The 2027 WNBA Draft Lottery is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 15, the league announced Wednesday. The event will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN following the UConn vs. Louisville women's basketball game.
Lottery odds revealed
The WNBA released official odds for the new seven-team lottery. The expansion Houston Comets (formerly Connecticut Sun) and Toronto Tempo share the best odds for the No. 1 overall pick at 32.9% each. The Comets posted a 22-66 record over the last two seasons, while the Tempo went 11-33 in their inaugural 2026 campaign. Both teams finished with a .250 winning percentage, leading the league to combine and evenly split their lottery combinations.
Other teams in the lottery include the Chicago Sky (16.1%), Seattle Storm (9.3%), Portland Fire (5.2%), Los Angeles Sparks (2.4%), and Phoenix Mercury (1.2%). However, pick swaps and trades alter the actual drafting order: the Sky owe the Washington Mystics a first-round pick swap, and the Mercury traded their first-round pick to the Sparks, giving Los Angeles two lottery selections. Lottery odds are based on the team that originally owned the pick.
How the lottery works
The drawing uses 14 balls numbered 1-14. Four balls are drawn to determine a four-digit combination assigned to a team for the No. 1 pick. The balls are returned and the process repeats for the second pick. The remaining five lottery teams select third through seventh in order of worst cumulative winning percentage. Ernst & Young will oversee the process.
Houston went 1-2 against Toronto in the 2026 regular season, meaning the Comets cannot fall lower than the third pick. Toronto is guaranteed at least the fourth pick.
Top prospect: JuJu Watkins
USC star JuJu Watkins is the clear favorite to be selected No. 1 overall in the 2027 WNBA Draft. The 6-foot-2 wing missed the 2025-26 season with a torn ACL but is eligible to return for a fifth year in 2027-28 after taking a medical redshirt. Other notable prospects include Texas forward Madison Booker, Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, Kansas guard S'Mya Nichols, LSU guards Mikaylah Williams and MiLaysia Fulwiley, Kentucky center Clara Strack, and international talents Sarah Cissé and Aïnhoa Risacher.
