Average player salary in the WNBA by team 2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 24, 2024
During the 2023 season, the team with the highest average annual player salary in the U.S. Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) was the New York Liberty with 129.01 thousand U.S. dollars. The Liberty reached the Finals that season; however, they were beaten by the Las Vegas Aces, whose own average player salary was the fifth-highest in the league at 119.53 thousand U.S. dollars.

Average annual player salary in the Women’s National Basketball Association in the United States in 2023, by team (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)

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Release date

June 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

This statistic was calculated by Statista through accessing each Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team's salary rankings from this source. In these rankings, a comprehensive list of each players' total cash earnings was available, from which a mean average for each roster could be determined.

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