# 2025 Washington Mystics season

The 2025 Washington Mystics season will be the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach, Sydney Johnson.

## Draft

| Round | Pick |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 32 |

## Transactions
### Front office and coaching

| Date | Details |
| October 23, 2024 | Mutually agreed to part ways with both head coach, Eric Thibault, and general manager, Mike Thibault |
| December 23, 2024 | Hired Sydney Johnson as head coach |
| December 23, 2024 | Hired Jamila Wideman as general manager |

### Trades

February :
| February 23 | To Washington Mystics2025 No. 3 draft pick 2027 second round draft pick Rights to swap 2027 first round draft picks | To Chicago SkyAriel Atkins |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
| Emily Engstler | February 4, 2025 | Training camp contract | |
| Sug Sutton | February 4, 2025 | Training camp contract | |

#### Additions

| Player | Date | Notes | Former Team | Ref. |
| Taylor Soule | February 11, 2025 | Training camp contract | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | |

#### Subtractions / Unsigned

| Player | Date | Reason | New Team |
| Julie Vanloo | December 6, 2024 | Expansion draft | Golden State Valkyries |
| Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | February 1, 2025 | Free agency – unrestricted | Atlanta Dream |
| Elena Delle Donne | — | Free agency – unrestricted | TBA |
| Bernadett Határ | — | Free agency – reserved (qualifying offer pending) | TBA |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| PG | Brittney Sykes | Jade Melbourne |
| SG | | Sug Sutton |
| SF | Karlie Samuelson | Taylor Soule |
| PF | Shakira Austin | Aaliyah Edwards Emily Engstler |
| C | Stefanie Dolson | Sika Koné |

## Schedule
### Pre-season

2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 3
@ Indiana
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2
May 7
Atlanta
CareFirst Arena :
2025 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2025 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 16
Atlanta
CareFirst Arena
2
May 18
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena
3
May 21
@ Golden State
Chase Center
4
May 23
@ Las Vegas
Michelob Ultra Arena
5
May 25
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
6
May 28
Indiana
CFG Bank Arena
7
May 30
New York
CareFirst Arena :
June
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
June 3
@ Indiana
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
9
June 5
New York
CareFirst Arena
10
June 8
Connecticut
CareFirst Arena
11
June 15
Atlanta
CareFirst Arena
12
June 17
@ Chicago
Wintrust Arena
13
June 20
@ Atlanta
Gateway Center Arena
14
June 22
Dallas
CareFirst Arena
15
June 24
Minnesota
CareFirst Arena
16
June 26
@ Las Vegas
Michelob Ultra Arena
17
June 28
@ Dallas
College Park Center :
July
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
July 3
@ Minnesota
Target Center
19
July 8
Chicago
EagleBank Arena
20
July 10
Las Vegas
CareFirst Arena
21
July 13
@ Seattle
Climate Pledge Arena
22
July 15
@ Los Angeles
Crypto.com Arena
23
July 22
Los Angeles
CareFirst Arena
24
July 26
Seattle
CareFirst Arena
25
July 27
Phoenix
CareFirst Arena
26
July 29
Chicago
CareFirst Arena
27
July 31
Golden State
CareFirst Arena :
August
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 3
@ Atlanta
Gateway Center Arena
29
August 5
@ Chicago
Wintrust Arena
30
August 8
@ Minnesota
Target Center
31
August 10
@ Dallas
College Park Center
32
August 13
Golden State
CareFirst Arena
33
August 15
@ Indiana
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
34
August 17
Los Angeles
CareFirst Arena
35
August 19
Connecticut
CareFirst Arena
36
August 21
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena
37
August 23
Las Vegas
CareFirst Arena
38
August 24
Seattle
CareFirst Arena
39
August 28
@ New York
Barclays Center
40
August 30
@ Golden State
Chase Center
41
August 31
@ Los Angeles
Crypto.com Arena :
September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
42
September 4
Phoenix
CareFirst Arena
43
September 7
Indiana
CFG Bank Arena
44
September 9
@ New York
Barclays Center :
2025 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | vteTeam | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Chicago Sky | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Dallas Wings | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Golden State Valkyries | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Las Vegas Aces | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Sparks | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 9 | Minnesota Lynx | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 10 | New York Liberty | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 11 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 12 | Seattle Storm | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 13 | Washington Mystics | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |