Two-time WNBA MVP runner-up Napheesa Collier is sticking with the Minnesota Lynx, who are signing the veteran forward to a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract, ESPN reported on Thursday.
When the deal is official, Collier will join the Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell (one-year deal) and Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson (three-year contract) as the only WNBA players with supermax pacts.
Collier, 29, battled injuries but still managed to average 22.9 rebounds, 7.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 33 games for the Lynx in 2025, finishing second in MVP voting to Wilson for the second straight season. Collier also became just the second player in league history with a 50-40-90 split in the regular season.
She hit 53.1% from the floor, 40.3% from 3-point range and 90.6% of her foul shots, becoming the first player to achieve that feat while averaging more than 20 points.
Collier sat out seven games in August with a right ankle injury, then sustained a season-ending left ankle injury in Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals. The Lynx lost the series in five games to the Phoenix Mercury.
Entering her eighth season since the Lynx drafted her with the No. 6 overall pick in 2019, Collier is expected to miss the beginning of the season following surgery on both of her ankles.
Over 193 games (all starts) with the Lynx, Collier has averages of 18.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists.
Along with Collier, Minnesota brought back Courtney Williams and Kayla McBride, but Natisha Hiedeman, DiJonai Carrington, Alanna Smith and Jessica Shepard all exited as free agents. The Lynx also lost Bridget Carleton, who was selected by Portland in the expansion draft. Minnesota tabbed Olivia Miles with the No. 2 pick in the WNBA draft on Monday.
–Field Level Media
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