List of WNBA franchise post-season droughts

This is a list of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) franchise post-season appearance droughts. This list includes the all-time and the active consecutive non-playoffs. Aside from the WNBA Playoff appearance droughts, this list also includes appearances in the WNBA Finals and WNBA championships win streak.

Active droughts

WNBA Playoffs appearance droughts

This is a list of teams that have active and current consecutive seasons without playoff appearances.

List updated through October 8, 2024.

^ Longest drought in team history
~ Tied for longest drought in team history
Streak Team Last appearance
in WNBA Playoffs 		References
4 Los Angeles Sparks^ 2020 Second Round [1]
1 Chicago Sky 2023 First Round [2]
1 Dallas Wings 2023 Semifinals [3]
1 Washington Mystics 2023 First Round [4]
2024 Playoff teams
0 Atlanta Dream 2024 First Round [5]
0 Indiana Fever 2024 First Round [6]
0 Phoenix Mercury 2024 First Round [7]
0 Seattle Storm 2024 First Round [8]
0 Connecticut Sun 2024 Semifinals [9]
0 Las Vegas Aces 2024 Semifinals [10]
0 Minnesota Lynx 2024 Finals [11]
0 New York Liberty 2024 Finals [12]

WNBA Playoffs series win droughts

^ Longest drought in team history
♦ Most consecutive series losses in team history

List updated through the 2024 playoffs.

Current Playoff series loss streak
Seasons
since win 		Team Last series win
in NBA Playoffs 		Losing
streak 		Series losses – teams Ref
9 Indiana Fever^ 2015 Conference Finals 3 ♦ 2015 Minnesota
2016 Phoenix
2024 Connecticut 		[6]
8 Atlanta Dream^ 2016 First Round 4 ♦ 2016 Chicago
2018 Washington
2023 Dallas
2024 New York 		[5]
5 Los Angeles Sparks^ 2019 Second Round 2 2019 Connecticut
2020 Connecticut 		[1]
5 Washington Mystics 2019 Finals 3 2020 Phoenix
2022 Seattle
2023 New York 		[4]
3 Phoenix Mercury 2021 Semifinals 3 ♦ 2021 Chicago
2022 Las Vegas
2024 Minnesota 		[7]
2 Chicago Sky 2022 First Round 2 2022 Connecticut
2023 Las Vegas 		[2]
2 Seattle Storm 2022 First Round 2 2022 Las Vegas
2024 Las Vegas 		[8]
1 Dallas Wings 2023 First Round 1 2023 Las Vegas [3]
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0 Connecticut Sun 2024 First Round 0 [9]
0 Las Vegas Aces 2024 First Round 0 [10]
0 Minnesota Lynx 2024 Semifinals 0 [11]
0 New York Liberty 2024 Semifinals 0 [12]

WNBA Finals appearance droughts

Seasons Team Last appearance
in NBA Finals 		Result Reference
16 Dallas Wings[a] 2008 Won vs. San Antonio [3]
10 Atlanta Dream 2014 Lost vs. Minnesota [5]
9 Indiana Fever 2015 Lost vs. Minnesota [6]
7 Los Angeles Sparks 2017 Lost vs. Minnesota [1]
5 Washington Mystics 2019 Won vs. Connecticut [4]
4 Seattle Storm 2020 Won vs. Las Vegas [8]
2 Chicago Sky 2021 Won vs. Phoenix [2]
2 Phoenix Mercury 2021 Lost vs. Chicago [7]
2 Connecticut Sun 2022 Lost vs. Las Vegas [9]
1 Las Vegas Aces 2023 Won vs. New York [10]
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0 Minnesota Lynx 2024 [11]
0 New York Liberty 2024 [12]

WNBA championship title droughts

Seasons Team Last WNBA championship Reference
27 New York Liberty Never [12]
25 Connecticut Sun Never [9]
16 Atlanta Dream Never [5]
16 Dallas Wings[a] 2008 [3]
12 Indiana Fever 2012 [6]
10 Phoenix Mercury 2014 [7]
8 Los Angeles Sparks 2016 [1]
7 Minnesota Lynx 2017 [11]
5 Washington Mystics 2019 [4]
4 Seattle Storm 2020 [8]
3 Chicago Sky 2021 [2]
1 Las Vegas Aces 2023 [10]
  • a The Dallas Wings last won a championship in the 2008 WNBA Finals as the Detroit Shock.

All-time streaks

Longest post-season droughts in team history

Updated through the 2024 season.

^ Denotes active drought
Team Longest streak with
no post-season appearances 		Seasons
Chicago Sky 2006 through 2012 7
Indiana Fever 2017 through 2023 7
Phoenix Mercury 2001 through 2006 6
Minnesota Lynx 2005 through 2010 6
Dallas Wings 2010 through 2014 5
Las Vegas Aces 1997 through 2000
2003 through 2006
2015 through 2018		 4
Connecticut Sun 2013 through 2016 4
Atlanta Dream 2019 through 2022 4
Los Angeles Sparks ^ 2021 through 2024 4
New York Liberty 2018 through 2020 3
Washington Mystics 1998 through 1999
2007 through 2008
2011 through 2012		 2
Seattle Storm 2000 through 2001
2014 through 2015		 2

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Los Angeles Sparks". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Chicago Sky". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Dallas Wings". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Washington Mystics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "Atlanta Dream". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Indiana Fever". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d "Phoenix Mercury". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Seattle Storm". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "Connecticut Sun". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d "Las Vegas Aces". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d "Minnesota Lynx". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "New York Liberty". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.