| 2006 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | November 16, 2005 – April 5, 2006 |
| Expansion Teams: | Chicago Sky |
| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts (main draft) |
| Network: | ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx |
| Prev: | 2005 |
| Next: | 2007 |
On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.
On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.
The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team | Former team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | Chicago Sky | Charlotte Sting | |||
| 2 | F | Chicago Sky | Connecticut Sun | |||
| 3 | G | Chicago Sky | Detroit Shock | |||
| 4 | G | Chicago Sky | Houston Comets | |||
| 5 | F | Chicago Sky | Indiana Fever | |||
| 6 | F | Chicago Sky | Los Angeles Sparks | |||
| 7 | F | Chicago Sky | Minnesota Lynx | |||
| 8 | F | Chicago Sky | New York Liberty | |||
| 9 | C | Chicago Sky | ||||
| 10 | G | Chicago Sky | ||||
| 11 | C | Chicago Sky | ||||
| 12 | G | Chicago Sky | Seattle Storm | |||
| 13 | G | Chicago Sky | Washington Mystics |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seimone Augustus + | G | Minnesota Lynx | LSU | ||
| 2 | Cappie Pondexter + | G | Phoenix Mercury | Rutgers | ||
| 3 | G | Charlotte Sting | Duke | |||
| 4 | Sophia Young + | F | San Antonio Silver Stars | Baylor | ||
| 5 | G | Los Angeles Sparks (from Was.) | UCLA | |||
| 6 | Candice Dupree + | F/C | Chicago Sky | Temple | ||
| 7 | G | Minnesota Lynx (from Det.) | Utah | |||
| 8 | G/F | Washington Mystics (from L.A.) | Miami (FL) | |||
| 9 | G/F | Indiana Fever | North Carolina | |||
| 10 | C | Charlotte Sting (from Hou.) | Tennessee | |||
| 11 | G | Seattle Storm | Connecticut | |||
| 12 | G | New York Liberty | Georgia | |||
| 13 | F | Sacramento Monarchs | Utah | |||
| 14 | G | Sacramento Monarchs (from Conn., via S.A.) | LSU |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | G | Houston Comets (from Cha.; traded to Phx.) | Connecticut | |||
| 16 | G | San Antonio Silver Stars | Tennessee | |||
| 17 | F | Detroit Shock (from Minn.; traded to Minn.) | BYU | |||
| 18 | F | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Hou.) | Michigan State | |||
| 19 | G | Washington Mystics | UCLA | |||
| 20 | G | Chicago Sky | Washburn | |||
| 21 | F | Phoenix Mercury (from Det.; traded to Hou.) | Duke | |||
| 22 | F | Los Angeles Sparks | Connecticut | |||
| 23 | F | New York Liberty | Boston College | |||
| 24 | G | Houston Comets | AIS (Australia) | |||
| 25 | F | Seattle Storm | Florida | |||
| 26 | F | Indiana Fever | Georgia Tech | |||
| 27 | G | Charlotte Sting (from Sac.) | Missouri | |||
| 28 | F | Connecticut Sun | Ohio State |
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | F/C | Houston Comets | North Carolina State | |||
| 30 | F | San Antonio Silver Stars | DePaul | |||
| 31 | G | Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame | |||
| 32 | G | Phoenix Mercury | Iowa | |||
| 33 | Miriam Sy | C | Washington Mystics | Oklahoma City | ||
| 34 | F | Chicago Sky | Virginia Tech | |||
| 35 | C | Detroit Shock | Western Illinois | |||
| 36 | G | Los Angeles Sparks | Western Kentucky | |||
| 37 | C | New York Liberty | Missouri | |||
| 38 | G | Indiana Fever (from Hou.) | Duke | |||
| 39 | G | Seattle Storm | Texas Tech | |||
| 40 | C | Indiana Fever | Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) | |||
| 41 | F | Sacramento Monarchs | San Jose State | |||
| 42 | C | Connecticut Sun | Auburn |