| 1998 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 28, 1998 |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Małgorzata Dydek Utah Starzz |
| Prev: | 1997 |
| Next: | 1999 |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cindy Brown | F | Detroit Shock | Long Beach State (from Seattle Reign, ABL) | ||
| 2 | Razija Mujanović | C | Detroit Shock | Microcamp Campinas (Brazil) | ||
| 3 | Nikki McCray + | G | Washington Mystics | Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL) | ||
| 4 | Alessandra Santos de Oliveira | C | Washington Mystics | Comense (Italy) |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team | Former team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | Detroit Shock | New York Liberty | |||
| 2 | F | Washington Mystics | ||||
| 3 | C | Sacramento Monarchs | ||||
| 4 | F | |||||
| 5 | G | |||||
| 6 | F | |||||
| 7 | G | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 8 | F/C |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Małgorzata Dydek + | C | Utah Starzz | Pool Getafe (Spain) | ||
| 2 | Ticha Penicheiro * | G | Sacramento Monarchs | Old Dominion | ||
| 3 | F/C | Washington Mystics | Florida | |||
| 4 | G | Detroit Shock | Duquesne | |||
| 5 | Allison Feaster + | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Harvard | ||
| 6 | G | Cleveland Rockers | Maine | |||
| 7 | Tracy Reid | F/G | Charlotte Sting | North Carolina | ||
| 8 | C | Phoenix Mercury | CSKA Moscow (Russia) | |||
| 9 | C | New York Liberty | Texas Tech | |||
| 10 | F/C | Houston Comets | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France) |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | F/C | Utah Starzz | Stanford | |||
| 12 | Tangela Smith + | F/C | Sacramento Monarchs | Iowa | ||
| 13 | Rita Williams + | G | Washington Mystics | Connecticut | ||
| 14 | F | Detroit Shock | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) | |||
| 15 | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Miami | |||
| 16 | G | Cleveland Rockers | Penn State | |||
| 17 | G | Charlotte Sting | Arkansas | |||
| 18 | G/F | Phoenix Mercury | Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (France) | |||
| 19 | G | New York Liberty | Iowa | |||
| 20 | C | Houston Comets | Old Dominion |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | F | Utah Starzz | Memphis | |||
| 22 | C | Sacramento Monarchs | Indiana | |||
| 23 | G/F | Washington Mystics | Iowa | |||
| 24 | F | Detroit Shock | Florida International | |||
| 25 | G | Los Angeles Sparks | UCLA | |||
| 26 | F | Cleveland Rockers | Oregon State | |||
| 27 | C | Charlotte Sting | Michigan | |||
| 28 | Brandy Reed + | F | Phoenix Mercury | Southern Mississippi | ||
| 29 | F | New York Liberty | Florida International | |||
| 30 | F | Houston Comets | Pool Getafe (Spain) |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | G | Utah Starzz | Boise State | |||
| 32 | F | Sacramento Monarchs | Arizona | |||
| 33 | C | Washington Mystics | Texas | |||
| 34 | Sandy Brondello + | G | Detroit Shock | BTV Wuppertal (Germany) | ||
| 35 | F | Los Angeles Sparks | UC-Santa Barbara | |||
| 36 | C | Cleveland Rockers | Georgia | |||
| 37 | G | Charlotte Sting | Maryland | |||
| 38 | G/F | Phoenix Mercury | Howard | |||
| 39 | F | New York Liberty | Stanford | |||
| 40 | C | Houston Comets | USC |