Every playable race, and what its racials actually do.

Human

Core race · Classic · 9 classes

• Will to Survive · 3 min
  Removes all stun and loss-of-control effects.
• The Human Spirit · passive
  Increased Versatility.

Out of combat: No Place Like Home (Hearthstone cooldown reduced, extra charge).

Dwarf

Core race · Classic · 10 classes

• Stoneform · 2 min
  Removes bleed, poison, disease, curse and magic effects, and reduces damage taken for 8 sec.
• Might of the Mountain · passive
  Increased critical strike damage and healing.

Out of combat: Explorer (archaeology surveying).

Night Elf

Core race · Classic · 10 classes

• Shadowmeld
  Slip into the shadows, dropping threat and breaking targeting. Stationary only.
• Quickness · passive
  Chance for melee and ranged attacks to miss you, plus increased movement speed.
• Touch of Elune · passive
  Critical strike during the day, Haste at night.

Gnome

Core race · Classic · 8 classes

• Escape Artist · 1 min
  Escapes root and snare effects.
• Nimble Fingers · passive
  Increased Haste.
• Expansive Mind · passive
  Increased maximum Mana, Rage, Energy, Runic Power and Focus.

Out of combat: Engineering Specialization.

Draenei

Core race · The Burning Crusade · 10 classes

• Gift of the Naaru · 3 min
  Heals you or an ally for a share of their health over 5 sec, at 40 yd range.
• Heroic Presence · passive
  Flat increase to Strength, Agility and Intellect, scaling with level.

Out of combat: Gemcutting (Jewelcrafting).

Worgen

Core race · Cataclysm · 9 classes

• Darkflight · 2 min
  Sprint, sharply increasing movement speed.
• Viciousness · passive
  Increased critical strike chance.
• Aberration · passive
  Reduced Shadow and Nature damage taken.

Out of combat: Two Forms (cosmetic), Flayer (Skinning).

Void Elf

Allied race · Legion · 9 classes

• Spatial Rift · 3 min
  Opens a rift and teleports you to it, roughly 30 yd.
• Entropic Embrace · passive
  Your damage and healing periodically deal additional Shadowfrost for 12 sec.
• Preternatural Calm · passive
  Your spellcasting is not delayed by taking damage.
• Chill of Night · passive
  Reduced Shadow damage taken.

Out of combat: Ethereal Connection (Void Storage and transmog costs).

Lightforged Draenei

Allied race · Legion · 9 classes

• Light's Judgment · 2.5 min
  Calls down a strike after a short delay, damaging enemies in a small area at 40 yd.
• Light's Reckoning · passive
  On death, heals allies and damages enemies around you.
• Holy Resistance · passive
  Reduced Holy damage taken.

Out of combat: Forge of Light (Blacksmithing), Demonbane (experience from demons).

Dark Iron Dwarf

Allied race · Battle for Azeroth · 10 classes

• Fireblood · 2 min
  Removes poison, disease, curse, magic and bleed effects, and raises primary stat for each effect removed.
• Forged in Flames · passive
  Reduced physical damage taken.
• Dungeon Delver · passive
  Increased movement speed while indoors, which covers most dungeons.

Out of combat: Mass Production (Blacksmithing).

Kul Tiran

Allied race · Battle for Azeroth · 10 classes

• Haymaker · 2.5 min
  Damages, stuns for 3 sec and knocks the target back.
• Brush It Off · passive
  Increased Versatility, and heals a share of damage taken over 4 sec.
• Rime of the Ancient Mariner · passive
  Reduced Frost and Nature damage taken.

Out of combat: Child of the Sea (underwater breathing), Jack of All Trades (all professions).

Mechagnome

Allied race · Battle for Azeroth · 8 classes

• Hyper Organic Light Originator · 3 min
  Summons two light duplicates of yourself to distract enemies. It is a decoy, not a stun.
• Combat Analysis · passive
  Gathers combat data every 5 sec in combat, stacking increased primary stat up to 10 times. Decays out of combat.
• Emergency Failsafe · passive
  Heals you when you drop to critically low health, on an internal cooldown.

Out of combat: Mastercraft (personal crafting tools), Skeleton Pinkie (lockpicking).

Orc

Core race · Classic · 9 classes

• Blood Fury · 2 min
  Raises attack power, spell power, or both for 15 sec.
• Hardiness · passive
  Reduced stun duration.
• Command · passive
  Increased pet damage.

Undead

Core race · Classic · 8 classes

• Will of the Forsaken · 2 min
  Removes any charm, fear and sleep effect.
• Cannibalize · 2 min
  Channels off a nearby Humanoid or Undead corpse, restoring health and mana over 10 sec. Cancels on any action or damage.
• Touch of the Grave · passive
  Your attacks periodically deal Shadow damage and heal you for the same amount.
• Shadow Resistance · passive
  Reduced Shadow damage taken.

Out of combat: Underwater breathing (from Touch of the Grave).

Tauren

Core race · Classic · 11 classes

• War Stomp · 1.5 min
  Short cast that stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yd for 2 sec.
• Brawn · passive
  Increased critical strike damage and healing.
• Endurance · passive
  Increased Stamina.
• Nature Resistance · passive
  Reduced Nature damage taken.

Out of combat: Cultivation (Herbalism).

Troll

Core race · Classic · 10 classes

• Berserking · 3 min
  Increases Haste for 12 sec.
• Da Voodoo Shuffle · passive
  Reduced duration of movement-impairing effects.
• Regeneration · passive
  Increased health regeneration, part of which continues in combat.

Out of combat: Beast Slaying (experience from beasts).

Blood Elf

Core race · The Burning Crusade · 10 classes

• Arcane Torrent · 2 min
  Removes one beneficial effect from every enemy within 8 yd and restores class resource. It is a purge, not a silence.
• Arcane Acuity · passive
  Increased critical strike chance.
• Arcane Resistance · passive
  Reduced Arcane damage taken.

Out of combat: Arcane Affinity (Enchanting).

Goblin

Core race · Cataclysm · 9 classes

• Rocket Jump · 1.5 min
  Launches you forward.
• Rocket Barrage · 1.5 min
  Fires rockets at an enemy for Fire damage at 30 yd. Separate cooldown from Rocket Jump.
• Time is Money · passive
  Increased Haste.

Out of combat: Best Deals Anywhere (vendor prices), Pack Hobgoblin (bank access), Better Living Through Chemistry (Alchemy).

Nightborne

Allied race · Legion · 8 classes

• Arcane Pulse · 3 min
  Deals Arcane damage to nearby enemies and heavily slows them for 8 sec.
• Magical Affinity · passive
  Increased magical damage dealt.
• Arcane Resistance · passive
  Reduced Arcane damage taken.

Out of combat: Cantrips (mail access), Ancient History (Inscription).

Highmountain Tauren

Allied race · Legion · 10 classes

• Bull Rush · 2 min
  Charges forward for 1 sec, knocking enemies down for 1.5 sec.
• Mountaineer · passive
  Increased Versatility.
• Rugged Tenacity · passive
  Reduces damage taken, scaling with Stamina.

Out of combat: Pride of Ironhorn (Mining), Waste Not, Want Not.

Mag'har Orc

Allied race · Battle for Azeroth · 9 classes

• Ancestral Call · 2 min
  Grants a burst of one of your two highest secondary stats for 15 sec.
• Savage Blood · passive
  Reduced duration of poisons, diseases and curses.

Out of combat: Open Skies (mounted speed), Sympathetic Vigor (pet health).

Zandalari Troll

Allied race · Battle for Azeroth · 11 classes

• Regeneratin' · 3 min
  Channels for 6 sec, restoring half your maximum health. Interrupted by direct damage.
• Embrace of the Loa · passive
  Choose a Loa blessing at a shrine: Pa'ku for a critical strike proc, Bwonsamdi for Shadow damage that heals you, Akunda for bonus healing, Kimbul for a stacking bleed. Swapping has a long cooldown.

Out of combat: City of Gold, Pterrordax Swoop (slow fall).

Vulpera

Allied race · Battle for Azeroth · 9 classes

• Bag of Tricks · 1.5 min
  At 40 yd, damages and snares an enemy, or heals and hastens an ally, for 4 sec.
• Nose For Trouble · passive
  The first hit from each enemy is reduced by a share of your maximum health. It is a damage reduction, not a reflect.

Out of combat: Alpaca Saddlebags (bag slots), Make Camp / Return to Camp.

Pandaren

Core race · Mists of Pandaria · 9 classes

• Quaking Palm · 2 min
  Incapacitates the target for 4 sec at melee range and drops your attack.
• Epicurean · passive
  Doubles the stats you gain from Well Fed effects.

Out of combat: Gourmand (Cooking), Inner Peace (rested experience), Bouncy (falling damage).

Dracthyr

Hero race · Dragonflight · 7 classes

• Wing Buffet · 3 min
  Knocks away enemies in front of you.
• Awakened · passive
  Grants an additional Mastery point.

Out of combat: Soar and Glide (travel), Visage and Chosen Identity (form swap), Familiar Skies, Discerning Eye.

Earthen

Allied race · The War Within · 9 classes

• Azerite Surge · 2 min
  An empowered cast: damages enemies, then also heals allies, then also stuns, depending on how long you charge it.
• Ingest Minerals · passive
  Permanently Well Fed at increased effectiveness, and cannot eat normal food. Eating a Khaz Algar gem selects the stat: amber Stamina, emerald Haste, onyx Mastery, ruby Critical Strike, sapphire Versatility.
• Titan-Wrought Frame · passive
  Increased base armor from equipped items.

Out of combat: Hyper Productive (Finesse), Wide-Eyed Wonder (exploration experience).

Haranir

Allied race · Midnight · 9 classes

• Thorn Bloom · 3 min
  Ground-targeted at 40 yd: thorns damage up to 8 enemies and heal up to 8 allies within 10 yd of the area, over 12 sec.
• Lash Out · passive
  Increased critical strike damage and healing. Weaker than the Dwarf and Tauren equivalents.
• Subterranean Predator · passive
  Increased damage against Aberrations, Beasts and Elementals. No stealth or detection component.

Out of combat: Rootwalking (teleport within Harandar), One With Nature (Herbalism).