# List of 2020 WNBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2020 WNBA season.

## Retirement

| Date | Name | Team(s) played (years) | Age | Notes | Ref. |
| June 2019 | Camille Little | San Antonio Silver Stars (2007) Atlanta Dream (2008) Seattle Storm (2008–2014) Connecticut Sun (2015–2016) Phoenix Mercury (2017–2019) | 34 | WNBA Champion (2010) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2007) Also played overseas in Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, China and Italy. | |
| September 2019 | Sancho Lyttle | Houston Comets (2005–2008) Atlanta Dream (2009–2017) Phoenix Mercury (2018–2019) | 36 | WNBA All-Star (2009) 2× WNBA steals leader (2015, 2016) Also played overseas in Spain, Turkey and Russia. | |
| January 22, 2020 | Alana Beard | Washington Mystics (2004–2011) Los Angeles Sparks (2012–2019) | 37 | WNBA Champion (2016) 4× WNBA All-Star (2005–2007, 2009) All-WNBA Second Team (2006) 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018) 5× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2007, 2012, 2016–2018) 4× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2006, 2009, 2014) Also played overseas in Australia, South Korea, Israel, Poland and Spain. | [3] [4] |
| February 11, 2020 | Rebekkah Brunson | Sacramento Monarchs (2004–2009) Minnesota Lynx (2010–2018) | 38 | 5× WNBA Champion (2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 5× WNBA All-Star (2007, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018) WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2011) 6× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018) WNBA all-time rebounding leader Also played overseas in Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain and Czech Republic. | [5] [6] |
| February 24, 2020 | Carolyn Swords | Chicago Sky (2011–2013) New York Liberty (2015–2016) Seattle Storm (2017) Las Vegas Aces (2018–2019) | 30 | Also played overseas in Turkey, Spain, Italy, Australia and Poland. Subsequently took back retirement in 2020 to continue playing for the Aces. | |

## 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. |
| September 9 | Indiana Fever | Pokey Chatman | Fired | November 26 | Marianne Stanley | Washington Mystics assistant coach (2010–2019) | |
| October 16 | New York Liberty | Katie Smith | Fired | January 9 | Walt Hopkins | Minnesota Lynx assistant coach (2017–2019) | |

## Player movement
### Trades

February :
| February 10 | To Atlanta Dream Kalani Brown | To Los Angeles Sparks Marie Gülich Brittney Sykes | |
| February 10 | To Seattle Storm Morgan Tuck 2020 first-round pick (#11) | To Connecticut Sun 2020 first-round pick (#7) | |
| February 11 | To Connecticut Sun DeWanna Bonner | To Phoenix Mercury 2020 first-round pick (#7) 2020 first-round pick (#10) 2021 first-round pick | |
| February 12 | To Phoenix Mercury Skylar Diggins-Smith | To Dallas Wings 2020 first-round pick (#5) 2020 first-round pick (#7) 2021 first-round pick | |
| February 12 | To Dallas Wings Astou Ndour | To Chicago Sky 2021 first-round pick | |
| February 14 | To Dallas Wings Katie Lou Samuelson 2021 first-round pick | To Chicago Sky Azurá Stevens | [17] [18] |
| February 19 | Three-team trade | Three-team trade | Three-team trade |
| February 19 | To Atlanta Dream Courtney Williams (from Connecticut) 2020 second-round pick (#17) (from Phoenix) | To Connecticut Sun Briann January (from Phoenix) 2021 second-round pick (from Phoenix) | [19] [20] |
| [19] [20] ||
| February 21 | To Dallas Wings Marina Mabrey | To Los Angeles Sparks 2021 second-round pick | |
| February 24 | To Connecticut Sun Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis | To Seattle Storm 2021 second-round pick | |
| February 25 | To Minnesota Lynx Rachel Banham | To Connecticut Sun 2021 second-round pick | |
| March ||||
| March 6 | To Minnesota Lynx Shenise Johnson 2020 second-round pick (#16) | To Indiana Fever 2020 second-round pick (#14) 2021 third-round pick | |
| April ||||
| April 15 | Three-team trade | Three-team trade | Three-team trade |
| April 15 | To Dallas Wings 2021 first-round pick (from Washington) 2021 second-round pick (from New York) | To New York Liberty Tayler Hill (from Dallas) Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (from Washington) 2020 first-round pick (#7) 2020 second-round pick (#12) 2020 second-round pick (#15) 2021 first-round pick (from Washington) 2021 second-round pick (from Washington) 2021 third-round pick (from Washington) | [25] [26] [27] |
| [25] [26] [27] ||
| April 17 | To Minnesota Lynx Erica Ogwumike | To New York Liberty Stephanie Talbot | |
| April 17 | To New York Liberty Jocelyn Willoughby | To Phoenix Mercury Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | |
| August ||||
| August 28 | To Chicago Sky Stephanie Mavunga | To Indiana Fever Jantel Lavender 2021 second-round pick 2021 third-round pick | [30] [31] |

### Free agency

| Player | Date signed | New team | Former team |
| Natisha Hiedeman | February 10 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun |
| Jonquel Jones | February 10 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun |
| Morgan Bertsch | February 10 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Megan Gustafson | February 10 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Moriah Jefferson | February 10 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Imani McGee-Stafford | February 10 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Karlie Samuelson | February 10 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Angel McCoughtry | February 10 | Las Vegas Aces | Atlanta Dream |
| Kristi Toliver | February 10 | Los Angeles Sparks | Washington Mystics |
| Layshia Clarendon | February 10 | New York Liberty | Connecticut Sun |
| Isabelle Harrison | February 11 | Dallas Wings | Dallas Wings |
| Tierra Ruffin-Pratt | February 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Elena Delle Donne | February 11 | Washington Mystics | Washington Mystics |
| Glory Johnson | February 13 | Atlanta Dream | Dallas Wings |
| Sydney Colson | February 13 | Chicago Sky | Las Vegas Aces |
| Betnijah Laney | February 13 | Indiana Fever | Indiana Fever |
| Tiffany Mitchell | February 13 | Indiana Fever | Indiana Fever |
| Brittney Griner | February 13 | Phoenix Mercury | Phoenix Mercury |
| Bria Hartley | February 13 | Phoenix Mercury | New York Liberty |
| Breanna Stewart | February 13 | Seattle Storm | Seattle Storm |
| Leilani Mitchell | February 13 | Washington Mystics | Phoenix Mercury |
| Kahleah Copper | February 15 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Bria Holmes | February 15 | Connecticut Sun | Connecticut Sun |
| Shekinna Stricklen | February 16 | Atlanta Dream | Connecticut Sun |
| Danielle Robinson | February 16 | Las Vegas Aces | Minnesota Lynx |
| Stefanie Dolson | February 17 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Emma Meesseman | February 17 | Washington Mystics | Washington Mystics |
| Alexis Jones | February 18 | Atlanta Dream (claimed off waivers) | Los Angeles Sparks (waived on February 15) |
| Sugar Rodgers | February 18 | Las Vegas Aces | Las Vegas Aces |
| Allie Quigley | February 19 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Bernadett Határ | February 19 | Indiana Fever | Sopron (Hungary) |
| Raisa Musina | February 20 | Las Vegas Aces | UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia) |
| Seimone Augustus | February 20 | Los Angeles Sparks | Minnesota Lynx |
| Blake Dietrick | February 24 | Atlanta Dream | Seattle Storm |
| Marine Johannès | February 24 | New York Liberty | New York Liberty |
| Kia Vaughn | February 24 | Phoenix Mercury | New York Liberty |
| Epiphanny Prince | February 24 | Seattle Storm | Las Vegas Aces |
| Courtney Vandersloot | February 25 | Chicago Sky | Chicago Sky |
| Jazmon Gwathmey | February 25 | Connecticut Sun | San Martino di Lupari (Italy) |
| Sue Bird | February 25 | Seattle Storm | Seattle Storm |
| Elīna Dikaioulaku | February 26 | Atlanta Dream | Adana (Turkey) |
| Valériane Vukosavljević | February 26 | Connecticut Sun | USK Praha (Czech Republic) |
| Chelsea Gray | February 28 | Los Angeles Sparks | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Kang Lee-seul | February 28 | Washington Mystics | Bucheon KEB Hana Bank (Korea) |
| Cecilia Zandalasini | February 29 | Minnesota Lynx | Minnesota Lynx |
| Julie Allemand | March 2 | Indiana Fever | Lyon ASVEL (France) |
| Lindsay Allen | March 2 | Las Vegas Aces | Las Vegas Aces |
| Jacki Gemelos | March 13 | Connecticut Sun | Olympiacos (Greece) |
| Megan Huff | March 14 | Connecticut Sun | New York Liberty |
| Jessica January | March 19 | Indiana Fever | Piešťanské Čajky (Slovakia) |
| Avery Warley-Talbert | March 20 | Las Vegas Aces | New York Liberty |
| Sara Blicavs | April 9 | Phoenix Mercury | Southside Flyers (Australia) |
| Olivia Époupa | April 9 | Phoenix Mercury | Canberra Capitals (Australia) |
| Alaina Coates | April 17 | Atlanta Dream | Atlanta Dream |
| Dominique McBryde | April 17 | Los Angeles Sparks | Arizona |
| Liz Cambage | April 22 | Las Vegas Aces | Las Vegas Aces |

### Waived

| Player | Date Waived | Former Team |
| Alexis Jones | February 15 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Rebecca Greenwell | February 28 | Washington Mystics |
| Brittany Boyd | April 21 | New York Liberty |
| Paris Kea | April 22 | Indiana Fever |
| Erica McCall | April 22 | Indiana Fever |
| Kaela Davis | April 23 | Dallas Wings |

## Draft
### First round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team |
| 1 | Sabrina Ionescu | April 26 | New York Liberty |
| 2 | Satou Sabally | April 21 | Dallas Wings |
| 3 | Lauren Cox | April 21 | Indiana Fever |
| 4 | Chennedy Carter | April 23 | Atlanta Dream |
| 5 | Bella Alarie | April 20 | Dallas Wings |
| 6 | Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | April 29 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 7 | Tyasha Harris | April 24 | Dallas Wings |
| 8 | Ruthy Hebard | April 28 | Chicago Sky |
| 9 | Megan Walker | April 22 | New York Liberty |
| 10 | Jocelyn Willoughby | April 25 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 11 | Kitija Laksa | April 25 | Seattle Storm |
| 12 | Jazmine Jones | April 22 | New York Liberty |

### Second round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team |
| 13 | Kylie Shook | April 24 | New York Liberty |
| 14 | Kathleen Doyle | April 21 | Indiana Fever |
| 15 | Leaonna Odom | April 23 | New York Liberty |
| 16 | Crystal Dangerfield | April 22 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 17 | Brittany Brewer | April 20 | Atlanta Dream |
| 18 | Te'a Cooper | April 29 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 19 | Joyner Holmes | April 22 | Seattle Storm |
| 20 | Beatrice Mompremier | April 26 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 21 | Luisa Geiselsöder | | Dallas Wings |
| 22 | Leonie Fiebich | | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 23 | Kaila Charles | April 23 | Connecticut Sun |
| 24 | Jaylyn Agnew | April 22 | Washington Mystics |

### Third round

| Pick | Player | Date signed | Team |
| 25 | Mikayla Pivec | April 20 | Atlanta Dream |
| 26 | Erica Ogwumike | April 29 | New York Liberty |
| 27 | Kobi Thornton | | Atlanta Dream |
| 28 | Kamiah Smalls | April 21 | Indiana Fever |
| 29 | Stella Johnson | April 28 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 30 | Japreece Dean | April 24 | Chicago Sky |
| 31 | Haley Gorecki | April 22 | Seattle Storm |
| 32 | Kiah Gillespie | April 25 | Chicago Sky |
| 33 | Lauren Manis | April 27 | Las Vegas Aces |
| 34 | Tynice Martin | | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 35 | Juicy Landrum | April 24 | Connecticut Sun |
| 36 | Sug Sutton | April 22 | Washington Mystics |