2003 WNBA dispersal draft

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2003 WNBA dispersal draft

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| sport = Basketball

| date = April 24, 2003

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| league = WNBA

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| merging_teams = Miami Sol (folded in 2002)
Portland Fire (folded in 2002)

| first = Ruth Riley
Detroit Shock

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| next = 2004

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The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held its first dispersal draft on April 24, 2003 prior to the 2003 WNBA season.{{cite web |title=PLUS: W.N.B.A.; Dispersal Draft Scatters 2 Rosters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/25/sports/plus-wnba-dispersal-draft-scatters-2-rosters.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 25, 2003 |access-date=May 21, 2025}}

This dispersal draft consisted of one round to re-assign the 26 players from the Miami Sol and Portland Fire rosters, who both folded after the end of 2002 WNBA season. The remaining fourteen teams in the WNBA each selected one player from either roster in the draft.{{cite web |title=Three Former Lady Techsters Selected in WNBA Dispersal Draft |url=https://latechsports.com/news/2003/4/25/Three_Former_Lady_Techsters_Selected_in_WNBA_Dispersal_Draft |website=LA Tech Sports |date=April 25, 2003 |access-date=May 21, 2025}} Former Sol and Fire players not selected in the dispersal draft became unrestricted free agents.{{cite web |title=Detroit adds Riley with top pick |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/2003/0424/1544361.html |work=ESPN |date=April 25, 2003 |access-date=May 23, 2025}} The order of selection was determined by teams' 2002 regular season records, going from worst to first.

Key

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|width="50"|Pos.

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Position

Guard

Forward

Center

Dispersal draft

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style="width:5%;"\| Pick ! style="width:20%;"\| Player ! style="width:5%;"\| Position ! style="width:20%;"\| Nationality ! style="width:25%;"\| New team ! style="width:25%;"\| Former team
1 \| bgcolor="#FFFF99"\| Ruth Riley ⁺ ^ \| C \| rowspan=10\| {{USA}} \| Detroit Shock \| rowspan=3\| Miami Sol
2 \| bgcolor="#FFCC00"\| Sheri Sam ⁺ \| F/G \| Minnesota Lynx
3 \| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"\| Betty Lennox * \| rowspan=2\| G \| Cleveland Rockers
4 \| Tamicha Jackson \| Phoenix Mercury \| rowspan=2\|Portland Fire
5 \| bgcolor="#FFCC00"\| DeMya Walker ⁺ \| F \| Sacramento Monarchs
6 \| Debbie Black \| G \| Connecticut Sun \| Miami Sol
7 \| Sylvia Crawley \| rowspan=2\| C \| Indiana Fever \|rowspan=3\| Portland Fire
8 \| Jenny Mowe \| Washington Mystics
9 \| Alisa Burras \| F \| Seattle Storm
10 \| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough \| C \| Charlotte Sting \|rowspan=2\| Miami Sol
11 \| bgcolor="#FFCC00"\| Elena Baranova ⁺ \| F \| {{RUS}} \| New York Liberty
12 \| LaQuanda Barksdale \| G/F \|rowspan=3\| {{USA}} \| San Antonio Silver Stars \|rowspan=3\| Portland Fire
13 \| Ukari Figgs \| rowspan=2\| G \| Houston Comets
14 \| bgcolor="#FFFF99"\| Jackie Stiles ⁺ ^ \| Los Angeles Sparks

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| bgcolor="#FFFF99"| Ruth Riley ⁺ ^

| C

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| Detroit Shock

| rowspan=3| Miami Sol