On Thursday, Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark was named to the WNBA All-Star Game for the third consecutive season, making the All-Star roster every season since she has been in the league.
However, there was a pretty wide disparity between how the fans and media perceived Clark and how she was perceived by her fellow WNBA players.
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Clark Ranked No. 11 by Players
While fans and media voted Clark as the No. 2 and No. 3 guard in the WNBA this season, respectively, the WNBA players seemed to have a much different opinion, not even ranking her in the top 10 at her position.
When the official All-Star Game voting was revealed on Thursday, the results revealed that Clark was voted as just the 11th-best guard in the league by the WNBA players.
The players ranked Clark behind Paige Bueckers, Rhyne Howard, Olivia Miles, Sonia Citron, Marina Mabrey, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Mitchell, and three other players who were not even on the list.
As a result, Clark’s weighted score was just 4.5, bringing her behind both Bueckers and Miles to third in the All-Star voting.
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It’s also worth noting that this is just comparing Clark to other guards, not even every other player in the WNBA.
Clark’s Dominant Season
Despite how the players rank her, Clark is in the midst of yet another dominant season.
So far this season, Clark is tied for third in the league in scoring, averaging 21.2 points per game, and ranks second in the league in assists, totaling 8.2 assists per game.
Additionally, she has significantly cut down on her turnovers this year, averaging just 4.6 per game this season – the best number of her career so far – while posting career-high totals in field goal percentage (43.0) and 3-point percentage (34.4).
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