The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 16-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Aug. 23, 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 (16) | 31 | 7 | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces | 26 | 13 | 49 | 3 |
| 3 | Golden State Valkyries | 25 | 11 | 55 | 2 |
| 4 | Atlanta Dream | 24 | 13 | 65 | 7 |
| 5 | Indiana Fever | 25 | 14 | 88 | 4 |
| 6 | New York Liberty | 23 | 15 | 101 | 6 |
| 7 | Washington Mystics | 22 | 15 | 107 | 5 |
| 8 | Dallas Wings | 22 | 16 | 131 | 8 |
| 9 | Chicago Sky | 15 | 23 | 155 | 10 |
| 10 | Portland Fire | 15 | 22 | 171 | 9 |
| 11 | Phoenix Mercury | 13 | 24 | 198 | 11 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Sparks | 13 | 24 | 207 | 12 |
| 13 | Connecticut Sun | 9 | 27 | 213 | 13 |
| 14 | Toronto Tempo | 11 | 26 | 232 | 15 |
| 15 | Seattle Storm | 7 | 31 | 251 | 14 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Dream
Fever
Liberty
Mystics
Wings
Fire
Sky
Sparks
Mercury
Tempo
Sun
Storm