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Fast Facts
Quick Guide: Growing list of Aussies in WNBA 2025
From Left: Kristy Wallace, Steph Talbot, Amy Atwell and Alanna Smith. Picture: Getty Images
Thirteen of Australia's best women's basketballers are now suiting up in the WNBA
- Australian Steph Talbot will play for the expansion franchise Golden State Valkyries
- Alanna Smith hopes to avenge the loss to the New York Liberty in the WNBA Finals
- Shaniece Swain and Anneli Maley will team up in Los Angeles
More than 10 of Australia's best women's basketball players will suit up for the WNBA 2025 season.
These are the key dates for Aussies in the WNBA for 2025.
Georgia Amoore became the 13th player in the WNBA after being drafted by the Washington Mystics with the sixth pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft in New York on April 15, 2025 (AEST).
This is a quick guide to Australians in the WNBA and where they will play.
- Rebecca Allen — Forward: Phoenix Mercury
Signed by the New York Liberty as a free agent following the 2014 World Cup. Debut: 2015 - Amy Atwell — Guard: Phoenix Mercury
Selected round 3 (pick 27 overall) in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. Debut: 2022 - Ezi Magbegor — Forward/Centre: Seattle Storm
Selected round 1 (pick 12 overall) in the 2019 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. Debut: 2020 - Jade Melbourne — Guard: Washington Mystics
Selected round 3 (pick 33 overall) in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. Debut: 2023 - Alanna Smith — Power Forward: Minnesota Lynx
Selected round 1 (pick 8 overall) in the 2019 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury. Debut: 2019 - Stephanie Talbot — Guard: Golden State Valkyries
Selected round 3 (pick 33 overall) in the 2014 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury. Debut: 2017 - Sami Whitcomb — Shooting Guard: Phoenix Mercury
Signed by the Seattle Storm as a free agent in February 2017. The WNBL 2024-25 MVP has signed with the Phoenix Mercury in 2025. Debut: 2017 - Nyadiew Puoch — Forward: Atlanta Dream
Drafted by the Atlanta Dream (pick 12 overall) in the WNBA Draft. Debut: Expected 2025 - Isobel Borlase — Forward: Atlanta Dream
Drafted by the Atlanta Dream (pick 22 overall) in the WNBA Draft. Debut: Expected 2025 - Anneli Maley — Forward: Los Angeles Sparks
Maley signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday, February 3, 2025. - Shaniece Swain — Guard: Los Angeles SparksSwain signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on February 6, 2025 after being drafted by the Southern California WNBA club in 2023.
- Chloe Bibby — Guard: Golden State Valkyries
Bibby signed with the expansion franchise Golden State on February 7, 2025. - Georgia Amoore — Guard: Washington Mystics
Georgia Amoore was drafted sixth by the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA Draft on April 15, 2025.
Kristy Wallace — Guard: Indiana Fever
Selected round 2 (pick 16 overall) in the 2018 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream. Debut: 2022. Wallace said on February 25, 2025, she was out for the 2025 season. But the Fever have maintained her rights despite her contract being suspended.
See the Quick Guide to EVERY Australian who has played in the WNBA.
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