2025–26 WNBL season
| 2025–26 WNBL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Women's National Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 18 October 2025 – 1 March 2026 |
| Teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | 9Now ESPN Disney+ |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Townsville Fire |
| Season MVP | Isobel Borlase (BEN) |
| Top scorer | Isobel Borlase (BEN) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Townsville Fire |
| Runners-up | Perth Lynx |
| Finals MVP | Courtney Woods (TSV) |
The 2025–26 WNBL season is the 46th season of the competition since its establishment in 1981. The Bendigo Spirit were the defending champions, but were defeated in the Semi Finals. The Townsville Fire won their fifth championship title after defeating Perth, 2–0 in the Grand Final series.
This marks the first season since a change in league ownership in April 2025, after Basketball Australia sold the league to a new consortium co-managed by the National Basketball League. The league released a new logo and brand to mark this new era for the league. Several clubs also launched new club logos, including a name change for the newly branded Geelong Venom.
In June 2025, the season schedule was confirmed to feature a 92-game regular season with clubs playing an increased 23 games over 17 rounds. The Finals Series will again feature best-of-three Semi-Finals’ & Championship series. In September 2025, the WNBL signed a two-year broadcast deal which sees all regular season & Finals games live and free on 9Now for the fourth consecutive season, plus majority of games broadcast on ESPN. Every game will also be available for streaming via ESPN on Disney+ This season sees the WNBL's broadcast expand to additional games on 9Go! and ESPN2, with additional paid coverage via Kayo, Foxtel and Fetch.