| Sport: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2018–19 |
| Team: | Stanford Cardinal |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Coachrank: | 7 |
| Aprank: | 6 |
| Record: | 31–5 |
| Conf Record: | 15–3 |
| Head Coach: | Tara VanDerveer |
| Hc Year: | 33rd |
| Assoc Coach: | Kate Paye |
| Ahc Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach1: | Tempie Brown |
| Ac1 Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach2: | Lindy La Rocque |
| Ac2 Year: | 2nd |
| Arena: | Maples Pavilion |
| Champion: | Rainbow Wahine Shootout champions Pac-12 Tournament champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Elite Eight |
The 2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-third year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 31–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They won the Pac-12 women's tournament by defeating Oregon and earns an automatic the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated UC Davis and BYU in the first and second rounds, Missouri State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Notre Dame in the elite eight.
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2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
| + Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | N/A | |
| Coaches | 7 | 7^ | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes | ||
| (NR) | Not Ranked |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
2018–19 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team