Full 2021 WNBA Draft results: Wings go big, Guirantes slides to Sparks
The 2021 WNBA Draft is in the books, with the Dallas Wings selecting Texas junior Charli Collier and Finnish teenager Awak Kuier back-to-back with the first two picks.
At No. 3, the Atlanta Dream took NCAA Tournament standout Aari McDonald. The Indiana Fever then threw draft analysts' expectations out the window by choosing West Virginia's Kysre Gondrezick with the fourth pick, setting off a run of surprising first-round choices.
A number of big-name players slid, including Tennessee's Rennia Davis, who went to the Minnesota Lynx at No. 9. Fellow projected mid-first-rounder Arella Guirantes fell all the way to the Los Angeles Sparks at No. 22.
Here are the full results from all three rounds:
Round 1
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wings | Charli Collier | Texas |
| 2 | Wings | Awak Kuier | Finland |
| 3 | Dream | Aari McDonald | Arizona |
| 4 | Fever | Kysre Gondrezick | West Virginia |
| 5 | Wings | Chelsea Dungee | Arkansas |
| 6 | Liberty | Michaela Onyenwere | UCLA |
| 7 | Sparks | Jasmine Walker | Alabama |
| 8 | Sky | Shyla Heal | Australia |
| 9 | Lynx | Rennia Davis | Tennessee |
| 10 | Sparks | Stephanie Watts | North Carolina |
| 11 | Storm* | Aaliyah Wilson | Texas A&M |
| 12 | Aces | Iliana Rupert | France |
*The Storm traded Wilson's draft rights to the Fever for Kennedy Burke
Round 2
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Wings | Dana Evans | Louisville |
| 14 | Aces | Destiny Slocum | Arkansas |
| 15 | Dream | Raquel Carrera | Spain |
| 16 | Sky | Natasha Mack | Oklahoma State |
| 17 | Liberty | DiDi Richards | Baylor |
| 18 | Storm | Kiana Williams | Stanford |
| 19 | Fever | Unique Thompson | Auburn |
| 20 | Sun | DiJonai Carrington | Baylor |
| 21 | Sun | Micaela Kelly | Central Michigan |
| 22 | Sparks | Arella Guirantes | Rutgers |
| 23 | Storm | N'dea Jones | Texas A&M |
| 24 | Fever | Trinity Baptiste | Arizona |
Round 3
| Pick | Team | Player | School/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Liberty | Valerie Higgins | Pacific |
| 26 | Fever | Chelsey Perry | UT-Martin |
| 27 | Dream | Lindsey Pulliam | Northwestern |
| 28 | Sparks | Ivana Raca | Wake Forest |
| 29 | Liberty | Marine Fauthoux | France |
| 30 | Sun | Aleah Goodman | Oregon State |
| 31 | Fever | Florencia Chagas | Argentina |
| 32 | Mercury | Ciera Johnson | Texas A&M |
| 33 | Fever | Maya Caldwell | Georgia |
| 34 | Sparks | Aina Ayuso | Spain |
| 35 | Storm | Natalie Kucowski | Lafayette |
| 36 | Aces | Kionna Jeter | Towson |
The 2021 WNBA season tips off May 14.
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