The Indiana Fever have become the WNBA's biggest draw, and the All-Star ballot proved it: three Fever players will start the 2026 game, more than any other team.
A Fever three
Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell were all named starters for the All-Star Game, ESPN reported. The pull of the ballot was unmistakable at the top: Boston led all players in fan voting with about 684,000 votes, with Clark close behind at roughly 671,000, according to the Fever's account of the results. Starters are chosen by a formula that weighs fan voting at half, with player and media votes making up the rest.
Clark, now in her second WNBA season, has been the sport's commercial engine since arriving from Iowa, and the Fever's fan base has translated that attention into ballots. Landing three starters from one roster is a rarity, and a marker of how quickly Indiana has moved to the center of the league.
The rest of the field
The starting group is stacked with familiar names from the league's elite — among them the Aces' A'ja Wilson and the New York Liberty's Breanna Stewart — alongside a wave of younger stars who have raised the WNBA's profile. The full complement of reserves, chosen by the league's head coaches, is due to be announced in the following week.
No Sparks in the mix
For Los Angeles, the notable line is an absence: no Sparks player made the starting lineup. The franchise, one of the league's founding teams, has spent recent seasons rebuilding, and its stars will now be watching the reserve announcement, where a bench spot remains possible.
Back to Chicago
The All-Star Game returns to Chicago's United Center on July 25, the WNBA said — the city's second time hosting the event. It arrives in a season the league is treating as a milestone, three decades after the WNBA played its first games, and at a moment when the sport's audience has never been larger. That the loudest cheers figure to be for a Fever guard in her second year says a lot about where the women's game is headed.
