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ICYMI: Here are the Participants to the 2026 WNBA Shooting Stars and 3-Point Contest

July 24, 2026
ICYMI: Here are the Participants to the 2026 WNBA Shooting Stars and 3-Point Contest

The WNBA All-Star Weekend is just around the corner and the WNBA has announced the participants to the 2026 WNBA Shooting Stars and 3-Point Contest, and yes no Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu in the 3-Point Contest, which will be a missed opportunity for the league.

Shooting Stars
Below are the participants for the 2026 WNBA Shooting Stars event:

Team WNBA Legend Current Player Nike NYBL Player
Minnesota Rebekkah Brunson Courtney Williams To be assigned
Seattle Lauren Jackson Flau’jae Johnson To be assigned
Washington Elena Delle Donne Shakira Austin To be assigned
Dallas/Detroit Deanna “Tweety” Nolan Jessica Shepard To be assigned

The WNBA Shooting Stars is a two-round, timed shooting competition in which teams have 70 seconds to score as many points as possible from seven shooting locations around the court. The competition features shots ranging from a layup to a long-range three-pointer, with the two teams posting the highest scores in the opening round advancing to the championship round.

3-Point Contest
Below are the participants for the 2026 WNBA 3-Point Contest:

Player Team Years in the W
Bridget Carleton Portland Fire 8
Azzi Fudd Dallas Wings Rookie
Natisha Hiedeman Seattle Storm 8
Rhyne Howard Atlanta Dream 5
Marina Mabrey Toronto Tempo 8
Janelle Salaün Golden State Valkyries 2

The State Farm WNBA 3-Point Contest participants will compete in a two-round, timed competition with ball racks positioned at five main shooting locations around the three-point arc. Four of the racks contain four official WNBA game balls worth one point each and – in a nod to the league’s original orange-and-oatmeal-colored game ball – one oatmeal-colored “money” ball worth two points. The fifth rack will be a special “allmoney ball” rack containing five oatmeal-colored “money” balls with each made basket worth two points; eachcompetitor will choose their preferred spot for the “all money ball” rack to be located from among the five shooting locations.

Both the 2026 WNBA Shooting Stars and 3-Point Contest event will be this Friday, July 24th atthe Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

Source: WNBA

Full list of 2026 WNBA All-Star Starters and Reserves Announced

July 8, 2026
Full list of 2026 WNBA All-Star Starters and Reserves Announced

It’s now complete, the WNBA released the full list of WNBA All-Star Starters and Reserves in this year’s WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago.

Below is the full roster of 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Stars.

All-Star Starters
PLAYER POSITION TEAM
PaigeBueckers Guard Dallas Wings
Caitlin Clark Guard Indiana Fever
^Olivia Miles Guard Minnesota Lynx
Kelsey Mitchell Guard Indiana Fever
Aliyah Boston Frontcourt Indiana Fever
Natasha Howard Frontcourt Minnesota Lynx
^Jessica Shepard Frontcourt Dallas Wings
Breanna Stewart Frontcourt New York Liberty
Gabby Williams Frontcourt Golden StateValkyries
A’ja Wilson Frontcourt Las Vegas Aces
All-Star Reserves
PLAYER POSITION TEAM
Sonia Citron Guard Washington Mystics
Allisha Gray Guard Atlanta Dream
Rhyne Howard Guard Atlanta Dream
Marina Mabrey Guard Toronto Tempo
Kelsey Plum Guard Los Angeles Sparks
Courtney Williams Guard Minnesota Lynx
Jackie Young Guard Las Vegas Aces
Kiki Iriafen Frontcourt Washington Mystics
Jonquel Jones Frontcourt New York Liberty
^Dominique Malonga Frontcourt Seattle Storm
Nneka Ogwumike Frontcourt Los Angeles Sparks
Angel Reese Frontcourt Atlanta Dream

The WNBA All-Star Weekend is set for July 23–25. The centerpiece of the three-day celebration is the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday, July 25. Leading up to the game, fans can enjoy the Kia WNBA Shooting Stars and the State Farm WNBA 3-Point Contest on Friday, July 24, airing on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET from Wintrust Arena. Additionally, the WNBA Live fan festival, presented by AWS, will run from Thursday evening through Saturday at McCormick Place.

Caitlin Clark will not participate in this year’s WNBA All-Star events due to injury

July 19, 2025

Indiana Fever fans will miss Caitlin Clark this WNBA All-Star weekend since she will not be participating in the event. Clark made the announcement via the team’s communication and social media channels.

Caitlin Clark’s teammate, Lexie Hull was named as her replacement in the 3-point contest, as for the All-Star game, from WNBA, “Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes and Atlanta Dream forward Brionna Jones have been named by WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to replace the injured Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally on Team Clark in the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game.”

WNBA All-Star Voting to start this June 12th until June 28th

June 11, 2025

WNBA just announced that the WNBA All-Star voting will start this June 12th and will end on before midnight of the 28th of June. The league explained that “fans may submit one full ballot each day via WNBA.com and the WNBA App. All WNBA players currently on team rosters will be available for selection.”

From WNBA.com;

WNBA players and media will join fans in selecting the All-Star starters. Fans will account for 50 percent of the vote, while all current players and a media panel will account for 25 percent each. Players and media panelists will be able to complete one ballot, featuring four guards and six frontcourt players.

After all votes are tallied, players will be ranked by position (guard and frontcourt) within each of the three voting groups – fan votes, player votes and media votes. Each player’s score will be calculated by averaging their weighted rank from the fan votes, the player votes and the media votes. The four guards and six frontcourt players with the best score will be named as starters for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2025. Fan voting will serve as the tiebreaker for players in a position group with the same score.

After the starters have been determined, the league’s head coaches will select the 12 reserves. The head coaches will vote for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position regardless of conference. Coaches may not vote for players on their own team. The announcement dates for both the starters and reserves will be shared later this month.

The two All-Star captains – the starters who receive the most fan votes – will then draft their respective rosters by selecting first from the remaining eight players in the pool of starters and then from the pool of 12 reserves. ESPN will broadcast the results of the roster draft for the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game during an hourlong edition of WNBA Countdown on Tuesday, July 8 (7 p.m. ET).

Dates to remember;

  • June 12 to June 28 – WNBA All-Star Voting period
  • July 8 – 2025 WNBA All-Star Game roster draft
  • July 18 – WNBA Skills Challenge and WNBA 3-Point Contest
  • July 19 – WNBA All-Star Game

This year’s WNBA WNBA All-Star will be hosted by Indiana Fever in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.