The 2024 season for the Seattle Storm, a professional American basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, was their 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It was their third full season with Noelle Quinn as head coach. The Storm play their home games at Climate Pledge Arena in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle; the 2024 season was their first at a new training facility, the Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance in Interbay.
The team's regular season schedule began on May 14 and included 40 games against the other eleven teams in WNBA. Four games were played against five teams from the Western Conference and two teams from the Eastern Conference; the Storm played three games each against the remaining four teams from the Eastern Conference. Five regular season games in early June were played against teams in the same conference to determine qualification for the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament first played in 2021.
The Storm played 10 road games out of their first 15 games and returned to Seattle for nine consecutive games at home from June 23 to July 14. The 2024 WNBA season included a month-long break for the Summer Olympic Games that began after the WNBA All-Star Game on July 20 in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Storm finished 25–15 overall, which was fifth place during the regular season. Their 25 wins were the most since the 2018 season. As the fifth seed in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, they faced off against the Las Vegas Aces in the First Round. The Storm were swept two games to zero, losing the first game 67–78 and the second 73–86 to end their season.
Transactions WNBA draft
RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country 2 14 Nika Mühl UConn 3 26 Mackenzie Holmes Indiana
Transactions DateTransaction January 16, 2024 Extended a Qualifying Offer to Joyner Holmes January 29, 2024 Signed Joyner Holmes to a Training Camp Contract January 31, 2024 Acquired Los Angeles' 1st Round pick in the 2026 draft in exchange for Kia Nurse and the 4th overall pick in the 2024 draft. February 1, 2024 Signed Skylar Diggins-Smith February 5, 2024 Signed Nneka Ogwumike February 23, 2024 Signed Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Kiana Williams to a Training Camp Contracts March 25, 2024 Signed Victoria Vivians April 22, 2024 Signed Nika Mühl and Quay Miller to Rookie Contracts May 8, 2024 Waived Alaina Coates, Kaela Davis, and Quay Miller May 11, 2024 Traded Jade Melbourne to the Washington Mystics for a 2025 third round draft pick May 13, 2024 Waived Joyner Holmes May 31, 2024 Waived Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu June 3, 2024 Signed Joyner Holmes July 2, 2024 Waived Kiana Williams July 5, 2024 Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract July 12, 2024 Released Kiana Williams July 14, 2024 Signed Kiana Williams to a 7-day contract August 19, 2024 Released Kiana Williams August 19, 2024 Signed Gabby Williams
Roster changes
Additions PersonnelSigned/TradeFormer team Skylar Diggins-Smith Signed Phoenix Mercury Nika Mühl Draft Connecticut Nneka Ogwumike Signed Los Angeles Sparks Victoria Vivians Signed Indiana Fever Gabby Williams Signed — Kiana Williams Signed —
Subtractions PersonnelReasonNew team Tina Charles Free agency Atlanta Dream Ivana Dojkić Free agency New York Liberty Joyner Holmes Waived — Jade Melbourne Trade Washington Mystics Kia Nurse Trade Los Angeles Sparks Yvonne Turner Free agency — Gabby Williams Free agency —
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Skylar Diggins-Smith Nika Mühl SG Jewell Loyd Sami WhitcombVictoria Vivians SF Gabby Williams Jordan Horston PF Nneka Ogwumike Joyner Holmes C Ezi Magbegor Mercedes Russell
Schedule
The Storm started the season slowly, losing back-to-back games against Minnesota with the second coming in Minnesota in double overtime. They lost to New York as well, but won the remainder of their games in May. They recorded two wins over Washington and Indiana during that run to finish May 5–3. The Storm extended their winning streak to six games by defeating Phoenix and Las Vegas to begin July. Their third loss of the season to Minnesota broke the streak. They won two games before losing to Phoenix and Las Vegas. The Storm finished July by winning three straight games to finish July 7–3. They defeated Dallas to begin July before losing to Chicago. They would defeat Chicago two days later and win three out of their remaining four games before the Olympic break. The loss came to Las Vegas and the Storm finished July 5–2. They headed into the Olympic break 17–8. The Storm experienced a bit of a hangover coming out of the Olympic break as they lost their first two games. They split a double header with Washington and defeated Atlanta before losing to New York to end August. They ended August 2–4. However, their overall record of 19–12 saw them clinch a playoff berth on August 30. The Storm opened September with two games in Connecticut, which they split. They would lose for a third time this season to New York before winning five of their last six games. Two of the five wins came against Phoenix and another two came against Los Angeles. The Storm finished 25–15, and in fifth place overall.
Pre-season
| 1 | May 5 | vs. Los Angeles | L 79–84 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (14) | DavisDiggins-Smith (4) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) | Rogers Place16,655 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 7 | Phoenix | W 85–59 | Jewell Loyd (18) | Jordan Horston (9) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) | Climate Pledge Arena | 1–1
Regular season
| 1 | May 14 | Minnesota | L 70–83 | Nneka Ogwumike (20) | Jewell Loyd (10) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (6) | Climate Pledge Arena8,508 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 17 | @ Minnesota | L 93–102 (2OT) | Nneka Ogwumike (24) | Horston, Ogwumike (11) | Jewell Loyd (6) | Target Center7,208 | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 19 | @ Washington | W 84–75 | Jewell Loyd (24) | Ezi Magbegor (14) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) | Entertainment and Sports Arena4,200 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 20 | @ New York | L 63–74 | Jewell Loyd (13) | Jewell Loyd (9) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (7) | Barclays Center9,381 | 1–3 |- | 5 | May 22 | Indiana | W 85–83 | Jewell Loyd (32) | Jewell Loyd (11) | Jewell Loyd (6) | Climate Pledge Arena18,343 | 2–3 |- | 6 | May 25 | Washington | W 101–69 | Nneka Ogwumike (19) | Mercedes Russell (7) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (9) | Climate Pledge Arena8,846 | 3–3 |- | 7 | May 28 | @ Chicago | W 77–68 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (21) | Ezi Magbegor (12) | Jewell Loyd (6) | Wintrust Arena7,807 | 4–3 |- | 8 | May 30 | @ Indiana | W 103–88 | Jewell Loyd (22) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,022 | 5–3
| 9 | June 4 | Phoenix | W 80–62 | Ezi Magbegor (21) | Ezi Magbegor (9) | Jewell Loyd (6) | Climate Pledge Arena8,133 | 6–3 |- | 10 | June 7 | @ Las Vegas | W 78–65 | Jewell Loyd (25) | Ezi Magbegor (15) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,380 | 7–3 |- | 11 | June 9 | @ Minnesota | L 64–83 | Jewell Loyd (25) | Loyd, Magbegor (7) | Diggins-Smith,Loyd, Ogwumike (3) | Target Center7,121 | 7–4 |- | 12 | June 11 | Los Angeles | W 95–79 | Nneka Ogwumike (26) | Ezi Magbegor (13) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (6) | Climate Pledge Arena8,202 | 8–4 |- | 13 | June 13 | @ Dallas | W 92–84 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (21) | Ezi Magbegor (10) | Diggins-Smith, Loyd (6) | College Park Center5,568 | 9–4 |- | 14 | June 16 | @ Phoenix | L 78–87 | Nneka Ogwumike (15) | Nneka Ogwumike (11) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) | Footprint Center9,444 | 9–5 |- | 15 | June 19 | @ Las Vegas | L 83–94 | Nneka Ogwumike (21) | Ezi Magbegor (13) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (6) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,380 | 9–6 |- | 16 | June 23 | Connecticut | W 72–61 | Jewell Loyd (16) | Ezi Magbegor (9) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) | Climate Pledge Arena9,935 | 10–6 |- | 17 | June 27 | Indiana | W 89–77 | Jewell Loyd (34) | Nneka Ogwumike (11) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (9) | Climate Pledge Arena18,343 | 11–6 |- | 18 | June 29 | Dallas | W 97–76 | Jewell Loyd (30) | Jordan Horston (11) | Diggins-Smith,Loyd, Ogwumike (5) | Climate Pledge Arena9,080 | 12–6
| 19 | July 1 | Dallas | W 95–71 | Jewell Loyd (26) | Ezi Magbegor (7) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) | Climate Pledge Arena7,202 | 13–6 |- | 20 | July 5 | Chicago | L 84–88 | Jordan Horston (20) | Ezi Magbegor (8) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (9) | Climate Pledge Arena10,725 | 13–7 |- | 21 | July 7 | Chicago | W 84–71 | Nneka Ogwumike (24) | Ogwumike, Magbegor (13) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) | Climate Pledge Arena11,283 | 14–7 |- | 22 | July 10 | Las Vegas | L 79–84 | Jewell Loyd (28) | Ezi Magbegor (10) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) | Climate Pledge Arena12,500 | 14–8
| 23 | July 12 | Minnesota | W 91–63 | Nneka Ogwumike (26) | Magbegor, Vivians (8) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (12) | Climate Pledge Arena8,320 | 15–8 |- | 24 | July 14 | Atlanta | W 81–70 | Ezi Magbegor (18) | Nneka Ogwumike (12) | Jewell Loyd (7) | Climate Pledge Arena10,036 | 16–8
| 25 | July 16 | @ Los Angeles | W 89–83 | Jewell Loyd (30) | Nneka Ogwumike (10) | Jewell Loyd (7) | Crypto.com Arena18,724 | 17–8
| 26 | August 16 | @ Atlanta | L 81–83 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (29) | Ezi Magbegor (7) | rowspan=2| Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,260 | 17–9 |- | 27 | August 18 | @ Indiana | L 75–92 | Jewell Loyd (26) | Nneka Ogwumike (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 17–10
| 28 | August 20 | @ Washington | W 83–77 | Nneka Ogwumike (24) | Ezi Magbegor (14) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (5) | Entertainment and Sports Arena4,200 | 18–10 |- | 29 | August 26 | Washington | L 72–74 | Jewell Loyd (16) | Nneka Ogwumike (10) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) | Climate Pledge Arena9,535 | 18–11
| 30 | August 28 | Atlanta | W 85–81 | Jewell Loyd (28) | Ezi Magbegor (9) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (9) | Climate Pledge Arena9,228 | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 30 | New York | L 85–98 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (26) | Nneka Ogwumike (8) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (7) | Climate Pledge Arena15,800 | 19–12
| 32 | September 1 | @ Connecticut | L 86–93 | Jewell Loyd (27) | Nneka Ogwumike (11) | Diggins-Smith, Whitcomb (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 19–13
| 33 | September 3 | @ Connecticut | W 71–64 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (18) | Ogwumike, Williams (6) | Gabby Williams (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,454 | 20–13 |- | 34 | September 5 | @ New York | L 70–77 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (21) | Ezi Magbegor (7) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (6) | Barclays Center10,873 | 20–14
| 35 | September 7 | Phoenix | W 90–66 | Jewell Loyd (20) | Ogwumike, Russell (8) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (11) | Climate Pledge Arena14,066 | 21–14
| 36 | September 11 | @ Los Angeles | W 90–82 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (26) | Magbegor, Ogwumike (8) | Diggins-Smith, Loyd (5) | Crypto.com Arena9,561 | 22–14
| 37 | September 13 | @ Dallas | W 83–81 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (21) | Gabby Williams (7) | Jewel Loyd (6) | College Park Center5,728 | 23–14
| 38 | September 15 | Los Angeles | W 90–87 | Nneka Ogwumike (23) | Nneka Ogwumike (7) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (6) | Climate Pledge Arena11,301 | 24–14 |- | 39 | September 17 | Las Vegas | L 72–85 | Nneka Ogwumike (19) | Horston, Ogwumike (6) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (9) | Climate Pledge Arena14,298 | 24–15
| 40 | September 19 | @ Phoenix | W 89–70 | Nneka Ogwumike (17) | Joyner Holmes (10) | Diggins-Smith, Williams (6) | Footprint Center11,333 | 25–15
Playoffs
| 1 | September 22 | rowspan=2| @ Las Vegas | L 67–78 | Skylar Diggins-Smith (16) | Mercedes Russell (12) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,369 | 0–1 |- | 2 | September 24 | L 73–86 | Gabby Williams (20) | Nneka Ogwumike (10) | Skylar Diggins-Smith (10) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,370 | 0–2
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season