Which NBA 2K game first included WNBA teams as playable?

NBA 2K20 was the first NBA 2K game to include WNBA teams as playable teams. It featured all 12 WNBA franchises, marking the series’ first official integration of women’s professional basketball.

The WNBA teams were available in Play Now exhibition games and single-season modes. NBA 2K20 did not initially offer a dedicated WNBA career mode, and players could not create custom WNBA rosters in the same way as NBA teams.

The addition followed years of growing visibility for the WNBA and helped broaden NBA 2K’s representation of professional basketball. NBA 2K21 expanded the feature substantially with The W, a dedicated career mode built around a created WNBA player.

A common mix-up is answering NBA 2K21 because it introduced The W. However, the question asks when WNBA teams first became playable at all, which was NBA 2K20.