2025 New York Liberty season

2025 New York Liberty season
2025 New York Liberty season
Head coach	Sandy Brondello
Arena	Barclays Center
Results
Record	27–17 (.614)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	5th seed; Lost in First Round 1–2 to Phoenix Mercury
Media
Television	WWOR-TV; WNYW
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The 2025 New York Liberty season was the 29th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their fourth season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Saturday, May 17, 2025, against the Las Vegas Aces at home.

Head coachSandy Brondello

ArenaBarclays Center

Record27–17 (.614)

Place2nd (Eastern)

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Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Jaylyn Sherrod	January 15	Training camp contract	^[6]
Rebekah Gardner	January 15		^[7]
Kennedy Burke	February 1		^[8]
Nyara Sabally	May 12	Exercised team option (Fourth-year)	^[9]
Leonie Fiebich	June 30	Set as active	^[10]

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
Raquel Carrera	February 1	Training camp contract	Valencia Basket	^[11]
Esmery Martínez	February 1		Flammes Carolo Basket	^[12]
Kaitlyn Davis	February 12		Rojas de Veracruz [es]	^[13]
Isabelle Harrison	February 21		Chicago Sky	^[14]
Seehia Ridard	March 13		Sedis Cadí La Seu	^[15]
Marine Johannès	March 21		Çimsa ÇBK Mersin	^[16]^[17]
Annika Soltau [de]	April 22		Rutronik Stars Keltern	^[18]
Leaonna Odom	April 24			^[19]
Stephanie Talbot	July 21	Rest of season contract	Free agent	^[20]
Emma Meesseman	August 1	Rest of season contract	Free agent	^[21]

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
Marine Fauthoux	April 15, 2021	Unsigned draft pick (2021 draft pick – No. 29)	N/A – retained rights
Han Xu	September 10, 2023	Suspended contract – temporary
Kayla Thornton	December 6, 2024	Expansion draft	Golden State Valkyries	^[22]
Raquel Carrera	December 31, 2024	Rights renounced	N/A^[a]	^[23]
Raquel Carrera	April 21, 2025	Suspended contract – full season	N/A – retained rights	^[1]
Kaitlyn Davis	December 31, 2024	Rights renounced	N/A^[b]	^[24]
Kaitlyn Davis	May 2, 2025	Waived	—	^[25]
Ivana Dojkić	January 11, 2025	Free agency – reserved (qualifying offer extended)	Not signed – rights retained	^[16]
Courtney Vandersloot	February 1, 2025	Free agency – unrestricted	Chicago Sky	^[26]
Adja Kane	April 14, 2025	Unsigned draft pick (2025 draft pick – No. 38)	N/A – retained rights	^[1]
Seehia Ridard	April 21, 2025	Suspended contract – full season		^[1]
Annika Soltau [de]	May 13, 2025			^[27]
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton	May 14, 2025			^[28]
Esmery Martínez	May 15, 2025	Waived	—	^[29]
Leaonna Odom	May 15, 2025	Waived	—	^[29]
Leonie Fiebich	June 12, 2025	Suspended contract – temporary	N/A – retained rights	^[30]
Marquesha Davis	July 13, 2025	Waived	—	^[31]
Jaylyn Sherrod	August 1	Waived	Minnesota Lynx	^[32]

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Natasha Cloud
SG	Sabrina Ionescu	Marine Johannès
SF	Leonie Fiebich	Rebekah Gardner
PF	Breanna Stewart	Kennedy Burke Isabelle Harrison Stephanie Talbot
C	Jonquel Jones	Nyara Sabally

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	yx – Minnesota Lynx	34	10	.773	–	20–4	20–2	14–8	5–1
2	x – Las Vegas Aces	30	14	.682	4	16–8	17–5	13–9	2–4
3	x – Atlanta Dream	30	14	.682	4	15–6	16–6	14–8	3–2
4	x – Phoenix Mercury	27	17	.614	7	13–11	15–7	12–10	4–2
5	x – New York Liberty	27	17	.614	7	15–5	17–5	10–12	4–1
6	cx – Indiana Fever	24	20	.545	10	13–8	13–9	11–11	4–1
7	x – Seattle Storm	23	21	.523	11	12–12	10–12	13–9	4–2
8	x – Golden State Valkyries	23	21	.523	11	9–15	14–8	9–13	3–3
9	e – Los Angeles Sparks	21	23	.477	13	10–14	9–13	12–10	2–4
10	e – Washington Mystics	16	28	.364	18	8–12	10–12	6–16	2–3
11	e – Connecticut Sun	11	33	.250	23	7–14	7–15	4–18	1–4
12	e – Chicago Sky	10	34	.227	24	4–17	6–16	4–18	1–4
13	e – Dallas Wings	10	34	.227	24	4–20	6–16	4–18	1–5

2025 New York Liberty season

Draft

Transactions

Front office and coaching

Trades

Free agency

Core designation

Re-signed / extensions

Additions

Subtractions / unsigned

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

First Round: Best-of-3			Semifinals: Best-of-5			Finals: Best-of-7

1	*Minnesota Lynx*	2

8	Golden State Valkyries	0
			1	Minnesota Lynx	1

			4	Phoenix Mercury	3
4	*Phoenix Mercury*	2

5	New York Liberty	1
						4	Phoenix Mercury	0

						2	*Las Vegas Aces*	4
2	*Las Vegas Aces*	2

7	Seattle Storm	1
			2	*Las Vegas Aces*	3

			6	Indiana Fever	2
3	Atlanta Dream	1

6	Indiana Fever	2

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
Sabrina Ionescu	38	38	31.4	40.1%	29.9%	93.3%	4.9	5.7	1.3	0.4	2.6	18.2
Breanna Stewart	31	31	30.6	46.1%	24.1%	83.7%	6.5	3.5	1.4	1.4	1.9	18.3
Natasha Cloud	41	41	29.0	43.3%	33.8%	87.0%	3.7	5.1	1.2	0.3	1.9	10.1
Leonie Fiebich	37	37	28.1	48.9%	42.5%	87.1%	3.5	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.2	8.7
Jonquel Jones	31	31	26.8	49.0%	42.4%	76.9%	8.1	2.7	0.5	1.1	2.1	13.6
Emma Meesseman	17	12	25.9	57.2%	66.7%	86.5%	5.1	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.1	13.4
Kennedy Burke	36	9	21.6	46.8%	41.4%	75.9%	2.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.9	8.1
Marine Johannès	44	5	18.3	39.7%	34.4%	84.2%	1.9	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.2	6.4
Nyara Sabally	17	10	17.9	48.7%	14.3%	68.0%	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.9	5.4
Stephanie Talbot	22	0	12.4	42.2%	33.3%	64.3%	2.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.5
Rebekah Gardner	41	5	12.2	50.0%	47.6%	81.5%	1.8	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	3.7
Isabelle Harrison	34	1	10.6	48.5%	26.7%	76.7%	2.6	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	4.9
Jaylyn Sherrod	18	0	5.8	30.0%	27.3%	77.8%	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.2
Marquesha Davis	9	0	3.4	25.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.6	0.1	—	0.1	0.3	0.9

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
Sabrina Ionescu	3	3	35.3	34.0%	21.9%	60.0%	5.3	4.7	0.3	1.0	3.3	15.7
Natasha Cloud	3	3	34.3	56.5%	50.0%	85.7%	3.7	3.0	2.7	0.3	3.0	12.7
Breanna Stewart	3	3	31.7	45.9%	42.9%	77.3%	5.7	3.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	18.0
Leonie Fiebich	3	3	30.3	27.8%	25.0%	100.0%	3.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	5.0
Jonquel Jones	3	3	30.0	26.9%	18.2%	50.0%	11.0	2.3	—	2.0	1.3	5.7
Kennedy Burke	3	0	17.3	26.3%	9.1%	75.0%	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.7
Emma Meesseman	3	0	13.3	27.8%	0.0%	50.0%	5.3	2.0	—	—	1.7	4.3
Marine Johannès	1	0	10.0	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	2.0	—	—	—	1.0	3.0
Stephanie Talbot	1	0	9.0	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Isabelle Harrison	1	0	7.0	100.0%	—	0.0%	2.0	—	2.0	—	—	4.0
Nyara Sabally	1	0	7.0	0.0%	—	50.0%	1.0	1.0	1.0	—	—	1.0
Rebekah Gardner	3	0	5.0	33.3%	50.0%	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	1.0

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Sandy Brondello	Coach of the Month – May	June 4	^[34]
Sandy Brondello	WNBA All-Star Head Coach	July 3	^[35]
Natasha Cloud	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	May 28	^[36]
Sabrina Ionescu	WNBA All-Star Starter	June 30	^[37]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 15	^[38]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 29	^[39]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month – July	August 4	^[40]
	AP All-WNBA Second Team	September 12	^[41]
	All-WNBA Second Team	October 10	^[42]
Breanna Stewart	WNBA All-Star Starter	June 30	^[37]
Breanna Stewart	WNBA All-Defensive Second Team	October 8	^[43]