The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 15-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Aug. 16, all points based on one-point for a first-place vote through 15 points for a 15th-place vote:
| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Minnesota Lynx (15) | 29 | 7 | 15 | 1 |
| 2 | Golden State Valkyries | 24 | 9 | 33 | 2 |
| 3 | Las Vegas Aces | 24 | 12 | 53 | 4 |
| 4 | Indiana Fever | 23 | 12 | 59 | 5 |
| 5 | Washington Mystics | 20 | 14 | 87 | 3 |
| 6 | New York Liberty | 22 | 14 | 99 | 6 |
| 7 | Atlanta Dream | 21 | 13 | 102 | 7 |
| 8 | Dallas Wings | 20 | 15 | 127 | 8 |
| 9 | Portland Fire | 15 | 20 | 145 | 10 |
| 10 | Chicago Sky | 13 | 22 | 165 | 9 |
| 11 | Phoenix Mercury | 13 | 23 | 173 | 12 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Sparks | 12 | 22 | 192 | 11 |
| 13 | Connecticut Sun | 8 | 25 | 221 | 13 |
| 14 | Seattle Storm | 7 | 30 | 222 | 15 |
| 15 | Toronto Tempo | 10 | 23 | 226 | 14 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Dream
Fever
Liberty
Mystics
Wings
Fire
Sky
Sparks
Mercury
Tempo
Sun
Storm