2026 WNBA free agency tracker: Follow along for every signing in the league's biggest FA class ever

WNBA free agency got underway on Monday when teams were first allowed to hand out qualifying offers and core designations. Kelsey Mitchell, who finished fifth in MVP voting last season after putting the Indiana Fever on her back, was the first player to receive a core designation. 

Starting Wednesday, when teams can begin negotiating with outside free agents, things should get interesting. Here's a look at this week's schedule:

• April 6-7: Teams can make qualifying offers and "core" player designations
• April 8-10: Teams can begin negotiating with free agents, but no deals can be signed
• April 11: Players can officially sign contracts and offer sheets

This is the biggest free agency class in league history. Aside from Kalani Brown and Lexie Brown, every single player not on a rookie scale contract is a free agent, including A'ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. This will also be the richest free agency class in history. Thanks to the new collective bargaining agreement, the minimum salary in 2026 will be more than $100,000 higher than the supermax in 2025.  

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The new CBA has not yet been ratified, so it's unclear if there have been any changes to the different categories of free agents, but here are the breakdowns in the most recent CBA:

• Unrestricted free agent: Can talk to and sign with any team
• Restricted free agent: Can talk to and sign with any team, but their previous team has the right to match any offer they receive
• Reserved free agent: Players who hit free agency with fewer than three years of service. Their previous team has exclusive negotiating rights as long as they extend a qualifying offer
• Suspended -- contract expired: In rare cases, players' contracts will expire while they are suspended. Per the collective bargaining agreement, these players are found to be "withholding services." In practice, these players are treated like reserved free agents, though their previous team does not need to extend a qualifying offer

Ahead of all the action, here is a look at this year's free agent class:

Core players

Unrestricted free agents

Restricted free agents

Reserved players

Suspended -- contract expired