2025 Seattle Storm season
WNBA team season
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The 2025 season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) was their 26th season as a franchise. It was the fourth full season under head coach Noelle Quinn.[1]
Head coachNoelle Quinn
ArenaClimate Pledge Arena
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Record23–21 (.523)
Place3rd (Western)
| 2025 Seattle Storm season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Noelle Quinn |
| Arena | Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Results | |
| Record | 23–21 (.523) |
| Place | 3rd (Western) |
| Playoff finish | 7th seed Lost in First Round 1–2 to Las Vegas Aces |
The 2025 season consisted of 44 regular season games played against 12 other teams. The WNBA increased its number of regular season games and announced that the 2025 WNBA Finals would be a best-of-seven series.[2] The WNBA players' union announced on October 21, 2024, that they had opted out of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in place with the league, which expired at the end of the 2025 season.[3]
In November 2024, the Storm's ownership hired a law firm to investigate allegations of player mistreatment by the coaching staff.[4][5][6] The Storm announced there were no violations found as a result of the investigation. Shortly after the results were published, it was announced that Jewell Loyd had requested a trade.[7]
The Storm did not have any players taken during the expansion draft held for the Golden State Valkyries on December 6, 2024.[8]
On May 3, 2025, the Storm announced that newly signed forward Katie Lou Samuelson sustained a right ACL tear during practice on May 1.[9]
In addition to their preseason match-up against Connecticut on May 4, the Storm also had a closed scrimmage versus Los Angeles on May 10 at Pauley Pavilion.[10][11]
On June 1, 2025, during the Storm's home game against the Las Vegas Aces, a complaint was filed by the Aces with an allegation of a Storm assistant coach cursing at an Aces player.[12] On June 4, the Storm's general manager Talisa Rhea stated that the WNBA would not be launching an investigation but rather would be "looking into it and that's really the extent of it."[13][14]
On June 4, 2025, it was reported that Li Yueru made a request to be traded.[15] The following day after the Storm's practice, Li explained her request was due to her desire for playing time and stated "I just want to play...I came to America only for one reason—just that I want to play basketball."[16] She was traded to the Dallas Wings on June 14 in exchange for draft picks.[17]
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club | Outcome | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Dominique Malonga | F/C |  France |
ASVEL Féminin (France) |
Signed rookie contract on April 18 Made opening day roster |
[18] |
| 3 | 26 | Serena Sundell | G |  United States |
Kansas State | Signed rookie contract on April 18 Waived on May 12 |
[19] |
| 3 | 29 | Madison Conner | TCU | Signed rookie contract April 18 Waived on May 6 |
[20] | ||
| 3 | 34 | Jordan Hobbs | Michigan | [20] |
Transactions
Front office and coaching
| Date | Details | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| March 5 | Hired Mitch Thompson as assistant coach | [21] |
| Hired Elijah Knox as player development coach | ||
| Promoted Drew Stanich to assistant general manager | ||
| July 23 | Bobby Wagner joined team ownership group | [22] |
Trades
| February | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| February 1 (Three-team trade) |
To Seattle Storm 2025 No. 2 draft pick and rights to Li Yueru (from Los Angeles Sparks) 2026 first round draft pick (from Las Vegas Aces) |
To Las Vegas Aces Jewell Loyd (from Seattle Storm) 2025 No. 13 draft pick (from Los Angeles Sparks) |
[23][24] |
| To Los Angeles Sparks Kelsey Plum (from Las Vegas Aces) 2025 No. 9 draft pick and a 2026 second round draft pick (from Seattle Storm) | |||
| February 14 | To Seattle Storm Lexie Brown 2025 No. 26 draft pick |
To Los Angeles Sparks 2025 No. 21 draft pick 2027 second round draft pick |
[25] |
| June | |||
| June 14 | To Seattle Storm 2026 second round draft pick (with right to swap with the Connecticut Sun)
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To Dallas Wings |
[17][26] |
| August | |||
| August 5 | To Seattle Storm Brittney Sykes |
To Washington Mystics Alysha Clark Zia Cooke 2026 first round pick (Seattle’s own) |
[27] |
Free agency
Core designation
| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabby Williams | January 14 | Reported 1-year deal | [28][29][30] |
Re-signed / extensions
| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nneka Ogwumike | February 8 | Reported 1-year deal | [31][32] |
| Jordan Horston | May 13 | Exercised team option (Fourth-year) |
[33] |
Additions
| Player | Date | Notes | Former Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li Yueru | February 1 | Training camp contract | Los Angeles Sparks | [34] |
| Alysha Clark | February 9 | One-year deal | Las Vegas Aces | [35] |
| Erica Wheeler | February 12 | Training camp contract | Indiana Fever | [36] |
| Mackenzie Holmes | February 13 | Rookie contract (2024 draft pick – No. 26) |
Indiana Hoosiers | [37] |
| June 16 | Rest of season contract | Free agent | [38] | |
| Zia Cooke | February 13 | Training camp contract | Los Angeles Sparks | [39] |
| Brianna Fraser | Galatasaray S.K. | |||
| Katie Lou Samuelson | February 21 | Details not announced | Indiana Fever | [40] |
| Madison Conner | April 18 | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 29) |
TCU Horned Frogs | |
| Jordan Hobbs | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 34) |
Michigan Wolverines | ||
| Dominique Malonga | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 2) |
ASVEL Féminin | ||
| Serena Sundell | Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 26) |
Kansas State Wildcats | ||
| Tiffany Mitchell | July 10 | Rest of season contract | Free agent | [41] |
| Zia Cooke | August 18 | [42] | ||
Subtractions / unsigned
| Player | Date | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner Holmes | February 2 | Free agency – unrestricted | Las Vegas Aces | [43][44] |
| Sami Whitcomb | Phoenix Mercury | [45] | ||
| Mercedes Russell | February 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | [46] | |
| Victoria Vivians | April 16 | Adelitas de Chihuahua | [47] | |
| Jordan Horston | April 17 | Suspended contract – full season | N/A – retained rights | [48] |
| Nika Mühl | ||||
| Madison Conner | May 6 | Waived | — | [20] |
| Jordan Hobbs | — | |||
| Serena Sundell | May 12 | Dallas Wings | [19] | |
| Brianna Fraser | — | |||
| Mackenzie Holmes | — |
Roster
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Depth
Schedule
Preseason
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May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
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Regular season
| 2025 game log Total: 23–21 (Home: 10–12; Road: 13–9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
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June
: 7–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–2)
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July
: 6–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 4–2)
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August
: 6–8 (Home: 1–5; Road: 5–3)
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September
: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–0)
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Notes:
- Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.
- Game highlighted in ██ represents the 2025 WNBA Canada game.
Playoffs
| 2025 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First round vs. Las Vegas Aces
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| 2025 playoff schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standings
| # | 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 |
Notes
- (#) – League Standing
- c – Commissioner's Cup winners
- y – Regular Season Champion
- x – Clinched playoff berth
- e – Eliminated from playoff contention
- Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Playoffs
| 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 | ||||||||||||
- Bold – Series winner
- Italic – Team with home-court-advantage
Statistics
| 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 | ||||
Source:[49]
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabby Williams | 44 | 44 | 31.6 | 42.2% | 30.5% | 85.3% | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 11.6 |
| Skylar Diggins | 43 | 43 | 31.2 | 42.3% | 36.5% | 78.8% | 2.5 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 15.5 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | 44 | 44 | 30.9 | 51.9% | 36.7% | 82.2% | 7.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 18.3 |
| Brittney Sykes | 14 | 13 | 30.0 | 38.6% | 27.8% | 77.0% | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 11.8 |
| Ezi Magbegor | 44 | 44 | 27.3 | 49.3% | 53.4% | 68.7% | 6.2 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Erica Wheeler | 44 | 24 | 25.6 | 40.0% | 42.6% | 86.0% | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| Alysha Clark | 27 | 7 | 18.0 | 37.8% | 51.4% | 84.6% | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| Dominique Malonga | 42 | 0 | 14.3 | 55.1% | 22.2% | 56.9% | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| Tiffany Mitchell | 23 | 1 | 13.0 | 39.3% | 41.2% | 66.7% | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Zia Cooke | 26 | 0 | 10.0 | 35.7% | 39.5% | 65.2% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| Lexie Brown | 24 | 0 | 9.5 | 35.4% | 27.0% | 70.0% | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Li Yueru | 9 | 0 | 8.7 | 30.0% | 50.0% | 91.7% | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | — | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Mackenzie Holmes | 10 | 0 | 5.8 | 71.4% | — | — | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | — | 1.0 |
Playoffs
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| Skylar Diggins | 3 | 3 | 32.3 | 40.9% | 64.3% | 75.0% | 2.3 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 17.0 |
| Nneka Ogwumike | 3 | 3 | 31.0 | 42.9% | 54.5% | 90.0% | 9.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | — | 1.7 | 17.0 |
| Gabby Williams | 3 | 3 | 30.3 | 48.1% | 16.7% | 100.0% | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | — | 2.0 | 9.7 |
| Erica Wheeler | 3 | 0 | 26.7 | 38.9% | 29.4% | 100.0% | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| Ezi Magbegor | 3 | 3 | 24.7 | 58.3% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Dominique Malonga | 3 | 0 | 22.7 | 39.1% | 100.0% | 85.7% | 8.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| Brittney Sykes | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 42.9% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 2.3 | 0.7 | — | 0.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| Tiffany Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | 6.0 |
| Lexie Brown | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 66.7% | 50.0% | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 5.0 |
| Zia Cooke | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 33.3% | — | 50.0% | — | 1.0 | — | — | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Mackenzie Holmes | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and honors
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skylar Diggins | WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 7 | [50] |
| Ezi Magbegor | WNBA All-Defensive Second Team | October 8 | [51] |
| Dominique Malonga | AP All-Rookie Team | September 12 | [52] |
| WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 29 | [53] | |
| Nneka Ogwumike | Western Conference Player of the Week | June 24 | [54] |
| WNBA All-Star Starter | June 30 | [55] | |
| AP All-WNBA Second Team | September 12 | [52] | |
| Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award | September 22 | [56] | |
| All-WNBA Second Team | October 10 | [57] | |
| Gabby Williams | WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 7 | [50] |
| WNBA All-Defensive First Team | October 8 | [51] |