| 2008 WNBA Draft Results |
| First Round |
| Pick | Team | Rec. | Player, Pos, School |
| 1 | Los Angeles Sparks | 10-24 | Candace Parker, F, Tennessee |
| 2 | Chicago Sky | 14-20 | Sylvia Fowles, C, LSU |
| 3 | Minnesota Lynx | 10-24 | Candice Wiggins, G, Stanford |
| 4 | Detroit Shock (from Atlanta via Seattle) | 24-10 | Alexis Hornbuckle, G, Tennessee |
| 5 | Houston Comets | 13-21 | Matee Ajavon, G, Rutgers |
| 6 | Washington Mystics | 16-18 | Crystal Langhorne, F, Maryland |
| 7 | New York Liberty | 16-18 | Essence Carson, G, Rutgers |
| 8 | Atlanta Dream | NA | Tamera Young, G-F, James Madison |
| 9 | Connecticut Sun | 18-16 | Amber Holt, F, Middle Tennessee |
| 10 | Sacramento Monarchs | 19-15 | Laura Harper, C, Maryland |
| 11 | Detroit Shock (from San Antonio) | 24-10 | Tasha Humphrey, F, Georgia |
| 12 | Connecticut Sun (from Indiana) | 18-16 | Ketia Swanier, G, Connecticut |
| 13 | Phoenix Mercury | 23-11 | LaToya Pringle, F, North Carolina |
| 14 | New York Liberty (from Detroit) | 16-18 | Erlana Larkins, F, North Carolina |
| Second Round |
| 15 | Los Angeles Sparks | 10-24 | Shannon Bobbitt, G, Tennessee |
| 16 | Minnesota Lynx | 10-24 | Nicky Anosike, C, Tennessee |
| 17 | Houston Comets | 13-21 | Erica White, G, Houston |
| 18 | Detroit Shock (from Atlanta Dream) | 24-10 | Olayinka Sanni, C, West Virginia |
| 19 | Chicago Sky | 14-20 | Quianna Chaney, G, LSU |
| 20 | Washington Mystics | 16-18 | Lindsey Pluimer, F, UCLA |
| 21 | San Antonio Silver Stars (from New York) | 20-14 | Chioma Nnamaka, F, Georgia Tech |
| 22 | Seattle Storm | 17-17 | Allie Quigley, G, DePaul |
| 23 | Connecticut Sun | 18-16 | Jolene Anderson, G, Wisconsin |
| 24 | Atlanta Dream (from Indiana Fever) | NA | Morenike Atunrase, F, Texas A&M |
| 25 | Phoenix Mercury (from San Antonio) | 23-11 | Leilani Mitchell, G, Utah |
| 26 | Indiana Fever | 21-13 | Khadijah Whittington, F, N.C. State |
| 27 | New York Liberty (from Phoenix) | 16-18 | Wanish Smith, G, Duke |
| 28 | Detroit Shock | 24-10 | Natasha Lacy, G, UTEP |
| Third Round |
| 29 | Los Angeles Sparks | 10-24 | Sharnee Zoll, G, Virginia |
| 30 | Minnesota Lynx | 10-24 | Charde Houston, F, Connecticut |
| 31 | Houston Comets | 13-21 | Crystal Kelly, F, Western Kentucky |
| 32 | Atlanta Dream | NA | Danielle Hood, F, Hartford |
| 33 | Chicago Sky | 14-20 | Angela Tisdale, G, Baylor |
| 34 | Washington Mystics | 16-18 | Krystal Vaughn, F, Virginia Commonwealth |
| 35 | New York Liberty | 16-18 | Alberta Auguste, F, Tennessee |
| 36 | Seattle Storm | 17-17 | Kimberly Beck, G, George Washington |
| 37 | Connecticut Sun | 18-16 | Lauren Ervin, C, Arkansas |
| 38 | Sacramento Monarchs | 19-15 | AQuonesia Franklin, G, Texas A&M |
| 39 | San Antonio Silver Stars | 20-14 | Alex Anderson, F, UT-Chattanooga |
| 40 | Sacramento Monarchs (from Indiana) | 19-15 | Izabela Piekarska, C, UTEP |
| 41 | Phoenix Mercury | 23-11 | Marscilla Packer, G, Ohio State |
| 42 | Detroit Shock | 24-10 | Valeriya Berezhynska, C, Rice |
| 43* | Sacramento Monarchs | 19-15 | Charel Allen, G, Notre Dame |
| * - Sacramento has been granted an additional third round pick at the end of the round |
