| 2019 Washington Mystics season | |
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WNBA champions | |
| Coach | Mike Thibault |
| Arena | St. Elizabeths East Arena |
| Attendance | 4,530 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 26–8 (.765) |
| Place | 1st (Eastern) |
| Playoff finish | 1st seed; WNBA Champions, beat Connecticut Sun 3-2 |
| Team Leaders | |
| Points | Elena Delle Donne – 19.5 ppg |
| Rebounds | Elena Delle Donne – 8.3 rpg |
| Assists | Kristi Toliver – 6.0 apg |
| Media | |
| Television | NBC Sports Washington and Monumental Sports Network |
The 2019 WNBA season was the 22nd for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Mystics winning their first WNBA Championship.
The Mystics began playing at the St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena in the 2019 season. The arena holds a maximum of 4,200 spectators per game. [1]
They began the season on May 25, 2019 versus the Connecticut Sun. On August 31, with a victory over the Dallas Wings, the Mystics set a franchise record for wins at 23. The previous record was 22, held jointly by the 2010 and 2018 teams. They entered the playoffs as the top-seeded team, and defeated the Las Vegas Aces in the semifinals and the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA Finals. [2]
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 1 | 10 | Kiara Leslie |  United States | NC State |
| 3 | 34 | Sam Fuehring | United States | Louisville |
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| February 1, 2019 | Re-signed G Natasha Cloud [3] [4] | |
| February 4, 2019 | Re-signed F LaToya Sanders [5] [6] | |
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May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
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| 2019 playoff game log Total: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
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WNBA Finals: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
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| 2019 playoff schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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| 1 | Washington Mystics (1) | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 14–3 | 12–5 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun (2) | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3 | 15–2 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 3 | Chicago Sky (5) | 20 | 14 | .588 | 6 | 12–5 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 4 | e –Indiana Fever | 13 | 21 | .382 | 13 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 7–9 |
| 5 | e –New York Liberty | 10 | 24 | .294 | 16 | 4–13 | 6–11 | 3–13 |
| 6 | e –Atlanta Dream | 8 | 26 | .235 | 18 | 5–12 | 3–14 | 3–13 |
| First round: Single elimination (Sept. 11) | Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 15) | Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 17 – Sept. 24) | WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Sept. 29 – Oct. 10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Washington Mystics | 97 | 103 | 75 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 93 | 4 | Las Vegas Aces | 95 | 91 | 92 | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Chicago Sky | 105 | 5 | Chicago Sky | 92 | 1 | Washington Mystics | 95 | 87 | 94 | 86 | 89 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Phoenix Mercury | 76 | 2 | Connecticut Sun | 86 | 99 | 81 | 90 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Connecticut Sun | 84 | 94 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Los Angeles Sparks | 92 | 3 | Los Angeles Sparks | 75 | 68 | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Seattle Storm | 84 | 6 | Seattle Storm | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Minnesota Lynx | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Teams re-seeded after each round.
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
| PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader | ||||
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Elena Delle Donne | 31 | 31 | 29.1 | 51.5 | 43.0 | 97.4 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
| Emma Meesseman | 23 | 6 | 23.6 | 55.2 | 42.2 | 90.5 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 13.1 |
| Kristi Toliver | 23 | 23 | 29.5 | 49.4 | 36.0 | 85.7 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 13.0 |
| Aerial Powers | 30 | 7 | 19.8 | 43.4 | 36.2 | 86.7 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.4 |
| Ariel Atkins | 33 | 33 | 24.4 | 41.6 | 35.7 | 81.1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.3 |
| Tianna Hawkins | 31 | 1 | 15.4 | 51.4 | 36.3 | 92.5 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.5 |
| Natasha Cloud | 34 | 34 | 32.1 | 39.4 | 32.6 | 68.3 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 9.0 |
| Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | 34 | 1 | 17.1 | 43.2 | 31.0 | 93.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 6.7 |
| LaToya Sanders | 34 | 34 | 23.6 | 50.6 | 0 | 89.2 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 6.1 |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | 27 | 0 | 7.8 | 36.2 | 37.5 | 58.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Shey Peddy | 15 | 0 | 4.7 | 61.5 | 50.0 | 100 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Kim Mestdagh | 15 | 0 | 4.7 | 38.9 | 40.0 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 24, 2019 | [7] |
| July 1, 2019 | [8] | ||
| WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month - June | July 1, 2019 | [9] | |
| Mike Thibault | WNBA Coach of the Month - June | July 2, 2019 | [10] |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 | [11] |
| Kristi Toliver | |||
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 22, 2019 | [12] |
| WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July | August 1, 2019 | [13] | |
| WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 5, 2019 | [14] | |
| August 12, 2019 | [15] | ||
| August 19, 2019 | [16] | ||
| WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month - August | September 4, 2019 | [17] | |
| Mike Thibault | WNBA Coach of the Month - August | September 4, 2019 | [18] |
| Elena Delle Donne | WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 9, 2019 | [19] |
| WNBA MVP | September 19, 2019 | [20] | |
| Emma Meesseman | WNBA Finals MVP | October 10, 2019 | [21] |
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