There has never been an offseason as full of colossal milestones as the time between the anointing of the 2025 WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces on Oct. 10 and the first tip-off of the 2026 season on Friday.

The WNBA’s Board of Governors and the WNBA Players Association needed 160 of those 211 days, on top of the 12 months prior, to come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that altered the women’s sports landscape. The long-form agreement is still being finalized, but the deal sets a $7 million salary cap (up from $1.5 million) with a $1.4M supermax and average revenue share of nearly 20% across the deal.

The first million-dollar contract was signed this offseason, a monumental feat ahead of its 30th season. In all, 31 players will earn at least seven figures this season. Four-time MVP A’ja Wilson and 2025 MVP finalists Naphessa Collier and Kelsey Mitchell will each make $1.4M.

Fever center Aliyah Boston, who was eligible for an early extension under the new EPIC provision, signed the richest total deal of the offseason at four years, $6.3 million.

The marathon March negotiations kept the season on schedule, although it squeezed offseason…