae Ebzery Maddison Penn | Australia Australia | Moscow Vancouver | Russia Canada |
| Townsville Fire | Cayla George Tamara Tatham | Australia Canada | Sopron Novosibirsk | Hungary Russia |

## Coaching changes

| Team | Incoming Coach | Nationality | Outgoing Coach | Nationality |
| Adelaide Lightning | Chris Lucas | Australia | Tracy York | Australia |
| Canberra Capitals | Paul Goriss | Australia | Carrie Graf | Australia |
| Sydney Uni Flames | Cheryl Chambers | Australia | Shannon Seebohm | Australia |
| Townsville Fire | Claudia Brassard | Canada | Chris Lucas | Australia |