Unrivaled is just a few months removed from another season — and this time, 48 WNBA players will be lacing up for the professional 3-on-3 basketball co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
Unrivaled’s player lineup includes 22 new WNBA players — what stands out?
Miami’s 3-on-3 pro women’s basketball league has expanded from 36 to 48 players, and brought in plenty of new WNBA standouts.
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Noa Dalzell is a senior writer covering the WNBA and all of women’s basketball for Breakaway, SB Nation’s women’s sports vertical, as well as the Celtics for CelticsBlog.
In addition to the 48 rostered players, 6 players will participate in a development pool, though their names have yet to be announced.
The new additions include several established and rising stars, among them being:
- Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers
- Connecticut Sun guard Saniya Rivers
- Los Angeles Sparks guard Kl
- Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron
- Golden State Valkyries guard Veronica Burton
- Washington Mystics forward Kiki Iriafen
- Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell
At the same time, Unrivaled has lost several big names from its inaugural season, including New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese.
In total, 26 players return from the inaugural season:
- Alyssa Thomas, Phoenix Mercury
- Rickea Jackson, Los Angeles Sparks
- Satou Sabally, Phoenix Mercury
- Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
- Lexie Hull, Indiana Fever
- Azurá Stevens, Los Angeles Sparks
- Jackie Young, Las Vegas Aces
- Kate Martin, Golden State Valkyries
- Dearica Hamby, Los Angeles Sparks
- Natasha Cloud, New York Liberty
- Aaliyah Edwards, Connecticut Sun
- Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
- Rae Burrell, Los Angeles Sparks
- Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas Aces
- Brittney Sykes, Seattle Storm
- Kahleah Copper, Phoenix Mercury
- Allisha Gray, Atlanta Dream
- Shakira Austin, Washington Mystics
- Courtney Williams, Minnesota Lynx
- Skylar Diggins, Seattle Storm
- Brittney Griner, Atlanta Dream
- Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream
- Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever
- Cameron Brink, Los Angeles Sparks
- Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas Wings
- Marina Mabrey, Connecticut Sun
And, 22 WNBA players serve as new additions:
- Paige Bueckers, Dallas Wings
- Saniya Rivers, Connecticut Sun
- Erica Wheeler, Seattle Storm
- Sonia Citron, Washington Mystics
- Veronica Burton, Golden State Valkyries
- Kiki Iriafen, Washington Mystics
- Monique Billings, Golden State Valkyries
- Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana Fever
- Naz Hillmon, Atlanta Dream (was a reserve player)
- Sug Sutton, Washington Mystics
- Natisha Hiedeman, Minnesota Lynx (was a reserve player)
- Ezi Magbegor, Seattle Storm
- Rachel Banham, Chicago Sky
- Maddy Siegrist, Dallas Wings
- Alanna Smith, Minnesota Lynx
- Jordin Canada, Atlanta Dream
- Li Yueru, Dallas Wings
- Kelsey Plum, Los Angeles Sparks
- Dana Evans, Las Vegas Aces
- Aari McDonald, Indiana Fever
- Rebecca Allen, Chicago Sky
- Dominique Malonga, Seattle Storm
In addition to Reese and Ionescu, who have opted not to play in Year 2 of Unrivaled, several players are sidelined with injuries ahead of the coming season.
That list includes Minnesota Lynx guard DiJonai Carrington (foot surgery), Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot (torn ACL), and Seattle Storm forward Katie Lou Samuelson (torn ACL), among others.
Unrivaled is adding 4 new head coaches
Ahead of its second season, Unrivaled has expanded from 6 to 8 clubs. The league has lost two head coaches (Adam Harrington and Phil Handy) while bringing in four new faces.
The incoming list of head coaches is as follows:
- Breeze BC: Noelle Quinn (new addition)
- Hive BC: Rena Wakama (new addition)
- Laces BC: Andrew Wade
- Lunar Owls BC: DJ Sackmann
- Mist BC: Zach O’Brien (new addition)
- Phantom BC: Roneeka Hodges (new addition)
- Rose BC: Nola Henry
- Vinyl BC: Teresa Weatherspoon
The league is set to tip off on January 5th, 2026, on TNT Sports.
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