During the 2024 season, the team with the highest average annual player salary in the U.S. Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) was the Connecticut Sun with 139.89 thousand U.S. dollars. The Sun reached the semi-finals in the WNBA Playoffs in the previous year, being beaten by the New York Liberty.
Average annual player salary in the Women’s National Basketball Association in the United States in 2024, by team
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This statistic was calculated by Statista through accessing each Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team's salary rankings from this source. In these rankings, a comprehensive list of each players' base salary earnings was available, from which a mean average for each roster could be determined.
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