Teams can start negotiating with their own Reserved Players and any Limited and Unlimited Free Agents on January 15th. From February 1, teams and players can finalize transactions and sign contracts and offer sheets.
UNLIMITED FREE AGENTS Players with five or more years of service will become unlimited free agents. An Unlimited Free Agent is free to sign with any team, provided they are not designated a Core Player by their previous team. Any players with less than five years of service who do not receive qualifying offers will also become unlimited free agents.
Rebecca Allen (NYL)
Jillian Alleyne (MIN)
Rachel Banham (MIN)
Sue Bird (SEE)
Crystal Bradford (ATL)
Jessica Breland (IND)
Close Burdick (SEA)
Liz Cambage (LVA)
Emma Cannon (IND)
Tina Charles (WAS)
Layshia Clarendon (MIN)
Nia Coffey (LAS)
Sophie Cunningham (PHO)
Blake Dietrick (ATL)
Stefanie Dolson (CHI)
Candice Dupree (ATL)
Sylvia Fowles (MIN)
Reshanda Gray (NYL)
Tiffany Hayes (ATL)
Briann January (CON)
Angel McCoughtry (LVA)
Leilani Mitchell (WAS)
Astou Ndour-Fall (CHI)
Sonja Petrovic (PHO)
Theresa Plaisance (WAS)
Allie Quigley (CHI)
Angel Robinson (PHO)
Karlie Samuelson (SEA)
Odyssey Sims (ATL)
Alanna Smith (PHO)
Breanna Stewart (SEA)
Kiah Stokes (LVA)
Shekinna Stricklen (ATL)
Courtney Vandersloot (CHI)
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (WAS)
Courtney Williams (ATL)
Elizabeth Williams (ATL)
Riquna Williams (LVA)
Shavonte Zellous (WAS)
LIMITED FREE AGENTS – Players with four years of service can receive qualifying offers to become Limited Free Agents. Limited free agency gives the player’s previous team the right to sign the player by matching a contract offer of another team (Right of First Refusal). If the player signs a Flyer with another team, the player’s previous team has four days from the date they received the Flyer to determine if he wants to match. If the offer matches, the player will stay with their previous team. If the offer does not match within the four day period, the player will be under contract with the offering team.
Lindsay Allen (IND)
Monique Billings (ATL)
Lexie Brown (CHI)
Jordin Canada (SEE)
Diamond DeShields (CHI)
Myisha Hines-Allen (WAS)
Kia Nurse (PHO)
Mercedes Russell (SEA)
Stephanie Talbot (SEA)
A’ja Wilson (LVA)
RESERVED PLAYERS – Players with three or fewer years of service can receive qualifying offers to become reserved players. The Reserved Player’s previous team has exclusive negotiation rights.
Te’a Cooper (LAS)
Anna Cruz (MIN)
Temi Fagbenle (IND)
Bernadett Hatar (IND)
Stephanie Jones (CON)
JiSu Park (LVA)
Also Raincock-Left (NYL)
Victoria Vivias (IND)
KEY PLAYERS – The core designation gives a team exclusive negotiation rights with a player. From 2022, a player does not qualify to receive a Core designation if they have played for two or more seasons under a Core Player contract.
Kahleah Copper (CHI)
Jonquel Jones (CON)
Jewell Loyd (SEA)
