Sonia Citron Leads The Ringer’s Top 25 Under-25 WNBA List

sonia citron headlines a new ranking built on what players are doing now, not what they might become later. The Ringer released its top 25 WNBA players under 25, and the list was framed as a snapshot of the present.

Rivers and McConnell Stand Out

Saniya Rivers landed in the group with 6.5 points, 3.5 assists, 2 rebounds, 31 percent shooting, 14 percent shooting on 3-pointers and 70 percent shooting on free throws in 2026. At 21 years and 92 days old, she was in the middle of a sophomore slump, a sharp turn from a rookie year that showed off her shot and her defense.

Leila Lacan’s return from Europe would help the Sun by letting Rivers play off the ball more again. That is the kind of roster detail this list brings into focus: production now, role changes next, and how a young player’s season can shift with one teammate back in place.

Megan McConnell arrived higher in the conversation with 7.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 2026, plus 49 percent shooting from the field, 64 percent from 3-point range and 85 percent at the line. She was 24 years and 102 days old, selected last year by the Valkyries in their inaugural draft after being plucked from Princeton by Geno Auriemma in her final college year.

International Depth in the Ranking

The full list leaned heavily abroad. More than a quarter of the ranking featured international players, and the piece said France alone could field its own starting lineup from the group.

That also explains why rookies such as Awa Fam and Juste Jocyte were left out: they had not had enough time to acclimate after arriving from overseas. The ranking’s cutoff pushed the focus toward players already producing in the league, not newcomers still settling in.

For readers tracking the league’s next wave, the message is direct. The young core is already here, international talent is shaping the list, and the standard for inclusion is current production, not projection.