The 2025 Washington Mystics season was the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach, Sydney Johnson.

On April 30, 2025, the Mystics announced that 2025 first round draft pick, Georgia Amoore, had suffered an ACL injury during training camp. And on May 1, 2025, it was announced that forward Aaliyah Edwards was diagnosed with a low back contusion and would be unavailable to play for at least two weeks.

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Outcome Ref. 1 3 Sonia Citron PG Notre DameSigned rookie contract April 24Made opening day roster 1 4 Kiki Iriafen F USC 1 6 Georgia AmooreG KentuckySigned rookie contract April 22Made opening day roster 2 23 Lucy Olsen Iowa 3 32 Zaay Green AlabamaSigned rookie contract April 22Waived on May 14

Transactions

Front office and coaching DateDetails Ref. October 23, 2024 Mutually agreed to part ways with both head coach, Eric Thibault, and general manager, Mike Thibault December 23, 2024 Hired Sydney Johnson as head coach Hired Jamila Wideman as general manager March 18, 2025 Hired Emre Vatansever and Jessie Miller as assistant coaches Shelley Patterson transitioned from assistant coach to Head of Domestic Scouting April 2, 2025 Hired Barbara Turner as an assistant coach Hired Clinton Crouch as head of player development

Trades February To Washington Mystics2025 No. 3 draft pick2027 second round draft pickRights to swap 2027 first round draft picks To Chicago SkyAriel Atkins April April 14 To Washington Mystics2026 first round pick (Minnesota's own) To Minnesota LynxKarlie Samuelson August August 5 To Washington MysticsAlysha ClarkZia Cooke2026 first round pick (Seattle's own) To Seattle StormBrittney Sykes August 7 To Washington Mystics Jacy SheldonRight to swap 2026 first round picks To Connecticut SunAaliyah Edwards

Free agency Re-signed Player Date Notes Ref. Emily Engstler February 4 Training camp contract Sug Sutton

Additions Player Date Notes Former Team Ref. Taylor Soule February 11 Training camp contract Zagłębie Sosnowiec Khadijiah Cave April 19 Botaş SK Morgan Jones MGS Panserraikos Serres JoJo Lacey Rutgers Scarlet Knights Ashten Prechtel TFSE-MTK Budapest Georgia Amoore April 22 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 6) Kentucky Wildcats Zaay Green Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 32) Alabama Crimson Tide Lucy Olsen Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 23) Iowa Hawkeyes Sonia Citron April 24 Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 3) Notre Dame Fighting Irish Kiki Iriafen Rookie contract(2025 draft pick – No. 4) USC Trojans Lauren Jensen May 8 Training camp contract Creighton Bluejays Madison Scott August 14 7-day contract Free agent August 21 August 28 September 4 Rest of season contract

Subtractions / unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Txell Alarcón April 10, 2023 Unsigned draft pick(2023 draft pick – No. 32) N/A – retained rights Nastja Claessens April 15, 2024 Unsigned draft pick(2024 draft pick – No. 30) Julie Vanloo December 6 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries Marica Gajić December 30 Renounced rights — Bernadett Határ February 1 Free agency – reserved(qualifying offer extended) Not signed – rights retained Shatori Walker-Kimbrough Free agency – unrestricted Atlanta Dream Taylor Soule April 1 Waived — Elena Delle Donne April 4 Retired N/A Morgan Jones May 4 Waived — JoJo Lacey — Khadijah CaveMay 14— Zaay Green— Lauren Jensen— Ashten Prechtel— Sika Koné July 18Suspended contract – temporaryN/A – retained rights August 5 Waived Atlanta Dream Zia Cooke Seattle Storm

Roster

Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Sug Sutton Georgia Amoore Lucy OlsenJacy Sheldon SG Jade Melbourne Alysha Clark SF Sonia Citron Emily Engstler PF Kiki Iriafen C Shakira Austin Stefanie Dolson

Schedule Preseason

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 3 | @ Indiana | L 74–79 (OT) | Brittney Sykes (18) | Stefanie Dolson (8) | Sug Sutton (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse12,461 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | May 7 | Atlanta | L 70–80 | Brittney Sykes (13) | Ashten Prechtel (7) | Zaay Green (4) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 0–2

Regular season

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | May 16 | Atlanta | W 94–90 | Brittney Sykes (22) | Engstler, Melbourne (5) | Brittney Sykes (5) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 1–0

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 18 | @ Connecticut | W 90–85 | Brittney Sykes (27) | Kiki Iriafen (14) | Brittney Sykes (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,834 | 2–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 21 | @ Golden State | L 74–76 | Brittney Sykes (30) | Kiki Iriafen (12) | Jade Melbourne (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 2–1

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 | May 23 | @ Las Vegas | L 72–75 | Sonia Citron (19) | rowspan=2| Kiki Iriafen (13) | Stefanie Dolson (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,509 | 2–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 | May 25 | @ Phoenix | L 62–68 | Sonia Citron (14) | Brittney Sykes (5) | PHX Arena10,065 | 2–3 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 6 | May 28 | Indiana | W 83–77 | Brittney Sykes (21) | Brittney Sykes (9) | Jade Melbourne (5) | CFG Bank Arena11,183 | 3–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 7 | May 30 | New York | L 63–85 | Brittney Sykes (20) | Kiki Iriafen (7) | Brittney Sykes (3) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 3–4

|- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 3 | @ Indiana | L 76–85 | Kiki Iriafen (20) | Kiki Iriafen (9) | Brittney Sykes (4) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,013 | 3–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 5 | New York | L 78–86 | Kiki Iriafen (17) | Shakira Austin (11) | Brittney Sykes (5) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 3–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 8 | Connecticut | W 104–67 | Brittney Sykes (28) | Emily Engstler (9) | Brittney Sykes (6) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 4–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 15 | Atlanta | L 56–89 | Sonia Citron (10) | Kiki Iriafen (8) | Sug Sutton (4) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 4–7 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 12 | June 17 | @ Chicago | W 79–72 | Brittney Sykes (32) | Austin, Citron (9) | Sug Sutton (6) | Wintrust Arena7,579 | 5–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 13 | June 20 | @ Atlanta | L 91–92 | Shakira Austin (28) | Shakira Austin (10) | Brittney Sykes (8) | Gateway Center Arena3,265 | 5–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 14 | June 22 | Dallas | W 91–88 (OT) | Sonia Citron (27) | Sonia Citron (11) | Kiki Iriafen (6) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 6–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 15 | June 24 | Minnesota | W 68–64 | Shakira Austin (19) | Kiki Iriafen (11) | Jade Melbourne (5) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 7–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | June 26 | @ Las Vegas | W 94–83 | Sonia Citron (21) | Shakira Austin (13) | Sug Sutton (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,427 | 8–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | June 28 | @ Dallas | L 71–79 | Sonia Citron (22) | Sonia Citron (10) | Brittney Sykes (5) | College Park Center6,006 | 8–9

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 18 | July 3 | @ Minnesota | L 75–92 | Lucy Olsen (19) | Kiki Iriafen (7) | Jade Melbourne (4) | Target Center8,824 | 8–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | July 8 | Chicago | W 81–79 | Shakira Austin (15) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Austin, Sykes (4) | EagleBank Arena9,350 | 9–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 20 | July 10 | Las Vegas | W 70–68 | Brittney Sykes (18) | Austin, Iriafen (8) | Sug Sutton (6) | EagleBank Arena9,350 | 10–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | July 13 | @ Seattle | W 74–69 | Brittney Sykes (19) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Shakira Austin (5) | Climate Pledge Arena11,126 | 11–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | July 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 80–99 | Shakira Austin (16) | Austin, Iriafen (8) | Sonia Citron (6) | Crypto.com Arena10,787 | 11–11 |- align=center |colspan=9 bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | July 22 | Los Angeles | L 86–93 | Brittney Sykes (18) | Shakira Austin (6) | Sonia Citron (6) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 11–12 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 24 | July 26 | Seattle | W 69–58 | Shakira Austin (14) | Austin, Iriafen (11) | Brittney Sykes (5) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 12–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 25 | July 27 | Phoenix | L 72–88 | Shakira Austin (20) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Melbourne, Sykes (4) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 12–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 26 | July 29 | Chicago | W 103–86 | Sonia Citron (28) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Brittney Sykes (6) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 13–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 27 | July 31 | Golden State | L 67–68 | Sonia Citron (16) | Shakira Austin (9) | Sug Sutton (6) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 13–14

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 3 | @ Atlanta | L 83–99 | Kiki Iriafen (22) | Kiki Iriafen (5) | Citron, Iriafen, Sutton, Sykes (4) | Gateway Center Arena3,315 | 13–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | August 5 | @ Chicago | L 64–78 | Sonia Citron (13) | Kiki Iriafen (6) | Sug Sutton (5) | Wintrust Arena6,572 | 13–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | August 8 | @ Minnesota | L 76–80 | Sonia Citron (26) | Kiki Iriafen (9) | Citron, Iriafen, Sutton (4) | Target Center8,821 | 13–17 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 31 | August 10 | @ Dallas | W 91–78 | Kiki Iriafen (23) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sonia Citron (6) | College Park Center6,152 | 14–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | August 13 | Golden State | L 83–88 | Citron, Sutton (15) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sug Sutton (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 14–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 33 | August 15 | @ Indiana | W 88–84 | Sonia Citron (21) | Kiki Iriafen (12) | Jade Melbourne (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,006 | 15–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 34 | August 17 | Los Angeles | W 95–86 | Sonia Citron (24) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sug Sutton (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 16–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 35 | August 19 | Connecticut | L 69–80 | Sonia Citron (19) | Kiki Iriafen (12) | Sug Sutton (7) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 16–19 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 36 | August 21 | @ Connecticut | L 56–67 | Sonia Citron (15) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sug Sutton (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,144 | 16–20 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 37 | August 23 | Las Vegas | L 81–91 | Kiki Iriafen (21) | Kiki Iriafen (15) | Jade Melbourne (6) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 16–21 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 38 | August 24 | Seattle | L 82–84 | Shakira Austin (30) | Citron, Iriafen (6) | Sug Sutton (9) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 16–22 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 39 | August 28 | @ New York | L 63–89 | Sonia Citron (18) | Shakira Austin (5) | Clark, Engstler (4) | Barclays Center15,015 | 16–23 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 40 | August 30 | @ Golden State | L 62–99 | Sug Sutton (17) | Alysha Clark (6) | Jade Melbourne (4) | Chase Center18,064 | 16–24 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 41 | August 31 | @ Los Angeles | L 78–81 | Kiki Iriafen (22) | Kiki Iriafen (13) | Melbourne, Sutton (5) | Crypto.com Arena12,218 | 16–25

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 42 | September 4 | Phoenix | L 69–75 | Kiki Iriafen (18) | Kiki Iriafen (13) | Sug Sutton (8) | CareFirst Arena4,200 | 16–26 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 43 | September 7 | Indiana | L 65–94 | Sonia Citron (17) | Austin, Engstler (7) | Jade Melbourne (5) | CFG Bank Arena11,183 | 16–27 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 44 | September 9 | @ New York | L 66–75 | Kiki Iriafen (16) | Kiki Iriafen (6) | Austin, Citron (4) | Barclays Center17,532 | 16–28

Notes: Games highlighted in ██ represent Commissioner's Cup games.

Standings

Statistics

Source:

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG Sonia Citron 44 44 32.2 47.0% 44.5% 87.2% 4.0 2.4 1.3 0.4 2.1 14.9 Brittney Sykes 25 25 31.0 37.9% 31.8% 78.5% 3.4 4.4 1.2 0.3 2.7 15.4 Kiki Iriafen 44 44 26.9 48.8% 18.2% 78.4% 8.5 1.6 0.6 0.2 2.2 13.3 Sug Sutton 43 43 26.1 42.2% 35.3% 77.1% 1.8 3.9 0.8 0.1 1.9 7.4 Jade Melbourne 43 12 23.4 40.0% 27.4% 67.1% 1.9 2.9 0.6 0.2 1.7 5.9 Shakira Austin 38 30 23.0 46.5% 13.3% 66.4% 6.4 1.8 1.1 1.1 2.4 12.7 Alysha Clark 15 8 22.9 36.2% 24.4% 61.5% 3.5 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.3 4.5 Jacy Sheldon 2 0 16.0 40.0% 16.7% 80.0% 1.5 0.5 — — 0.5 6.5 Stefanie Dolson 43 14 15.2 42.3% 36.0% 70.0% 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 3.7 Aaliyah Edwards 21 0 13.3 47.9% 0.0% 62.5% 3.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.1 6.0 Emily Engstler 40 0 12.8 39.6% 25.4% 66.7% 3.3 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 3.7 Lucy Olsen 41 0 12.4 41.5% 27.1% 82.4% 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.5 4.0 Sika Koné 11 0 6.7 38.9% 33.3% 88.9% 1.5 0.5 — — 0.5 2.1 Madison Scott 9 0 5.2 45.5% 0.0% 100.0% 0.1 0.2 — 0.2 0.1 1.6

Awards and honors