How have the Atlanta Dream fared against their potential playoff opponents?
The eight WNBA playoff teams are mathematically locked. However, there is still plenty of time for playoff seedings to change, based on regular season game results after the FIBA Women’s World Cup concludes.
Atlanta currently sits in a tie with the Indiana Fever for fourth place in the WNBA standings with identical 26-14 records, behind the league-leading Minnesota Lynx, second-year Golden State Valkyries, and reigning champion Las Vegas Aces. The New York Liberty, Washington Mystics, and Dallas Wings sit two games behind the Dream and Fever with matching 24-16 records.
Overall, the Dream have a 9-11 record (a .450 winning percentage) against the seven playoff teams, while earning a 17-3 record (a .850 winning percentage) against the seven non-playoff teams who have all been mathematically eliminated from the postseason.
Below are my entirely personal and subjective rankings of “which team would I least like to see the Atlanta Dream play in the playoffs?” With each team, I am including the 2026 history between the teams including the overall record, individual results, and total point differential of all games played. I begin with the team I would most like to see Atlanta face in a playoff matchup (ranked no. 7 on the below list) and conclude with the team I would least like to see Atlanta face in a playoff matchup (ranked no. 1 on the below list).
#1 Golden State Valkyries