The 2026 WNBA Playoffs on Top Shot
Right now, before a single playoff game has tipped off, all eight of these teams can still win the 2026 WNBA Finals. A rookie can become a household name in one series, a veteran can finally get their long-awaited ring, and a franchise can hang a banner that stays up forever. The 2026 WNBA Playoffs start Sunday, and Top Shot will be dropping top Moments in real time. Collectors who follow the whole Playoffs gets priority access to the Finals drop.
The Contenders
Minnesota Lynx The Lynx are the top seed for the second straight year, and rookie Olivia Miles has played their way into the MVP race alongside A'ja Wilson. Minnesota is chasing the franchise's fifth championship and its first since 2017. Their run starts against the New York Liberty, in a rematch of the 2024 Finals.
Las Vegas Aces. The defending champions have won three of the last four titles. A'ja Wilson, a four-time MVP, is having another MVP-caliber season, and every contender knows the road to a title goes through Las Vegas.
Golden State Valkyries. In only their second season, the Valkyries have built one of the most complete teams in the league. Gabby Williams became the first All-Star starter in franchise history, but Golden State wins with everyone on the floor. The Valkyries allow the fewest points in the WNBA, Janelle Salaün set the single-season record for points off the bench, and Veronica Burton has one of the best assist-to-turnover ratios in league history.
Atlanta Dream Angel Reese and the Dream open at home as one of the hottest teams in the league, winners of 17 of their last 21. Reese, Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray all made the All-Star team, and late in the season Atlanta added DeWanna Bonner, a two-time champion who ranks third in WNBA history in career points. The Dream are chasing their first semifinals trip in nearly a decade, and they have the look of a team nobody wants to see in a best-of-three.
Indiana Fever. Indiana brings three All-Stars into the playoffs in Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, along with one of the most explosive offenses in the league. Mitchell just set the WNBA record for points in a single season, passing the mark A'ja Wilson set in 2024, and Clark has run the offense at an All-Star level all year. The Fever are chasing the second championship in franchise history.
Washington Mystics. No team in the field has grown up faster. Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen are in their second WNBA seasons and have been All-Stars in both. Shakira Austin is one of the leading candidates for Most Improved Player. Around them is a rotation full of rookies: Georgia Amoore, Lauren Betts, Cotie McMahon and Alicia Flórez. Going into the season, only two players on the roster had more than one year of WNBA experience, and Washington is already in the playoffs, well ahead of schedule.
Dallas Wings. Dallas is in the middle of one of the best single-season turnarounds in WNBA history, and it runs through Paige Bueckers, who has scored more points through her first two seasons than any player in league history. Bueckers now gets her first WNBA playoff series, with Arike Ogunbowale and Jessica Shepard alongside.
New York Liberty. Finishing first earned the Lynx a first-round series against one of the last opponents any top seed wants. Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and the Liberty are making their sixth straight playoff appearance, a stretch that includes the 2024 championship and a 2023 Finals run. New York also beat Minnesota in two of their three meetings this season.
Any of these eight teams can win it, and whoever does will be remembered forever for it. Here's how to collect the story as it happens.
What happens every game day
- During the games, make your predictions and play Fast Break. Both are free for every game and begin Sunday.
- The next day, a top play from the previous night's games drops in Top Shot This.
Fast Break and predictions run every game day of the playoffs. Top Shot This runs through the first round and the semifinals, and the top plays of the Finals are reserved for the 2026 WNBA Finals Legendary set.
Top Shot This is your way in
The Top Shot This set already has seven regular-season Moments: Clark, Ogwumike, Mabrey, Collier, Malonga, Jones and Fudd. It gains one more after every playoff game day through the semifinals.
Every Top Shot This Moment is an open edition. The Standard is minted to demand, so its total edition size is set by the number of orders placed during the order window. Each Moment also comes in the same full suite of parallels as the regular season:
- Blockchain /99
- Hardcourt /50
- Hexwave /25
- Jukebox /10
- Galactic /5
- Omega /1
The Finals drop: Wednesday, October 28
Three new sets drop together, built from the biggest plays from throughout the playoffs. The drop also includes the final editions to the 2026 Base Set.
2026 WNBA Playoffs (Common)
- Standard /1000
- Blockchain /99
- Hardcourt /50
2026 WNBA Semifinals (Rare)
- Standard /129
- Hexwave /25
- Jukebox /10
2026 WNBA Finals (Legendary)
- Standard /29
- Galactic /5
- Omega /1
If a Top Shot partnered athlete appears in any of these sets, their signature goes on their most scarce parallel.
Who gets in first
Early access to the Finals drop goes in this order:
- Top Shot This collectors. Complete the 2026 Top Shot This set (every regular-season and playoff Moment) and you get Priority Access to every Finals pack.
- Past WNBA Playoff set completers. The following Sets will get Priority Access to the Finals drop:
- 2025 WNBA Finals, Road to Royalty, In Her Bag, In Their Bag, 2025 WNBA Semifinals, 2025 WNBA Playoffs, and 2024 WNBA Playoffs
More details to come as the Finals drop approaches.
Playoff Premieres: Rookies only
A rookie who makes a great play in the first round or the semifinals earns a Playoff Premiere. That includes Olivia Miles, Pauline Astier, Raven Johnson, Georgia Amoore, Madina Okot, Lauren Betts, Cotie McMahon and more.
To claim one, trade in five of that rookie's Rookie Debut Moments or one of their Rares. There are 49 Playoff Premieres per rookie, and each claim window lasts 48 hours while supplies last. The /10 Jukebox Playoff Premieres will be available in a trade-in auction, where eligible Moments will be any Rare Moment from the corresponding player.
Any Playoff Premieres left unclaimed will be burned. That means every claim, and every Playoff Premiere that goes unclaimed, permanently lowers the supply of that player's rookie supply. Premieres close after the semifinals.
** A note on rookies and the WNBA Finals Legendary set: if a rookie delivers an iconic Finals Moment, they may be included in this set. If that happens, their Finals Legendary will be earned exclusively through a trade-in auction. Any Rare or Legendary Moment from that player qualifies as a bid.
Key dates
- Sep 27: Four Game 1s
- Sep 28: The first playoff Top Shot This, then one after every game day
- Oct 4 to 14: Semifinals, with the last Top Shot This Moments and the last Playoff Premieres
- Oct 17: The WNBA Finals begin, best-of-seven for just the second time in league history
- Oct 28: The WNBA Finals drop
