The WNBA Draft 2020 is set for Friday, April 17th, 2020 with the New York Liberty holding the first overall pick for the first time in franchise history.
The Liberty's pick should come shortly after 8:00 p.m. ET with Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu — the biggest star in college basketball — expected to be the first overall pick.
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According to SBD, Ionescu is listed at -2000 odds to go first overall in this year's draft.
Should Ionescu come off the board first, all attention will be on the Dallas Wings who own four of the top nine selections of the draft. The Wings who finished with a 10-24 are looking to improve the roster and get back into the playoffs after missing out in 2019. Head Coach Brian Agler will be in his second year at the helm in Dallas and with two WNBA Championships already on his resume he knows how to build a contender.
According to SBD, Ionescu's teammate at Oregon Satou Sabally is the odds favourite to go second overall to Dallas. Baylor star and Texas native Lauren Cox is also in the mix with the second overall pick.
With so much intrigue heading into the draft here's the order of picks in the WNBA Draft 2020:
WNBA Draft 2020 pick order
Round 1
| Pick | Team |
| 1. | New York Liberty |
| 2. | Dallas Wings |
| 3. | Indiana Fever |
| 4. | Atlanta Dream |
| 5. | Dallas Wings |
| 6. | Minnesota Lynx |
| 7. | New York Liberty |
| 8. | Chicago Sky |
| 9. | Dallas Wings |
| 10. | Phoenix Mercury |
| 11. | Seattle Storm |
| 12. | New York Liberty |
Round 2
| Pick | Team |
| 13. | New York Liberty |
| 14. | Indiana Fever |
| 15. | New York Liberty |
| 16. | Minnesota Lynx |
| 17. | Atlanta Dream |
| 18 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 19. | Seattle Storm |
| 20. | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 21. | Dallas Wings |
| 22. | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 23. | Connecticut Sun |
| 24. | Washington Mystics |
Round 3
| Pick | Team |
| 25. | Atlanta Dream |
| 26. | New York Liberty |
| 27. | Atlanta Dream |
| 28. | Indiana Fever |
| 29. | Phoenix Mercury |
| 30. | Chicago Sky |
| 31. | Seattle Storm |
| 32. | Chicago Sky |
| 33. | Las Vegas Aces |
| 34. | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 35. | Connecticut Sun |
| 36. | Washington Mystics |
History of first overall picks in WNBA Draft
| Year | Player | School/Club | Selecting team |
| 2019 | Jackie Young | Notre Dame | Las Vegas Aces |
| 2018 | A'ja Wilson | South Carolina | Las Vegas Aces |
| 2017 | Kelsey Plum | Washington | San Antonio Stars |
| 2016 | Breanna Stewart | UConn | Seattle Storm |
| 2015 | Jewell Loyd | Notre Dame | Seattle Storm |
| 2014 | Chiney Ogwumike | Stanford | Connecticut Sun |
| 2013 | Brittney Griner | Baylor | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2012 | Nneka Ogwumike | Stanford | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2011 | Maya Moore | UConn | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2010 | Tina Charles | UConn | Connecticut Sun (from Liberty, via Sparks, via Lynx) |
| 2009 | Angel McCoughtry | Louisville | Atlanta Dream |
| 2008 | Candace Parker | Tennessee | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2007 | Lindsey Harding | Duke | Phoenix Mercury (to Lynx) |
| 2006 | Seimone Augustus | LSU | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2005 | Janel McCarville | Minnesota | Charlotte Sting |
| 2004 | Diana Taurasi | UConn | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2003 | LaToya Thomas | Mississippi State | Cleveland Rockers |
| 2002 | Sue Bird | UConn | Seattle Storm |
| 2001 | Lauren Jackson | Canberra | Seattle Storm |
| 2000 | Ann Wauters | Valenciennes | Cleveland Rockers |
| 1999 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee | Washington Mystics |
| 1998 | Małgorzata Dydek | Poland | Utah Starzz |
| 1997 | Tina Thompson | USC | Houston Comets |
