Welcome to the 2021 WNBA Commissioner's Cup Standings!
The WNBA is debuting a new in-season competition in 2021 called the Commissioner's Cup. If you haven't heard of it or don't fully understand how it works, we created a simple guide to help you learn what it is.
The modern WNBA doesn't use a conference alignment to determine playoff seeding or matchups, but it used to. The Commissioner's Cup reverts back to that geographical separation, splitting the 12-team league into two conferences of six to compete for a spot in the competition's championship. Ten of each team's regular season games in the first half of the season will be against their conference foes - one home, one away - and those games will double as Commissioner's Cup contests.
The team with the best winning percentage from each conference at the end of those 10 games will play in Phoenix on Aug. 12 to determine which squad will come away with the Commissioner's Cup trophy and $500,000 prize.
We're now a portion through the 2021 campaign, which means teams have all played some of their allotted Commissioner's Cup games. A few weeks into the season, this is what the Commissioner's Cup standings look like:
Last updated May 28, 2021, at 12 p.m. EST.
WNBA Commissioner's Cup Standings
Eastern Conference Commissioner's Cup Standings
1. Connecticut Sun (2-0)
Wins: @Atlanta Dream (78-67, May 14), Indiana Fever (88-67, May 19)
2. New York Liberty (3-1)
Wins: Indiana Fever (90-87, May 14), @Indiana Fever (73-65, May 16), @Chicago Sky (93-85, May 23)
Losses: @Washington Mystics (101-72, May 21)
3. Chicago Sky (2-2)
Wins: @Washington Mystics (70-56, May 15), @Atlanta Dream (85-77, May 19)
Losses: New York Liberty (93-85, May 23), Atlanta Dream (90-83, May 25)
4. Atlanta Dream (2-2)
Wins: @Indiana Fever (83-79, May 21), @Chicago Sky (90-83, May 25)
Losses: Connecticut Sun (78-67, May 14), Chicago Sky (85-77, May 19)
5. Washington Mystics (1-2)
Wins: New York Liberty (101-72, May 21)
Losses: Chicago Sky (70-56, May 15), @Indiana Fever (89-77, May 23)
6. Indiana Fever (1-4)
Wins: Washington Mystics (89-77, May 23)
Losses: @New York Liberty (90-87, May 14) New York Liberty (73-65, May 16), @Connecticut Sun (88-67, May 19), Atlanta Dream (83-79, May 21)
Western Conference Commissioner's Cup Standings
1. Seattle Storm (3-0)
Wins: Las Vegas Aces (97-83, May 15), @Minnesota Lynx (90-78, May 20), @Dallas Wings (100-97, May 22)
2. Las Vegas Aces (2-1)
Wins: Los Angeles Sparks (97-69, May 21), @Phoenix Mercury (85-79, May 26)
Losses: @Seattle Storm (97-83, May 15)
3. Phoenix Mercury (1-1)
Wins: @Minnesota Lynx (77-75, May 14)
Losses: Las Vegas Aces (85-79, May 26)
4. Dallas Wings (1-1)
Wins: @Los Angeles Sparks (94-71, May 14)
Losses: Seattle Storm (100-97, May 22)
5. Los Angeles Sparks (0-2)
Losses: Dallas Wings (94-71, May 14), @Las Vegas Aces (97-69, May 21)
6. Minnesota Lynx (0-2)
Losses: Phoenix Mercury (77-75, May 14), Seattle Storm (90-78, May 20)