Caitlin Clark Trails Several Stars in First WNBA All-Star Voting Returns

The first WNBA All-Star voting returns have arrived, showing Caitlin Clark in a surprising spot amongst the league’s top stars.

Clark, who recently set a new record with the Fever and earned WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors, is fourth overall with 253,602 total votes so far.

She trails New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart, Fever teammate Aliyah Boston, Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers, and Las Vegas Aces superstar A’ja Wilson.

Wilson has 308,249 votes in the first return, which is over 10,000 more than Bueckers. Boston is nearly 30,000 votes ahead of her teammate, Clark.

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It could be a surprising display of lack of popularity for Clark among the league’s other players, or too early to really mean much. Clark, who led all players in fan votes for last season’s game, is still one of the top five vote-getters in this early return.

She’s averaging 20.4 points per game, which is second behind teammate Kelsey Mitchell by 0.4 points per game. Mitchell received only 170,125 votes in the first return.

Clark and Mitchell are among the top five scorers in the league, where Wilson leads all players with 25.6 points per game. However, Clark is also leading in assists, averaging 8.3 per game, and has helped her team achieve a four-game winning streak.

The Fever may have immense popularity around the country, but they also have their share of critics and individuals who dislike them. Whether that is playing a part or not in Clark’s early spot among All-Stars is unknown.

While Wilson and Stewart’s totals make sense, Boston and Bueckers aren’t anywhere in the top five league leaders for any WNBA statistical category. That could suggest that either fans aren’t taking the voting seriously, or it’s too early to consider it as legitimate evidence of any player’s popularity.

The WNBA All-Star Game occurs on Saturday, July 25, in Chicago, Illinois.

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This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM.