| 2004 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | January 6 – April 17, 2004 |
| Location: | Secaucus, New Jersey |
| League: | WNBA |
| Merging Teams: | Cleveland Rockers (folded in 2003) |
| First: | Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury |
| Prev: | 2003 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The 2004 WNBA draft was the eighth draft in the WNBA's history. It took place on April 17, 2004, at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.
On January 6, 2004, a dispersal draft took place. Players were drafted from the roster of the Cleveland Rockers, who folded after the 2003 season.
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team | Former team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penny Taylor + | F | Cleveland Rockers | |||
| 2 | C/F | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 3 | F | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 4 | Ann Wauters + | C | Cleveland Rockers | |||
| 5 | F | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 6 | Betty Lennox + | G | Cleveland Rockers | |||
| 7 | G | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 8 | C | Houston Comets (from Connecticut) | Cleveland Rockers | |||
| 9 | F | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 10 | C | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 11 | F/C | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 12 | C | Cleveland Rockers | ||||
| 13 | G | Cleveland Rockers |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diana Taurasi * | G | Phoenix Mercury | Connecticut | ||
| 2 | Alana Beard * | G | Washington Mystics | Duke | ||
| 3 | Nicole Powell + | G/F | Charlotte Sting (from Ind.) | Stanford | ||
| 4 | Lindsay Whalen * | G | Connecticut Sun (from S.A.) | Minnesota | ||
| 5 | Shameka Christon + | G/F | New York Liberty | Arkansas | ||
| 6 | C | Minnesota Lynx (from Sea.) | Kansas State | |||
| 7 | C | Minnesota Lynx | Florida | |||
| 8 | G/F | Phoenix Mercury | Houston | |||
| 9 | C | Indiana Fever (from Cha.) | USC | |||
| 10 | Rebekkah Brunson + | F | Sacramento Monarchs | Georgetown | ||
| 11 | C/F | Detroit Shock (from Hou.) | Duke | |||
| 12 | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Georgia | |||
| 13 | F | Detroit Shock | Purdue |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | C | Phoenix Mercury | Tennessee | |||
| 15 | C | Washington Mystics | NC State | |||
| 16 | F | Connecticut Sun (from S.A.) | Penn State | |||
| 17 | C | New York Liberty | Louisiana Tech | |||
| 18 | F | Charlotte Sting (from Ind.) | Penn State | |||
| 19 | F | Seattle Storm | Louisiana Tech | |||
| 20 | F | Minnesota Lynx | Tennessee | |||
| 21 | F | San Antonio Silver Stars (from Conn.) | Illinois | |||
| 22 | F | Charlotte Sting | Vanderbilt | |||
| 23 | G | Detroit Shock (from Sac.) | Purdue | |||
| 24 | C | Connecticut Sun (from Hou.) | George Washington | |||
| 25 | G | Los Angeles Sparks | LSU | |||
| 26 | C | Houston Comets (from Det.; traded to Phx.) | UC Santa Barbara |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | G |  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Hou.) | Oklahoma | ||
| 28 | F | Washington Mystics | Missouri | |||
| 29 | G | Connecticut Sun (from S.A.) | Duquesne | |||
| 30 | G | New York Liberty | George Washington | |||
| 31 | F/C | Indiana Fever | Virginia Tech | |||
| 32 | C | Detroit Shock (from Sea., via Hou.) | Michigan | |||
| 33 | G | Minnesota Lynx | Boston College | |||
| 34 | G | San Antonio Silver Stars (from Conn.) | Texas A&M | |||
| 35 | Jia Perkins + | G | Charlotte Sting | Texas Tech | ||
| 36 | F | Sacramento Monarchs | ||||
| 37 | C | Houston Comets | Texas | |||
| 38 | G | Minnesota Lynx (from Det.) | West Virginia |