Western Conference (WNBA)

The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is made up of six teams.

Western Conference
LeagueWNBA
SportBasketball
Inaugural season1997
Teams
No. of teams6
Championships
Most recent champion(s)Seattle Storm
Most titlesMinnesota Lynx (6)

From the league's second season in 1998 through 2015, the WNBA operated separate playoff brackets for its Eastern and Western Conferences. Each conference's playoff was divided into two playoff rounds, the Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals, with the Conference Finals winners advancing to the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. In the final years of this playoff scheme, all in-conference playoff series were best-of-three.

Since 2016, the league has abandoned separate conference playoffs in favor of a single league-wide playoff bracket. The top eight teams in the regular season, without regard to conference affiliation, advance to the playoffs, which are seeded based strictly on regular-season record (with tiebreakers as needed). The bottom four playoff teams play single-elimination games (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7) in the first round, with the higher seeds (5 and 6) hosting the games. The first-round winners advance to the second round, where they play the 3 and 4 seeds in single-elimination games. The 3 seed hosts the lower seed among the first-round winners, with the 4 seed hosting the other first-round survivor. The winners of these games advance to the WNBA Semifinals, where they face the top two seeds in best-of-five series. In this round, the 1 seed plays the lower seed among the second-round winners, and the 2 seed plays the other second-round winner. Both series are best-of-five and played in a 2–2–1 formet, with the higher seeds (1 and 2) hosting the first two games plus a possible fifth game. The winners of these series advance to the best-of-five WNBA Finals.

Teams
Team City/Area Arena Colors Joined WNBA Head coach
Dallas Wings Arlington, Texas College Park Center Dark blue, lime green, white 1998* Brian Agler
Las Vegas Aces Paradise, Nevada Mandalay Bay Events Center Red, black, gold, silver 1997* Bill Laimbeer
Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles, California Staples Center Purple, gold, teal 1997 Derek Fisher
Minnesota Lynx Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center Blue, green, white, silver 1999 Cheryl Reeve
Phoenix Mercury Phoenix, Arizona Talking Stick Resort Arena Purple, yellow, orange, white 1997 Sandy Brondello
Seattle Storm Seattle, Washington Alaska Airlines Arena[lower-alpha 1] Green, red, white, gold 2000 Dan Hughes
  1. Home for the 2019 season due to the temporary closure of the team's normal home, KeyArena, for major renovations.

Former teams

Defunct

Relocated

Western Conference champions
WNBA champions in bold

Since the WNBA adopted its current playoff system in 2016, it has not officially crowned conference champions. Teams listed here had the best record among Western Conference teams in the appropriate season.

Conference Championship count

All-time conference standings

2019 season
# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Los Angeles Sparks (3)2212.647–15–27–1010–6
2 Las Vegas Aces (4)2113.618113–48–911–5
3 Seattle Storm (6)1816.529411–67–1010–6
4 Minnesota Lynx (7)1816.529411–67–107–9
5 Phoenix Mercury (8)1519.44179–86–115–11
6 e – Dallas Wings1024.294128–92–155–11

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
e – Eliminated from playoffs

2018 season
# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Seattle Storm (1)268.765–13–413–411–5
2 Phoenix Mercury (5)2014.58869–811–68–8
3 Los Angeles Sparks (6)1915.559711–68–99–7
4 Minnesota Lynx (7)1816.52989–89–89–7
5 Dallas Wings (8)1519.4411110–75–127–9
6 e –Las Vegas Aces1420.412128–96–114–12

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
x – Qualified for playoffs
e – Eliminated from playoffs

2017 season
# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Minnesota Lynx - (1)277.794–15–212–513–3
2 Los Angeles Sparks - (2)268.765116–110–712–4
3 Phoenix Mercury - (5)1816.52999–89–87–9
4 Dallas Wings - (7)1618.4711110–76–117–9
5 Seattle Storm - (8)1519.4411210–75–128–8
6 San Antonio Stars - e826.235196–112–151–15

Notes

(#) – Conference Standing
Playoff Seeds shown next to team name
e – Eliminated from playoffs

2016 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 - Minnesota Lynx286.824-15–213–415–1
2 - Los Angeles Sparks268.765214–312–511–5
7 - Seattle Storm1618.4711210–76–117–9
8 - Phoenix Mercury1618.4711211–65–126–10
e - Dallas Wings1123.324176–115–128–8
e - San Antonio Stars727.206214–133–141–15

Notes

# – Playoff seed
e – Eliminated from playoffs

2015 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
z - Minnesota Lynx2212.647–13–49–816–6
x - Phoenix Mercury2014.588213–47–1015–7
x - Tulsa Shock1816.529412–56–1111–11
x - Los Angeles Sparks1420.41289–85–1210–12
e - Seattle Storm1024.294128–92–158–14
e - San Antonio Stars826.235147–101–166–16

2014 season
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 y-Phoenix Mercury295.853-34
2 x-Minnesota Lynx259.7354.034
3 x-San Antonio Stars1618.47113.034
4 x-Los Angeles Sparks1618.47113.034
5 e-Tulsa Shock1222.35317.034
6 e-Seattle Storm1222.35317.034

2013 season
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Minnesota Lynx268.765-34
2 x-Los Angeles Sparks2410.706234
3 x-Phoenix Mercury1915.559734
4 x-Seattle Storm1717.500934
5 e-San Antonio Silver Stars1222.3531434
6 e-Tulsa Shock1123.3241534

2012 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z277.794–16–111–617–5
Los Angeles Sparks x2410.7063.016–18–915–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x2113.6186.012–59–814–8
Seattle Storm x1618.47111.010–76–1111–11
Tulsa Shock o925.26518.06–113–145–17
Phoenix Mercury o727.20620.03–144–134–18

2011 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx x277.794–14–313–418–4
Seattle Storm x2113.6186.015–26–1115–7
Phoenix Mercury x1915.5598.011–68–911–11
San Antonio Silver Stars x1816.5299.09–89–811–11
Los Angeles Sparks o1519.44112.010–75–1210–12
Tulsa Shock o331.08824.02–151–161–21

2010 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Seattle Storm x286.824–17–011–620–2
Phoenix Mercury x1519.44113.09–86–1113–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x1420.41214.08–96–1111–11
Los Angeles Sparks x1321.38215.08–95–1210–12
Minnesota Lynx o1321.38215.07–106–118–14
Tulsa Shock o628.17622.04–132–154–18

2009 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x2311.676–12–511–613–7
Seattle Storm x2014.5883.013–47–1013–7
Los Angeles Sparks x1816.5295.011–67–1011–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x1519.4418.010–75–1210–10
Minnesota Lynx o1420.4129.09–85–127–13
Sacramento Monarchs o1222.35311.07–105–126–14

2008 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
San Antonio Silver Stars x2410.706–15–29–810–10
Seattle Storm x2212.6472.016–16–1113–7
Los Angeles Sparks x2014.5884.012–58–912–8
Sacramento Monarchs x1816.52913–45–126.09–11
Houston Comets o1717.5007.013–44–1310–10
Minnesota Lynx o1618.4718.010–76–118–12
Phoenix Mercury o1618.4718.09–87–108–12

2007 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x2311.676–12–511–617–5
San Antonio Silver Stars x2014.5883.09–811–613–9
Sacramento Monarchs x1915.5594.012–57–1012–10
Seattle Storm x1717.5006.012–55–1211–11
Houston Comets o1321.38210.07–106–1110–12
Minnesota Lynx o1024.29413.07–103–148–14
Los Angeles Sparks o1024.29413.05–125–126–16

2006 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x259.735–15–210–715–5
Sacramento Monarchs x2113.6184.014–37–1010–10
Houston Comets x1816.5297.012–56–1111–9
Seattle Storm x1816.5297.09–89–810–10
Phoenix Mercury o1816.5297.010–78–98–12
San Antonio Silver Stars o1321.38212.06–117–1010–10
Minnesota Lynx o1024.29415.08–92–156–14

2005 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Sacramento Monarchs x259.735–15–210–717–5
Seattle Storm x2014.5885.014–36–1113–9
Houston Comets x1915.5596.011–68–911–11
Los Angeles Sparks x1717.5008.011–66–1112–10
Phoenix Mercury o1618.4719.011–65–1212–10
Minnesota Lynx o1420.41211.011–63–149–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o727.20618.05–122–153–19

2004 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x259.735–15–210–716–6
Seattle Storm x2014.5885.013–47–1013–9
Minnesota Lynx x1816.5297.011–67–1012–10
Sacramento Monarchs x1816.5297.010–78–912–10
Phoenix Mercury o1717.5008.010–77–1011–11
Houston Comets o1321.38212.09–84–137–15
San Antonio Silver Stars o925.26516.06–113–146–16

2003 season
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x2410.706–11–613–417–7
Houston Comets x2014.5884.014–36–1114–10
Sacramento Monarchs x1915.5595.012–57–1013–11
Minnesota Lynx x1816.5296.011–67–1014–10
Seattle Storm o1816.5296.013–45–1211–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o1222.35312.09–83–1410–14
Phoenix Mercury o826.23516.06–112–155–19

2002 season
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x257.78117–4–
Houston Comets x248.75016–51.0
Utah Starzz x2012.62512–95.0
Seattle Storm x1715.53110–118.0
Portland Fire o1616.5008–139.0
Sacramento Monarchs o1418.4388–1311.0
Phoenix Mercury o1121.3447–1414.0
Minnesota Lynx o1022.3136–1515.0

2001 season
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x284.87519–2–
Sacramento Monarchs x2012.62513–88.0
Utah Starzz x1913.59411–109.0
Houston Comets x1913.59413–89.0
Phoenix Mercury o1319.4068–1315.0
Minnesota Lynx o1220.3759–1216.0
Portland Fire o1121.3445–1617.0
Seattle Storm o1022.3136–1518.0

2000 season
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x284.87517–4–
Houston Comets x275.84417–41.0
Sacramento Monarchs x2111.65613–87.0
Phoenix Mercury x2012.62511–108.0
Utah Starzz o1814.56313–810.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4695–1613.0
Portland Fire o1022.3134–1718.0
Seattle Storm o626.1884–1722.0

1999 season
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x266.81316–4–
Los Angeles Sparks x2012.62512–86.0
Sacramento Monarchs x1913.5949–117.0
Phoenix Mercury o1517.4697–1311.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4698–1211.0
Utah Starzz o1517.4698–1211.0

1998 season
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x273.90015–1–
Phoenix Mercury x1911.63310–68.0
Los Angeles Sparks o1218.4006–1015.0
Sacramento Monarchs o822.2675–1119.0
Utah Starzz o822.2674–1219.0

1997 season
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Phoenix Mercury x1612.5719–3–
Los Angeles Sparks o1414.5008–42.0
Sacramento Monarchs o1018.3574–86.0
Utah Starzz o721.2503–99.0
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