The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 16-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through July 12, 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 | Golden State Valkyries (9) | 17 | 7 | 25 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Lynx (7) | 17 | 6 | 30 | 1 |
| 3 | Dallas Wings | 16 | 8 | 58 | 5 |
| 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 17 | 7 | 64 | 4 |
| 5 | Indiana Fever | 14 | 9 | 85 | 6 |
| 6 | New York Liberty | 13 | 11 | 114 | 2 |
| 7 | Atlanta Dream | 13 | 10 | 128 | 8 |
| 8 | Washington Mystics | 11 | 10 | 130 | 7 |
| 9 | Toronto Tempo | 10 | 13 | 161 | 10 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Sparks | 10 | 11 | 165 | 12 |
| 11 | Portland Fire | 10 | 13 | 173 | 11 |
| 12 | Chicago Sky | 7 | 16 | 217 | 13 |
| 13 | Phoenix Mercury | 8 | 16 | 223 | 9 |
| 14 | Seattle Storm | 6 | 19 | 229 | 14 |
| 15 | Connecticut Sun | 5 | 18 | 238 | 15 |
Lynx
Valkyries
Aces
Dream
Fever
Liberty
Mystics
Wings
Fire
Sky
Sparks
Mercury
Tempo
Sun
Storm