FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks: Mystics vs. Valkyries 8/30/25
Washington Mystics vs. Golden State Valkyries
August 30, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Washington Mystics and the Golden State Valkyries. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Washington Mystics vs. Golden State Valkyries game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.
FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules
Here are the FanDuel single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 1.5x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value. Additionally, the MVP is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining five players in your lineup will be flex plays. The five flex positions will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) FanDuel single game contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my FanDuel picks for tonight’s Mystics vs. Valkyries matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Veronica Burton, Guard, Golden State Valkyries $12,000
Veteran guard Veronica Burton has been the driving force behind the Golden State Valkyries success on the basketball court this season. With that said, how has Burton performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review the talented guard’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 37 games that guard Veronica Burton has played for the Golden State Valkyries in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Burton is averaging a rather impressive 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 37 games that Veronica Burton has played for the Golden State Valkyries in 2025, Burton has compiled a 39.4% field goal percentage, a 37.2% three-point percentage and an 88.4% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Golden State Valkyries 90-81 win over the Dallas Wings six days ago, Golden State guard Veronica Burton played exceptionally well. Burton amassed 25 points, five rebounds, 13 assists and four blocks in the Valkyries defeat of the Dallas Wings.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the MVP position for a FanDuel WNBA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups.
In my view, Veronica Burton is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Golden State Valkyries guard Veronica Burton at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Sonia Citron, Guard, Washington Mystics $10,800
Rookie guard Sonia Citron has certainly been a key contributor for the Washington Mystics this season.
In the 39 games that Sonia Citron has played for the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Citron is averaging 15.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 39 games that Citron has played this season, Citron is averaging 26.45 FanDuel points a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Shakira Austin, Forward (Washington Mystics)12,800: Janelle Salaun, Forward (Golden State Valkyries) $10,000.
