The 2022 WNBA season tips off May 6 with an expanded schedule
The 2022 WNBA regular season gets an early start on May 6 and features an expanded schedule of 36 games per team. The 36-game slate was initially announced Nov. 18.
Next year’s regular season ends on August 14. The schedule needs to end by mid-September as the FIBA Women’s World Cup competition begins September 22 in Sydney, Australia.
Features of the 2022 schedule:
- All 12 teams will see action on opening weekend.
- The league will have a “series” play format again. “In some instances where a team is scheduled to play twice in the same city, those games have been scheduled to be played consecutively.”
- The Commissioner’s Cup returns for a second season. The in-season tournament pits conference rivals against each other in the first half of the regular season. The competition features a prize pool with the championship game of the Cup on Tuesday, July 26.
- The All-Star game is scheduled for Sunday, July 10.
- The playoffs will feature a new format announced last month that includes three rounds of series-play using a best-of 3-5-5 format.
- WNBA teams can begin negotiating with free agents on January 15.
- Free agents can sign contracts with teams beginning on February 1.
| Day | Date | Visitor | Home | Local Time | Eastern Time |
| Fri. | 6-May | Indiana | Washington | 7:00 p.m | 7:00 p.m |
| Fri. | 6-May | Los Angeles | Chicago | 7:00 p.m | 8:00 p.m. |
| Fri. | 6-May | Las Vegas | Phoenix | 7:00 p.m | 10:00 p.m. |
| Fri. | 6-May | Minnesota | Seattle | 7:00 p.m | 10:00 p.m. |
| Sat. | 7-May | Connecticut | New York | 6:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. |
| Sat. | 7-May | Atlanta | Dallas | 7:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| Sun. | 8-May | Los Angeles | Indiana | 3:00 p.m | 3:00 p.m. |
| Sun. | 8-May | Seattle | Las Vegas | 3:00 p.m | 6:00 p.m. |
| Sun. | 8-May | Washington | Minnesota | 6:00 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. |
