2025 WNBA Championship Betting Lines - Basketball Odds

2025 WNBA Championship Betting Online

The most anticipated season in the history of the WNBA gets underway in mid-May with the defending champion New York Liberty the favorite to win another title. Thanks to the addition of Caitlin Clark, the No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 draft, the W had viewership and attendance numbers never seen before.

As a result of the increased attention, sports bettors flooded to the league with sportsbooks reporting that they had never seen more wagering activity on the W than they did during the 2024 season. And with the addition of the expansion Golden State Valkyries for 2025 the W increased the number of regular season games with teams playing 44 contests for the first time, up from 40 games last year.

A talented class of first-year players helped the W reach new heights in 2024. Fresh off becoming the NCAA all-time scoring leader during her four seasons at Iowa, Clark led Indiana to its most wins since 2015 and first playoff appearance since 2016 averaging 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds to earn WNBA Rookie of the Year honors in a near unanimous vote. Kamilla Cardosa, Rickea Jackson Aaliyah Edwards and Angel Reese all had stellar seasons as top draft picks.

Another generational talent entered the league in 2025 with UConn star Paige Bueckers drafted No. 1 overall by the Dallas Wings. Bueckers and Clark were in the same class with Paige ranked higher by most scouting bureaus when the two came out of high school. Dallas went 9-31 last year finishing next to last in the overall standings, but look to make a leap with Bueckers and former scoring champ Arike Ogunbowale.

Basketball Betting Lines

2025 WNBA Championship Betting Odds

*Odds as of Monday, May 19, 10:00 AM ET

The Fever made a huge leap in the WNBA futures market and they are a popular pick among the betting public because of MVP contender Clark. The club made moves to surround Clark and 2023 first overall pick and league ROY Aaliyah Boston adding veteran DeWanna Bonner and Sophie Cunningham.

Despite all the noise New York is the team to beat boasting the shortest preseason odds with the core of the first championship team in franchise history returning. In 2023 the Liberty went all in bringing in former MVP Breanna Stewart to play alongside Sabrina Ionescu, they reached the championship series only to fall to Las Vegas in four games.

The Aces’ bid for a three-peat came up short last year but they have three-time MVP A’ja Wilson and former scoring leader Jewell Lloyd. They are among the favorites along with last year’s runner-up the Minnesota Lynx.

They’re not getting a lot of attention after winning a league-worst eight games last year but the Los Angeles Sparks could be a team to watch. Last year’s first round pick Cameron Brink should return from a knee injury early enough to make a difference and the club added Kelsey Plum to team with Rickea Jackson making them a formidable opponent.

WNBA Championships

The Houston Comets burned out after the 2008 season yet they still hold a share of the most championships in WNBA history. The club won the first four titles beating New York in three of those matchups. LA won the next two titles behind three-time MVP Lisa Leslie. LA reached the Finals in 2003 losing to Detroit and wouldn’t return to the Final again until winning a third title in 2016.

Minnesota began an epic run in the 2010s winning six Western Conference titles in the span of seven seasons. The Lynx went on to claim the WNBA championship four times, but a one-point loss to the Sparks in Game 5 of the 2016 Finals kept them from becoming the most successful franchise in the league's history.

Seattle became the third team to win four titles knocking off Las Vegas in the 2020 WNBA Finals. Two years later behind MVP A’ja Wilson the Aces would win the franchise’s first title and in 2023 they became the first repeat champion since LA in 2002.

After five WNBA Finals losses, the Liberty finally broke through in 2024 winning their first championship. They are one of three teams (LA, Phoenix) remaining from the debut WNBA season in 1997 in their original location.

WNBA Finals Results (2020)

WNBA Teams

Log into BookMaker Sportsbook and get the best Basketball Betting Odds, Basketball Betting Articles and information about this and all other sports betting events!