So you’re hoping to tune into some of the best women’s basketball in the world? We’ve got you! Today we pulled together some of your most pressing WNBA schedule questions to make catching games easy. We’ll reveal the answer to: when is the WNBA season – including when it starts, and much more. Let’s get after it!
The 2023 WNBA season runs May 19 through September 10, with Finals concluding by October 20th. It includes a record-high 40 games for all 12 teams.
“We eagerly anticipate tipping off the 2023 season and building on the success of last season, which was our most-watched in 14 years and set records for social media engagement, digital consumption and merchandise sales,” said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. “The expanded schedule will provide fans greater opportunities to see the best players in the world compete on the game’s biggest stage.”
The 2023 WNBA season starts on May 19, 2023. View the WNBA schedule here. Tune in for the WNBA opening weekend schedule:
The 2023 WNBA runs May through October.
The WNBA’s season is 5 months long (including Playoffs and the Finals) with 40 games per team during the regular season.
The 2023 WNBA draft is April 10, 2023.
WNBA All-Star weekend 2023 will be played on Saturday, July 15. Learn more about this year’s All-Star weekend here.
The Commissioner’s Cup is Tuesday, August 15, 2023. During which the team from each conference with the top record in Commissioner’s Cup presented by Coinbase games (all completed from May 19 – July 12) will compete for a half-a-million-dollar prize pool.
WNBA Playoffs begin September 13, 2023.
Yes, the WNBA has preseason. Pre-season games begin on May 5th and end on May 15th.
Be sure to tune in! Last year an average of 379,000 viewers watched WNBA games on ABC, ESPN and CBS – a 16% increase from 2021. Find out how to watch WNBA games here. Explore more key WNBA dates here.
