2025 Minnesota Lynx season

2025 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach	Cheryl Reeve
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	9,958 per game
Results
Record	34–10 (.773)
Place	1st (Western)
Playoff finish	1st seed Lost in Semifinals 1–3 to Phoenix Mercury
Team Leaders
Points	Napheesa Collier – 22.9 ppg
Rebounds	Napheesa Collier Jessica Shepard – 7.3 rpg
Assists	Courtney Williams – 6.2 apg
Media
Television	Bally Sports North ESPN CBS Sports Network ION Amazon Prime Video
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The 2025 Minnesota Lynx season was the 27th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the sixteenth season under head coach Cheryl Reeve.

The season tipped-off on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Dallas against the Wings.^[1]

The Lynx went under a few changes in the offseason following the 2024 season. General Manager Clare Duwelius left to become the Executive Vice President and General Manager, for the new women's 3x3 basketball league Unrivaled.^[2] Forward Cecilia Zandalasini was selected in the Golden State Valkyries expansion draft.^[3] After coming over to Minnesota in a trade at the end of the season, Myisha Hines-Allen signed with the Dallas Wings in February 2025.^[4] Assistant Coach Katie Smith left to take an assistant position at her alma mater Ohio State, which allowed the Lynx to hire Eric Thibault and Lindsay Whalen to their staff.^[5][6]

Draft

See also: 2025 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club	Outcome	Ref.
2	15	Anastasiia Kosu	F	Russia	UMMC Ekaterinburg	Signed rookie contract on April 19 Made opening day roster	[7][8]
2	24	Dalayah Daniels		United States	Washington	Signed rookie contract on April 19 Waived on May 7	[7][9]
3	37	Aubrey Griffin	G/F		UConn	Rights retained

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025 WNBA season transactions

Front office and coaching

Date	Details	Ref.
November 11, 2024	Associate head coach, Katie Smith, and General Manager, Clare Duwelius, left Lynx organization	[10]
November 30, 2024	Hired Lindsay Whalen as an assistant coach and Eric Thibault as associate head coach	[11]
June 23, 2025	Glen and Becky Taylor announced their departure from the ownership group of the Minnesota Lynx and the Minnesota Timberwolves	[12]
	Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez became the new majority owners of the Lynx and Timberwolves	[13]

Trades

April
April 13	To Minnesota Lynx Outright 2026 first-round draft pick Extinguished previous right to exchange 2026 first round draft picks with Chicago	To Chicago Sky 2025 No. 11 draft pick	[14]
April 14	To Minnesota Lynx Karlie Samuelson	To Washington Mystics 2026 first round pick (Minnesota’s own)	[15]
August
August 3	To Minnesota Lynx DiJonai Carrington	To Dallas Wings Diamond Miller Karlie Samuelson 2027 second round pick (Minnesota’s own)	[16]

Free agency

Re-signed / extensions

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Natisha Hiedeman	February 1	One-year deal	[17]
Dorka Juhász	May 15	Exercised team option (Fourth-year)	[18]
Diamond Miller
Jessica Shepard	June 23	Set as active	[19]

Additions

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
Marième Badiane	February 1	Training camp contract	Fenerbahçe S.K.	[17]
Grace Berger	February 8	Awarded off waivers	Indiana Fever	[20]
Kiara Leslie	February 10	Training camp contract	Gigantes de Carolina	[21]
Camryn Taylor	February 25		Esperides Kallitheas	[22]
	August 8	7-day contract	Free agent	[23]
	August 15			[24]
	August 22			[25]
	September 1	Rest of season contract		[26]
Christyn Williams	February 26	Training camp contract	Athletes Unlimited	[27]
Ajae Petty	April 16		Ohio State Buckeyes	[28]
Reigan Richardson			Duke Blue Devils	[28]
Anastasiia Kosu	April 19	Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 15)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
Dalayah Daniels		Rookie contract (2025 draft pick – No. 24)	Washington Huskies
Jessica Shepard		Training camp contract	Athinaikos AS Vurona	[29]
Diamond Johnson	April 24		Norfolk State Spartans	[30]
Maria Kliundikova	June 6	Rest of season contract	Free agent	[31]
Yvonne Anderson	July 28	7-day contract		[32]
	August 4
Jaylyn Sherrod	August 9	Rest of season contract		[33]

Subtractions / unsigned

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
Maïa Hirsch	April 10, 2023	Unsigned draft pick (2023 draft pick – No. 12)	N/A – retained rights
Cecilia Zandalasini	December 6, 2024	Expansion draft	Golden State Valkyries	[34][35]
Olivia Époupa[a]	February 1, 2025	Free agency – unrestricted	—
Myisha Hines-Allen	February 2, 2025		Dallas Wings	[36]
Aubrey Griffin	April 14, 2025	Unsigned draft pick (2025 draft pick – No. 37)	N/A – retained rights
Kiara Leslie	May 5, 2025	Waived	—	[37]
Christyn Williams			—
Dalayah Daniels	May 7, 2025		—	[9]
Diamond Johnson			—
Ajae Petty			—
Camryn Taylor			—
	August 29, 2025	Released	—
Dorka Juhász	May 10, 2025	Suspended contract – full season	N/A – retained rights	[38]
Reigan Richardson	May 11, 2025	Waived	—	[39]
Grace Berger	May 14, 2025		Dallas Wings	[40]
Marième Badiane	June 4, 2025		—	[41]
Jessica Shepard	June 10, 2025	Suspended contract – temporary	N/A – retained rights	[42]
Alissa Pili	July 12, 2025	Waived	Los Angeles Sparks	[43]
Yvonne Anderson	August 9, 2025	Released	—	[44]

1. Initially was a reserved free agent. However, did not receive qualifying offer from the Lynx prior to February 1 and so became an unrestricted free agent.

Roster

Minnesota Lynx roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 6 Carleton, Bridget 6' 2" (1.88m) 177 lb (80kg) 1997-05-22 Iowa State 6 G/F 3 Carrington, DiJonai  5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1998-01-08 Baylor 4 F 24 Collier, Napheesa  6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1996-09-23 Connecticut 6 G 2 Hiedeman, Natisha 5' 8" (1.73m) 132 lb (60kg) 1997-02-10 Marquette 6 C 77 Kliundikova, Maria 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 1998-07-16 Russia 2 F 7 Kosu, Anastasiia 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 2005-04-21 Russia R G 21 McBride, Kayla 5' 11" (1.8m) 179 lb (81kg) 1992-06-25 Notre Dame 11 F 15 Shepard, Jessica 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 1996-09-11 Notre Dame 4 G 0 Sherrod, Jaylyn 5' 7" (1.7m) 2001-10-21 Colorado 1 F 8 Smith, Alanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 177 lb (80kg) 1996-09-10 Stanford 6 F 20 Taylor, Camryn 6' 2" (1.88m) 2000-03-15 Virginia R G 10 Williams, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 148 lb (67kg) 1994-05-11 South Florida 9 G/F – Griffin, Aubrey  (DP) 6' 1" (1.85m) 2001-11-06 Connecticut – F – Hirsch, Maïa (DP) 6' 5" (1.96m) 2003-11-13 France – G/F – Juhász, Dorka (S) 6' 5" (1.96m) 201 lb (91kg) 1999-12-18 Connecticut 2	Head coach Cheryl Reeve (La Salle) Assistant coaches Eric Thibault (Missouri) Rebekkah Brunson (Georgetown) Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota) Athletic trainer Chuck Barta (UW–La Crosse) Assistant trainer Brandi BlueArm (Minnesota State) Strength and conditioning coach Andrea Hayden (Missouri Baptist) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL GS LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Courtney Williams	Natisha Hiedeman Jaylyn Sherrod
SG	Kayla McBride	DiJonai Carrington
SF	Bridget Carleton	Anastasiia Kosu
PF	Napheesa Collier	Jessica Shepard Camryn Taylor
C	Alanna Smith	Maria Kliundikova

Schedule

Preseason

2025 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 6 @ Chicago L 69–74 Alanna Smith (10) Alanna Smith (9) Hiedeman, Williams (5) Wintrust Arena 4,688 0–1 2 May 10 Chicago W 92–87 Napheesa Collier (26) Jessica Shepard (8) Jessica Shepard (9) Target Center 7,615 1–1
2025 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2025 game log Total: 34–10 (Home: 20–2; Road: 14–8)
May: 6–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 16 @ Dallas W 99–84 Napheesa Collier (34) Jessica Shepard (8) Courtney Williams (9) College Park Center 6,251 1–0 2 May 18 @ Los Angeles W 83–75 Napheesa Collier (23) Jessica Shepard (10) Courtney Williams (9) Crypto.com Arena 11,170 2–0 3 May 21 Dallas W 85–81 Napheesa Collier (28) Jessica Shepard (10) Natisha Hiedeman (8) Target Center 12,772 3–0 4 May 23 Connecticut W 76–70 Napheesa Collier (33) Napheesa Collier (11) Jessica Shepard (4) Target Center 8,224 4–0 5 May 27 Seattle W 82–77 Courtney Williams (23) Napheesa Collier (10) Napheesa Collier (5) Target Center 8,808 5–0 6 May 30 @ Phoenix W 74–71 Kayla McBride (20) Jessica Shepard (10) Courtney Williams (7) PHX Arena 9,043 6–0
June : 8–2 (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 1 @ Golden State W 86–75 Napheesa Collier (24) Napheesa Collier (11) Courtney Williams (5) Chase Center 18,064 7–0 8 June 3 Phoenix W 88–65 Napheesa Collier (18) Napheesa Collier (11) Kayla McBride (7) Target Center 8,772 8–0 9 June 8 @ Dallas W 81–65 Napheesa Collier (28) Napheesa Collier (10) Courtney Williams (8) College Park Center 6,162 9–0 10 June 11 @ Seattle L 84–94 Napheesa Collier (25) Napheesa Collier (9) McBride, Williams (6) Climate Pledge Arena 9,722 9–1 11 June 14 Los Angeles W 101–77 Napheesa Collier (32) Napheesa Collier (8) Napheesa Collier (6) Target Center 10,810 10–1 12 June 17 Las Vegas W 76–62 Courtney Williams (20) Alanna Smith (13) Courtney Williams (5) Target Center 8,802 11–1 13 June 21 Los Angeles W 82–66 Kayla McBride (29) Kliudikova, Smith (8) Hiedeman, Williams (6) Target Center 8,777 12–1 14 June 24 @ Washington L 64–68 Alanna Smith (26) Jessica Shepard (15) Shepard, Williams (4) CareFirst Arena 4,200 12–2 15 June 27 @ Atlanta W 96–92 (OT) Napheesa Collier (26) Alanna Smith (8) Courtney Williams (8) Gateway Center Arena 3,265 13–2 16 June 29 Connecticut W 102–63 Napheesa Collier (23) Collier, Williams (9) Hiedeman, Williams (7) Target Center 8,821 14–2
July : 9–3 (Home: 7–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record Commissioner's Cup Final July 1 Indiana L 59–74 Alanna Smith (15) Napheesa Collier (9) Courtney Williams (4) Target Center 12,778 — 17 July 3 Washington W 92–75 Napheesa Collier (28) Courtney Williams (6) Courtney Williams (8) Target Center 8,824 15–2 18 July 5 Golden State W 82–71 Napheesa Collier (22) Jessica Shepard (10) Alanna Smith (6) Target Center 8,771 16–2 19 July 6 Chicago W 80–75 Courtney Williams (25) Courtney Williams (8) Courtney Williams (6) Target Center 8,810 17–2 20 July 9 @ Phoenix L 71–79 Courtney Williams (21) Alanna Smith (9) Courtney Williams (5) PHX Arena 10,083 17–3 21 July 10 @ Los Angeles W 91–82 Natisha Hiedeman (18) Napheesa Collier (8) Courtney Williams (7) Crypto.com Arena 18,199 18–3 22 July 12 @ Chicago L 81–87 Napheesa Collier (26) Collier, Williams (8) Courtney Williams (8) Wintrust Arena 9,025 18–4 23 July 14 @ Chicago W 91–78 Napheesa Collier (29) Courtney Williams (8) Courtney Williams (7) Wintrust Arena 8,105 19–4 24 July 16 Phoenix W 79–66 Kayla McBride (18) Jessica Shepard (8) Carleton, McBride, Williams (5) Target Center 16,421 20–4 All-Star Game 25 July 22 Chicago W 91–68 Collier, McBride (19) Napheesa Collier (8) Courtney Williams (7) Target Center 8,821 21–4 26 July 25 Las Vegas W 109–78 Napheesa Collier (25) Jessica Shepard (13) Courtney Williams (5) Target Center 8,810 22–4 27 July 27 Atlanta L 86–90 Napheesa Collier (32) Napheesa Collier (8) Courtney Williams (9) Target Center 8,788 22–5 28 July 30 New York W 100–93 Napheesa Collier (30) Collier, Williams (9) Courtney Williams (13) Target Center 10,824 23–5
August : 8–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 August 2 @ Las Vegas W 111–58 Kayla McBride (24) Jessica Shepard (14) Courtney Williams (9) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,488 24–5 30 August 5 @ Seattle W 91–87 Courtney Williams (20) Jessica Shepard (13) Kayla McBride (6) Climate Pledge Arena 10,468 25–5 31 August 8 Washington W 80–76 Alanna Smith (25) Carleton, Shepard (6) Courtney Williams (5) Target Center 8,821 26–5 32 August 10 @ New York W 83–71 Kayla McBride (18) Alanna Smith (9) Smith, Williams (7) Barclays Center 17,343 27–5 33 August 16 New York W 86–80 Courtney Williams (26) Jessica Shepard (10) Courtney Williams (5) Target Center 10,810 28–5 34 August 19 @ New York L 75–85 Courtney Williams (17) Jessica Shepard (10) Kayla McBride (3) Barclays Center 16,864 28–6 35 August 21 @ Atlanta L 73–75 Bridget Carleton (16) Jessica Shepard (16) Courtney Williams (9) Gateway Center Arena 3,265 28–7 36 August 22 @ Indiana W 95–90 Kayla McBride (29) Jessica Shepard (11) Jessica Shepard (10) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,121 29–7 37 August 24 Indiana W 97–84 Napheesa Collier (32) Napheesa Collier (9) Courtney Williams (10) Target Center 15,124 30–7 38 August 28 Seattle L 79–93 Kayla McBride (20) Napheesa Collier (9) Courtney Williams (10) Target Center 9,810 30–8 39 August 30 @ Connecticut W 94–70 Carrington, Smith (18) Napheesa Collier (9) Kayla McBride (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910 31–8
September : 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 40 September 1 Dallas W 96–71 Napheesa Collier (25) Jessica Shepard (8) Natisha Hiedeman (10) Target Center 10,824 32–8 41 September 4 @ Las Vegas L 87–97 Natisha Hiedeman (22) Collier, Hiedeman (6) Kayla McBride (6) T-Mobile Arena 14,656 32–9 42 September 6 @ Golden State W 78–72 Natisha Hiedeman (24) Jessica Shepard (13) Courtney Williams (5) Chase Center 18,064 33–9 43 September 9 @ Indiana L 72–83 Jessica Shepard (16) Kliundikova, Shepard (7) Courtney Williams (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,012 33–10 44 September 11 Golden State W 72–53 Natisha Hiedeman (21) Jessica Shepard (14) McBride, Williams (4) Target Center 8,824 34–10
2025 season schedule

Notes:

• Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.

Playoffs

2025 playoff game log
First round vs. Golden State Valkyries Won Series 2–0 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 14 Golden State W 101–72 Napheesa Collier (20) Jessica Shepard (8) Hiedeman, Shepard, Williams (4) Target Center 8,821 1–0 2 September 17 @ Golden State W 75–74 Napheesa Collier (24) Napheesa Collier (7) Hiedeman, Williams (7) SAP Center 18,543 2–0
Semifinals vs. Phoenix Mercury Lost series 1–3 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 21 Phoenix W 82–69 Courtney Williams (23) Napheesa Collier (9) Courtney Williams (7) Target Center 10,121 1–0 2 September 23 Phoenix L 83–89 (OT) Napheesa Collier (24) Alanna Smith (9) Courtney Williams (9) Target Center 10,824 1–1 3 September 26 @ Phoenix L 76–84 Natisha Hiedeman (19) Collier, Kliundikova (6) Kayla McBride (5) PHX Arena 15,941 1–2 4 September 28 @ Phoenix L 81–86 Kayla McBride (31) Alanna Smith (8) Courtney Williams (6) PHX Arena 16,919 1–3
2025 playoff schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	yx – Minnesota Lynx	34	10	.773	–	20–4	20–2	14–8	5–1
2	x – Las Vegas Aces	30	14	.682	4	16–8	17–5	13–9	2–4
3	x – Atlanta Dream	30	14	.682	4	15–6	16–6	14–8	3–2
4	x – Phoenix Mercury	27	17	.614	7	13–11	15–7	12–10	4–2
5	x – New York Liberty	27	17	.614	7	15–5	17–5	10–12	4–1
6	cx – Indiana Fever	24	20	.545	10	13–8	13–9	11–11	4–1
7	x – Seattle Storm	23	21	.523	11	12–12	10–12	13–9	4–2
8	x – Golden State Valkyries	23	21	.523	11	9–15	14–8	9–13	3–3
9	e – Los Angeles Sparks	21	23	.477	13	10–14	9–13	12–10	2–4
10	e – Washington Mystics	16	28	.364	18	8–12	10–12	6–16	2–3
11	e – Connecticut Sun	11	33	.250	23	7–14	7–15	4–18	1–4
12	e – Chicago Sky	10	34	.227	24	4–17	6–16	4–18	1–4
13	e – Dallas Wings	10	34	.227	24	4–20	6–16	4–18	1–5

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Notes

(#) – League Standing

c – Commissioner's Cup winners

y – Regular Season Champion

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

See also: 2025 WNBA playoffs

	First Round: Best-of-3					Semifinals: Best-of-5					Finals: Best-of-7
	1	Minnesota Lynx	2
	8	Golden State Valkyries	0
						1	Minnesota Lynx	1
						4	Phoenix Mercury	3
	4	Phoenix Mercury	2
	5	New York Liberty	1
											4	Phoenix Mercury	0
											2	Las Vegas Aces	4
	2	Las Vegas Aces	2
	7	Seattle Storm	1
						2	Las Vegas Aces	3
						6	Indiana Fever	2
	3	Atlanta Dream	1
	6	Indiana Fever	2

• Bold – Series winner
• Italic – Team with home-court-advantage

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award/Milestone	Date Awarded	Reference
Napheesa Collier	Western Conference Player of the Week	May 28	[45]
		June 10	[46]
	Western Conference Player of the Month – May	June 4	[47]
	Western Conference Player of the Month – June	July 3	[48]
	Western Conference Player of the Month – July	August 4	[49]
	WNBA All-Star Captain and Starter	June 29	[50][51]
	All-Star Game MVP	July 19	[52]
	AP All-WNBA First Team	September 12	[53]
	WNBA Most Valuable Player Top 5 Finalist	September 19	[54]
	WNBA All-Defensive First Team	October 8	[55]
	All-WNBA First Team	October 10	[56]
Kayla McBride	WNBA All-Star Reserve (replacement player)	July 15	[57]
	Western Conference Player of the Week	August 5	[58]
Cheryl Reeve	WNBA All-Star Head Coach	July 3	[59]
	Coach of the Month – July	August 4	[60]
Alanna Smith	WNBA Defensive Player of the Year	September 18	[61]
	WNBA All-Defensive First Team	October 8	[55]
Courtney Williams	WNBA All-Star Reserve	July 7	[62]

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