Aces’ A’ja Wilson’s $1.4 million contract update signals new era in WNBA

Aces’ A’ja Wilson’s $1.4 million contract update signals new era in WNBA originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Following eight successive days of negotiations in New York City, the WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association have reached a deal on a landmark new collective bargaining agreement that will include substantial pay hikes for all players.

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But for the league’s elite — like the Las Vegas Aces‘ four-time MVP A’ja Wilson — they will become the first players in WNBA history to take home million-dollar salaries.

That’s because, pending formalization and ratification by the Board of Governors, the WNBA’s new supermax salary will start at $1.4 million. And Wilson — who made just $200,000 in 2025 — could be the first beneficiary.

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According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Callie Fin, the Aces plan to re-sign Wilson to the new $1.4 million supermax “as soon as possible.”

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For years, Wilson had agreed to take a lower salary so the Aces could build a contender. Now that Vegas has won three of the past four WNBA championships — and since Wilson won Finals MVP in a four-game sweep of the Phoenix Mercury last year — the 29-year-old will become the league’s top-earning player in short order.