2001 WNBA draft

| bgcolor="#98f5ff"|Lauren Jackson * ^ !

| F/C

| {{AUS}}

| Seattle Storm

| Canberra Capitals {{small|(Australia)}}

| Kelly Miller

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Georgia

| bgcolor="#98f5ff"|Tamika Catchings{{efn|group=n|2002 Rookie of the Year}} * ^ !

| F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Tennessee

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Jackie Stiles{{efn|group=n|2001 Rookie of the Year}} ⁺ ^

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Southwest Missouri State{{efn|group=n|Became Missouri State in 2005.}}

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Ruth Riley ⁺ ^

| C

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol

| Notre Dame

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Deanna Nolan *

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Georgia

| Svetlana Abrosimova

| F

| {{RUS}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Connecticut

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Marie Ferdinand ⁺

| G

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| LSU

| Coco Miller

| G

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Georgia

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Katie Douglas *

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Purdue

| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Penny Taylor * ^

| F

| {{AUS}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Dandenong Rangers {{small|(Australia)}}

| LaQuanda Barksdale

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire {{small|(from New York via Minnesota)}}{{efn|February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland{{cite web |title=2001 WNBA Draft Order |url=https://thehrr.com/interviews/2001_wnba_draft_order.html |website=The Houston Roundball Review}}

• Portland acquired Kristin Folkl and New York's first-round pick
• Minnesota acquired Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp

September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota

• Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick
• New York acquired Grace Daley}}

| North Carolina

| Kristen Veal

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Canberra Capitals {{small|(Australia)}}

| Kelly Schumacher

| C

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever {{small|(from Sacramento)}}{{efn|April 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana

• Indiana acquired a first-round pick
• Sacramento acquired Kara Wolters}}

| Connecticut

| Amanda Lassiter

| F

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Missouri

| Camille Cooper

| C

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Purdue

| Semeka Randall

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Tennessee

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Tammy Sutton-Brown ⁺

| C

| {{CAN}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Rutgers

| Niele Ivey

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Notre Dame

| Jenny Mowe

| C

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Oregon

| Georgia Schweitzer

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Miami Sol

| Duke

| Jae Kingi

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Detroit Shock

| Adelaide Lightning {{small|(Australia)}}

| Erin Buescher

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Master's

| Michaela Pavlíčková

| F/C

| {{CZE}}

| Utah Starzz

| Denver

| Tamara Stocks

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Florida

| Brooke Wyckoff

| F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Florida State

| Jaynetta Saunders

| F

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Texas A&M

| Janell Burse

| C

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from New York via Washington)}}{{efn|name=note_f|April 17, 2001: Three-team trade

• Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington
• Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and Annie Burgess from Minnesota
• New York acquired a fourth-round pick and Andrea Nagy from Washington}}

| Tulane

| Ilona Korstin

| G/F

| {{RUS}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| CJM Bourges Basket {{small|(France)}}

| Jackie Moore

| C

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Long Beach State

| Tynesha Lewis

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| North Carolina State

| Nicole Levandusky

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Xavier

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| ShaRae Mansfield ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets {{small|(from Seattle)}}{{efn|May 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston

• Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick
• Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea Garner}}

| Western Kentucky

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jennifer Phillips ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Xavier

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Marlena Williams ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Missouri

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Rasheeda Clark ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Pepperdine

| Levys Torres

| C

| {{COL}}

| Miami Sol

| Florida State

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Svetlana Volnaya ^#

| G/F

| {{flag|BLR|1995|name=Belarus}}

| Detroit Shock

| Virginia

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tombi Bell ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Miami

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shea Ralph ^#

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Connecticut

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jamie Lewis ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Ohio State

| Jaclyn Johnson

| F

| {{USA}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Kansas

| Angelina Wolvert

| F

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Oregon

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Elena Karpova ^#

| F

| {{RUS}}

| Washington Mystics {{small|(from New York)}}{{efn|name=note_f|group=n}}

| MBK Ružomberok {{small|(Slovakia)}}

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tere Williams ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Virginia Tech

| Maren Walseth

| F

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Penn State

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shala Crawford ^#

| C

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Life

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kelley Siemon ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Notre Dame

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Juana Brown ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| North Carolina

| Reshea Bristol

| G

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Arizona

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| April Brown ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| LSU

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Natasha Pointer ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Portland Fire

| Rutgers

| Carolyn Moos

| C

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury {{small|(from Miami)}}{{efn|April 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix

• Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick
• Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens}}

| Stanford

| Kelly Santos

| F

| {{BRA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Brazil

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Megan Taylor ^#

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Iowa State

| Cara Consuegra

| G

| {{USA}}

| Utah Starzz

| Iowa

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Taru Tuukkanen ^#

| F/C

| {{FIN}}

| New York Liberty {{small|(from Washington)}}{{efn|name=note_f}}

| Xavier

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Anne Thorius ^#

| G

| {{DEN}}

| Orlando Miracle

| Michigan

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Erin Batth ^#

| F/C

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| Clemson

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tara Mitchem ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Southwest Missouri State

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Megan Franza ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Washington

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Katie Smrcka-Duffy ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Georgetown

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Kristen Clement ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Tennessee

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Beth Record ^#

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Syracuse