WNBA Players Spend New CBA Millions on Porsches, Goku Statues — SkimNews
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- The WNBA's new CBA delivered an average pay increase of 366%, with Courtney Williams seeing her salary jump 561.1% from $180,000 in 2025 to $1.19 million in 2026 on a two-year, $2.44 million deal.
- Natisha Hiedeman, fresh off a two-year, $1.525 million deal with the Seattle Storm, gifted Williams a custom 7-foot Goku statue too large to fit through the front door, and commissioned a fist-sized jeweled "NH" medallion from Lords of Luxury.
- Washington Mystics forward Kiki Iriafen treated herself to a black Porsche Cayenne coupe shipped from Los Angeles with a peanut butter-colored interior and cheetah-print steering wheel, while Lexie Hull bought a new Tesla and Rhyne Howard walked out with Louis Vuitton bags and matching perfume.
- Players are pairing splurges with investments: Marina Mabrey is scouting investment properties in developing areas, and Sophie Cunningham purchased a VRBO in Arizona with plans to buy in Nashville and Florida, saying "now you have to be smart with that money."
- The WNBPA announced a multiyear partnership with JP Morgan Chase in mid-April providing year-round financial education and consultant access, covering 401(k) guidance through to business-building advice for players ranging from their early 20s to nearly 40.
- Union president Nneka Ogwumike, who announced she will retire at season's end, rewarded herself with a hyperbaric chamber and framed her philosophy: "you can't take [money] when you're gone, so you might as well enjoy it" while still building for the future.
Why it matters: The spending spree reveals how a new financial floor is reshaping the league off the court: WNBA players — historically among the lowest-paid professional athletes in the U.S. — are simultaneously becoming first-time luxury consumers (Porsches, Tesla, hyperbaric chambers) and first-time investors, with the union's JP Morgan partnership formalizing financial literacy for a workforce that ranges from rookies to nearly 40.
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