The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 15-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Aug. 2, 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) | 25 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2 | Indiana Fever | 19 | 11 | 50 | 5 |
| 3 | Las Vegas Aces | 20 | 9 | 55 | 4 |
| 4 | Golden State Valkyries | 20 | 9 | 67 | 1 |
| 5 | Atlanta Dream | 18 | 10 | 71 | 6 |
| 6 | Washington Mystics | 16 | 12 | 83 | 8 |
| 7 | Dallas Wings | 19 | 11 | 96 | 3 |
| 8 | New York Liberty | 17 | 13 | 105 | 7 |
| 9 | Chicago Sky | 11 | 18 | 138 | 9 |
| 10 | Phoenix Mercury | 11 | 19 | 152 | 14 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | 11 | 17 | 169 | 12 |
| 12 | Portland Fire | 11 | 19 | 182 | 10 |
| 13 | Toronto Tempo | 10 | 19 | 184 | 11 |
| 14 | Connecticut Sun | 7 | 23 | 214 | 13 |
| 15 | Seattle Storm | 6 | 25 | 219 | 15 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Dream
Fever
Mystics
Liberty
Wings
Fire
Sparks
Sky
Mercury
Tempo
Sun
Storm