| WNBL season | |
| League: | Women's National Basketball League |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | 11 November 2020 – 20 December 2020 |
| No Of Teams: | 8 |
| Tv: | ABC Fox Sports |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | Stephanie Talbot (ADL) |
| Mvp Link: | WNBL Most Valuable Player Award |
| Top Scorer: | Liz Cambage (STH) |
| Top Scorer Link: | WNBL Top Shooter Award |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Link: | 2020 WNBL Finals |
| Finals Champ: | Southside Flyers |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Townsville Fire |
| Finals Mvp: | Leilani Mitchell (STH) |
| Finals Mvp Link: | WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award |
| Seasonslist: | List of WNBL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | WNBL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2019–20 WNBL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2021–22 WNBL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2021–22 |
The 2020 WNBL season was the 41st season of the competition since its establishment in 1981.[1] The Canberra Capitals were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the semi-finals by Melbourne. The Southside Flyers won the Grand Final, defeating the Townsville Fire, 99–82.[2] The Flyers took home the franchise's fourth WNBL title overall, this being their first since rebranding as Southside.
Chemist Warehouse was again the WNBL's naming rights partner for this season, after signing a three-year deal in July 2018.[3] Spalding again provided equipment including the official game ball, alongside iAthletic supplying team apparel for the fourth consecutive season.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub was set to host the season.[4] The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this season's scheduling had been condensed. The six-week season saw Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 52-game regular season fixture, plus a four-game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final). Each team contested 13 games starting on 11 November, with the grand final scheduled for 20 December.[5]
See main article: List of 2020 WNBL season transactions.
See main article: 2020 WNBL Finals.
| width=25% | Category | width=30% | Player | width=10% | Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Liz Cambage (STH) | 23.6 PPG | |||
| Rebounds per game | Anneli Maley (SYD) | 12.1 RPG | |||
| Assists per game | Leilani Mitchell (STH) | 6.5 APG | |||
| Steals per game | Alison Schwagmeyer (SYD) | 2.2 SPG | |||
| Blocks per game | Liz Cambage (STH) | 1.9 BPG |
| width=25% | Category | width=30% | Player | width=10% | Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Liz Cambage (STH) | 35 | |||
| Rebounds | Anneli Maley (SYD) | 20 | |||
| Assists | Tessa Lavey (BEN) | 11 | |||
| Leilani Mitchell (STH) | |||||
| Steals | Stephanie Talbot (ADL) | 7 | |||
| Blocks | Liz Cambage (STH) | 6 |
| Round # | width=75 | Player | width=5 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Stephanie Talbot (ADL) | [6] | ||
| Round 2 | Liz Cambage (STH) | [7] | ||
| Round 3 | Shyla Heal (TSV) | [8] | ||
| Round 4 | Darcee Garbin (PER) | [9] | ||
| Round 5 | Lauren Mansfield (SYD) | [10] |
| Round # | Team | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Maddison Rocci (CBR) | Tess Madgen (MEL) | Stephanie Talbot (ADL) | Cayla George (MEL) | Liz Cambage (STH) | [11] | |
| Round 2 | Jade Melbourne (CBR) | Shyla Heal (TSV) | Lauren Nicholson (TSV) | Lauren Scherf (SYD) | Liz Cambage (STH) (2) | [12] | |
| Round 3 | Shyla Heal (TSV) (2) | Stephanie Talbot (ADL) (2) | Anneli Maley (SYD) | Darcee Garbin (PER) | Liz Cambage (STH) (3) | [13] | |
| Round 4 | Katie Ebzery (PER) | Lauren Nicholson (TSV) (2) | Darcee Garbin (PER) (2) | Ezi Magbegor (MEL) | Liz Cambage (STH) (4) | [14] | |
| Round 5 | Lauren Mansfield (SYD) | Rebecca Cole (STH) | Anneli Maley (SYD) (2) | Cayla George (MEL) (2) | Zitina Aokuso (TSV) | [15] |
| Award | width=125 | Winner | width=125 | Position | width=125 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Stephanie Talbot | Guard/Forward | Adelaide Lightning[16] | |||
| Grand Final MVP | Guard | Southside Flyers | ||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Stephanie Talbot | Guard/Forward | Adelaide Lightning | |||
| Sixth Woman of the Year | Zitina Aokuso | Forward/Center | Townsville Fire | |||
| Youth Player of the Year | Shyla Heal | Guard | Townsville Fire | |||
| Coach of the Year | Shannon Seebohm | Coach | Townsville Fire | |||
| Leading Scorer Award | Liz Cambage | Center | ||||
| Leading Rebounder Award | Anneli Maley | Forward | ||||
| Golden Hands Award | Guard | Southside Flyers | ||||
| All-WNBL First Team | Katie Ebzery | Guard | Perth Lynx | |||
| Lauren Nicholson | Guard | Townsville Fire | ||||
| Stephanie Talbot | Guard/Forward | Adelaide Lightning | ||||
| Cayla George | Forward/Center | Melbourne Boomers | ||||
| Liz Cambage | Center | |||||
| All-WNBL Second Team | Shyla Heal | Guard | Townsville Fire | |||
| Maddison Rocci | Guard/ | Canberra Capitals | ||||
| Tess Madgen | Guard | Melbourne Boomers | ||||
| Sara Blicavs | Forward | |||||
| Ezi Magbegor | Forward/Center | Melbourne Boomers |
See main article: List of 2020 WNBL team rosters.
| Team | width=125 | Captain | width=125 | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Lightning | Chris Lucas | |||
| Bendigo Spirit | Tracy York | |||
| Canberra Capitals | Kelsey Griffin / Marianna Tolo (co) | Paul Goriss | ||
| Melbourne Boomers | Madeleine Garrick / Cayla George (co) | Guy Molloy | ||
| Perth Lynx | Ryan Petrik | |||
| Southside Flyers | Jenna O'Hea | Cheryl Chambers | ||
| Sydney Uni Flames | Lauren Mansfield / Alison Schwagmeyer (co) | Katrina Hibbert | ||
| Townsville Fire[17] | Gaze, Murray, Nicholson, Payne (group) | Shannon Seebohm |