51 WNBA Players Will Represent Their Countries at the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup

The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup tips off on Friday, September 4, in Berlin, and 51 players from across the WNBA will represent their countries over the next two weeks.Every WNBA team except the Chicago Sky has at least one player participating.

Team USA leads the way with 12 WNBA players, followed by Australia (8), France (8), Spain (6), Germany (4), Belgium (3), and Nigeria (2). China, Mali, Italy, South Korea, Hungary, Japan, Turkey, and Czechia each have one WNBA representative. Puerto Rico is the only competing nation without a WNBA player on its roster.

WNBA Players Representing Their Countries at 2026 FIBA World Cup

Atlanta Dream (4)

Isobel Borlase (Australia)

Rhyne Howard (United States)

Sika Koné (Mali)

Angel Reese (United States)

Dallas Wings (2)

Paige Bueckers (United States)

Alanna Smith (Australia)

Connecticut Sun (2)

Kennedy Burke (Turkey)

Leïla Lacan (France)

Golden State Valkyries (4)

Janelle Salaün (France)

Milea Sowah (Australia)

Gabby Williams (France)

Cecilia Zandalasini (Italy)

Indiana Fever (2)

Aliyah Boston (United States)

Caitlin Clark (United States)

Las Vegas Aces (4)

Chelsea Gray (United States)

Stephanie Talbot (Australia)

Mai Yamamoto (Japan)

Jackie Young (United States)

Los Angeles Sparks (1)

Jihyun Park (South Korea)

Minnesota Lynx (5)

Chloe Bibby (Australia)

Napheesa Collier (United States)

Antonia Delaere (Belgium)

Eliska Joklova (Czechia)

Dorka Juhász (Hungary)

New York Liberty (8)

Rebecca Allen (Australia)

Pauline Astier (France)

Elizabeth Balogun (Nigeria)

Raquel Carrera (Spain)

Leonie Fiebich (Germany)

Marine Johannès (France)

Breanna Stewart (United States)

Han Xu (China)

Phoenix Mercury (3)

Valériane Ayayi (France)

Kahleah Copper (United States)

Kyara Linskens (Belgium)

Portland Fire (6)

Freida Bühner (Germany)

Megan DiLeo (Spain)

Luisa Geiselsöder (Germany)

Carla Leite (France)

Iyana Martín (Spain)

Amy Okonkwo (Nigeria)

Seattle Storm (4)

Awa Fam (Spain)

Ezi Magbegor (Australia)

Dominique Malonga (France)

Jade Melbourne (Australia)

Toronto Tempo (3)

Julie Allemand (Belgium)

Maria Condé (Spain)

Nyara Sabally (Germany)

Washington Mystics (3)

Sonia Citron (United States)

Kiki Iriafen (United States)

Alicia Floréz (Spain)

Key Notes

Team USA originally included A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) and Kelsey Plum (Phoenix Mercury), but both withdrew due to injury. They were replaced by Washington Mystics teammates Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen.

Dallas Wings center Li Yueru was expected to play for China but will miss the tournament after her passport was lost in the mail.

The Chicago Sky are the only WNBA team without any players participating in the World Cup.

The strong WNBA presence underscores the league’s growing global influence as national teams compete for the world title in Berlin.

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