Toronto Tempo have 1-in-3 shot at No. 1 pick in Sunday's WNBA draft lottery

The Toronto Tempo are a ping pong ball away from landing the top pick in April’s WNBA draft.

After posting a record of 11-33 in its inaugural season, Canada’s lone team enters the WNBA draft lottery tied for the best odds at the No. 1 pick, and potentially a chance to select University of Southern California star JuJu Watkins.

Toronto and the Houston Comets – formerly the Connecticut Sun – are vying for the top spot along with the Los Angeles Sparks, Portland Fire, Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics, with the results set to be revealed Sunday in New York City at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The Tempo and Comets both have a 32.9 per cent chance of getting the first-overall pick after posting identical .250 winning percentages. Toronto can’t pick any worse than fourth, while Houston, which holds the head-to-head tiebreaker, can’t fall past third.

Washington has the third-best odds (16.1 per cent) with the Chicago Sky’s pick, which the Mystics acquired in a 2025 trade for two-time all-star guard Ariel Atkins. Seattle (9.3), Portland (5.2) and Los Angeles (3.6) round out the lottery field.

Whoever wins the draft lottery will likely select Watkins, a phenom guard who was The Associated Press’s 2025 National Player of the Year and is a two-time AP all-American. She has averaged 25.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.7 blocks per game over her career with the Trojans.

Watkins, who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, is averaging 24.3 points through her first three games back as the Trojans chase their first national title since 1984. The 21-year-old has yet to announce if she'll enter the draft or use her injury redshirt to return to USC for a fourth season.

If the Tempo don’t win the lottery, they would likely pick