| 2025Phoenix Mercury season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Nate Tibbetts |
| Arena | Mortgage Matchup Center[a] |
| Attendance | 11,306 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 27–17 (.614) |
| Place | 2nd(Western) |
| Playoff finish | 4th seed – Lost inWNBA Finals 0–4 toLas Vegas Aces |
The2025 Phoenix Mercury season was the 28th season for thePhoenix Mercury of theWomen's National Basketball Association, and the second season under general manager, Nick U'Ren, and head coach,Nate Tibbetts. It will be the first season since2012 without 11-year veteran and2014 WNBA championBrittney Griner under contract, signing with theAtlanta Dream in free agency. It will also be the first season following the retirement of 3-timeWNBA champion and WNBA all-time leading scorerDiana Taurasi who spent all 20 of her WNBA seasons (2004–2014, 2016–2024) with the franchise.
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| Date | Details | Ref. |
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| February | |||
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| February 2 (Four-team trade) | ToPhoenix Mercury Alyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally,Kalani Brown, andSevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings) | ToConnecticut Sun Rebecca Allen andNatasha Cloud(from Phoenix Mercury) Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings) 2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever) | [1][2] |
| ToDallas Wings DiJonai Carrington andTyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun) NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever) Rights toMikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick(from Phoenix Mercury) | ToIndiana Fever Sophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick(from Phoenix Mercury) Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings) | ||
| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natasha Mack | January 17 | Training camp contract | [3][4] |
| Celeste Taylor | January 22 | [4][5] | |
| Amy Atwell | February 2 | [6] | |
| Murjanatu Musa | May 19 | Activated | [7] |
| Player | Date | Notes | Former Team | Ref. |
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| Sami Whitcomb | February 2 | Details unannounced | Seattle Storm | [8] |
| Anna Makurat | February 7 | Training camp contract | Geas Basket | [9][10] |
| Lexi Held | PEAC-Pécs | [10][11] | ||
| Kathryn Westbeld | February 10 | TARR KSC Szekszárd | [10][12] | |
| Kitija Laksa | February 11 | One-year deal | Fenerbahçe S.K. | [13] |
| Murjanatu Musa | February 17 | Training camp contract | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre | [10][14] |
| Monique Akoa Makani | March 11 | Training camp contract | Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud | [15] |
| Shyla Heal | March 13 | Tarsus Belediyesi Mersin | [16] | |
| Alexis Prince | March 20 | Elitzur Ramla | [17] | |
| Helena Pueyo | April 16 | Basket Zaragoza | [18] | |
| Julia Ayrault | April 17 | Michigan State Spartans | [19] | |
| Megan McConnell | Duquesne Dukes | [20] | ||
| June 3 | Rest of season contract | [21] | ||
| Temira Poindexter | April 18 | Training camp contract | Kansas State Wildcats | [22] |
| Haley Jones | June 1 | Hardship contract | Atlanta Dream | [23] |
| Kiana Williams | June 26 | Rest of season contract | Hefei | [24] |
| July 15 | 7-day contract | Free agent | [25] | |
| July 22 | [26] | |||
| August 13 | [27] | |||
| August 20 | Rest of season contract | [28] | ||
| DeWanna Bonner | July 8 | [29] |
| Player | Date | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charisma Osborne | — | Free agency – unrestricted | — | |
| Klara Lundquist | February 18, 2022 | Suspended – contract expired | — | |
| Monique Billings | December 6, 2024 | Free agency – unrestricted / Expansion draft | Golden State Valkyries | [30] |
| Brittney Griner | February 1, 2025 | Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted | Atlanta Dream | [31] |
| Amy Atwell | February 13, 2025 | Waived | — | [32] |
| Diana Taurasi | February 25, 2025 | Retired | N/A | [33] |
| Julia Ayrault | April 25, 2025 | Suspended – personal decision | N/A – retained rights | [34] |
| Shyla Heal | May 7, 2025 | Waived | — | [35] |
| Anna Makurat | — | |||
| Helena Pueyo | May 9, 2025 | Suspended – personal decision | N/A – retained rights | [36] |
| Temira Poindexter | May 15, 2025 | Waived | – | [37] |
| Celeste Taylor | — | |||
| Murjanatu Musa | Suspended contract – temporary | N/A – retained rights | ||
| July 8, 2025 | Waived | — | [29] | |
| Megan McConnell | May 15, 2025 | Waived | — | [37] |
| June 26, 2025 | — | [38] | ||
| Alexis Prince | May 19, 2025 | — | [7] | |
| Sevgi Uzun | June 2, 2025 | Chicago Sky | [39] | |
| Haley Jones | June 8, 2025 | Dallas Wings | [40] | |
| Kiana Williams | July 10, 2025 | — | [41] | |
| July 22, 2025 | Released — end of 7-day contract | — | ||
| July 29, 2025 | — | [42] | ||
| August 20, 2025 | — |
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| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
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| PG | Monique Akoa Makani | |
| SG | Kahleah Copper | Lexi Held Sami Whitcomb |
| SF | Natasha Mack | Kitija Laksa |
| PF | Alyssa Thomas | Kathryn Westbeld |
| C | Satou Sabally | Kalani Brown |
| 2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
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| 2025 game log Total: 27–17 (Home: 15–7; Road: 12–10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 4–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–1)
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June: 8–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–1)
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July: 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)
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August: 8–5 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–2)
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September: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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| 1 | yx –Minnesota Lynx | 34 | 10 | .773 | – | 20–4 | 20–2 | 14–8 | 5–1 |
| 2 | x –Las Vegas Aces | 30 | 14 | .682 | 4 | 16–8 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 2–4 |
| 3 | x –Atlanta Dream | 30 | 14 | .682 | 4 | 15–6 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 3–2 |
| 4 | x –Phoenix Mercury | 27 | 17 | .614 | 7 | 13–11 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 4–2 |
| 5 | x –New York Liberty | 27 | 17 | .614 | 7 | 15–5 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 4–1 |
| 6 | cx –Indiana Fever | 24 | 20 | .545 | 10 | 13–8 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 4–1 |
| 7 | x –Seattle Storm | 23 | 21 | .523 | 11 | 12–12 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 4–2 |
| 8 | x –Golden State Valkyries | 23 | 21 | .523 | 11 | 9–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 3–3 |
| 9 | e –Los Angeles Sparks | 21 | 23 | .477 | 13 | 10–14 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 2–4 |
| 10 | e –Washington Mystics | 16 | 28 | .364 | 18 | 8–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 2–3 |
| 11 | e –Connecticut Sun | 11 | 33 | .250 | 23 | 7–14 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 1–4 |
| 12 | e –Chicago Sky | 10 | 34 | .227 | 24 | 4–17 | 6–16 | 4–18 | 1–4 |
| 13 | e –Dallas Wings | 10 | 34 | .227 | 24 | 4–20 | 6–16 | 4–18 | 1–5 |
Notes
| First Round: Best-of-3 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-7 | ||||||||||||
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| 8 | Golden State Valkyries | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota Lynx | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Phoenix Mercury | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Phoenix Mercury | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | New York Liberty | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Seattle Storm | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Atlanta Dream | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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| Alyssa Thomas | WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 7 | [43] |
| Western Conference Player of the Week | July 15 | [44] | |
| September 2 | [45] | ||
| AP All-WNBA First Team | September 12 | [46] | |
| WNBA Most Valuable Player Top 5 Finalist | September 19 | [47] | |
| WNBA All-Defensive First Team | October 8 | [48] | |
| All-WNBA First Team | October 10 | [49] | |
| Satou Sabally | WNBA All-Star Starter | June 30 | [50] |
