The WNBA design of 2025 is in the books. As expected, UConn star Paige Bueckers number 1 generally went to the Dallas wings, while 6-foot-6 French prospect Dominique Malonga was second selected by the Seattle Storm.
For submersen it is already time to look in the crystal ball and to think about the future. Whho will be no. 1 General choice in 2026?
Although we do not yet know the concept assignment, we know a few things about the next version for the WNBA. To begin with, no, USC superster Juju Watkins will not be chosen to be set up. She has not explained her suitability, nor is 22 years old in 2026. Between now and then the Wnba and his players will negotiate the suitability rules on the table.
For now we will continue to bring that Watkins will not choose. But other star players in the College game, including UCLA’s Lauren Betts, Uconn’s Azzi Fudd, Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles and LSU’s Fla’jae Johnson will be. All those players can have the area of 2025 and Wold have probably been top five picks if they did. Inverterad, they add what a stacked class will be that also includes Ta’niya Latson and Gianna Kneepkens.
Let’s project how the class could be from 2026 Lok.
An asterisk indicates that the player is in the transfer portal and has not yet been chosen for a new team.
1. Lauren Betts, UCLA
The combination of size and skill that the 6-foot-7 presents will be difficult to leave for the WNBA team that in 2026 in 2026 Nr. A first team All-American and Big in Defensive Player of the Year, Betts has powered the Bruins to a Big Ten title and their first four four regard.
2. Azzi Fudd, UConn
Fudd has a pure shooting shape that has been praised from Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. She finally had a completely healthy season of college basketball in the past year, an average of 13.6 points per game while she shot 43.6 percent of 3-point country while she played the Robin to Paige Bueckers’ Batman for the Huskies. But Fudd had a talent to perform in large competitions, with a combined 43 points on 29 shots in Tampa to help UConn win the national title, a performance that delivered her the nod of the most excellent player to the last four.
3. Olivia Miles, TCU
A wizard with the basketball in her hands, thousands have established the Hesto of the best points in the Basketball of Ladies College in recent years. She has a great judicial vision, is a cunning finisher and does not shy away from taking risks. She improved dramatically as at 3-point shooter this last season and increased her success rate by 18 percandant points to 40.6 pears this season. She will spend her last season of College Ball with playing for Mark Campbell at TCU, who has Tutor as Sabrina Ionescu and Hailey of Lith.
4. Ta’niya Latson, South Carolina
Latson led the nation in the score of this last season in the state of Florida, on average 25.2 points per match at 45.1 percent shoot from the floor. She is a certified bucket, and now she goes to South Carolina, where she expects to grow and improve under the guardianship of Dawn Staley.
5. Gianna Kneepkens, Utah*
The 5-foot-11 guard plays a fifth year of college ball elsewhere in Utah, where she was 43.2 percent 3-point shooter of more than 104 games. For the Utes, Knoopkens was almost at 50-40-90 player, 49.5 percent of the floor and 86 pears from the charity. She moves well without the ball in her hands and is a deadly shooter who comes off screens.
6. Madina Okot, Mississippi State*
Okot already played for the Kenyan national team before she stepped in the sec. In the past year, her first season in the competition, the 6-foot-6 front view was almost average to double with 11.3 points and 9.6 rebounds per game while shooting 64.9 percent, which led the SEC and became fourth nationally. Abstain in the deepest conference in the basketball of Ladies College is a good sign that Okot will be a successful professional.
7. Flau’jae Johnson, LSU
A large guard, Johnson, won all-American awards last season from the Associated Press and USBWA after an average of 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per match for LSU. She continues to improve this season as at 3-point shooter and this season makes 1.4 deep shots per game. The dynamic playmaker is a star on and next to the field and has the attention of everyone.
8. Ashlon Jackson, Hertog
Jackson, you have been stupid every year, she played for the Blue Devils of Kara Lawson. They on average 12.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists this season while she shoots a career-best 37.2 percent from 3-point country. Jackson appeared with player who could quickly get hot and could make a boat load of shots in a short time – see her matches against NC State and Oregon – and became usable defense and reliable playmaker.
9. Janiah Barker, UCLA*
Barker has been with the player for a long time that WNBA scouts have been enthusiastic about schools about her combination of size, athletics and the ability to make shots, but we do not know that she has not yet compiled the complete package at the university. She was the best player in a non-so-because Texas A&M team as a first-year student and second-year students, De became a spark plug from the bank for UCLA last season. She is now back in the transfer portal and is looking for the best fit. If a coach can unlock her potential in her last season of the university, she quickly climbs the drafts.
10. Chloe Kitts, South Carolina
At 6-foot-3 with fast feet and a long span, Kitts has the start of a prototypical attacker in the WNBA. She was the most consistent player of Argulay South Carolina in the last 11 games of the GameCocks season and showed her touch around the edge, the ability to block shots and talent for the rebound. She even had 10 assists in a victory at Ole Miss. One thing Kitts has to work on is her shooting from the Outsis the paint.
11. Charlisse Army-Walker, UCLA
The former Washington State Guard missed this last season due to a knee injury, but if she can regain her shape of the 2023-24 season, where she had an average of 13.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists per match, she will probably be a first round pick in 2026. Leger-walker, you have a fantastic judicial vision.
12. Serah Williams, Wisconsin*
The 6-foot-4 Williams on average 19.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game for a non-very-good Wisconsin team this last season. She is a great rebounder, a solid rim protector and a consistent around the primary scorer. The question is, can she have the same kind of impact for a better team?
13. Ashlyn Watkins, South Carolina
Watkins missed this last season with an Insury, but showed in her time in South Carolina that she can be an absolutely stained-glass fixed rebonder. We have also seen Watkins, and there are sems to be unused potential with its combination of skill, size and athletics.
14. Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Diana Taurasi believes that Johnson will be a WNBA player, and that should also be a good enough assessment for everyone.
On the radar: Raegan Beers (Oklahoma), Rori Harmon (Texas), Kiki Rice (UCLA), Cotie McMahon (Ole Miss), Indya Nivar (North Carolina)
