2005 WNBA draft

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| Janel McCarville

| C

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Minnesota

| Tan White

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Mississippi State

| Sandora Irvin

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| TCU

| Kendra Wecker

| F

| {{USA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Kansas State

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Sancho Lyttle ⁺

| C

| {{VIN}}

| Houston Comets

| Houston

| Temeka Johnson

| G

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| LSU

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Kara Braxton ⁺

| F

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Georgia

| Katie Feenstra {{small|(traded to San Antonio)}}

| C

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun

| Liberty

| Kristin Haynie{{efn|group=n| Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year.{{cn|date=April 2025}} }}

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Michigan State

| Loree Moore

| G

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Tennessee

| Kristen Mann

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| UC Santa Barbara

| Tanisha Wright

| G

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Penn State

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 |Dionnah Jackson ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock {{small|(from Los Angeles via Washington)}}

| Oklahoma

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| Shyra Ely

| F

| {{USA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Tennessee

| Roneeka Hodges

| G

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| Florida State

| Yolanda Paige

| G

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| West Virginia

| Jacqueline Batteast

| F

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from Charlotte)}}

| Notre Dame

| Angelina Williams

| F

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Illinois

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Erica Taylor ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Louisiana Tech

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Nikita Bell ^#

| F/G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| North Carolina

| Erin Phillips

| G

| {{AUS}}

| Connecticut Sun

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

| Chelsea Newton

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Rutgers

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tabitha Pool ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Michigan

| Jessica Moore

| C

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte Sting

| Connecticut

| Ashley Battle

| F

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Connecticut

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| DeeDee Wheeler ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Arizona

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| Cathrine Kraayeveld

| F

| {{USA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| Oregon

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jenni Dant ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| DePaul

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Ashley Earley ^#

| G/F

| {{USA}}

| Indiana Fever

| Vanderbilt

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Anne O'Neil ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Iowa State

| Jamie Carey

| G

| {{USA}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| Texas

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Tashia Morehead ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Florida

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jenni Lingor ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| Southwest Missouri State

| Megan Mahoney

| F

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun

| Kansas State

| Cisti Greenwalt

| C

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| Texas Tech

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Rebecca Richman ^#

| C

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Rutgers

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Monique Bivins ^#

| G

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| Alabama

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Steffanie Blackmon ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| Baylor

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Heather Schreiber ^#

| F

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Texas