The 2010 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. This season was the first that the Mystics won 20 games and had home court advantage to open a playoff series. They would not have home court again until the 2017 First Round. This was also the best regular-season record in franchise history.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Mystics' 2009 record, they would pick 6th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Mystics picked Kristin Haynie.

WNBA draft

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	6	Jacinta Monroe	United States	Florida State
2	14 (from Minn.)	Jenna Smith	United States	Illinois
2	18	Shanavia Dowdell	United States	Louisiana Tech
3	30	Alexis Gray-Lawson	United States	California

Transaction log

• January 30, 2009: The Mystics received the second round pick in the 2010 draft from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsey Harding transaction.
• February 17: The Mystics re-signed free agent Monique Currie and signed La'Tangela Atkinson to a training camp contract..
• February 25: The Mystics signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract.
• March 16: The Mystics signed Katie Smith and Kristin Haynie.
• March 30: The Mystics signed Carla Thomas to a training camp contract.
• April 7: The Mystics signed Kristen Mann to a training camp contract.
• April 19: The Mystics re-signed Nikki Blue.
• April 23: The Mystics signed Ewelina Kobryn and LeLe Hardy to training camp contracts.
• April 28: The Mystics waived LeLe Hardy.
• April 30: The Mystics signed Jennifer Lacy and waived Alysha Harvin and Jenna Smith.
• May 6: The Mystics waived Alexis Gray-Lawson and Lauren Ervin.
• May 12: The Mystics traded Nikki Blue to the New York Liberty in exchange for Ashley Houts.
• May 13: The Mystics waived Shanavia Dowdell and suspended Kristin Haynie for the 2010 season.
• May 14: The Mystics waived La'Tangela Atkinson, Ewilina Korbyn, Jennifer Lacy, Kristen Mann and Carla Thomas.

Trades

Free agents

Roster

Washington Mystics old roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 22 Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) Rutgers G/F 20 Beard, Alana  5' 11" (1.8m) 160 lb (73kg) Duke G/F 4 Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) Maryland PF 25 Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m) 177 lb (80kg) Duke G 10 Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 139 lb (63kg) Duke G 12 Houts, Ashley 5' 6" (1.68m) 140 lb (64kg) Georgia C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) Maryland F/C 44 Melvin, Chasity 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) NC State F 50 Monroe, Jacinta 6' 5" (1.96m) 162 lb (73kg) Florida State C 43 Sanford, Nakia 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) Kansas G 30 Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) Ohio State	Head coach Julie Plank (Ohio State) Assistant coaches Marianne Stanley (Immaculata) Trudi Lacey (NC State) Athletic trainer Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia) Strength and conditioning coach Lisa Ciaravella (Elon) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Chasity Melvin	Nakia Sanford
PF	Crystal Langhorne	Jacinta Monroe
SF	Monique Currie	Marissa Coleman
SG	Katie Smith	Matee Ajavon / Alana Beard
PG	Lindsey Harding	Ashley Houts

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Postseason

Statistics

Regular season

Postseason

Awards and honors

• Crystal Langhorne was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 19, 2010.
• Crystal Langhorne was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for June.
• Monique Currie was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter.
• Lindsey Harding was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter.
• Crystal Langhorne was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter.
• Lindsey Harding was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
• Crystal Langhorne was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.