The 2027 WNBA Draft is still months away, but on Sunday, we’ll find out who will have the first overall pick come April 2027.
The WNBA will hold its annual draft lottery on Sunday, Nov. 15. With a potentially generational prospect in USC guard JuJu Watkins at the top of the board, half a dozen teams hope the lottery balls will bounce their way.
But beyond Watkins, Texas forward Madison Booker and Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo are also highly regarded prospects who profile as solid WNBA players in their own right.
As such, the lottery has a chance to affect the trajectories of a number of teams, with the expansion Toronto Tempo and the rebooted Houston Comets among them.
Here are the teams with the best odds to win the WNBA Draft Lottery, with a breakdown of how the process will unfold.
How does the WNBA Draft Lottery work?
Six teams — the Comets, the Tempo, the Washington Mystics, the Seattle Storm, the Portland Fire and the Los Angeles Sparks — will participate in the Draft Lottery, which will air Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
WNBA lottery odds are determined by taking the cumulative two-year records of each team involved. In the cases of the Tempo and the Fire, their lottery odds are calculated solely on the 2026 season, when both teams debuted.
In the lottery itself, 14 lottery balls numbered 1 through 14 are mixed into the WNBA’s “lottery machine.” Four of those balls are drawn to create a four-number combination.
One qualifying team which holds that exact four-number combination will be awarded the first overall pick. The process repeats to decide which team will pick second.
The third pick will go to the remaining lottery team with the worst record over the past two seasons. This process repeats for picks four through seven.
WNBA Draft Lottery odds 2027
The Comets (formerly the Connecticut Sun) have posted a WNBA-worst 22-66 record over the 2025 and 2026 seasons. That is a 25.0 winning percentage, which the Tempo shares after an 11-33 campaign in 2026.
That gives Houston and Toronto equal 32.9 percent odds to land the top pick.
Behind them are the Mystics, who made the playoffs in 2026 but acquired their lottery selection from the Chicago Sky after the Ariel Atkins trade in 2025. Washington has a 16.1 percent chance to get the first pick.
The Seattle Storm had the WNBA’s worst record in 2026, but their status as a playoff team in 2025 leaves them with just a 9.3 percent chance to upset the field and win the lottery.
The Fire is next with a 5.2 percent chance, followed by the Sparks at a combined 3.6 percent. The Sparks have two lottery picks after acquiring one from the Phoenix Mercury in August’s Kelsey Plum trade.
| Team | Odds for #1 pick |
| Houston Comets | 32.9% |
| Toronto Tempo | 32.9% |
| Washington Mystics (via Chicago) | 16.1% |
| Seattle Storm | 9.3% |
| Portland Fire | 5.2% |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 2.4% |
| Los Angeles Sparks (via Phoenix) | 1.2% |
