Dallas Wings select star Paige Bueckers with No. 1 pick in 2025 WNBA Draft, Complete 38 Picks order.
— Paige Bueckers is ready for her next chapter after a whirlwind week that started with her helping UConn win its 12th national championship and ended with her becoming the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick by the Dallas Wings.
The versatile UConn star is the latest Huskies standout to go No. 1, joining former greats Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart.
Bueckers has had a busy time since helping UConn win the title on April 6. She has split her time between New York and Connecticut doing morning and nighttime talk shows. On Sunday, she took part in the Huskies’ championship parade.
Bueckers, a three-time first-team AP All-American, is not only a walking bucket — she averaged 19.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.6 assists last season — but she is a walking advertisement with some of the nation’s most recognizable brand names vying for her services.
Seattle followed Dallas’ selection by taking 19-year-old French star Dominique Malonga with the No. 2 pick. The 6-foot-6 Malonga was part of the silver medal winning French Olympic basketball team. She’s the first French player to be drafted this high since 1997, when Isabelle Fijalkowski went second.
The Washington Mystics, with a new coach and general manager, then took Notre Dame’s Sonia Citron with the third pick, and Southern Cal’s Kiki Iriafen with No. 4. They also took Kentucky guard Georgia Amoore with the sixth pick. Amoore was dressed on the WNBA’s orange carpet by NBA star Russell Westbrook, who has a clothing brand called Honor The Gift. Amoore said Westbrook designed her outfit and was amazing to work with since they first got together on a Zoom session last November.
WNBA Draft Order results 2025: Complete list of 38 picks in All three rounds selections.
First Round
1. Dallas, Paige Bueckers, G, Connecticut.
2. Seattle, Dominique Malonga, C, France.
3. Washington, Sonia Citron, G, Notre Dame.
4. Washington, Kiki Iriafen, F, University of Southern California.
5. Golden State, Juste Jocyte, G, Lithuania.
6. Washington, Georgia Amoore, G, Kentucky.
7. Connecticut, Aneesah Morrow, F, Louisiana State University.
8. Connecticut, Saniya Rivers, F, North Carolina State.
9. Los Angeles, Sarah Ashlee Barker, G, Alabama.
10. Chicago, Ajsa Sivka, F, Slovenia.
11. Chicago, Hailey Van Lith, G, Texas Christian University.
12. Aziaha James, G, North Carolina State.
Second Round
13. Las Vegas, Aaliyah Nye, G, Alabama.
14. Dallas, Madison Scott, G, Mississippi.
15. Minnesota, Anastasiia Olairi Kosu, F, Russia.
16. Chicago, Maddy Westbeld, F, Notre Dame.
17. Golden State, Shyanne Sellers, G, Maryland.
18. Atlanta, Te-Hina Paopao, G, South Carolina.
19. Indiana, Makayla Timpson, F, Florida State.
20. Indiana, Bree Hall, G, South Carolina.
21. Los Angeles, Sania Feagin, F, South Carolina.
22. Chicago, Aicha Coulibaly, G, Texas A&M.
23. Washington, Lucy Olsen, G, Iowa.
24. Minnesota, Dalayah Daniels, F, Washington.
25. Connecticut, Rayah Marshall, F, University of Southern California.
Third Round
26. Seattle, Serena Sundell, G, Kansas State.
27. Dallas, JJ Quinerly, G, West Virginia.
28. Los Angeles, Liatu King, F, Notre Dame.
29. Seattle, Madison Conner, G, Texas Christian University.
30. Golden State, Kaitlyn Chen, G, Connecticut.
31, Dallas, Aaronette Vonleh, C, Baylor.
32. Washington, Zaay Green, G, Alabama.
33. Indiana, Yvonne Ejim, F, Gonzaga.
34. Seattle, Jordan Hobbs, G, Michigan.
35. Las Vegas, Harmoni Turner, G, Ohio State.
36. Atlanta, Taylor Thierry, F, Ohio State.
37. Minnesota, Aubrey Griffin, F, Connecticut.
38. New York, Adja Kane, F, France.
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