# List of 2021 WNBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2021 WNBA season.

## Retirement

| Date | Name | Team(s) played (years) | Age | Notes |
| February 8, 2021 | Crystal Langhorne | Washington Mystics (2008–2013) Seattle Storm (2014–2020) | 34 | WNBA Champion (2018, 2020) WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013) WNBA Most Improved Player (2009) Also played overseas in Slovakia, Hungary, China & Australia. |
| February 9, 2021 | Renee Montgomery | Minnesota Lynx (2009, 2015–2017) Connecticut Sun (2010–2014) Seattle Storm (2015) Atlanta Dream (2018–2019) | 34 | WNBA Champion (2015, 2017) WNBA All-Star (2011) WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (2012) Also played overseas in Lithuania, Israel, Russia, Australia, and Poland. |
| February 9, 2021 | LaToya Sanders | Phoenix Mercury (2008) Minnesota Lynx (2009) Los Angeles Sparks (2011) Washington Mystics (2012, 2015-2020) | 34 | WNBA Champion (2019) |
| March 15, 2021 | Morgan Tuck | Connecticut Sun (2016–2019) Seattle Storm (2020) | 26 | WNBA Champion (2020) |
| May 13, 2021 | Seimone Augustus | Minnesota Lynx (2006–2019) Los Angeles Sparks (2020) | 37 | 4 × WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 8 × WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013–2015, 2017, 2018) WNBA Finals MVP (2011) WNBA Rookie of the Year (2006) |

## 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 15, 2020 | Dallas Wings | Brian Agler | Mutual agreement | December 9 | Vickie Johnson | Las Vegas Aces assistant coach (2018–2020) | |
| May 3, 2021 | Atlanta Dream | Nicki Collen | Hired as head coach by Baylor University | May 3 | Mike Petersen (interim) | Atlanta Dream assistant coach (2018–2020) | |

## Player movement
### Trades

February :
| February 5 | To Washington Mystics Erica McCall | To Minnesota Lynx 2022 third-round pick |
| February 10 | To Phoenix Mercury Kia Nurse Megan Walker | To New York Liberty 2021 first-round pick (#6) 2022 first-round pick |
| February 10 | To New York Liberty Natasha Howard | To Seattle Storm 2021 first-round pick (#1) 2022 first-round pick (from Phoenix) 2022 third-round pick |
| February 10 | To Seattle Storm Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | To Minnesota Lynx 2022 first-round pick (from Phoenix) |
| February 10 | To New York Liberty Sami Whitcomb | To Seattle Storm Stephanie Talbot |
| February 10 | To Seattle Storm Katie Lou Samuelson | To Dallas Wings 2021 first-round pick (#1) 2022 second-round pick |
| February 13 | To Atlanta Dream Yvonne Turner | To Phoenix Mercury 2022 third-round pick |
| February 15 | To Indiana Fever Lindsay Allen 2021 second-round pick (#24) | To Las Vegas Aces 2021 second-round pick (#14) |
| February 15 | To Indiana Fever Odyssey Sims Negotiating rights to Temi Fagbenle 2022 first-round pick 2022 third-round pick | To Minnesota Lynx 2022 second-round pick |

### Free agency

| Player | Date signed | New team | Former team |
| Cheyenne Parker | February 1 | Atlanta Dream | Chicago Sky |
| Candace Parker | February 1 | Chicago Sky | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Kamiah Smalls | February 1 | Connecticut Sun | Indiana Fever |
| Allisha Gray | February 1 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Jantel Lavender | February 1 | Indiana Fever | Indiana Fever |
| Natalie Achonwa | February 1 | Minnesota Lynx | Indiana Fever |
| Kayla McBride | February 1 | Minnesota Lynx | Las Vegas Aces |
| Diana Taurasi | February 1 | Phoenix Mercury | Phoenix Mercury |
| Epiphanny Prince | February 1 | Seattle Storm | Seattle Storm |
| Alysha Clark | February 1 | Washington Mystics | Seattle Storm |
| Alyssa Thomas | February 2 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun |
| Chelsea Gray | February 2 | Las Vegas Aces | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Erica Wheeler | February 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | Indiana Fever |
| Betnijah Laney | February 2 | New York Liberty | Atlanta Dream |
| LaToya Sanders | February 2 | Washington Mystics | Washington Mystics |
| Danielle Robinson | February 3 | Indiana Fever | Las Vegas Aces |
| Tianna Hawkins | February 4 | Atlanta Dream | Washington Mystics |
| Jasmine Thomas | February 4 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun |
| Brionna Jones | February 5 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun |
| Kia Vaughn | February 5 | Phoenix Mercury | Phoenix Mercury |
| Tina Charles | February 5 | Washington Mystics | Washington Mystics |
| Sydney Wallace | February 6 | Connecticut Sun | Zagłębie Sosnowiec (Poland) |
| Brittany Boyd | February 8 | Chicago Sky | New York Liberty |
| Chanelle Molina | February 8 | Indiana Fever | Norrköping Dolphins (Sweden) |
| Brittney Sykes | February 8 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Candice Dupree | February 8 | Seattle Storm | Indiana Fever |
| Riquna Williams | February 11 | Las Vegas Aces | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Amanda Zahui B | February 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | New York Liberty |
| Tamera Young | February 11 | Seattle Storm | Las Vegas Aces |
| Aerial Powers | February 15 | Minnesota Lynx | Washington Mystics |
| Bria Holmes | February 19 | Connecticut Sun | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | February 22 | Washington Mystics | Atlanta Dream |
| Seimone Augustus | February 22 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Chiney Ogwumike | February 25 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Odyssey Sims | March 1 | Minnesota Lynx | Atlanta Dream |
| Sue Bird | March 1 | Seattle Storm | Seattle Storm |
| Nneka Ogwumike | March 2 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Nia Coffey | March 4 | Los Angeles Sparks | Phoenix Mercury |
| Natasha Cloud | March 10 | Washington Mystics | Washington Mystics |
| Liz Cambage | March 12 | Las Vegas Aces | Las Vegas Aces |
| Luisa Geiselsöder | March 12 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Aislinn Konig | March 16 | Washington Mystics | BCF Elfic Fribourg (Switzerland) |
| Sara Blicavs | March 22 | Phoenix Mercury | Southside Flyers (Australia) |
| Marta Xargay | March 25 | Phoenix Mercury | Uni Girona CB (Spain) |
| Stephanie Jones | March 28 | Connecticut Sun | Ślęza Wrocław (Poland) |
| Shavonte Zellous | March 31 | Washington Mystics | Çankaya Üniversitesi (Turkey) |
| Mikayla Pivec | April 2 | Minnesota Lynx | Campus Promete (Spain) |
| Jillian Alleyne | April 2 | Washington Mystics | Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia) |
| Tanaya Atkinson | April 9 | Connecticut Sun | CDB Clarinos (Spain) |
| Jessica January | April 13 | Chicago Sky | Indiana Fever |
| Alexis Prince | April 13 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Asia Taylor | April 14 | New York Liberty | CDB Clarinos (Spain) |
| Teana Muldrow | April 16 | Connecticut Sun | Maccabi Haifa (Israel) |
| Asheika Alexander | April 16 | Minnesota Lynx | Langston |
| Akela Maize | April 16 | Phoenix Mercury | Montana (Bulgaria) |
| Tiana Mangakahia | April 16 | Phoenix Mercury | Syracuse |
| Avery Warley-Talbert | April 16 | Phoenix Mercury | Las Vegas Aces |
| G'mrice Davis | April 16 | Washington Mystics | AZS Poznań (Poland) |
| Crystal Bradford | April 17 | Atlanta Dream | Ramat Hasharon (Israel) |
| Mikayla Cowling | April 17 | Atlanta Dream | Charnay Basket (France) |
| Sierra Campisano | April 17 | Chicago Sky | Cal Poly |
| Petra Holešínská | April 17 | Chicago Sky | North Carolina |
| Sparkle Taylor | April 17 | Chicago Sky | CB Islas Canarias (Spain) |
| Kobi Thornton | April 17 | Chicago Sky | Campus Promete (Spain) |
| Feyonda Fitzgerald | April 17 | Connecticut Sun | Maccabi Haifa (Israel) |
| Kai James | April 17 | Connecticut Sun | CB Islas Canarias (Spain) |
| Vionise Pierre-Louis | April 17 | Connecticut Sun | Charnay Basket (France) |
| Japreece Dean | April 17 | Minnesota Lynx | Chicago Sky |
| Selena Lott | April 17 | Minnesota Lynx | Marquette |
| Mikayla Vaughn | April 17 | Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame |
| Alex Wittinger | April 17 | Minnesota Lynx | Heidelberg (Germany) |
| Cierra Burdick | April 17 | Phoenix Mercury | Las Vegas Aces |
| Brianna Fraser | April 18 | Connecticut Sun | Vasas SC (Hungary) |
| Dee Givens | April 18 | Dallas Wings | BC Winterthur (Switzerland) |
| Tori Jarosz | April 18 | Dallas Wings | Zagłębie Sosnowiec (Poland) |
| Destinee Walker | April 18 | Dallas Wings | Notre Dame |
| Kate Cain | April 18 | Las Vegas Aces | Nebraska |
| Lauren Manis | April 18 | Las Vegas Aces | Las Vegas Aces |
| Blanca Millán | April 18 | Washington Mystics | Maine |
| Pre Stanley | April 18 | Washington Mystics | Appalachian State |
| Tyra Whitehead | April 18 | Washington Mystics | San Jose State |

### Waived

| Player | Date Waived | Former Team |
| Kiah Gillespie | January 6 | Chicago Sky |
| Nia Coffey | February 10 | Phoenix Mercury |
| Odyssey Sims | February 15 | Indiana Fever |
| Brittany Brewer | February 21 | Atlanta Dream |
| Mikayla Pivec | February 21 | Atlanta Dream |
| Astou Ndour | February 25 | Dallas Wings |
| Stephanie Mavunga | March 7 | Chicago Sky |
| Marie Gülich | March 16 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Lexie Brown | April 17 | Minnesota Lynx |
| Tierra Ruffin-Pratt | April 18 | Los Angeles Sparks |