WNBA All-Star rosters 2026: Full list of starters, voting results headlined by Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Each year, the WNBA All-Star Game hosts a meeting of the league’s top stars from the season. With the game gearing up for play this weekend, it’s time to start looking at who will be on each team.
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At this year’s game, two teams selected by league icons Teresa Weatherspoon and Cynthia Cooper will duke it out for bragging rights over their fellow WNBA stars. Last Wednesday, the league announced that the rosters had been drafted and how many votes each player received.
This year’s All-Star squads will battle it out in Chicago at the United Center, home of two Chicago sports franchises.
Here’s the rundown on which of the WNBA’s brightest stars earned spots in the 2026 All-Star Game.
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WNBA All-Star rosters 2026
Headlining this year’s WNBA All-Star teams are the two most recent Rookie of the Year recipients are Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (2025) and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (2024).
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Between the two stars, they combined for over two million votes and had just north of a million each. Fever star Aliyah Boston and the Las Vegas Aces‘ perennial MVP threat A’ja Wilson round out the top-four of the players who received the most votes.
WNBA fans who cast their vote for All-Star entries accumulated 50 percent of the vote to determine the starters for the All-Star Game. The remaining 50 percent of the vote was split evenly between current WNBA players and a media panel.
This year’s teams were drafted by their coaches, WNBA legends Teresa Weatherspoon and Cynthia Cooper.
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Here are the rosters for this year’s All-Star Game:
WNBA All-Star starters
|
Pick no. |
Team Spoon |
Team Coop |
|
1. |
Caitlin Clark (IND) |
Paige Bueckers (DAL) |
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2. |
A’ja Wilson (LVA) |
Breanna Stewart (NYL) |
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3. |
Olivia Miles (MIN) |
Kelsey Mitchell (IND) |
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4. |
Aliyah Boston (IND) |
Natasha Howard (MIN) |
|
5. |
Jessica Shepard (DAL) |
Gabby Williams (GSV) |
WNBA All-Star reserves
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WNBA All-Star Game fan voting results 2026
Here are the 10 leading vote-getters in this year’s WNBA All-Star fan vote.
Leading vote-getters
|
Rank |
Player (team) |
Votes |
|
1. |
Paige Bueckers (DAL) |
1,045,051 |
|
2. |
Caitlin Clark (IND) |
1,023,321 |
|
3. |
Aliyah Boston (IND) |
1,001,399 |
|
4. |
A’ja Wilson (LVA) |
999,497 |
|
5. |
Breanna Stewart (NYL) |
874,798 |
|
6. |
Jessica Shepard (DAL) |
733,536 |
|
7. |
Gabby Williams (GSV) |
715,856 |
|
8. |
Angel Reese (ATL) |
681,500 |
|
9. |
Kelsey Mitchell (IND) |
665,377 |
|
10. |
Azzi Fudd (DAL) |
631,746 |
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When is the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game?
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Time: 8:30 p.m. ET | 5:30 p.m. PT
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Location: United Center, Chicago
The 2026 WNBA All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, July 25, at 8:30 p.m. The battle of the best takes place at United Center, the home of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks. The game is scheduled to tip off around 8:30 p.m. ET.
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2026 WNBA All-Star Game schedule
Friday, July 24
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WNBA 3-point contest and Skills Challenge, 8 p.m. ET
Saturday, July 25
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2026 WNBA All-Star Game, 8:30 p.m. ET
