List of WNBA franchise post-season droughts

This is a list of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) franchise post-season appearance droughts. This list includes the all-time and the active consecutive non-playoffs appearance up to and including the 2016 season. Aside from the WNBA Playoff appearance droughts, this list also includes the WNBA Finals appearance drought and the WNBA championships win drought. The teams which have never made a WNBA Playoffs appearance, a WNBA Finals appearance and have never won a WNBA championship are listed from the year they entered the league.

Active droughts

WNBA Playoffs appearance droughts

Drought Team Last appearance
in WNBA Playoffs
4 seasons (2013-2016) Connecticut Sun 2012
2 seasons (2015-2016) San Antonio Stars 2014
1 season (2016) Dallas Wings 2015
1 season (2016) Washington Mystics 2015

WNBA Finals appearance droughts

Drought Team Last appearance
in WNBA Finals
19 seasons (1998–2016) Washington Mystics
14 seasons (2003–2016) New York Liberty 2002
11 seasons (2006–2016) Connecticut Sun 2005
8 seasons (2009–2016) San Antonio Stars 2008b
8 seasons (2009–2016) Dallas Wings 2008a
6 seasons (2011–2016) Seattle Storm 2010
3 seasons (2014–2016) Atlanta Dream 2013
2 seasons (2015-2016) Chicago Sky 2014
2 seasons (2015-2016) Phoenix Mercury 2014
1 season (2016) Indiana Fever 2015

WNBA championship win droughts

Drought Team Last WNBA championship win
20 seasons (1997–2016) New York Liberty
20 seasons (1997–2016) San Antonio Stars a
19 seasons (1998–2016) Washington Mystics
18 seasons (1999–2016) Connecticut Sun b
11 seasons (2006–2016) Chicago Sky
9 seasons (2008–2016) Atlanta Dream
8 seasons (2009–2016) Dallas Wings 2008c
6 seasons (2011–2016) Seattle Storm 2010
4 seasons (2013–2016) Indiana Fever 2012
2 seasons (2015-2016) Phoenix Mercury 2014
1 season (2016) Minnesota Lynx 2015

Cities awaiting their first WNBA championship

This list includes cities with current WNBA franchises which have never won a WNBA championship, sorted by the number of seasons a team representing the city competed in the WNBA.

City Drought Franchise (founded) WNBA Finals
appearance(s)
New York, New York 20 seasons (1997–2016) New York Liberty (1997) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
Washington D.C. 19 seasons (1998–2016) Washington Mystics (1998)
Uncasville, Connecticut 14 seasons (2003–2016) Connecticut Sun (2003) 2004, 2005
San Antonio, Texas 14 seasons (2003–2016) San Antonio Stars (2003) 2008
Chicago, Illinois 11 seasons (2006–2016) Chicago Sky (2006) 2014
Atlanta, Georgia 9 seasons (2008–2016) Atlanta Dream (2008) 2010, 2011,2013
Dallas, Texas 1 season (2016) Dallas Wings (2016)

See also

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