PHOENIX – The WNBA released the results of the early fan voting for the WNBA All-Star Game, revealing A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, and Aliyah Boston and the front runners.
The league’s 20th All-Star Game will feature the WNBA’s top talent facing off in a matchup between the USA Basketball Women’s National Team players and the WNBA All-Stars voted in by fans, players, and media.
Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces leads the pack with 217,773 votes. The two-time WNBA Champion and five-time All-Star is averaging 27.9 points per game, 11.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists. In addition to this, she leads the WNBA in scoring and rebounding.
The Aces star secured the most fan votes last season, though the voting totaled only 95,860 votes.
Clark, the 2024 No. 1 overall pick and Indiana Fever guard is a little over 1,000 votes behind Wilson. On the season, Clark is averaging 16.3 points per game, 5.5 rebounds and 6.2 assists. The rookie guard is fourth in both assists and three-pointers made. With 216,427 votes, the race between Clark and Wilson is expected to be close when voting ends.
Boston, the 2023 No. 1 overall pick and unanimous Rookie of the Year, comes in third with 171,864 votes. The Fever forward is averaging 12.9 points per game, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists.
Two-time WNBA Champion Breanna Stewart of the New York Liberty (151,984) and three-time All-Star Arike Ogunbowale of the Dallas Wings (130,838) take fourth and fifth place in the voting.
The Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu (118,949), Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky (118,490), the Aces Kelsey Plum (117,217), the Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier (103,550) and Dearica Hamby of the Los Angeles Sparks round out the top 10.
Voting concludes Saturday, June 29 and the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will occur Saturday, July 20 at Footprint Center in Phoenix Arizona. Footprint Center, home of the Phoenix Mercury, was already announced to be a sellout for the 2024 All-Star game with a 18,422-person capacity.
Amara Bullard is a Marketing + Media student at Loyola University in Chicago aspiring to work in basketball operations.
