2016 WNBA draft

! Team

! Combined 2014–15 record

! Lottery chances

! Result

| 22–46

| 44.2%

| 1st pick

| 24–44

| 27.6%

| 2nd pick

| 28–40

| 17.8%

| 3rd pick

| 34–34

| 10.4%

| 4th pick

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Breanna Stewart *

| rowspan=5| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| rowspan=3| Connecticut

| Moriah Jefferson

| San Antonio Stars

| Morgan Tuck

| Connecticut Sun

| Rachel Banham

| Connecticut Sun {{small|(from Atlanta)}}{{refn|The Dream traded this pick to Connecticut in exchange for Elizabeth Williams.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/14711038/connecticut-sun-trade-elizabeth-williams-atlanta-dream-no-4-draft-pick|title=Seattle Connecticut Sun trade F/C Elizabeth Williams to Dream for No. 4 draft pick|access-date=2016-02-12|publisher=ESPN|work=ESPN|date=February 4, 2016 }}|group=lower-alpha|name=note_a}}

| Minnesota

| Aerial Powers

| Dallas Wings {{small|(from Los Angeles)}}{{refn|Dallas and Los Angeles traded first-round picks in this draft; Dallas also received Erin Phillips.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com.au/wnba/story/_/id/14880298/los-angeles-sparks-acquire-riquna-williams-no-6-pick-dallas-wings-exchange-erin-phillips-no-5-pick|title=Sparks acquire Riquna Williams in swap of high picks with Wings|access-date=2016-03-18|publisher=ESPN|work=ESPN|date=March 2, 2016 }}|group=lower-alpha|name=note_b}}

| Michigan State

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Jonquel Jones * {{small|(traded to Connecticut)}}{{cite news|url=http://sparks.wnba.com/sparks-acquire-chelsea-gray-connecticut-sun-exchange-draft-rights-guard-jonquel-jones-2017-first-round-pick/|title=Sparks Acquire Chelsea Gray from Connecticut Sun in Exchange for the Draft Rights to Guard Jonquel Jones and 2017 First Round Pick – Los Angeles Sparks|work=Los Angeles Sparks |date=April 14, 2016 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301020750/http://sparks.wnba.com/sparks-acquire-chelsea-gray-connecticut-sun-exchange-draft-rights-guard-jonquel-jones-2017-first-round-pick/|archive-date=2017-03-01|url-status=dead}}

| {{BHS}}

| Los Angeles Sparks {{small|(from Dallas)}}{{refn|Los Angeles and Dallas traded first-round picks in this draft; Los Angeles also received Riquna Williams and a 2017 first-round pick.|group=lower-alpha|name=note_c}}

|George Washington

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Kahleah Copper *

| rowspan=5| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Rutgers

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Courtney Williams ⁺

| Phoenix Mercury

| South Florida

| {{sortname|Tiffany|Mitchell|dab=basketball}}

| Indiana Fever

| South Carolina

| Imani Boyette

| Chicago Sky

| Texas

| Bria Holmes

| Atlanta Dream {{small|(from Minnesota)}}{{refn|The Dream received this pick from the Minnesota Lynx as part of a three-way trade involving the Sky:

• Chicago received Érika de Souza from Atlanta
• Atlanta received Damiris Dantas, Reshanda Gray and this pick from Minnesota
• Minnesota received Sylvia Fowles and Chicago's second-round pick in this draft|group=lower-alpha|name=note_d}}

| West Virginia

| Adut Bulgak

| {{CAN}}

| New York Liberty

| Florida State

| Rachel Hollivay

| {{USA}}

| Atlanta Dream {{small|(from San Antonio)}}{{refn|The Dream received this pick from San Antonio in exchange for Samantha Logic.|group=lower-alpha|name=note_e}}

| Rutgers

| Jazmon Gwathmey {{small|(traded to San Antonio)}}{{Cite web|url=http://lynx.wnba.com/news/lynx-acquire-wnba-star-jia-perkins-san-antonio/|title=Lynx Acquire WNBA All-Star Jia Perkins From San Antonio - Minnesota Lynx|website=Minnesota Lynx|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-15}}

| {{USA}} /
{{PUR}}

| Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from Seattle)}}{{refn|The Lynx received this pick and Renee Montgomery from Seattle in exchange for Monica Wright.|group=lower-alpha|name=note_f}}

| James Madison

| Whitney Knight

| rowspan=2| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks {{small|(from Connecticut)}}

| Florida Gulf Coast

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Courtney Walker ^#

| Atlanta Dream

| Texas A&M

| Jamie Weisner{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=note_g|Weisner was born and raised in the USA to an American mother and Canadian father. At the time of the draft, she had represented Canada internationally at both youth and senior level.{{cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207911873&DB_OEM_ID=30800 |title=Bio: #15 Jamie Weisner |publisher=Oregon State Beavers |access-date=April 14, 2016}}}}

| rowspan=2| {{CAN}}

| Connecticut Sun {{small|(from Los Angeles)}}

| rowspan=2| Oregon State

| Ruth Hamblin

| Dallas Wings

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Lia Galdeira ^#

| rowspan=6| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| Washington State

| Jillian Alleyne

| Phoenix Mercury

| Oregon

| Brene Moseley

| Indiana Fever

| Maryland

| Bashaara Graves

| Minnesota Lynx {{small|(from Chicago)}}{{refn|The Lynx received this pick from Chicago, see note d|group=lower-alpha|name=note_h}}

| Tennessee

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Brianna Butler ^#

| Los Angeles Sparks {{small|(from Minnesota via Connecticut)}}{{refn|The Sun received this pick from Minnesota in exchange for the rights to Asjha Jones|group=lower-alpha|name=note_i}}

| Syracuse

| Ameryst Alston

| New York Liberty

| Ohio State

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Brittney Martin ^#

| rowspan=7| {{USA}}

| San Antonio Stars

| Oklahoma State

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Lexi Eaton Rydalch ^#

| Seattle Storm

| BYU

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Aliyyah Handford ^#

| Connecticut Sun

| St. John's

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Niya Johnson ^#

| Atlanta Dream

| Baylor

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Talia Walton ^#

| Los Angeles Sparks

| Washington

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shakena Richardson ^#

| Dallas Wings

| Seton Hall

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Danaejah Grant ^#

| Washington Mystics

| St. John's

| Nirra Fields

| {{CAN}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| UCLA

| Julie Allemand

| {{BEL}}

| Indiana Fever

| Castors Braine {{small|(Belgium)}}

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Jordan Jones ^#

| {{USA}}

| Chicago Sky

| Texas A&M

| Temi Fagbenle

| {{GBR}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| USC

| bgcolor=#C0C0C0| Shacobia Barbee ^#

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| Georgia