| 2014 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 14, 2014 |
| Location: | Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Network: | ESPN2, ESPNU |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Chiney Ogwumike Connecticut Sun |
| Prev: | 2013 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The 2014 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 14, 2014 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on December 10, 2013.[1] The draft lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2014 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| Team | 2013 record | Lottery chances | Pick | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||||
| Connecticut Sun | 10-24 | 442 | .442 | .316 | .181 | .062 | ||
| Tulsa Shock | 11–23 | 227 | .276 | .270 | .293 | .209 | ||
| New York Liberty | 11-23 | 227 | .276 | .269 | .294 | .209 | ||
| San Antonio Stars | 12-22 | 104 | .104 | .145 | .232 | .520 | ||
| Shaded block denotes actual lottery result. | ||||||||
The WNBA announced on April 10, 2014 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[2]
Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame| width=100 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=350 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiney Ogwumike + |  United States | Connecticut Sun | Stanford | |||||
| 2 | Odyssey Sims * | United States | Tulsa Shock | Baylor | |||||
| 3 | Kayla McBride + | United States | San Antonio Stars | Notre Dame | |||||
| 4 | Alyssa Thomas * | United States | New York Liberty (traded to Conn.) | Maryland | |||||
| 5 | Natasha Howard * | United States | Indiana Fever | Florida State | |||||
| 6 | Stefanie Dolson + | United States | Washington Mystics | Connecticut | |||||
| 7 | Bria Hartley | United States | Seattle Storm (traded to Was.) | Connecticut | |||||
| 8 | Shoni Schimmel + | United States | Atlanta Dream | ||||||
| 9 | Natalie Achonwa | Canada | Indiana Fever (from Pho.) | Notre Dame | |||||
| 10 | Markeisha Gatling | United States | Chicago Sky | N.C. State | |||||
| 11 | Chelsea Gray * | United States | Connecticut Sun (from L.A.) | Duke | |||||
| 12 | Tricia Liston | United States | Minnesota Lynx | Duke |
| width=100 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=350 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Jordan Hooper | Tulsa Shock (from Conn.) | Nebraska | ||||||
| 14 | Tyaunna Marshall | New York Liberty | Georgia Tech | ||||||
| 15 | Asya Bussie | Minnesota Lynx (from Tul.) | West Virginia | ||||||
| 16 | Astou Ndour | San Antonio Stars | Gran Canarias (Spain) | ||||||
| 17 | Tiffany Bias | Phoenix Mercury (from Ind.) | Oklahoma State | ||||||
| 18 | Inga Orekhova | Atlanta Dream (from Was.) | South Florida | ||||||
| 19 | Michelle Plouffe | Seattle Storm | Utah | ||||||
| 20 | Cassie Harberts | Atlanta Dream | USC | ||||||
| 21 | Maggie Lucas | Phoenix Mercury | Penn State | ||||||
| 22 | Gennifer Brandon | Chicago Sky | California | ||||||
| 23 | Jennifer Hamson | Los Angeles Sparks | BYU | ||||||
| 24 | Christina Foggie | Minnesota Lynx | Vanderbilt |
| width=100 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=350 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | DeNesha Stallworth | Connecticut Sun | Kentucky | ||||||
| 26 | Meighan Simmons | New York Liberty | Tennessee | ||||||
| 27 | Theresa Plaisance | Tulsa Shock | LSU | ||||||
| 28 | Bri Kulas | San Antonio Stars | Missouri | ||||||
| 29 | Haiden Palmer | Indiana Fever | Gonzaga | ||||||
| 30 | Carley Mijović | Washington Mystics | Canberra Capitals (Australia) | ||||||
| 31 | Mikaela Ruef | Seattle Storm | Stanford | ||||||
| 32 | Kody Burke | Washington Mystics (from Atl.) | N.C. State | ||||||
| 33 | Stephanie Talbot | Phoenix Mercury | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) | ||||||
| 34 | Jamierra Faulkner | Chicago Sky | Southern Miss | ||||||
| 35 | Antonita Slaughter | Los Angeles Sparks | Louisville | ||||||
| 36 | Asia Taylor | Minnesota Lynx | Louisville |