The 2016 WNBA season was the 17th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season tipped off on May 1.^[1]

The Fever began the season slowly, losing their opening game. They won the next two games before losing their final two games in May to finish the month with a 2–3 record. In June, the team continued to struggle to find some consistency. They won their first game, but lost the next. After defeating Connecticut, they went on a three game losing streak. The streak ended with a win at San Antonio, but that was followed by an overtime loss to New York. The Fever won their last two games of the month and finished 5–6 in June. The team lost their first two games in July before winning the next two. A loss to Connecticut prevented a winning streak from developing. However, they won their final three games of the month going into the Olympic break. The streak included a ten-point win over Los Angeles. The Fever got off to a slow start after the break, losing their only two games in August, and not managing to score more than 70 points in either. They won their opening game of September, before losing in Los Angeles. They then went on a three game winning streak, which was followed by two losses. They won their final game of the season against Dallas to finish September 5–3.

The Fever finished with a record of 17–17, which placed them third in the Eastern Conference and fifth overall. As the fifth-seed in the 2016 WNBA Playoffs, they hosted the eighth-seed Phoenix Mercury in the First Round. The Fever lost 78–89 to end their season.

The Fever made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Team/Country
1	9	Tiffany Mitchell	United States	Indiana Fever	South Carolina
2	21	Brene Moseley	United States	Indiana Fever	Maryland
3	29	Julie Allemand	Belgium	Indiana Fever	Castors Braine

2016 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 11 Achonwa, Natalie 6' 4" (1.93m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 1 F 24 Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-21-1979 Tennessee 14 G 25 Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland 7 F 99 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 08-16-1984 Temple 10 F 97 Graves, Bashaara 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) 03-17-1994 Tennessee R G 20 January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 7 G 42 Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 12-08-1990 Miami (FL) 4 F 2 Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 205 lb (93kg) 04-02-1986 North Carolina 6 G 33 Lucas, Maggie 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 11-29-1991 Penn State 2 G 3 Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 153 lb (69kg) 09-23-1994 South Carolina 1 F 14 Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame 5 G 32 Pohlen-Mavunga, Jeanette 0' 4" (0.1m) 171 lb (78kg) 05-02-1989 Stanford 4 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 1	Head coach Stephanie White (Purdue) Assistant coaches Steven Key (Boston University) Athletic trainer Strength and conditioning coach Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Notes

# – Playoff seed

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Notes

# – Playoff seed

e – Eliminated from playoffs

The Fever qualified for the 2016 playoffs with the 5th best season record in the WNBA. The Fever would lose to the Phoenix Mercury in the first round, single-elimination game.

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

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