# List of 2019 WNBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that took place during the off-season and the 2019 WNBA season.

## Retirement

| Date | Name | Team(s) played (years) | Age | Notes |
| August 21 | Lindsay Whalen | Connecticut Sun (2004-2009) Minnesota Lynx (2010-2018) | 36 | 4× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 5× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2011, 2013–2015) 3× All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2011, 2013) 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2012, 2014) 3× WNBA Peak Performer (2008, 2011–2012) 3× WNBA assists leader (2008, 2011–2012) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) WNBA playoffs all-time assists leader Also played overseas in Russia, Czech Republic, Turkey, and Northern Cyprus. |
| February 21 | Noelle Quinn | Minnesota Lynx (2007-2008) Los Angeles Sparks (2009-2011) Washington Mystics (2012) Seattle Storm (2013-2014, 2016-2018) Phoenix Mercury (2015-2016) | 34 | WNBA champion (2018) |
| February 26 | Monique Currie | Charlotte Sting (2006) Chicago Sky (2007) Washington Mystics (2007-2014, 2018) Phoenix Mercury (2015, 2017) San Antonio Stars (2016) | 36 | WNBA All-Rookie Team (2006) Also played overseas in Turkey, Romania and Spain. |
| April 16 | Cappie Pondexter | Phoenix Mercury (2006-2009) New York Liberty (2010-2014) Chicago Sky (2015-2017) Los Angeles Sparks (2018) Indiana Fever (2018) | 36 | 2× WNBA champion (2007, 2009) WNBA Finals MVP (2007) 7× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015) 3× All-WNBA First Team (2009, 2010, 2012) All-WNBA Second Team (2011) WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2010) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2006) WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011) Also played overseas in Turkey and Russia. |

## 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 |
| August 31 | Chicago Sky | Amber Stocks | Fired | November 9 | James Wade | Minnesota Lynx assistant coach (2017–2018) |
| November 30 | Los Angeles Sparks | Brian Agler | Resigned | December 5 | Derek Fisher | New York Knicks head coach (2014–2016) |
| December 18 | Dallas Wings | Taj McWilliams-Franklin | Interim; Contract not renewed | December 18 | Brian Agler | Los Angeles Sparks head coach (2015–2018) |

## Player movement
### Trades

April :
| April 10 | To Atlanta Dream Marie Gülich | To Phoenix Mercury Brianna Turner |
| April 10 | To Connecticut Sun Natisha Hiedeman | To Minnesota Lynx Lexie Brown |
| April 11 | To Atlanta Dream Nia Coffey | To Las Vegas Aces 2020 second-round pick |
| April 11 | To Las Vegas Aces Sugar Rodgers | To New York Liberty 2020 second-round pick |
| April 11 | To New York Liberty Tanisha Wright | To Minnesota Lynx 2020 second-round pick |
| April 22 | To Los Angeles Sparks Alexis Jones | To Minnesota Lynx Odyssey Sims |
| April 27 | To Los Angeles Sparks Chiney Ogwumike | To Connecticut Sun 2020 first-round pick |
| May ||||
| May 16 | To Las Vegas Aces Liz Cambage | To Dallas Wings Moriah Jefferson Isabelle Harrison 2020 first-round pick 2020 second-round pick |
| May 16 | To Dallas Wings Imani McGee-Stafford | To Atlanta Dream 2020 third-round pick |
| May 20 | To Chicago Sky Jantel Lavender | To Los Angeles Sparks 2020 second-round pick |
| May 21 | To Minnesota Lynx Alaina Coates | To Chicago Sky 2020 third-round pick |
| May 21 | To Minnesota Lynx Stephanie Talbot | To Phoenix Mercury 2020 second-round pick |
| August ||||
| August 6 | To Connecticut Sun Theresa Plaisance | To Dallas Wings Kristine Anigwe |

### Free agency

| Player | Date signed | New team | Former team |
| Cheyenne Parker | February 1 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Cayla George | February 1 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Glory Johnson | February 1 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Kayla Thornton | February 1 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Natalie Achonwa | February 1 | Indiana Fever | Indiana Fever |
| Shenise Johnson | February 1 | Indiana Fever | Indiana Fever |
| Erica Wheeler | February 1 | Indiana Fever | Indiana Fever |
| Dearica Hamby | February 1 | Las Vegas Aces | Las Vegas Aces |
| Karlie Samuelson | February 1 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Odyssey Sims | February 1 | Los Angeles Sparks (Offer sheet matched with Phoenix Mercury) | Los Angeles Sparks (Offer sheet matched with Phoenix Mercury) |
| Karima Christmas-Kelly | February 1 | Minnesota Lynx | Dallas Wings |
| Briann January | February 1 | Phoenix Mercury | Phoenix Mercury |
| Yvonne Turner | February 1 | Phoenix Mercury | Phoenix Mercury |
| Crystal Langhorne | February 1 | Seattle Storm | Seattle Storm |
| Mercedes Russell | February 1 | Seattle Storm | Seattle Storm |
| Natasha Cloud | February 1 | Washington Mystics (Offer sheet matched with New York Liberty) | Washington Mystics (Offer sheet matched with New York Liberty) |
| Blake Dietrick | February 2 | Atlanta Dream | Atlanta Dream |
| Allie Quigley | February 2 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Seimone Augustus | February 2 | Minnesota Lynx | Minnesota Lynx |
| Kim Mestdagh | February 4 | Washington Mystics | Çukurova (Turkey) |
| LaToya Sanders | February 4 | Washington Mystics | Washington Mystics |
| Betnijah Laney | February 5 | Indiana Fever | Connecticut Sun |
| Ashley Walker | February 6 | Los Angeles Sparks | Mersin BŞB (Turkey) |
| Essence Carson | February 6 | Phoenix Mercury | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Haley Peters | February 7 | Atlanta Dream | Flammes Carolo Basket (France) |
| Jasmine Thomas | February 7 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun |
| Teana Muldrow | February 7 | Seattle Storm | Seattle Storm |
| Damiris Dantas | February 8 | Minnesota Lynx | Atlanta Dream |
| Lynetta Kizer | February 11 | Atlanta Dream | Minnesota Lynx |
| Alana Beard | February 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Rebecca Allen | February 11 | New York Liberty | New York Liberty |
| Kelly Faris | February 11 | New York Liberty | Breiðablik (Iceland) |
| Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe | February 11 | New York Liberty | CJM Bourges Basket (France) |
| Amanda Zahui B. | February 11 | New York Liberty | New York Liberty |
| Tierra Ruffin-Pratt | February 13 | Los Angeles Sparks | Washington Mystics |
| Jamierra Faulkner | February 15 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Linnae Harper | February 18 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Asia Taylor | February 18 | Indiana Fever | Indiana Fever |
| Victoria Macaulay | February 19 | Chicago Sky | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| Brooke McCarty-Williams | February 19 | Dallas Wings | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Saniya Chong | February 20 | Las Vegas Aces | Dallas Wings |
| Ruth Hamblin | February 20 | Las Vegas Aces | BC Castors Braine (Belgium) |
| Alina Iagupova | February 20 | Los Angeles Sparks | Çukurova (Turkey) |
| Alex Harden | February 21 | Las Vegas Aces | Maccabi Ramat Hen (Israel) |
| Jillian Alleyne | February 22 | Minnesota Lynx | Minnesota Lynx |
| Nicole Seekamp | February 25 | Dallas Wings | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) |
| Astou Ndour | February 27 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Ariel Edwards | February 27 | Connecticut Sun | Araski AES (Spain) |
| Erlana Larkins | February 28 | Minnesota Lynx | Minnesota Lynx |
| Kelsey Griffin | February 28 | Minnesota Lynx | Canberra Capitals (Australia) |
| Rachel Hollivay | March 5 | Los Angeles Sparks | Nantes Basket (France) |
| Kolby Morgan | March 8 | New York Liberty | New York Liberty |
| Reshanda Gray | March 11 | New York Liberty | New York Liberty |
| Shey Peddy | March 11 | Washington Mystics | TTT Riga (Latvia) |
| Sun Mengran | March 15 | Atlanta Dream | Bayi Kylin (China) |
| Hind Ben Abdelkader | March 18 | Chicago Sky | Indiana Fever |
| Marine Johannès | March 21 | New York Liberty | CJM Bourges Basket (France) |
| Sancho Lyttle | March 21 | Phoenix Mercury | Phoenix Mercury |
| Brianna Kiesel | March 22 | Connecticut Sun | AZS-UMCS Lublin (Poland) |
| DeWanna Bonner | March 22 | Phoenix Mercury | Phoenix Mercury |
| Brittany Boyd | March 27 | New York Liberty | New York Liberty |
| Loryn Goodwin | March 28 | Los Angeles Sparks | Dallas Wings |
| Emma Cannon | April 11 | Connecticut Sun | Phoenix Mercury |
| Shavonte Zellous | April 11 | Seattle Storm | New York Liberty |
| Crystal Bradford | April 12 | Indiana Fever | Bnot Hertzliya (Israel) |
| Bria Goss | April 12 | Indiana Fever | Maccabi Raanana (Israel) |
| Gabby Green | April 12 | Los Angeles Sparks | Loyola Marymount |
| Emese Hof | April 16 | Phoenix Mercury | Miami |
| Alexis Peterson | April 16 | Phoenix Mercury | Indiana Fever |
| Meme Jackson | April 17 | Atlanta Dream | Tennessee |
| Dominique Wilson | April 17 | Las Vegas Aces | Widzew Łódź (Poland) |
| Shao Ting | April 17 | Minnesota Lynx | Beijing Great Wall (China) |
| AJ Alix | April 17 | Washington Mystics | Washington Mystics |
| G'mrice Davis | April 17 | Washington Mystics | Minnesota Lynx |
| Tiffany Bias | April 18 | New York Liberty | Dallas Wings |
| Bianca Cuevas-Moore | April 18 | New York Liberty | South Carolina |
| Receé Caldwell | April 18 | Seattle Storm | California |
| Presley Hudson | April 18 | Seattle Storm | Central Michigan |
| Zyreka Rice | April 18 | Seattle Storm | Gonzaga |
| Talia Caldwell | April 22 | New York Liberty | Dynamo Kursk (Russia) |
| Allazia Blockton | April 23 | Chicago Sky | Marquette |
| Maci Morris | April 23 | Washington Mystics | Kentucky |
| Taylor Emery | April 24 | Minnesota Lynx | Virginia Tech |
| Leslie Robinson | April 30 | Chicago Sky | New York Liberty |
| Chelsea Gray | April 30 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah | May 3 | Chicago Sky | Northwestern |
| Tina Charles | May 3 | New York Liberty | New York Liberty |
| Ashton Millender | May 4 | Chicago Sky | DePaul |
| Sydney Colson | May 13 | Las Vegas Aces | Minnesota Lynx |
| Cierra Dillard | May 13 | Los Angeles Sparks (claimed off waivers) | Minnesota Lynx (waived on May 11) |
| Riquna Williams | May 15 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Kennedy Burke | May 25 | Indiana Fever (claimed off waivers) | Dallas Wings (waived on May 22) |
| Ashley Walker | June 3 | Los Angeles Sparks (Previously waived on May 23, 2019) | Los Angeles Sparks (Previously waived on May 23, 2019) |
| Leilani Mitchell | June 5 | Phoenix Mercury (Previously waived on May 23, 2019) | Phoenix Mercury (Previously waived on May 23, 2019) |
| Blake Dietrick | June 5 | Seattle Storm (claimed off waivers) | Atlanta Dream (waived on May 23) |
| Shey Peddy | June 8 | Washington Mystics (Previously waived on May 23, 2019) | Washington Mystics (Previously waived on May 23, 2019) |
| Victoria Macaulay | June 13 | Chicago Sky (Previously waived on May 22, 2019) | Chicago Sky (Previously waived on May 22, 2019) |
| Megan Gustafson | June 13 | Dallas Wings (Previously waived on May 22, 2019) | Dallas Wings (Previously waived on May 22, 2019) |
| Natisha Hiedeman | June 19 | Atlanta Dream (claimed off waivers) | Connecticut Sun (waived on May 23) |
| Avery Warley-Talbert | June 27 | New York Liberty (Previously waived on May 25, 2019) | New York Liberty (Previously waived on May 25, 2019) |
| Kenisha Bell | July 2 | Minnesota Lynx (Previously waived on May 21, 2019) | Minnesota Lynx (Previously waived on May 21, 2019) |
| Asia Taylor | July 2 | Minnesota Lynx (claimed off waivers) | Indiana Fever (waived on May 25) |
| Natisha Hiedeman | July 3 | Connecticut Sun (claimed off waivers) | Atlanta Dream (waived on July 1) |
| Karlie Samuelson | July 18 | Los Angeles Sparks (7-day contract, previously waived on May 23, 2019) | |
| Alaina Coates | July 18 | Atlanta Dream (claimed off waivers) | Minnesota Lynx (waived on July 14) |
| Jillian Alleyne | July 30 | Minnesota Lynx (7-day contract, previously waived on May 21, 2019) | Minnesota Lynx (7-day contract, previously waived on May 21, 2019) |
| Arica Carter | August 4 | Phoenix Mercury (7-day contract, previously waived on June 2, 2019) | Phoenix Mercury (7-day contract, previously waived on June 2, 2019) |
| Jaime Nared | August 6 | Las Vegas Aces (7-day contract, previously waived on May 23, 2019) | Las Vegas Aces (7-day contract, previously waived on May 23, 2019) |
| Jillian Alleyne | August 6 | Minnesota Lynx (second 7-day contract) | Minnesota Lynx (second 7-day contract) |
| Asia Taylor | August 6 | Phoenix Mercury (7-day contract) | Minnesota Lynx (waived on July 25) |
| Arica Carter | August 12 | Phoenix Mercury (second 7-day contract) | Phoenix Mercury (second 7-day contract) |
| Jaime Nared | August 13 | Las Vegas Aces (second 7-day contract) | Las Vegas Aces (second 7-day contract) |
| Jillian Alleyne | August 13 | Minnesota Lynx (third 7-day contract) | Minnesota Lynx (third 7-day contract) |
| Asia Taylor | August 13 | Phoenix Mercury (second 7-day contract) | Phoenix Mercury (second 7-day contract) |
| Shey Peddy | August 13 | Washington Mystics (7-day contract, previously waived on July 11, 2019) | Washington Mystics (7-day contract, previously waived on July 11, 2019) |
| Asia Taylor | August 20 | Phoenix Mercury (third 7-day contract) | Phoenix Mercury (third 7-day contract) |
| Shey Peddy | August 20 | Washington Mystics (second 7-day contract) | Washington Mystics (second 7-day contract) |
| Kayla Alexander | August 22 | Chicago Sky (7-day contract) | Indiana Fever (waived on May 22) |
| Bridget Carleton | August 22 | Minnesota Lynx (7-day contract) | Connecticut Sun (waived on July 3) |
| Shey Peddy | August 27 | Washington Mystics (third 7-day contract) | Washington Mystics (third 7-day contract) |
| Epiphanny Prince | August 28 | Las Vegas Aces (Signed for rest of season) | New York Liberty |
| Karlie Samuelson | August 29 | Dallas Wings (7-day contract) | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Kayla Alexander | August 29 | Chicago Sky (second 7-day contract) | Chicago Sky (second 7-day contract) |
| Bridget Carleton | August 29 | Washington Mystics (Signed for rest of season) | Washington Mystics (Signed for rest of season) |
| Shey Peddy | September 3 | Washington Mystics (Signed for rest of season) | Washington Mystics (Signed for rest of season) |
| Kayla Alexander | September 5 | Chicago Sky (Signed for rest of season) | Chicago Sky (Signed for rest of season) |
| Karlie Samuelson | September 5 | Dallas Wings (Signed for rest of season) | Dallas Wings (Signed for rest of season) |

### Waived

| Player | Date Waived | Former Team |
| Asia Taylor | May 25 | Indiana Fever |
| Arica Carter | June 1 | Phoenix Mercury |
| Anriel Howard | June 5 | Seattle Storm |
| Ashley Walker | June 17 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Natisha Hiedeman | July 1 | Atlanta Dream |
| Bridget Carleton | July 3 | Connecticut Sun |
| Tiffany Bias | July 8 | New York Liberty |
| Avery Warley-Talbert | July 8 | New York Liberty |
| Victoria Macauley | July 9 | Chicago Sky |
| Shey Peddy | July 11 | Washington Mystics |
| Shao Ting | July 13 | Minnesota Lynx |
| Alaina Coates | July 14 | Minnesota Lynx |
| Haley Peters | July 17 | Atlanta Dream |
| Kenisha Bell | July 19 | Minnesota Lynx |
| Asia Taylor | July 25 | Minnesota Lynx |
| Chloe Jackson | August 22 | Chicago Sky |
| Asia Taylor | August 25 | Phoenix Mercury |

#### Training camp cuts

All players listed did not make the final roster.
| Atlanta Dream | Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun | Dallas Wings |
| Blake Dietrick Meme Jackson Lynetta Kizer | Hind Ben Abdelkader Evelyn Akhator Allazia Blockton Linnae Harper Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah Victoria Macaulay Ashton Millender Leslie Robinson | Emma Cannon Ariel Edwards Natisha Hiedeman Brianna Kiesel Regan Magarity | Morgan Bertsch Kennedy Burke Cayla George Megan Gustafson Nicole Seekamp |
| Indiana Fever | Las Vegas Aces | Los Angeles Sparks | Minnesota Lynx |
| Kayla Alexander Crystal Bradford Bria Goss Caliya Robinson | Lindsay Allen Kelsey Bone Saniya Chong Ruth Hamblin Alex Harden Jaime Nared Dominique Wilson | Cierra Dillard Loryn Goodwin Gaby Green Rachel Hollivay Karlie Samuelson Ashley Walker | Jillian Alleyne Kenisha Bell Cierra Dillard Taylor Emory Erlana Larkins |
| New York Liberty | Phoenix Mercury | Seattle Storm | Washington Mystics |
| Talia Caldwell Bianca Cuevas-Moore Kelly Faris Megan Huff Kolby Morgan Avery Warley-Talbert | Emese Hof Leilani Mitchell Alexis Peterson | Recee Caldwell Presley Hudson Macy Miller Teana Muldrow Zykera Rice Brooke Salas | AJ Alix G'mrice Davis Sam Fuehring Maci Morris Shey Peddy |

## Draft
### First round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team |
| 1 | Jackie Young | April 17 | Las Vegas Aces |
| 2 | Asia Durr | May 3 | New York Liberty |
| 3 | Teaira McCowan | April 26 | Indiana Fever |
| 4 | Katie Lou Samuelson | April 26 | Chicago Sky |
| 5 | Arike Ogunbowale | April 18 | Dallas Wings |
| 6 | Napheesa Collier | April 19 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 7 | Kalani Brown | April 18 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 8 | Alanna Smith | April 20 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 9 | Kristine Anigwe | April 18 | Connecticut Sun |
| 10 | Kiara Leslie | April 19 | Washington Mystics |
| 11 | Brianna Turner | April 16 | Atlanta Dream |
| 12 | Ezi Magbegor | April 25 | Seattle Storm |

### Second round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team |
| 13 | Sophie Cunningham | April 22 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 14 | Han Xu | April 18 | New York Liberty |
| 15 | Chloe Jackson | April 19 | Chicago Sky |
| 16 | Jessica Shepard | April 24 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 17 | Megan Gustafson | April 20 | Dallas Wings |
| 18 | Natisha Hiedeman | April 12 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 19 | Marina Mabrey | April 25 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 20 | Cierra Dillard | April 12 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 21 | Bridget Carleton | April 12 | Connecticut Sun |
| 22 | Kennedy Burke | April 18 | Dallas Wings |
| 23 | Maite Cazorla | May 3 | Atlanta Dream |
| 24 | Anriel Howard | April 22 | Seattle Storm |

### Third round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team |
| 25 | Paris Kea | April 23 | Indiana Fever |
| 26 | Megan Huff | April 18 | New York Liberty |
| 27 | María Conde | April 23 | Chicago Sky |
| 28 | Caliya Robinson | April 23 | Indiana Fever |
| 29 | Morgan Bertsch | April 20 | Dallas Wings |
| 30 | Kenisha Bell | April 23 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 31 | Ángela Salvadores | — | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 32 | Arica Carter | April 17 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 33 | Regan Magarity | April 17 | Connecticut Sun |
| 34 | Sam Fuehring | May 3 | Washington Mystics |
| 35 | Li Yueru | — | Atlanta Dream |
| 36 | Macy Miller | April 18 | Seattle Storm |