The 2025 WNBA season signals a major turning point for the league, with significant changes that reflect its rapid growth and evolving competitive landscape. Here is what the Washington Mystics and all other teams will face this summer.
Expansion and Schedule
The Golden State Valkyries join as the WNBA’s 13th franchise, marking the league’s first expansion since 2008. The regular season will run from May 16 to September 11, 2025. Each team will play a record-high 44 regular-season games—22 at home and 22 on the road—up from 40 games in previous seasons.
WNBA regular seasons were just 34 games for most of the 2000s and 2010s.