The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, falling a game short.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team | |
| 1 | 3 | Sandora Irvin (F) | TCU | ||
| 2 | 18 | Angelina Williams (F) | Illinois | ||
| 3 | 31 | Jamie Carey (G) | Texas |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | |
| May 21 | 72-77 | Loss | 0-1 | ||
| May 24 | 76-83 | Loss | 0-2 | ||
| May 26 | 68-58 | Win | 1-2 | ||
| May 28 | 68-85 | Loss | 1-3 | ||
| June 2 | 67-78 | Loss | 1-4 | ||
| June 4 | 57-59 | Loss | 1-5 | ||
| June 8 | 66-63 | Win | 2-5 | ||
| June 10 | 61-73 | Loss | 2-6 | ||
| June 15 | 76-62 | Win | 3-6 | ||
| June 18 | 54-65 | Loss | 3-7 | ||
| June 21 | 56-77 | Loss | 3-8 | ||
| June 22 | 59-75 | Loss | 3-9 | ||
| June 25 | 69-77 | Loss | 3-10 | ||
| July 2 | 63-86 | Loss | 3-11 | ||
| July 5 | 76-69 | Win | 4-11 | ||
| July 6 | 73-61 | Win | 5-11 | ||
| July 13 | 82-62 | Win | 6-11 | ||
| July 15 | 77-66 | Win | 7-11 | ||
| July 21 | 70-80 | Loss | 7-12 | ||
| July 23 | 66-49 | Win | 8-12 | ||
| July 26 | 77-60 | Win | 9-12 | ||
| July 29 | 69-65 | Win | 10-12 | ||
| July 31 | 63-66 | Loss | 10-13 | ||
| August 3 | 70-64 | Win | 11-13 | ||
| August 5 | 80-75 | Win | 12-13 | ||
| August 12 | 76-62 | Win | 13-13 | ||
| August 14 | 56-62 | Loss | 13-14 | ||
| August 16 | 58-51 | Win | 14-14 | ||
| August 18 | 66-77 | Loss | 14-15 | ||
| August 19 | 91-57 | Win | 15-15 | ||
| August 21 | 83-69 | Win | 16-15 | ||
| August 23 | 70-76 | Loss | 16-16 | ||
| August 25 | 72-80 | Loss | 16-17 | ||
| August 27 | 74-85 | Loss | 16-18 |
| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | |
| Diana Taurasi | 33 | 138 | 150 | 38 | 28 | 527 | |
| Anna DeForge | 33 | 114 | 80 | 41 | 7 | 433 | |
| Penny Taylor | 29 | 120 | 94 | 38 | 11 | 382 | |
| Kamila Vodichkova | 28 | 196 | 63 | 28 | 22 | 305 | |
| Maria Stepanova | 15 | 80 | 23 | 20 | 38 | 162 | |
| Ashley Robinson | 34 | 118 | 31 | 20 | 34 | 103 | |
| Shereka Wright | 25 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 94 | |
| Plenette Pierson | 12 | 59 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 92 | |
| Belinda Snell | 20 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 65 | |
| Sandora Irvin | 12 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 44 | |
| Lisa Harrison | 27 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | |
| Angelina Williams | 16 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 40 | |
| Gwen Jackson | 11 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 31 | |
| 14 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Kayte Christensen | 11 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 |