The highest-paid WNBA players on every team
With the 2022 WNBA season tipping off Friday, we took a look at the league's highest-paid players.
Three players will earn a league-high $228,094 on WNBA supermax salaries this season, per Spotrac.
Three franchises will pay their top-earning player less than $200,000 for the upcoming campaign.
With new coaches, a stacked rookie class, and an abundance of superstars across the league's 12 teams, the WNBA's 26th season is poised to be one of the most exciting yet. And before the first games tip off on Friday, Insider took a look at the league's highest-paid players on each team based on Spotrac's salary figures.
Three players, two of whom suit up for the same WNBA team, will earn a league-high $228,094 on supermax salaries for the upcoming season. Another 11 players, seven of whom are the highest earners on their respective teams, will command $200,000 or more this year.
Three franchises — the Dallas Wings, Los Angeles Sparks, and Las Vegas Aces — do not have a single player taking home $200,000 or more this season.
Check out the highest-paid player on each WNBA team for the 2022 campaign below:
Dallas Wings — Moriah Jefferson ($180,200)
Los Angeles Sparks — Kristi Toliver ($196,100)
Las Vegas Aces — A'ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray ($196,267)
Minnesota Lynx — Sylvia Fowles ($200,000)
Chicago Sky — Kahleah Copper ($200,000)
Indiana Fever — Kelsey Mitchell ($200,000)
Atlanta Dream — Tiffany Hayes ($215,000)
New York Liberty — Natasha Howard ($221,450)
Connecticut Sun — DeWanna Bonner ($227,900)
Washington Mystics — Elena Delle Donne ($227,900)
Seattle Storm — Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd ($228,094)
Phoenix Mercury — Diana Taurasi ($228,094)
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