| 2001 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 20, 2001 |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm |
| Prev: | 2000 |
| Next: | 2002 |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauren Jackson ^ + | F/C | Seattle Storm | |||
| 2 | G | Charlotte Sting | Georgia | |||
| 3 | Tamika Catchings ^ + | F | Indiana Fever | Tennessee | ||
| 4 | Jackie Stiles ^ + | G | Portland Fire | |||
| 5 | Ruth Riley + | C | Miami Sol | Notre Dame | ||
| 6 | Deanna Nolan + | G/F | Detroit Shock | Georgia | ||
| 7 | F | Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut | |||
| 8 | Marie Ferdinand + | G | Utah Starzz | LSU | ||
| 9 | G | Washington Mystics | Georgia | |||
| 10 | Katie Douglas + | G/F | Orlando Miracle | Purdue | ||
| 11 | Penny Taylor + | F | Cleveland Rockers | |||
| 12 | G/F | North Carolina | ||||
| 13 | G | Phoenix Mercury | Canberra Capitals | |||
| 14 | C | Connecticut | ||||
| 15 | F | Houston Comets | Missouri | |||
| 16 | C | Los Angeles Sparks | Purdue |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | G | Seattle Storm | Tennessee | |||
| 18 | Tammy Sutton-Brown + | C | Charlotte Sting | Rutgers | ||
| 19 | G | Indiana Fever | Notre Dame | |||
| 20 | C | Portland Fire | Oregon | |||
| 21 | G/F | Miami Sol | Duke | |||
| 22 | G | Detroit Shock | ||||
| 23 | G | Minnesota Lynx | Master's | |||
| 24 | F/C | Utah Starzz | Denver | |||
| 25 | F/C | Washington Mystics | Florida | |||
| 26 | F | Orlando Miracle | Florida State | |||
| 27 | F | Cleveland Rockers | Texas A&M | |||
| 28 | C | Tulane | ||||
| 29 | G/F | Phoenix Mercury | ||||
| 30 | C | Sacramento Monarchs | Long Beach State | |||
| 31 | G/F | Houston Comets | North Carolina State | |||
| 32 | G | Los Angeles Sparks | Xavier |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | F | Western Kentucky | ||||
| 34 | F | Charlotte Sting | Xavier | |||
| 35 | F | Indiana Fever | Missouri | |||
| 36 | G | Portland Fire | Pepperdine | |||
| 37 | C | Miami Sol | Florida State | |||
| 38 | G/F |  Belarus | Detroit Shock | Virginia | ||
| 39 | G | Minnesota Lynx | Miami | |||
| 40 | G/F | Utah Starzz | Connecticut | |||
| 41 | G | Washington Mystics | Ohio State | |||
| 42 | F | Orlando Miracle | Kansas | |||
| 43 | F | Cleveland Rockers | Oregon | |||
| 44 | F | |||||
| 45 | F | Phoenix Mercury | Virginia Tech | |||
| 46 | F | Sacramento Monarchs | Penn State | |||
| 47 | C | Houston Comets | Life | |||
| 48 | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Notre Dame |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | G | Seattle Storm | North Carolina | |||
| 50 | G | Charlotte Sting | Arizona | |||
| 51 | F | Indiana Fever | LSU | |||
| 52 | Natasha Pointer | G | Portland Fire | Rutgers | ||
| 53 | C | Stanford | ||||
| 54 | F | Detroit Shock | Brazil | |||
| 55 | G/F | Minnesota Lynx | Iowa State | |||
| 56 | G | Utah Starzz | Iowa | |||
| 57 | F/C | Xavier | ||||
| 58 | G | Orlando Miracle | Michigan | |||
| 59 | F/C | Cleveland Rockers | Clemson | |||
| 60 | G | New York Liberty | Southwest Missouri State | |||
| 61 | G | Phoenix Mercury | Washington | |||
| 62 | G | Sacramento Monarchs | Georgetown | |||
| 63 | G | Houston Comets | Tennessee | |||
| 64 | G/F | Los Angeles Sparks | Syracuse |