2025–26 Washington Wizards season

The 2025–26 Washington Wizards season was the 65th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 52nd in the Washington, D.C. area.

On January 9, 2026, the Wizards acquired guard Trae Young from the Atlanta Hawks through a trade in exchange for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. On February 5, the team later acquired more veterans in former All-Stars Anthony Davis and D'Angelo Russell through a three-team trade with the Dallas Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets. However, Young and Davis would not immediately suit up while recovering from injuries. On March 12, the Wizards were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth season in a row following a 131–136 overtime loss to the Orlando Magic.

The Wizards finished the season with a 17–65 record, the second worst in franchise history and the worst one throughout the entire season.

The Wizards entered the draft holding two first-round selections and one second-round pick. They had acquired an additional 2025 first-round selection, the 18th pick, from the Memphis Grizzlies via a trade in February 2025. Although Washington had traded its original 2025 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in the five-team trade that sent Russell Westbrook to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021 and the pick was eventually held by the Boston Celtics on draft night, the team acquired a second-round pick from the Phoenix Suns as part of the Bradley Beal trade in 2023.

With the sixth overall pick, they selected Tre Johnson from Texas. Washington traded its 18th overall pick to the Utah Jazz in exchange for the rights to the 21st pick (Will Riley), the 43rd pick (Jamir Watkins), and two future second-round selections.

After previously being winless in the last two NBA Cup appearances they had, the Wizards would finally win their first NBA Cup match on November 25, 2025 against the Atlanta Hawks. Despite that victory, however, it would be nowhere near enough for them to advance into the NBA Cup's tournament setting for this season.