WNBA
2005 Season
Champions: Sacramento Monarchs (3-1)
The 2005 WNBA season featured 13 teams across 238 recorded games. Connecticut Sun posted the league's best record at 26-8. Sacramento Monarchs won the championship, defeating Connecticut Sun 3-1 in the Finals. Yolanda Griffith was named Finals MVP; Sheryl Swoopes took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Eastern Conference
- Connecticut Sun 26-8 0.765
- Indiana Fever 21-13 0.618
WNBA
- Sacramento Monarchs 🏆 25-9 0.735
- Houston Comets 19-15 0.559
- New York Liberty 18-16 0.529
- Los Angeles Sparks 17-17 0.500
- Detroit Shock 16-18 0.471
- Washington Mystics 16-18 0.471
- Phoenix Mercury 16-18 0.471
- San Antonio Silver Stars 7-27 0.206
- Charlotte Sting 6-28 0.176
Western Conference
- Seattle Storm 20-14 0.588
- Minnesota Lynx 14-20 0.412
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Sheryl Swoopes HOU 18.4 PPG
- 2 Lauren Jackson SEA 17.3 PPG
- 3 Chamique Holdsclaw LOS 16.8 PPG
- 4 Deanna Nolan TUL 16.0 PPG
- 5 Diana Taurasi PHO 16.0 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Cheryl Ford TUL 9.7 RPG
- 2 Lauren Jackson SEA 9.0 RPG
- 3 Tamika Catchings IND 7.8 RPG
- 4 Taj McWilliams-Franklin CON 7.2 RPG
- 5 Lisa Leslie LOS 7.2 RPG
Assists
- 1 Sue Bird SEA 5.8 APG
- 2 Temeka Johnson WAS 5.2 APG
- 3 Lindsay Whalen CON 5.0 APG
- 4 Shannon Johnson SAS 4.7 APG
- 5 Diana Taurasi PHO 4.5 APG
Steals
- 1 Tamika Catchings IND 2.7 SPG
- 2 Sheryl Swoopes HOU 2.0 SPG
- 3 Lisa Leslie LOS 2.0 SPG
- 4 Tully Bevilaqua IND 2.0 SPG
- 5 Becky Hammon NYL 1.8 SPG
Blocks
- 1 Margo Dydek CON 2.4 BPG
- 2 Vanessa Hayden-Johnson MIN 2.2 BPG
- 3 Lisa Leslie LOS 2.1 BPG
- 4 Lauren Jackson SEA 1.8 BPG
- 5 Ruth Riley TUL 1.4 BPG
Awards
- Finals MVP Yolanda Griffith
- MVP Sheryl Swoopes
- Defensive Player of the Year Tamika Catchings