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Caitlin Clark Finished Shockingly Low in WNBA All-Star Player VotingHere's What the Numbers Say Clark was named an All-Star starter, but she finished 11th in the player vote.
The WNBA named its starters for this years All-Star game which will take place July 25 in Chicago.
Unsurprisingly, Fever superstar Caitlin Clark earned her third All-Star nod in as many seasons.
What was surprising, though, is how low she finished in the player vote.
All-Star starters are determined through results from fan, media and player voting.
The fan vote accounts for 50% of the result, while the media and player pool makes up 25% of the vote apiece.
Clark finished second in fan voting and third in media voting, behind only Paige Bueckers in the fan vote and after Olivia Miles and Bueckers in the media vote.Clark made it as an All-Star starter safely, but she finished as the 11th guard in the player votea shockingly low finish amongst her peers.where Clark was an All-Star starter as she was the top guard in the fan vote, third in the media vote, but only ninth in the player vote.
She couldnt compete in All-Star festivities last year at her home building in Indianapolis due to a groin injury which kept her out of the rest of the season.The Fever made a run to the WNBA semifinals anyway and had the Aces on the brink of elimination as the franchise hoped that Clarks return this year could get it over the hump to compete for a title.
She quickly got back to her usual self once she was back on the court this year as shes put forth incredible scoring performances while making plays for her teammates as one of the best players in the league.So, what gives? We cant know what went into each players vote but we can dive into the numbers which certainly show that Clark is a well-deserved All-Star once again.
Caitlin Clark is in the midst of her best season yet | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Its early, but Clark is in the midst of her best WNBA season yet.Her 21.2 points per game are a career-high while she is second in the league in assists per game behind only Alyssa Thomas.
Although it doesnt necessarily matter that she finished so low in the player All-Star vote since she made the field comfortably anyway, it is interesting that she finished outside of the top-10 when shes clearly been one of the best guards across the league this season.The one slight against Clarks case is the high number of turnoversshe leads the WNBA with 4.6 per gamebut turnovers are a given with how much she has the ball in her hands and how much defensive pressure is sent her way.
Plus, shes actually limited the turnovers this season compared to her first two years in the league.
Thats a problem, but it shouldnt be enough to knock Clark out of the top-10 guards in the league.At the end of the day, shes still an All-Star and the numbers show that she should be.
On Thursday, the league announced the 10 starters for the 2026 All-Star Game which will take place at the end of the month in Chicago.
The four guards and six frontcourt players who finished atop voting results were named starters,will be chosen by the leagues head coaches who are not able to vote for their own players.The 12 reserves will be made up of three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position regardless of conference.
One notable snub from the starters group is Angel Reese, who finished sixth in the fan, player and media vote which left her weighted rank as seventh among the frontcourt group.Shell almost certainly get in as a reserve when the head coaches make their selections, but she just missed the cut to become an All-Star starter in her first season with the Dream.
Blake Silverman is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
Before joining SI in November 2024, he covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball for numerous sites, including Winsidr, SB Nation's Detroit Bad Boys and A10Talk.He graduated from Michigan State University before receiving a master's in sports journalism from St.
Bonaventure University.
Outside of work, he's probably binging the latest Netflix documentary, at a yoga studio or enjoying everything Detroit sports.
A lifelong Michigander, he lives in suburban Detroit with his wife, young son and their personal petting zoo of two cats and a dog.