| 2005 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 16, 2005 |
| Location: | Secaucus, New Jersey |
| Network: | ESPN2 |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Janel McCarville Charlotte Sting |
| Prev: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history.
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Charlotte Sting | Minnesota | |||
| 2 | G | Mississippi State | ||||
| 3 | F | TCU | ||||
| 4 | F | Kansas State | ||||
| 5 | Sancho Lyttle + | C | Houston | |||
| 6 | Temeka Johnson | G | Washington Mystics | LSU | ||
| 7 | Kara Braxton + | F | Detroit Shock | Georgia | ||
| 8 | C | Connecticut Sun (traded to S.A.) | Liberty | |||
| 9 | G | Sacramento Monarchs | Michigan State | |||
| 10 | G | New York Liberty | Tennessee | |||
| 11 | F | Minnesota Lynx | UC Santa Barbara | |||
| 12 | G | Seattle Storm | Penn State | |||
| 13 | F | Detroit Shock (from L.A., via Wash.) | Oklahoma |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | F | San Antonio Silver Stars | Tennessee | |||
| 15 | G | Houston Comets | Florida State | |||
| 16 | G | Indiana Fever | West Virginia | |||
| 17 | F | Minnesota Lynx (from Cha.) | Notre Dame | |||
| 18 | F | Phoenix Mercury | Illinois | |||
| 19 | G | Washington Mystics | Louisiana Tech | |||
| 20 | F/G | Detroit Shock | North Carolina | |||
| 21 | G | Connecticut Sun | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) | |||
| 22 | G | Sacramento Monarchs | Rutgers | |||
| 23 | F | New York Liberty | Michigan | |||
| 24 | C | Charlotte Sting | Connecticut | |||
| 25 | F | Seattle Storm | Connecticut | |||
| 26 | G | Los Angeles Sparks | Arizona |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | F | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oregon | |||
| 28 | G | Houston Comets | DePaul | |||
| 29 | G/F | Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt | |||
| 30 | G | Sacramento Monarchs | Iowa State | |||
| 31 | G | Phoenix Mercury | Texas | |||
| 32 | F | Washington Mystics | Florida | |||
| 33 | G | Detroit Shock | Southwest Missouri State | |||
| 34 | F | Connecticut Sun | Kansas State | |||
| 35 | C | Sacramento Monarchs | Texas Tech | |||
| 36 | C | New York Liberty | Rutgers | |||
| 37 | G | Minnesota Lynx | Alabama | |||
| 38 | F | Seattle Storm | Baylor | |||
| 39 | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Texas |