Overview
- A league announcement Sunday set a two-day designation period for Monday and Tuesday, a Wednesday–Friday negotiating window, and signings starting Saturday.
- More than 100 players are on the market as over 80% of the league hits free agency, with only Seattle’s Lexie Brown and Phoenix’s Kalani Brown among vets already under contract.
- The new deal lifts the 2026 team cap to about $7 million and pegs the supermax near $1.4 million, driving sizable raises projected by Spotrac for young stars such as Aliyah Boston ($574,000), Caitlin Clark ($528,000), Paige Bueckers ($500,000) and Angel Reese ($350,000).
- A new Exceptional Performance on Initial Contract provision lets certain All‑WNBA or MVP honorees renegotiate Year 4 and reach max or supermax earlier, accelerating earnings for top rookies.
- Top names like A’ja Wilson in Las Vegas and New York’s Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu have signaled they will re-sign, as teams race toward the April 13 draft and April 19 training camps after the April 3 expansion draft for Portland and Toronto.