The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 16-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Aug. 9, 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 (13) | 27 | 7 | 20 | 1 |
| 2 | Golden State Valkyries (2) | 23 | 9 | 39 | 4 |
| 3 | Washington Mystics (1) | 19 | 12 | 65 | 6 |
| 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 22 | 11 | 67 | 3 |
| 5 | Indiana Fever | 20 | 12 | 78 | 2 |
| 6 | New York Liberty | 20 | 13 | 89 | 8 |
| 7 | Atlanta Dream | 19 | 12 | 119 | 5 |
| 8 | Dallas Wings | 19 | 14 | 136 | 7 |
| 9 | Chicago Sky | 12 | 20 | 170 | 9 |
| 10 | Portland Fire | 13 | 19 | 173 | 12 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | 12 | 19 | 178 | 11 |
| 12 | Phoenix Mercury | 12 | 22 | 202 | 10 |
| 13 | Connecticut Sun | 8 | 23 | 218 | 14 |
| 14 | Toronto Tempo | 10 | 21 | 231 | 13 |
| 15 | Seattle Storm | 6 | 28 | 255 | 15 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Dream
Fever
Liberty
Mystics
Wings
Fire
Sky
Sparks
Mercury
Tempo
Sun
Storm