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The 2022 WNBA Draft is set to get underway at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, April 11. The event will air on ESPN and will come to us live from Spring Studios in the Tribeca section of New York City.
The Atlanta Dream will open the festivities, having acquired the No. 1 overall pick from the Washington Mystics in a trade this past Wednesday. The Dream dealt away the No. 3 and No. 14 picks to the Mystics, as well as the right to swap picks with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2023. The Dream are expected to draft Kentucky guard/wing Rhyne Howard to open the draft. The Indiana Fever will likely select Baylor post/wing NaLyssa Smith.
The Fever, Dream, Mystics, and Sparks were the four lottery teams in this year’s draft. The Fever have four first round picks, including three of the first six picks in the draft order, so this is a make or break event for the franchise.
The Fever are currently long-shots to win the WNBA title this year, installed with +8000 odds at DraftKings Sportsbook. They are tied with the Dream for the worst title odds. The Las Vegas Aces are +350 favorites, followed by the Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky at +400.
Below is the full order for the three rounds of the 2022 WNBA Draft.
2022 WNBA Draft order
| Round 1 | Team | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Team | Player |
| 1 | Atlanta Dream (from Washington) | Rhyne Howard, G, UK |
| 2 | Indiana Fever | NaLyssa Smith, PF, Baylor |
| 3 | Washington Mystics (from Atlanta) | Shakira Austin, C, Ole Miss |
| 4 | Indiana Fever (from Los Angeles via Dallas) | Emily Engstler, PF, Louisville |
| 5 | New York Liberty | Nyara Sabally, F/C, Oregon |
| 6 | Indiana Fever (from Dallas) | Lexie Hull, SG, Stanford |
| 7 | Dallas Wings (from Chicago via Dallas, Indiana) | Veronica Burton, PG, Northwestern |
| 8 | Las Vegas Aces (from Minnesota via Phoenix, New York, Seattle) | Mya Hollingshed, SF, Colorado |
| 9 | Los Angeles Sparks (from Seattle) | Rae Burrell, SF, Tennessee |
| 10 | Indiana Fever (from Minnesota) | Queen Egbo, C, Baylor |
| 11 | Las Vegas Aces | Kierstan Bell, SG, Florida Gulf Coast |
| 12 | Connecticut Sun | Nia Clouden, SG, Michigan State |
| Round 2 | Team | |
| 13 | Minnesota Lynx (from Indiana) | Khayla Pointer, PG, LSU |
| 14 | Washington Mystics (from Atlanta) | Christyn Williams, SG, UConn |
| 15 | Atlanta Dream (from Los Angeles) | Naz Hillmon, PF, Michigan |
| 16 | Los Angeles Sparks (from Washington) | Kianna Smith, SG, Louisville |
| 17 | Seattle Storm (from New York) | Elissa Cunane, C, NC State |
| 18 | Seattle Storm (from Dallas) | Lorela Cubaj, PF, Georgia Tech |
| 19 | Los Angeles Sparks (from Chicago via Dallas) | Olivia Nelson-Ododa, PF, UConn |
| 20 | Indiana Fever (from Phoenix) | Destanni Henderson, PG, South Carolina |
| 21 | Seattle Storm | Evina Westbrook, PG, UConn |
| 22 | Minnesota Lynx | Kayla Jones, PF, NC State |
| 23 | Las Vegas Aces | Aisha Sheppard, SG, Va Tech |
| 24 | Connecticut Sun | Jordan Lewis, PG, Baylor |
| Round 3 | Team | |
| 25 | Indiana Fever | Amesha Williams-Holliday, C, Jackson State |
| 26 | Phoenix Mercury (from Atlanta) | Maya Dodson, PF, Notre Dame |
| 27 | Los Angeles Sparks | Amy Atwell, SF, Hawai'i |
| 28 | Minnesota Lynx (from Washington) | Hannah Sjerven, PF, South Dakota |
| 29 | New York Liberty | Sika Kone, PF, Mali |
| 30 | Dallas Wings | Jasmine Dickey, SF, Delaware |
| 31 | Dallas Wings (from Chicago) | Jazz Bond, PF, North Florida |
| 32 | Phoenix Mercury | Macee Williams, PF, IUPUI |
| 33 | Seattle Storm | Jade Melbourne, PG, Australia |
| 34 | Indiana Fever (from Minnesota) | Ali Patberg, SG, Indiana |
| 35 | Las Vegas Aces | Faustine Aifuwa, C, LSU |
| 36 | Connecticut Sun | Kiara Smith, PG, Florida |