The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 16-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through July 5, 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 (4) | 15 | 5 | 35 | 1 |
| 2 | New York Liberty (7) | 13 | 8 | 36 | 4 |
| 3 | Golden State Valkyries (5) | 14 | 7 | 42 | 3 |
| 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 15 | 6 | 55 | 2 |
| 5 | Dallas Wings | 13 | 8 | 76 | 6 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 12 | 8 | 96 | 7 |
| 7 | Washington Mystics | 10 | 9 | 116 | 8 |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | 12 | 9 | 125 | 5 |
| 9 | Phoenix Mercury | 8 | 13 | 155 | 10 |
| 10 | Toronto Tempo | 9 | 11 | 164 | 9 |
| 11 | Portland Fire | 9 | 12 | 187 | 14 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Sparks | 8 | 10 | 188 | 12 |
| 13 | Chicago Sky | 6 | 14 | 192 | 13 |
| 14 | Seattle Storm | 5 | 17 | 218 | 11 |
| 15 | Connecticut Sun | 4 | 16 | 235 | 15 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Wings
Dream
Fever
Liberty
Mystics
Fire
Tempo
Sparks
Sky
Mercury
Sun
Storm