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2025 Washington Mystics season

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The 2025 Washington Mystics season was the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach, Sydney Johnson.

Head coachSydney Johnson
ArenaCareFirst Arena
EagleBank Arena
Record16–28 (.364)
Place4th (Eastern)
Quick facts Washington Mystics season, Head coach ...
2025 Washington Mystics season
Head coachSydney Johnson
ArenaCareFirst Arena
EagleBank Arena
Results
Record16–28 (.364)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
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On April 30, 2025, the Mystics announced that 2025 first round draft pick, Georgia Amoore, had suffered an ACL injury during training camp.[1] And on May 1, 2025, it was announced that forward Aaliyah Edwards was diagnosed with a low back contusion and would be unavailable to play for at least two weeks.[2]

Draft

See also: 2025 WNBA draft
More information Round, Pick ...
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref.
1 3 Sonia Citron PG  United States Notre Dame Signed rookie contract April 24
Made opening day roster		 [3]
1 4 Kiki Iriafen F USC [3]
1 6 Georgia Amoore G  Australia Kentucky Signed rookie contract April 22
Made opening day roster		 [3]
2 23 Lucy Olsen  United States Iowa [3]
3 32 Zaay Green Alabama Signed rookie contract April 22
Waived on May 14		 [4]
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Transactions

Main article: List of 2025 WNBA season transactions

Front office and coaching

More information Date, Details ...
Date Details Ref.
October 23, 2024 Mutually agreed to part ways with both head coach, Eric Thibault, and general manager, Mike Thibault [5]
December 23, 2024 Hired Sydney Johnson as head coach [6]
Hired Jamila Wideman as general manager
March 18, 2025 Hired Emre Vatansever and Jessie Miller as assistant coaches [7]
Shelley Patterson transitioned from assistant coach to Head of Domestic Scouting
April 2, 2025 Hired Barbara Turner as an assistant coach [8]
Hired Clinton Crouch as head of player development
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Trades

More information February, April ...
February
February 23 To Washington Mystics
2025 No. 3 draft pick
2027 second round draft pick
Rights to swap 2027 first round draft picks		 To Chicago Sky
Ariel Atkins		 [9]
April
April 14 To Washington Mystics
2026 first round pick (Minnesota's own)		 To Minnesota Lynx
Karlie Samuelson		 [10]
August
August 5 To Washington Mystics
Alysha Clark
Zia Cooke
2026 first round pick (Seattle's own)		 To Seattle Storm
Brittney Sykes		 [11]
August 7 To Washington Mystics
Jacy Sheldon
Right to swap 2026 first round picks
(Washington with Minnesota's own and Connecticut with New York's own acquired from prior trades)		 To Connecticut Sun
Aaliyah Edwards		 [12]
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Free agency

Re-signed

More information Player, Date ...
Player Date Notes Ref.
Emily Engstler February 4 Training camp contract [13]
Sug Sutton
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Additions

More information Player, Date ...
Player Date Notes Former Team Ref.
Taylor Soule February 11 Training camp contract Zagłębie Sosnowiec
(Poland)		 [14]
Khadijiah Cave April 19 Botaş SK
(Turkey)		 [15]
Morgan Jones MGS Panserraikos Serres
(Greece)		 [16]
JoJo Lacey Rutgers Scarlet Knights [17]
Ashten Prechtel TFSE-MTK Budapest
(Hungary)		 [18]
Georgia Amoore April 22 Rookie contract
(2025 draft pick – No. 6)		 Kentucky Wildcats
Zaay Green Rookie contract
(2025 draft pick – No. 32)		 Alabama Crimson Tide
Lucy Olsen Rookie contract
(2025 draft pick – No. 23)		 Iowa Hawkeyes
Sonia Citron April 24 Rookie contract
(2025 draft pick – No. 3)		 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Kiki Iriafen Rookie contract
(2025 draft pick – No. 4)		 USC Trojans
Lauren Jensen May 8 Training camp contract Creighton Bluejays [19]
Madison Scott August 14 7-day contract Free agent [20]
August 21
August 28 [21]
September 4 Rest of season contract [22]
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Subtractions / unsigned

More information Player, Date ...
Player Date Reason New Team Ref.
Txell Alarcón April 10, 2023 Unsigned draft pick
(2023 draft pick – No. 32)		 N/A – retained rights [23]
Nastja Claessens April 15, 2024 Unsigned draft pick
(2024 draft pick – No. 30)		 [24]
Julie Vanloo December 6 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries [25]
Marica Gajić December 30 Renounced rights — [26]
Bernadett Határ February 1 Free agency – reserved
(qualifying offer extended)		 Not signed – rights retained [27]
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough Free agency – unrestricted Atlanta Dream [28]
Taylor Soule April 1 Waived — [29]
Elena Delle Donne April 4 Retired N/A [30]
Morgan Jones May 4 Waived — [31]
JoJo Lacey — [32]
Khadijah Cave May 14 — [33]
Zaay Green — [4]
Lauren Jensen — [34]
Ashten Prechtel — [35]
Sika Koné July 18 Suspended contract – temporary N/A – retained rights [36][37]
August 5 Waived Atlanta Dream [11]
Zia Cooke Seattle Storm
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Roster

More information Washington Mystics roster, Players ...
2025 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G8AustraliaAmoore, Georgia Injured5' 6" (1.68m)2001-04-03KentuckyR
F/C0United StatesAustin, Shakira6' 5" (1.96m)190 lb (86kg)2000-07-25Mississippi3
G/F22United StatesCitron, Sonia6' 1" (1.85m)2003-10-22Notre DameR
F32United StatesClark, Alysha5' 11" (1.8m)167 lb (76kg)1987-07-07Middle Tennessee12
C31United StatesDolson, Stefanie6' 5" (1.96m)235 lb (107kg)1992-01-08Connecticut11
F21United StatesEngstler, Emily6' 1" (1.85m)180 lb (82kg)2000-05-01Louisville3
F44United StatesIriafen, Kiki6' 3" (1.91m)2003-08-26USCR
G5AustraliaMelbourne, Jade5' 10" (1.78m)145 lb (66kg)2002-08-18Australia2
G33United StatesOlsen, Lucy5' 10" (1.78m)2003-05-26IowaR
G4United StatesSheldon, Jacy Injured5' 10" (1.78m)140 lb (64kg)2000-08-23Ohio State1
F24United StatesScott, Madison6' 2" (1.88m)2001-12-27MississippiR
G1United StatesSutton, Sug5' 8" (1.73m)140 lb (64kg)1998-12-17Texas3
G–SpainAlarcón, Txell (DP)5' 10" (1.78m)2003-07-31Spain–
F–BelgiumClaessens, Nastja (DP)6' 1" (1.85m)2004-12-02Belgium–
Head coach
United States Sydney Johnson (Princeton)
Assistant coaches
United States Jessie Miller (UIC)
United States Barbara Turner (Connecticut)
Turkey Emre Vatansever
Player development
United States Clinton Crouch (Saint Francis)
Athletic trainer
United States Christina Kennedy
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
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Depth

More information Pos., Starter ...
Pos. Starter Bench
PG Sug Sutton Georgia Amoore
Lucy Olsen
Jacy Sheldon
SG Jade Melbourne Alysha Clark
SF Sonia Citron Emily Engstler
PF Kiki Iriafen
C Shakira Austin Stefanie Dolson
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Schedule

Preseason

More information 2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1), Game ...
2025 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 3 @ Indiana L 74–79 (OT) Brittney Sykes (18) Stefanie Dolson (8) Sug Sutton (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
12,461		 0–1
2 May 7 Atlanta L 70–80 Brittney Sykes (13) Ashten Prechtel (7) Zaay Green (4) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 0–2
2025 pre-season schedule
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Regular season

More information 2025 game log Total: 16–28 (Home: 10–12; Road: 6–16), Game ...
2025 game log
Total: 16–28 (Home: 10–12; Road: 6–16)
May: 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 16 Atlanta W 94–90 Brittney Sykes (22) Engstler, Melbourne (5) Brittney Sykes (5) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 1–0
2 May 18 @ Connecticut W 90–85 Brittney Sykes (27) Kiki Iriafen (14) Brittney Sykes (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,834		 2–0
3 May 21 @ Golden State L 74–76 Brittney Sykes (30) Kiki Iriafen (12) Jade Melbourne (7) Chase Center
18,064		 2–1
4 May 23 @ Las Vegas L 72–75 Sonia Citron (19) Kiki Iriafen (13) Stefanie Dolson (8) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,509		 2–2
5 May 25 @ Phoenix L 62–68 Sonia Citron (14) Brittney Sykes (5) PHX Arena
10,065		 2–3
6 May 28 Indiana W 83–77 Brittney Sykes (21) Brittney Sykes (9) Jade Melbourne (5) CFG Bank Arena
11,183		 3–3
7 May 30 New York L 63–85 Brittney Sykes (20) Kiki Iriafen (7) Brittney Sykes (3) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 3–4
June : 5–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
8 June 3 @ Indiana L 76–85 Kiki Iriafen (20) Kiki Iriafen (9) Brittney Sykes (4) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
16,013		 3–5
9 June 5 New York L 78–86 Kiki Iriafen (17) Shakira Austin (11) Brittney Sykes (5) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 3–6
10 June 8 Connecticut W 104–67 Brittney Sykes (28) Emily Engstler (9) Brittney Sykes (6) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 4–6
11 June 15 Atlanta L 56–89 Sonia Citron (10) Kiki Iriafen (8) Sug Sutton (4) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 4–7
12 June 17 @ Chicago W 79–72 Brittney Sykes (32) Austin, Citron (9) Sug Sutton (6) Wintrust Arena
7,579		 5–7
13 June 20 @ Atlanta L 91–92 Shakira Austin (28) Shakira Austin (10) Brittney Sykes (8) Gateway Center Arena
3,265		 5–8
14 June 22 Dallas W 91–88 (OT) Sonia Citron (27) Sonia Citron (11) Kiki Iriafen (6) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 6–8
15 June 24 Minnesota W 68–64 Shakira Austin (19) Kiki Iriafen (11) Jade Melbourne (5) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 7–8
16 June 26 @ Las Vegas W 94–83 Sonia Citron (21) Shakira Austin (13) Sug Sutton (5) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,427		 8–8
17 June 28 @ Dallas L 71–79 Sonia Citron (22) Sonia Citron (10) Brittney Sykes (5) College Park Center
6,006		 8–9
July : 5–5 (Home: 4–3; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
18 July 3 @ Minnesota L 75–92 Lucy Olsen (19) Kiki Iriafen (7) Jade Melbourne (4) Target Center
8,824		 8–10
19 July 8 Chicago W 81–79 Shakira Austin (15) Kiki Iriafen (10) Austin, Sykes (4) EagleBank Arena
9,350		 9–10
20 July 10 Las Vegas W 70–68 Brittney Sykes (18) Austin, Iriafen (8) Sug Sutton (6) EagleBank Arena
9,350		 10–10
21 July 13 @ Seattle W 74–69 Brittney Sykes (19) Kiki Iriafen (10) Shakira Austin (5) Climate Pledge Arena
11,126		 11–10
22 July 15 @ Los Angeles L 80–99 Shakira Austin (16) Austin, Iriafen (8) Sonia Citron (6) Crypto.com Arena
10,787		 11–11
All-Star Game
23 July 22 Los Angeles L 86–93 Brittney Sykes (18) Shakira Austin (6) Sonia Citron (6) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 11–12
24 July 26 Seattle W 69–58 Shakira Austin (14) Austin, Iriafen (11) Brittney Sykes (5) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 12–12
25 July 27 Phoenix L 72–88 Shakira Austin (20) Kiki Iriafen (10) Melbourne, Sykes (4) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 12–13
26 July 29 Chicago W 103–86 Sonia Citron (28) Kiki Iriafen (10) Brittney Sykes (6) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 13–13
27 July 31 Golden State L 67–68 Sonia Citron (16) Shakira Austin (9) Sug Sutton (6) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 13–14
August : 3–11 (Home: 1–4; Road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
28 August 3 @ Atlanta L 83–99 Kiki Iriafen (22) Kiki Iriafen (5) Citron, Iriafen, Sutton, Sykes (4) Gateway Center Arena
3,315		 13–15
29 August 5 @ Chicago L 64–78 Sonia Citron (13) Kiki Iriafen (6) Sug Sutton (5) Wintrust Arena
6,572		 13–16
30 August 8 @ Minnesota L 76–80 Sonia Citron (26) Kiki Iriafen (9) Citron, Iriafen, Sutton (4) Target Center
8,821		 13–17
31 August 10 @ Dallas W 91–78 Kiki Iriafen (23) Kiki Iriafen (10) Sonia Citron (6) College Park Center
6,152		 14–17
32 August 13 Golden State L 83–88 Citron, Sutton (15) Kiki Iriafen (10) Sug Sutton (7) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 14–18
33 August 15 @ Indiana W 88–84 Sonia Citron (21) Kiki Iriafen (12) Jade Melbourne (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
16,006		 15–18
34 August 17 Los Angeles W 95–86 Sonia Citron (24) Kiki Iriafen (10) Sug Sutton (7) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 16–18
35 August 19 Connecticut L 69–80 Sonia Citron (19) Kiki Iriafen (12) Sug Sutton (7) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 16–19
36 August 21 @ Connecticut L 56–67 Sonia Citron (15) Kiki Iriafen (10) Sug Sutton (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,144		 16–20
37 August 23 Las Vegas L 81–91 Kiki Iriafen (21) Kiki Iriafen (15) Jade Melbourne (6) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 16–21
38 August 24 Seattle L 82–84 Shakira Austin (30) Citron, Iriafen (6) Sug Sutton (9) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 16–22
39 August 28 @ New York L 63–89 Sonia Citron (18) Shakira Austin (5) Clark, Engstler (4) Barclays Center
15,015		 16–23
40 August 30 @ Golden State L 62–99 Sug Sutton (17) Alysha Clark (6) Jade Melbourne (4) Chase Center
18,064		 16–24
41 August 31 @ Los Angeles L 78–81 Kiki Iriafen (22) Kiki Iriafen (13) Melbourne, Sutton (5) Crypto.com Arena
12,218		 16–25
September : 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
42 September 4 Phoenix L 69–75 Kiki Iriafen (18) Kiki Iriafen (13) Sug Sutton (8) CareFirst Arena
4,200		 16–26
43 September 7 Indiana L 65–94 Sonia Citron (17) Austin, Engstler (7) Jade Melbourne (5) CFG Bank Arena
11,183		 16–27
44 September 9 @ New York L 66–75 Kiki Iriafen (16) Kiki Iriafen (6) Austin, Citron (4) Barclays Center
17,532		 16–28
2025 season schedule
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Notes:

Standings

More information #, Team ...
# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 yx – Minnesota Lynx3410.773–20–420–214–85–1
2 x – Las Vegas Aces3014.682416–817–513–92–4
3 x – Atlanta Dream3014.682415–616–614–83–2
4 x – Phoenix Mercury2717.614713–1115–712–104–2
5 x – New York Liberty2717.614715–517–510–124–1
6 cx – Indiana Fever2420.5451013–813–911–114–1
7 x – Seattle Storm2321.5231112–1210–1213–94–2
8 x – Golden State Valkyries2321.523119–1514–89–133–3
9 e – Los Angeles Sparks2123.4771310–149–1312–102–4
10 e – Washington Mystics1628.364188–1210–126–162–3
11 e – Connecticut Sun1133.250237–147–154–181–4
12 e – Chicago Sky1034.227244–176–164–181–4
13 e – Dallas Wings1034.227244–206–164–181–5
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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

Statistics

More information Legend ...
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
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Source:[38]

Regular season

More information Player, GP ...
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
Sonia Citron 44 44 32.2 47.0% 44.5% 87.2% 4.0 2.4 1.3 0.4 2.1 14.9
Brittney Sykes 25 25 31.0 37.9% 31.8% 78.5% 3.4 4.4 1.2 0.3 2.7 15.4
Kiki Iriafen 44 44 26.9 48.8% 18.2% 78.4% 8.5 1.6 0.6 0.2 2.2 13.3
Sug Sutton 43 43 26.1 42.2% 35.3% 77.1% 1.8 3.9 0.8 0.1 1.9 7.4
Jade Melbourne 43 12 23.4 40.0% 27.4% 67.1% 1.9 2.9 0.6 0.2 1.7 5.9
Shakira Austin 38 30 23.0 46.5% 13.3% 66.4% 6.4 1.8 1.1 1.1 2.4 12.7
Alysha Clark 15 8 22.9 36.2% 24.4% 61.5% 3.5 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.3 4.5
Jacy Sheldon 2 0 16.0 40.0% 16.7% 80.0% 1.5 0.5 — — 0.5 6.5
Stefanie Dolson 43 14 15.2 42.3% 36.0% 70.0% 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 3.7
Aaliyah Edwards 21 0 13.3 47.9% 0.0% 62.5% 3.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.1 6.0
Emily Engstler 40 0 12.8 39.6% 25.4% 66.7% 3.3 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 3.7
Lucy Olsen 41 0 12.4 41.5% 27.1% 82.4% 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.5 4.0
Sika Koné 11 0 6.7 38.9% 33.3% 88.9% 1.5 0.5 — — 0.5 2.1
Madison Scott 9 0 5.2 45.5% 0.0% 100.0% 0.1 0.2 — 0.2 0.1 1.6
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Awards and honors

More information Recipient, Award ...
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Shakira Austin Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 24 [39]
AP Comeback Player of the Year September 12 [40]
Sonia Citron WNBA All-Star Reserve July 7 [41]
AP All-Rookie Team September 12 [40]
WNBA All-Rookie Team September 29 [42]
Kiki Iriafen Rookie of the Month – May June 4 [43]
WNBA All-Star Reserve July 7 [41]
AP All-Rookie Team September 12 [40]
WNBA All-Rookie Team September 29 [42]
Brittney Sykes WNBA All-Star Reserve (replacement player) July 17 [44]
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