The 2016–17 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

The Spiders, led by 12th year head coach Michael Shafer, played their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

All Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call.

The games are also streamed on Spider TV Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.

Roster [1] 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings