2025 Washington Mystics season

The 2025 Washington Mystics season was the franchise's 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach, Sydney Johnson.

On April 30, 2025, the Mystics announced that 2025 first round draft pick, Georgia Amoore, had suffered an ACL injury during training camp. And on May 1, 2025, it was announced that forward Aaliyah Edwards was diagnosed with a low back contusion and would be unavailable to play for at least two weeks.

Draft

Transactions

Front office and coaching

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions / unsigned

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 1 | May 3 | @ Indiana | L 74–79 (OT) | Brittney Sykes (18) | Stefanie Dolson (8) | Sug Sutton (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse<br>12,461 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | May 7 | Atlanta | L 70–80 | Brittney Sykes (13) | Ashten Prechtel (7) | Zaay Green (4) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 0–2

Regular season

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | May 16 | Atlanta | W 94–90 | Brittney Sykes (22) | Engstler, Melbourne (5) | Brittney Sykes (5) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 1–0 |- |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | May 18 | @ Connecticut | W 90–85 | Brittney Sykes (27) | Kiki Iriafen (14) | Brittney Sykes (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>7,834 | 2–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | May 21 | @ Golden State | L 74–76 | Brittney Sykes (30) | Kiki Iriafen (12) | Jade Melbourne (7) | Chase Center<br>18,064 | 2–1 |- |- bgcolor=#fcc | 4 | May 23 | @ Las Vegas | L 72–75 | Sonia Citron (19) | rowspan=2| Kiki Iriafen (13) | Stefanie Dolson (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena<br>10,509 | 2–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 5 | May 25 | @ Phoenix | L 62–68 | Sonia Citron (14) | Brittney Sykes (5) | PHX Arena<br>10,065 | 2–3 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 6 | May 28 | Indiana | W 83–77 | Brittney Sykes (21) | Brittney Sykes (9) | Jade Melbourne (5) | CFG Bank Arena<br>11,183 | 3–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 7 | May 30 | New York | L 63–85 | Brittney Sykes (20) | Kiki Iriafen (7) | Brittney Sykes (3) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 3–4

|- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 8 | June 3 | @ Indiana | L 76–85 | Kiki Iriafen (20) | Kiki Iriafen (9) | Brittney Sykes (4) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse<br>16,013 | 3–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 9 | June 5 | New York | L 78–86 | Kiki Iriafen (17) | Shakira Austin (11) | Brittney Sykes (5) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 3–6 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 10 | June 8 | Connecticut | W 104–67 | Brittney Sykes (28) | Emily Engstler (9) | Brittney Sykes (6) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 4–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 11 | June 15 | Atlanta | L 56–89 | Sonia Citron (10) | Kiki Iriafen (8) | Sug Sutton (4) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 4–7 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | bgcolor=#FED8B1| 12 | June 17 | @ Chicago | W 79–72 | Brittney Sykes (32) | Austin, Citron (9) | Sug Sutton (6) | Wintrust Arena<br>7,579 | 5–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 13 | June 20 | @ Atlanta | L 91–92 | Shakira Austin (28) | Shakira Austin (10) | Brittney Sykes (8) | Gateway Center Arena<br>3,265 | 5–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 14 | June 22 | Dallas | W 91–88 (OT) | Sonia Citron (27) | Sonia Citron (11) | Kiki Iriafen (6) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 6–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 15 | June 24 | Minnesota | W 68–64 | Shakira Austin (19) | Kiki Iriafen (11) | Jade Melbourne (5) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 7–8 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | June 26 | @ Las Vegas | W 94–83 | Sonia Citron (21) | Shakira Austin (13) | Sug Sutton (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena<br>10,427 | 8–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | June 28 | @ Dallas | L 71–79 | Sonia Citron (22) | Sonia Citron (10) | Brittney Sykes (5) | College Park Center<br>6,006 | 8–9

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 18 | July 3 | @ Minnesota | L 75–92 | Lucy Olsen (19) | Kiki Iriafen (7) | Jade Melbourne (4) | Target Center<br>8,824 | 8–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | July 8 | Chicago | W 81–79 | Shakira Austin (15) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Austin, Sykes (4) | EagleBank Arena<br>9,350 | 9–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 20 | July 10 | Las Vegas | W 70–68 | Brittney Sykes (18) | Austin, Iriafen (8) | Sug Sutton (6) | EagleBank Arena<br>9,350 | 10–10 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | July 13 | @ Seattle | W 74–69 | Brittney Sykes (19) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Shakira Austin (5) | Climate Pledge Arena<br>11,126 | 11–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | July 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 80–99 | Shakira Austin (16) | Austin, Iriafen (8) | Sonia Citron (6) | Crypto.com Arena<br>10,787 | 11–11 |- align=center |colspan=9 bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | July 22 | Los Angeles | L 86–93 | Brittney Sykes (18) | Shakira Austin (6) | Sonia Citron (6) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 11–12 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 24 | July 26 | Seattle | W 69–58 | Shakira Austin (14) | Austin, Iriafen (11) | Brittney Sykes (5) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 12–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 25 | July 27 | Phoenix | L 72–88 | Shakira Austin (20) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Melbourne, Sykes (4) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 12–13 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 26 | July 29 | Chicago | W 103–86 | Sonia Citron (28) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Brittney Sykes (6) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 13–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 27 | July 31 | Golden State | L 67–68 | Sonia Citron (16) | Shakira Austin (9) | Sug Sutton (6) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 13–14

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 28 | August 3 | @ Atlanta | L 83–99 | Kiki Iriafen (22) | Kiki Iriafen (5) | Citron, Iriafen, Sutton, Sykes (4) | Gateway Center Arena<br>3,315 | 13–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | August 5 | @ Chicago | L 64–78 | Sonia Citron (13) | Kiki Iriafen (6) | Sug Sutton (5) | Wintrust Arena<br>6,572 | 13–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | August 8 | @ Minnesota | L 76–80 | Sonia Citron (26) | Kiki Iriafen (9) | Citron, Iriafen, Sutton (4) | Target Center<br>8,821 | 13–17 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 31 | August 10 | @ Dallas | W 91–78 | Kiki Iriafen (23) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sonia Citron (6) | College Park Center<br>6,152 | 14–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | August 13 | Golden State | L 83–88 | Citron, Sutton (15) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sug Sutton (7) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 14–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 33 | August 15 | @ Indiana | W 88–84 | Sonia Citron (21) | Kiki Iriafen (12) | Jade Melbourne (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse<br>16,006 | 15–18 |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 34 | August 17 | Los Angeles | W 95–86 | Sonia Citron (24) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sug Sutton (7) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 16–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 35 | August 19 | Connecticut | L 69–80 | Sonia Citron (19) | Kiki Iriafen (12) | Sug Sutton (7) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 16–19 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 36 | August 21 | @ Connecticut | L 56–67 | Sonia Citron (15) | Kiki Iriafen (10) | Sug Sutton (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>7,144 | 16–20 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 37 | August 23 | Las Vegas | L 81–91 | Kiki Iriafen (21) | Kiki Iriafen (15) | Jade Melbourne (6) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 16–21 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 38 | August 24 | Seattle | L 82–84 | Shakira Austin (30) | Citron, Iriafen (6) | Sug Sutton (9) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 16–22 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 39 | August 28 | @ New York | L 63–89 | Sonia Citron (18) | Shakira Austin (5) | Clark, Engstler (4) | Barclays Center<br>15,015 | 16–23 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 40 | August 30 | @ Golden State | L 62–99 | Sug Sutton (17) | Alysha Clark (6) | Jade Melbourne (4) | Chase Center<br>18,064 | 16–24 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 41 | August 31 | @ Los Angeles | L 78–81 | Kiki Iriafen (22) | Kiki Iriafen (13) | Melbourne, Sutton (5) | Crypto.com Arena<br>12,218 | 16–25

|- bgcolor=#fcc | 42 | September 4 | Phoenix | L 69–75 | Kiki Iriafen (18) | Kiki Iriafen (13) | Sug Sutton (8) | CareFirst Arena<br>4,200 | 16–26 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 43 | September 7 | Indiana | L 65–94 | Sonia Citron (17) | Austin, Engstler (7) | Jade Melbourne (5) | CFG Bank Arena<br>11,183 | 16–27 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 44 | September 9 | @ New York | L 66–75 | Kiki Iriafen (16) | Kiki Iriafen (6) | Austin, Citron (4) | Barclays Center<br>17,532 | 16–28

Notes:

• Games highlighted in <span style="color:#FED8B1;">██</span> represent Commissioner's Cup games.

Standings

Statistics

Source:

Regular season

Awards and honors

References

External links

• Official website of the Washington Mystics