WNBA Players Approve New CBA

After more than a year of intense negotiations — including a week of intense, in-person meetings at The Langham in New York — a new WNBA Collective Bargaining Agreement is nearly ratified.

The WNBA and league union reached a verbal agreement last week, and on Monday, more than 90 percent of WNBA players voted to unanimously approve the new CBA.

The CBA now heads to the WNBA board of governors, which represents team owners, to approve the new labor deal before attorneys from both sides execute the agreement.

In a labor deal that has been described as “transformational,” here are some of the major changes coming with the new seven-year CBA:

• Salary cap will jump from $1.5M to $7M

• Minimum salaries will increase to $270,000 (last year’s maximum was $250,000)

• Top players can earn a supermax salary of $1.4M

• Players will receive 20% of the league’s gross revenue

• Average salaries are expected to be $500-600k in 2026

• League awards to receive a substantial bonus (e.g. MVP to receive $60,000 (previously $15,450) and WNBA Champion to receive $60,000 (previously $22,908)