2026 WNBA All-Star Game: Caitlin Clark, A’ja Wilson headline list of 10 starters as no Dream players make cut

The 10 starters for the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game were revealed Thursday by the league after a combination of fan, media and player voting. As expected, the group is headlined by reigning MVP A’ja Wilson and star guards Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers, the two most recent Rookie of the Year winners. 

Olivia Miles, the presumptive 2026 Rookie of the Year, was also named a starter, along with teammate Natasha Howard. Those two have been instrumental in the Minnesota Lynx’s surprise 15-4 start, which has them in first place despite Napheesa Collier’s continued absence. 

The Indiana Fever led the way with three starters, while the Lynx and Dallas Wings each had two. 

2026 WNBA All-Star Game starters

Player	Team	Position
Paige Bueckers	Dallas Wings	Guard
Caitlin Clark	Indiana Fever	Guard
Olivia Miles	Minnesota Lynx	Guard
Kelsey Mitchell	Indiana Fever	Guard
Aliyah Boston	Indiana Fever	Frontcourt
Natasha Howard	Minnesota Lynx	Frontcourt
Jessica Shepard	Dallas Wings	Frontcourt
Breanna Stewart	New York Liberty	Frontcourt
Gabby Williams	Golden State Valkyries	Frontcourt
A’ja Wilson	Las Vegas Aces	Frontcourt

Fan voting, which ran from June 11-27, accounted for 50% of the final vote, while media and player voting each accounted for 25%. Fans could fill out one ballot per day, while a select media panel and every player returned one ballot, featuring four guards and six frontcourt players. 

After all of the votes were tallied, players were ranked by position within each of the three voting groups. The weighted rank from the fan, media and player votes generated a final score for each player. The four guards and six frontcourt players with the best score were named as starters. 

Now that the starters have been revealed, it will be up to the league’s head coaches to determine the reserves. Each coach will fill out a ballot with three guards, five frontcourt players and five players of any position. They will not be allowed to vote for a player from their own team. 

The head coaches for the All-Star Game will be determined by which two teams have the best records following the conclusion of play on July 10. 

WNBA legends Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon will serve as general managers for the All-Star Game. More information regarding the draft and the construction of the rosters will follow at a later date. 

This year’s All-Star Weekend is set for Chicago from July 24-25. All-Star Friday Night, featuring the 3-Point Contest, will take place on July 24 at Wintrust Arena, home of the Sky. The All-Star Game will follow on July 25 at the United Center, home of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. This is the second time that Chicago and the Sky organization are hosting the annual midseason showcase. 

Full voting results:

Guards

Frontcourt

Here are the most notable takeaways now that the full voting results have been revealed:

Clark 11th in player voting

Caitlin Clark was named an All-Star starter for the third year in a row, but once again had to rely on fan and media voting. She finished second in fan voting behind Paige Bueckers — the league did not reveal the exact number of votes, just the order — and third in media voting, but was 11th in player voting. 

Clark was ninth in player voting last season, but that was amid an injury-riddled and inconsistent start to the season, so there was a basketball explanation. That is not the case this time around. 

Clark is scoring a career-high 21.2 points per game, to go along with four rebounds and 8.2 assists, while shooting 34.4% from 3-point range — tied for a career-high. She is fifth in the league in scoring, second in assists and eighth in 3-pointers. She has very obviously not been the 11th-best guard in the league this season. 

No starters for the Dream

The 12-7 Atlanta Dream, who sit in fourth place, are the only team in the top seven in the standings that did not have a starter. Here is the breakdown:

• Three starters: Fever
• Two starters: Lynx, Wings
• One starter: Aces, Liberty, Valkyries
• Zero starters: Dream

Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray finished fifth and sixth, respectively, among guards, while Angel Reese was seventh among frontcourt players. 

Howard, who has been the team’s best player this season, had the strongest case. She’s averaging 18.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.5 steals while shooting 36.7% from 3-point range, good for career highs in scoring, steals and 3-point percentage. Howard leads the league in steals and is 12th in scoring, but offense is always valued more than defense in All-Star campaigns, and he positional alignment may have cost her. 

One of the few true wings in the league, Howard easily could have been listed as a forward like Gabby Williams, but was instead listed as a guard. Clark, Bueckers and Miles all had stone-cold cases, which left just one guard spot up for grabs between Mitchell, Howard, Gray and Kelsey Plum. 

And while Howard finished fourth in media voting and second in player voting, she was ninth in fan voting, which accounted for 50% of the vote. 

The good news for Howard, as well as Gray and Reese, is that they will all certainly still make the All-Star Game as reserves, and in the long run no one really remembers who starts.