WNBA's latest CBA proposal would put max salary over $1.1M with revenue
sharing, AP source says
[November 19, 2025]
By DOUG FEINBERG
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA's latest collective bargaining
proposal would include revenue sharing with a maximum salary of more
than $1.1 million available to more than one player per team growing
each year, according to a person familiar with the negotiations on
Tuesday night. |
The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at
Mohegan Sun Arena, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica
Hill, File) |
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WNBA officials updated the board on the latest proposal at
meetings this week, the person told The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity because ongoing negotiations are private.
The new league minimum would be more than $220,000 with an
average of more than $460,000.
Those numbers would start in the first year of the deal for more
than 180 players and increase over the length of the CBA.
People familiar with the WNBA’s latest proposal described the
plan to the AP as a highly lucrative package providing
substantial increases over prior years and designed to bring
negotiations to a quick conclusion.
The current CBA was set to expire Oct. 31 when the WNBA and the
players union agreed to continue negotiations to Nov. 30,
allowing more time to negotiate a deal that would be
revolutionary for the players in terms of salary.
The players exercised their right to opt out of the current CBA
last year with hopes of getting, among other things, increased
revenue sharing, higher salaries, improved benefits and a softer
salary cap. When the last CBA expired in 2019, both sides agreed
to a 60-day extension with a CBA eventually ratified in January
2020.
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was hopeful before the 2025
All-Star Game that everyone would be talking about how great the
next CBA would be at the 2026 All-Star Game.
“I’m still really optimistic that we’ll get something done that
would be transformational,” Engelbert said in July.
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