CHICAGO (May 7, 2026) — The Chicago Sky today announced their opening-night roster for the 2026 season.
The roster is listed below:
| No. | Player | Pos. | Ht. | DOB | Yrs. | College/Country |
| 0 | Jacy Sheldon | G | 5’10” | 8/23/2000 | 2 | Ohio State/USA |
| 1 | Elizabeth Williams | C/F | 6’3” | 6/23/1993 | 11 | Duke/United Kingdom |
| 4 | Skylar Diggins | G | 5’9” | 8/2/1990 | 11 | Notre Dame/USA |
| 5 | Rickea Jackson | F | 6’2” | 3/16/2001 | 2 | Tennessee/USA |
| 7 | DiJonai Carrington | G | 5’11” | 1/8/1998 | 5 | Baylor/USA |
| 9 | Natasha Cloud | G | 5’10” | 2/22/1992 | 10 | Saint Joseph’s/USA |
| 10 | Kamilla Cardoso | C | 6’7” | 4/30/2001 | 2 | South Carolina/Brazil |
| 11 | Gabriela Jaquez | G | 6’0” | 11/19/2003 | R | UCLA/USA |
| 12 | Sydney Taylor | G | 5’9” | 6/21/2001 | R | Louisville/USA |
| 21 | Maddy Westbeld* | F | 6’3” | 2/10/2002 | 1 | Notre Dame/USA |
| 22 | Courtney Vandersloot | G | 5’8” | 2/8/1989 | 15 | Gonzaga/USA |
| 24 | Rachel Banham | G | 5’10” | 7/15/1993 | 10 | Minnesota/USA |
| 30 | Azurá Stevens | F | 6’6” | 2/1/1996 | 8 | UConn/USA |
| 35 | Aicha Coulibaly* | G/F | 6’0” | 10/18/2001 | R | Texas A&M/Mali |
*Developmental contract
The Sky’s roster has an average of 5.5 years of experience, down from 5.8 last season. The standard roster has an average of 6.3 years of experience.
Chicago rosters three rookies on the team, one of which was drafted in 2026 (Jaquez). The Sky have two players from the 2025 draft on the opening-day roster (Westbeld, Coulibaly) and three players from the 2024 class (Sheldon, Cardoso, Jackson).
Outside of that, the Sky are represented by the following draft classes: 2021 (Carrington), 2018 (Stevens), 2016 (Banham), 2015 (Cloud, Williams), 2013 (Diggins) and 2011 (Vandersloot). Chicago also has one undrafted rookie on the roster.
Chicago’s opening-night roster has an average age of 28.8 years. The Sky’s standard roster has an average age of 29.56 years. As it stands today, before all rosters leaguewide are finalized, the Sky would have the third-oldest roster in the league. They rank behind the two teams who represented the league in the WNBA Finals last season: the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury. The Sky rank only behind the Aces in average seasons played, as of today.
Between the Sky’s rostered players, Chicago holds the following accolades:
- Four-time WNBA Champions (Cloud, Stevens, Vandersloot 2x)
- 11-time All-WNBA (Diggins 6x, Vandersloot 5x)
- 12-time All-Stars (Diggins 7x, Vandersloot 5x)
- Two Most Improved Players (Carrington, Diggins)
- Four All-Defensive Team selections (Carrington, Cloud 3x)
- Five All-Rookie selections (Cardoso, Diggins, Jackson, Stevens, Vandersloot)
- Eight assist champions (Cloud, Vandersloot 7x)
