2025 WNBA free agency tracker: Kelsey Mitchell re-signs with Fever; Brittney Griner agrees to deal with Dreamon January 29, 2025 at 11:18 pm

MAK Gojar

1 year ago

Teams were permitted to begin negotiating with players on Jan. 21, though no deals can be signed until Feb. 1

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The 2025 WNBA free agency period is moving right along, and big dominoes continue to fall. In recent days, the Connecticut Sun have reportedly agreed to trade Alyssa Thomas to the Phoenix Mercury, while the Atlanta Dream have reportedly agreed to a deal with Brittney Griner and Kelsey Mitchell has re-signed with the Indiana Fever.

Those deals came just days after the Las Vegas Aces, Seattle Storm and Los Angeles Sparks agreed to a blockbuster deal that will send Jewell Loyd and the No. 13 overall pick in the 2025 draft to the Aces, Kelsey Plum, the No. 9 pick and a second-round pick in 2026 to the Sparks and the No. 2 pick, a 2026 first-round pick and Li Yueru to the Storm.

This year’s class is once again filled with a number of stars, though most of the biggest names were cored by their teams, including Thomas, Plum and Mitchell, who are all off the board. Another notable outcome from the qualifying offer period is that the Chicago Sky declined to give Chennedy Carter an offer, making her an unrestricted free agent.

Here are the key dates to know for free agency:

Jan. 11-20: Teams can make qualifying offers and “Core” player designations
Jan. 21: Teams can begin negotiating with free agents, but no deals can be signed
Feb. 1: Players can officially sign contracts and offer sheets

Here are the various types of free agents to know:

Unrestricted free agent: Can talk to and sign with any team
Restricted free agent: Can talk to and sign with any team, but their previous team has the right to match any offer they receive
Reserved free agent: Players who hit free agency with fewer than three years of service. Their previous team has exclusive negotiating rights as long as they extend a qualifying offer
Suspended — contract expired: In rare cases, players’ contracts will expire while they are suspended. Per the collective bargaining agreement, these players are found to be “withholding services.” In practice, these players are treated like reserved free agents, though their previous team does not need to extend a qualifying offer

Ahead of all the action, here is a look at this year’s free agent class:

Core players

Player	Prior team	New team	Position	Status
Kelsey Mitchell	Indiana Fever	Indiana Fever	Guard	Signed
Kelsey Plum*	Las Vegas Aces	Los Angeles Sparks	Guard	Cored
Satou Sabally	Dallas Wings	Forward	Cored
Breanna Stewart	New York Liberty		Forward	Cored
Alyssa Thomas*	Connecticut Sun	Phoenix Mercury	Forward	Cored
Gabby Williams	Seattle Storm	Forward	Cored

*Pending trade

Unrestricted free agents

Player	Prior team	New team	Position	Status
Morgan Bertsch	Dallas Wings	Forward	Unsigned
Monique Billings	Golden State Valkyries	Forward	Unsigned
DeWanna Bonner	Connecticut Sun	Forward	Unsigned
Jakia Brown-Turner	Washington Mystics	Guard	Unsigned
Kennedy Burke	New York Liberty	Forward	Unsigned
Emma Cannon	Las Vegas Aces	Forward	Unsigned
Chennedy Carter	Chicago Sky	Guard	Unsigned
Jessika Carter	Las Vegas Aces	Center	Unsigned
Tina Charles	Atlanta Dream	Center	Unsigned
Alysha Clark	Las Vegas Aces	Forward	Unsigned
Sydney Colson	Las Vegas Aces	Guard	Unsigned
Crystal Dangerfield	Los Angeles Sparks	Guard	Unsigned
Kaela Davis	Chicago Sky	Forward	Unsigned
Elena Delle Donne	Washington Mystics	Forward	Unsigned
Diamond DeShields	Chicago Sky	Guard	Unsigned
Liz Dixon	Phoenix Mercury	Forward	Unsigned
Queen Egbo	Las Vegas Aces	Center	Unsigned
Olivia Epoupa	Minnesota Lynx	Guard	Unsigned
Dyaisha Fair	Las Vegas Aces	Guard	Unsigned
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu	Seattle Storm	Forward	Unsigned
Kysre Gondrezick	Chicago Sky	Guard	Unsigned
Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury	Atlanta Dream	Center	Reportedly agreed to 1-year deal
Isabelle Harrison	Chicago Sky	Forward	Unsigned
Tiffany Hayes	Las Vegas Acecs	Guard	Unsigned
Destanni Henderson	Atlanta Dream	Guard	Unsigned
Natisha Hiedeman	Minnesota Lynx	Guard	Unsigned
Myisha Hines-Allen	Minnesota Lynx	Forward	Unsigned
Joyner Holmes	Seattle Storm	Forward	Unsigned
Natasha Howard	Dallas Wings	Forward	Unsigned
Brionna Jones	Connecticut Sun	Forward	Unsigned
Ezinne Kalu	Atlanta Dream	Guard	Unsigned
Li Meng	Washington Mystics	Guard	Unsigned
Tiffany Mitchell	Connecticut Sun	Guard	Unsigned
Astou Ndour-Fall	Connecticut Sun	Center	Unsigned
Kia Nurse	Los Angeles Sparks	Guard	Unsigned
Nneka Ogwumike	Seattle Storm	Forward	Unsigned
Charisma Osborne	Phoenix Mercury	Guard	Unsigned
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus	Atlanta Dream	Forward	Unsigned
Aerial Powers	Atlanta Dream	Guard	Unsigned
DiDi Richards	Washington Mystics	Guard	Unsigned
Mercedes Russell	Seattle Storm	Center	Unsigned
Odyssey Sims	Los Angeles Sparks	Guard	Unsigned
Taylor Soule	Minnesota Lynx	Guard	Unsigned
Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	Guard	Unsigned
Brianna Turner	Chicago Sky	Forward	Unsigned
Courtney Vandersloot	New York Liberty	Chicago Sky	Guard	Reportedly agreed to deal
Victoria Vivians	Seattle Storm	Guard	Unsigned
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough	Washington Mystics	Guard	Unsigned
Erica Wheeler	Indiana Fever	Guard	Unsigned
Sami Whitcomb	Seattle Storm	Guard	Unsigned
Kiana Williams	Seattle Storm	Guard	Unsigned

Restricted free agents

Player	Prior team	New team	Position
DiJonai Carrington	Connecticut Sun	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Dana Evans	Chicago Sky	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Temi Fagbenle	Golden State Valkyries	Forward	Qualifying offer extended
Aari McDonald	Los Angeles Sparks	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Michaela Onyenwere	Chicago Sky	Forward	Qualifying offer extended

Reserved players

Player	Prior team	New team	Position	Status
Amy Atwell	Phoenix Mercury	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Caitlin Bickle	Connecticut Sun	Forward	Qualifying offer extended
Jaelyn Brown	Dallas Wings	Dallas Wings	Guard	Signed training camp contract
Veronica Burton	Golden State Valkyries	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Maya Caldwell	Atlanta Dream	Guard	Signed training camp contract
Lorela Cubaj	Atlanta Dream	Forward	Qualifying offer extended
Ivana Dojkic	New York Liberty	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Emily Engstler	Washington Mystics	Forward	Qualifying offer extended
Rebekah Gardner	New York Liberty	Forward	Signed training camp contract
Bernadett Hatar	Washington Mystics	Center	Qualifying offer extended
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan	Phoenix Mercury	Forward	Qualifying offer extended
Marine Johannes	New York Liberty	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Li Yueru*	Los Angeles Sparks	Seattle Storm	Center	Qualifying offer extended
Natasha Mack	Phoenix Mercury	Center	Signed training camp contract
Nikolina Milic	Chicago Sky	Forward	Qualifying offer extended
Jaylyn Sherrod	New York Liberty	New York Liberty	Guard	Signed training camp contract
Sug Sutton	Washington Mystics	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Celeste Taylor	Phoenix Mercury	Phoenix Mercury	Guard	Signed training camp contract
Sevgi Uzun	Dallas Wings	Dallas Wings	Guard	Signed training camp contract
Julie Vanloo	Golden State Valkyries	Guard	Qualifying offer extended
Cecilia Zandalasini	Golden State Valkyries	Forward	Qualifying offer extended