Dallas Wings Win No. 1 Pick in 2026 WNBA Lottery

The Dallas Wings secured the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft Lottery for the second consecutive year, winning the drawing held Sunday and positioning the franchise to add another high-profile talent to its roster ahead of next season.

The Wings entered the lottery with the strongest odds at 42 percent, based on their two-year cumulative record of 19-65, the worst among non-playoff teams from the 2025 season. That performance tied them with the Chicago Sky for the league's poorest mark at 10-34, but the Sky had traded away their draft rights. The lottery involved five teams vying for the top selection: the Wings, Minnesota Lynx, Seattle Storm, Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky. In a results that followed the order of odds, the Lynx landed the No. 2 pick via their acquisition of Chicago's rights, the Storm took No. 3 through a prior trade with the Los Angeles Sparks, the Mystics got No. 4 and the Sky secured No. 5 after reacquiring a pick from the Connecticut Sun.

This marks a pivotal moment for the Wings, who used last year's top selection to draft University of Connecticut guard Paige Bueckers. The 2025 Rookie of the Year has quickly become one of the league's premier...