WNBA Power Rankings: Storm bounce back while Sky fall in Week 4 edition

Nearly a period into the WNBA season, it's casual to place the plot. Two teams person soared and conscionable request to support their momentum. One squad seems to person nary momentum astatine all. And the remainder are inactive trying to fig it out.

While the Minnesota Lynx and New York Liberty stay ensconced successful the penthouse with the Dallas Wings successful the cellar, the different 10 teams are moving up and down ESPN's WNBA Power Rankings.

Injuries, arsenic always, are taking a toll. That includes a season-ending close ACL teardrop for Chicago Sky seasoned constituent defender Courtney Vandersloot. She was wounded midway done the archetypal 4th of Saturday's nonaccomplishment to the Indiana Fever, casting a pall implicit a historical evening; it was the Sky's first crippled astatine United Center, successful beforehand of the largest location assemblage successful franchise history. Chicago's discourtesy was already tepid with Vandersloot, who is No. 2 connected the league's all-time assists list, and it looked adjacent worse without her.

By contrast, Indiana played good for the 2nd crippled successful a enactment without constituent defender Caitlin Clark (quadriceps) aft losing its 2 erstwhile games with her sidelined. The Fever climbed backmost to .500, and they are hopeful Clark volition instrumentality soon.

We're heading into the last agelong of Commissioner's Cup games, with the Lynx and Liberty closing successful connected their 2nd consecutive matchup successful the in-season tourney last portion different teams effort to physique consistency into their play.

1. Minnesota Lynx (9-0)

Previous ranking: 1

Next 7 days: @ SEA (June 11), vs. LA (June 14)

Napheesa Collier was the unanimous prime for MVP successful the archetypal variation of our play awards tracker due to the fact that of the magnitude of work she carries erstwhile it comes to Minnesota's success, but the Lynx inactive get what they request from the remainder of the roster. In victories implicit Phoenix and Dallas past week, defender Natisha Hiedeman was peculiarly effectual disconnected the bench, combining for 27 points connected 61.1% shooting.

2. New York Liberty (8-0)

Previous ranking: 2

Next 7 days: vs. CHI (June 10), @ IND (June 14)

It was a quiescent week for the Liberty, who won their lone contest, an 86-78 determination astatine Washington featuring Breanna Stewart's archetypal double-double of the play (26 points, 11 rebounds). Like the Lynx, the Liberty get a bully assistance from their bench. Kennedy Burke, ESPN's early front-runner for Sixth Player of the Year, had 12 points connected 80% shooting against the Mystics. The UCLA grad is putting up the champion stats of her vocation successful her sixth WNBA season.

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Breanna Stewart's 26-point double-double leads Liberty to victory

Breanna Stewart cooks the Mystics for 26 points and 11 rebounds successful 86-78 win.

3. Seattle Storm (5-4)

Previous ranking: 7

Next 7 days: vs. MIN (June 11), @ GS (June 14)

The Storm person been yo-yoing successful our Power Rankings, falling to seventh last week past rising backmost up to 3rd aft beating Dallas and Phoenix. Gabby Williams led the mode versus the Wings with 18 points astatine home, portion Skylar Diggins had a season-high 26 points to spell with 7 assists connected the roadworthy against the Mercury.

The Storm get different changeable astatine the Lynx this week aft falling by 5 points successful the erstwhile meeting, connected May 27.

4. Phoenix Mercury (6-4)

Previous ranking: 4

Next 7 days: vs. DAL (June 11), @ LV (June 15)

Phoenix mislaid to Minnesota and Seattle but bushed Golden State past week. For the archetypal clip this season, defender Lexi Held led the Mercury successful scoring, doing truthful successful back-to-back games with 16 points against the Lynx past 24 against the Valkyries. Undrafted retired of DePaul, Held signed a grooming campy declaration with Chicago successful 2022 but was chopped earlier that run began. Now 25, she is getting her accidental successful the WNBA.

5. Atlanta Dream (5-3)

Previous ranking: 3

Next 7 days: vs. IND (June 10), vs. CHI (June 13), @ WAS (June 15)

Last week was a letdown for Atlanta, which caught Connecticut astatine the incorrect time. The Sun had 5 days to stew connected a 48-point clobbering by the Liberty earlier defeating the Dream 84-76 connected Friday. There was immoderate bully quality for Atlanta: Guard Jordin Canada, who had been retired with a close genu injury, made her play debut against Connecticut. She didn't people but tallied 3 assists.

6. Indiana Fever (4-4)

Previous ranking: 9

Next 7 days: @ ATL (June 10), vs. NY (June 14)

The Fever picked up Aari McDonald via exigency hardship with guards Clark and Sophie Cunningham (ankle) out. McDonald had 7 points, 5 assists and 3 steals successful a triumph implicit Washington and 12, 2 and 3 successful a triumph implicit Chicago. Guard Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana successful scoring successful some games with a combined 41 points. The Fever needed to get backmost immoderate assurance without Clark, and they did conscionable that.

7. Las Vegas Aces (4-3)

Previous ranking: 5

Next 7 days: vs. LA (June 11), vs. DAL (June 13), vs. PHO (June 15)

It's uncommon that the two-time WNBA champion Aces don't mentally amusement up, but that's what seemed to hap successful their 95-68 nonaccomplishment astatine Golden State connected Saturday. Coach Becky Hammon ripped the squad for deficiency of effort successful its lone crippled of the week. Guards Jackie Young and Jewell Loyd were a combined 2-of-14 from the tract and 5-of-7 from the foul enactment for 9 points. In her archetypal play with Las Vegas, Loyd is shooting conscionable 29.4% from the field.

8. Golden State Valkyries (4-5)

Previous ranking: 10

Next 7 days: vs. SEA (June 14)

For the 2nd clip this season, the Valkyries person won 2 games successful a row. After falling 86-77 connected Thursday astatine Phoenix, they blew retired Las Vegas 95-68 (Saturday) and bushed Los Angeles 89-81 successful overtime (Monday). Golden State grabbed 17 violative rebounds against the Sparks. Rookie guardant Janelle Salaun had a season-high 21 points positive 8 rebounds.

9. Washington Mystics (4-6)

Previous ranking: 6

Next 7 days: vs. ATL (June 15)

After losing to Indiana and New York, Washington had its highest points full of the play successful Saturday's 104-67 triumph against Connecticut. Veteran defender Brittney Sykes enactment up 28 points, her seventh crippled of the run with 20 oregon much points. Forward Kiki Iriafen -- ESPN's early-season pick for Rookie of the Year -- leads Washington successful rebounding (9.4 per game) and is 2nd to Sykes successful scoring (14.6 points per game).

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Washington Mystics vs. Connecticut Sun - Game Highlights

Watch the Game Highlights from Washington Mystics vs. Connecticut Sun, 06/08/2025

10. Los Angeles Sparks (3-7)

Previous ranking: 11

Next 7 days: @ LV (June 11), @ MIN (June 14)

The Sparks bushed Dallas connected Friday and had a accidental to unafraid back-to-back wins for the archetypal clip this play erstwhile they faced Golden State connected Monday. But Los Angeles missed a changeable astatine the extremity of regularisation and the Valkyries took implicit successful overtime for the 89-81 victory. The Sparks are 11th successful rebounding (32.4), which wounded them a batch against Golden State.

11. Connecticut Sun (2-7)

Previous ranking: 13

Next 7 days: vs. CHI (June 15)

The Sun's signifier implicit the past 5 games has been to let 100-plus points successful a nonaccomplishment past travel backmost with a victory. After snapping Atlanta's four-game winning streak connected Marina Mabrey's season-high 34 points connected Friday, Connecticut mislaid 104-67 to Washington connected Sunday. We'll spot if this trends holds for the Sun's lone crippled implicit this adjacent week, against the ailing Sky.

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Marina Mabrey's 34 points springiness Sun 2nd win

Marina Mabrey drops 34 points to powerfulness the Sun to their 2nd triumph of the season.

12. Chicago Sky (2-5)

Previous ranking: 8

Next 7 days: @ NY (June 10), @ ATL (June 13), @ CON (June 15)

These aren't casual times for the Sky, who mislaid their lone crippled of the week to the Fever. Vandersloot -- Chicago's champion playmaker and astir experienced seasoned -- is retired the remainder of the season. The Sky are averaging 77.4 PPG, which is precisely wherever they finished past season, but are allowing a league-worst 90.1 PPG, up from 82.5 past year. Unless they tin amended connected some ends, it volition beryllium pugnacious to compete.

13. Dallas Wings (1-9)

Previous ranking: 12

Next 7 days: @ PHO (June 11), @ LV (June 13)

The lack of No. 1 draught prime Paige Bueckers -- who was successful the concussion protocol for 3 games past missed different with an unwellness -- has wounded the Wings implicit their past 4 games, each losses (to Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and Minnesota). Dallas besides is without defender Tyasha Harris (knee) and halfway Teaira McCowan, and the Wings volition soon suffer halfway Luisa Geiselsöder. McCowan (Turkey) and Geiselsöder (Germany) volition vie successful the EuroBasket tourney aboriginal this period earlier returning to the WNBA successful July.