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INDIANAPOLIS Despite three players shooting over 40% beyond the arc so far this season, the Indiana Fever will not have any representatives in the WNBA All-Star 3-point contest in Chicago this weekend.
The WNBA announced Tuesday six participants, including 2026 No.
1 pick Azzi Fudd, the Portland Fire's Bridget Carleton, Seattle Storm's Natisha Hiedeman, Atlanta Dream's Rhyne Howard, Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey and Golden State Valkyries ' Janelle Salaun.
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark , along with the New York Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu and Minnesota Lynx's Kayla McBride, declined an opportunity to compete in the 3-point contest, sources confirmed to IndyStar.
Clark has been a coveted ask for the 3-point contest since she entered the league in 2024, but she has not yet participated in the All-Star Friday night festivities.
Buy Caitlin Clark merch! She declined her rookie year in 2024 because she said she wanted to rest after a hectic first half of the season, then declined a potential NBA-WNBA crossover 3-point contest at NBA All-Star in February 2025 because, according to ESPN , she wanted her first 3-point contest to be in Indianapolis during WNBA All-Star later that year.
She was originally part of the announced 3-point participants in the 2025 3-point contest during WNBA All-Star in Indianapolis, but she suffered a season-ending groin injury the week before All-Star that forced her to pull out of the competition and the game itself.
Clark is shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc this season.
The Fever have three players shooting over 40% from 3-point range this year, including center Aliyah Boston at 46.9%; Sophie Cunningham at 43.7%; and Kelsey Mitchell at 42.3%.
Boston said Tuesday she would not want to do the 3-point contest, even if asked, but Cunningham said Sunday that she would have been open to it.
Chloe Peterson is the Indiana Fever beat reporter for IndyStar.
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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Caitlin Clark declines WNBA 3-point contest, leaving top Fever shooters out of this All-Star event.