2002 Washington Mystics season

2002 Washington Mystics season
CoachMarianne Stanley
ArenaMCI Center
Attendance16,202 per game
Results
Record17–15 (.531)
Place3rd (East)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals

The 2002 WNBA season was the fifth for the Washington Mystics. This was the first time in franchise history (and, until 2017, the only) that the Mystics won a playoff series.

None of Washington's "big four" teams would accomplish the feat of reaching the semifinals in their respective leagues until the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup, with the only trips to the semifinals between Capitals' Stanley Cups being this season and 2017 for the Mystics.