Western Conference (WNBA)

Western Conference

League	WNBA
Sport	Basketball
Inaugural season	1997
No. of teams	6
Most recent champion(s)	Phoenix Mercury
Most titles	Phoenix Mercury(4)

The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.

The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference champion in the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. All in-conference playoff series are best-of-three.

Current Western Conference

Team	City/Area	Arena	Colors	Joined WNBA	Head Coach
Los Angeles Sparks	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center	Purple, Gold, Teal	1997	Brian Agler
Minnesota Lynx	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	Blue, Green, White, Silver	1999	Cheryl Reeve
Phoenix Mercury	Phoenix, AZ	US Airways Center	Purple, Yellow, Orange, White	1997	Sandy Brondello
San Antonio Stars	San Antonio, TX	Freeman Coliseum – 2015	Black, Silver	1997*	Dan Hughes
Seattle Storm	Seattle, WA	KeyArena	Green, Red, White, Gold	2000	Jenny Boucek
Tulsa Shock	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center	Black, Red, Gold	1998*	Fred Williams

Former teams

Defunct

• Houston Comets (1997–2008)
• Portland Fire (2000–2002)
• Sacramento Monarchs (1997–2009)

Relocated

• Utah Starzz to San Antonio Silver Stars (2003)
• Detroit Shock (East) to Tulsa Shock (2009)

Western Conference champions

• 1997: No Western team moved on to Finals due to playoff setup.
• 1998: Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury
• 1999: Houston Comets
• 2000: Houston Comets
• 2001: Los Angeles Sparks
• 2002: Los Angeles Sparks
• 2003: Los Angeles Sparks
• 2004: Seattle Storm
• 2005: Sacramento Monarchs
• 2006: Sacramento Monarchs
• 2007: Phoenix Mercury
• 2008: San Antonio Silver Stars
• 2009: Phoenix Mercury
• 2010: Seattle Storm
• 2011: Minnesota Lynx
• 2012: Minnesota Lynx
• 2013: Minnesota Lynx
• 2014: Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Champions in bold

Conference Championship count

• 4: Phoenix Mercury
• 3: Houston Comets (Played in Eastern Conference in 1997)
• 3: Los Angeles Sparks
• 3: Minnesota Lynx
• 2: Seattle Storm
• 2: Sacramento Monarchs
• 1: San Antonio Stars

All-time conference standings

2014 Season

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	y-Phoenix Mercury	29	5	.853	-	34
2	x-Minnesota Lynx	25	9	.735	4.0	34
3	x-San Antonio Stars	16	18	.471	13.0	34
4	x-Los Angeles Sparks	16	18	.471	13.0	34
5	e-Tulsa Shock	12	22	.353	17.0	34
6	e-Seattle Storm	12	22	.353	17.0	34

2013 Season

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Minnesota Lynx	26	8	.765	-	34
2	x-Los Angeles Sparks	24	10	.706	2	34
3	x-Phoenix Mercury	19	15	.559	7	34
4	x-Seattle Storm	17	17	.500	9	34
5	e-San Antonio Silver Stars	12	22	.353	14	34
6	e-Tulsa Shock	11	23	.324	15	34

2012 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z	27	7	.794	–	16–1	11–6	17–5
Los Angeles Sparks x	24	10	.706	3.0	16–1	8–9	15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x	21	13	.618	6.0	12–5	9–8	14–8
Seattle Storm x	16	18	.471	11.0	10–7	6–11	11–11
Tulsa Shock o	9	25	.265	18.0	6–11	3–14	5–17
Phoenix Mercury o	7	27	.206	20.0	3–14	4–13	4–18

2011 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx x	27	7	.794	–	14–3	13–4	18–4
Seattle Storm x	21	13	.618	6.0	15–2	6–11	15–7
Phoenix Mercury x	19	15	.559	8.0	11–6	8–9	11–11
San Antonio Silver Stars x	18	16	.529	9.0	9–8	9–8	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks o	15	19	.441	12.0	10–7	5–12	10–12
Tulsa Shock o	3	31	.088	24.0	2–15	1–16	1–21

2010 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Seattle Storm x	28	6	.824	–	17–0	11–6	20–2
Phoenix Mercury x	15	19	.441	13.0	9–8	6–11	13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	14	20	.412	14.0	8–9	6–11	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x	13	21	.382	15.0	8–9	5–12	10–12
Minnesota Lynx o	13	21	.382	15.0	7–10	6–11	8–14
Tulsa Shock o	6	28	.176	22.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

2009 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–7
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	3.0	13–4	7–10	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks x	18	16	.529	5.0	11–6	7–10	11–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	15	19	.441	8.0	10–7	5–12	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	9.0	9–8	5–12	7–13
Sacramento Monarchs o	12	22	.353	11.0	7–10	5–12	6–14

2008 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
San Antonio Silver Stars x	24	10	.706	–	15–2	9–8	10–10
Seattle Storm x	22	12	.647	2.0	16–1	6–11	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks x	20	14	.588	4.0	12–5	8–9	12–8
Sacramento Monarchs x	18	16	.529	13–4	5–12	6.0	9–11
Houston Comets o	17	17	.500	7.0	13–4	4–13	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	16	18	.471	8.0	10–7	6–11	8–12
Phoenix Mercury o	16	18	.471	8.0	9–8	7–10	8–12

2007 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.706	–	12–5	11–6	17–5
San Antonio Silver Stars x	20	14	.588	3.0	9–8	11–6	13–9
Sacramento Monarchs x	19	15	.559	4.0	12–5	7–10	12–10
Seattle Storm x	17	17	.500	6.0	12–5	5–12	11–11
Houston Comets o	13	21	.382	10.0	7–10	6–11	10–12
Minnesota Lynx o	10	24	.294	13.0	7–10	3–14	8–14
Los Angeles Sparks o	10	24	.294	13.0	5–12	5–12	6–16

2006 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	15–5
Sacramento Monarchs x	21	13	.618	4.0	14–3	7–10	10–10
Houston Comets x	18	16	.529	7.0	12–5	6–11	11–9
Seattle Storm x	18	16	.529	7.0	9–8	9–8	10–10
Phoenix Mercury o	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	8–12
San Antonio Silver Stars o	13	21	.382	12.0	6–11	7–10	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	10	24	.294	15.0	8–9	2–15	6–14

2005 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Sacramento Monarchs x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	17–5
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	5.0	14–3	6–11	13–9
Houston Comets x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x	17	17	.500	8.0	11–6	6–11	12–10
Phoenix Mercury o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	12–10
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	11.0	11–6	3–14	9–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o	7	27	.206	18.0	5–12	2–15	3–19

2004 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	16–6
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	5.0	13–4	7–10	13–9
Minnesota Lynx x	18	16	.529	7.0	11–6	7–10	12–10
Sacramento Monarchs x	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	12–10
Phoenix Mercury o	17	17	.500	8.0	10–7	7–10	11–11
Houston Comets o	13	21	.382	12.0	9–8	4–13	7–15
San Antonio Silver Stars o	9	25	.265	16.0	6–11	3–14	6–16

2003 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x	24	10	.706	–	11–6	13–4	17–7
Houston Comets x	20	14	.588	4.0	14–3	6–11	14–10
Sacramento Monarchs x	19	15	.559	5.0	12–5	7–10	13–11
Minnesota Lynx x	18	16	.529	6.0	11–6	7–10	14–10
Seattle Storm o	18	16	.529	6.0	13–4	5–12	11–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o	12	22	.353	12.0	9–8	3–14	10–14
Phoenix Mercury o	8	26	.235	16.0	6–11	2–15	5–19

2002 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	7	.781	17–4	–
Houston Comets x	24	8	.750	16–5	1.0
Utah Starzz x	20	12	.625	12–9	5.0
Seattle Storm x	17	15	.531	10–11	8.0
Portland Fire o	16	16	.500	8–13	9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	14	18	.438	8–13	11.0
Phoenix Mercury o	11	21	.344	7–14	14.0
Minnesota Lynx o	10	22	.313	6–15	15.0

2001 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	28	4	.875	19–2	–
Sacramento Monarchs x	20	12	.625	13–8	8.0
Utah Starzz x	19	13	.594	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets x	19	13	.594	13–8	9.0
Phoenix Mercury o	13	19	.406	8–13	15.0
Minnesota Lynx o	12	20	.375	9–12	16.0
Portland Fire o	11	21	.344	5–16	17.0
Seattle Storm o	10	22	.313	6–15	18.0

2000 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	28	4	.875	17–4	–
Houston Comets x	27	5	.844	17–4	1.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	21	11	.656	13–8	7.0
Phoenix Mercury x	20	12	.625	11–10	8.0
Utah Starzz o	18	14	.563	13–8	10.0
Minnesota Lynx o	15	17	.469	5–16	13.0
Portland Fire o	10	22	.313	4–17	18.0
Seattle Storm o	6	26	.188	4–17	22.0

1999 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets x	26	6	.813	16–4	–
Los Angeles Sparks x	20	12	.625	12–8	6.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	19	13	.594	9–11	7.0
Phoenix Mercury o	15	17	.469	7–13	11.0
Minnesota Lynx o	15	17	.469	8–12	11.0
Utah Starzz o	15	17	.469	8–12	11.0

1998 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets x	27	3	.900	15–1	–
Phoenix Mercury x	19	11	.633	10–6	8.0
Los Angeles Sparks o	12	18	.400	6–10	15.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	8	22	.267	5–11	19.0
Utah Starzz o	8	22	.267	4–12	19.0

1997 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Phoenix Mercury x	16	12	.571	9–3	–
Los Angeles Sparks o	14	14	.500	8–4	2.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	10	18	.357	4–8	6.0
Utah Starzz o	7	21	.250	3–9	9.0

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