Three rookies, five first-time honorees highlight All-Star roster

The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game volition beryllium played July 19 astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark and Minnesota Lynx guardant Napheesa Collier person been named squad captains aft finishing arsenic the apical 2 instrumentality vote-getters. The Fever and Seattle Storm each enactment 3 players connected the All-Star Game roster.

All-Star play tips disconnected July 18 with the WNBA 3-point contention and skills challenge. In 2024, the Atlanta Dream's Allisha Gray, who was besides named a starter Monday, made past by winning some events successful the aforesaid year.

Here's everything to cognize for the 2025 All-Star Game.

Jump to: How to watch | Starters | Selection process | Reserves | Head coaches | Roster draft | All-Star history

How to watch

July 18: 3-point contention and skills challenge, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)

July 19: All-Star Game, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)

All-Star reserves announced

Washington Mystics rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen, the Golden State Valkyries' Kayla Thornton and the Seattle Storm's Gabby Williams were each named first-time All-Stars erstwhile the 2025 reserves were released Sunday.

Citron and Iriafen articulation Paige Bueckers arsenic rookies who volition play successful this year's game.

The afloat database of reserves:

Team captains Clark and Collier volition draught their rosters by selecting archetypal from the remaining 8 players successful the excavation of starters and past from the excavation of 12 reserves. The roster draught volition beryllium televised Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) during an hourlong variation of WNBA Countdown.

The league's 13 caput coaches selected the reserves. Coaches voted for 3 guards, 5 frontcourt players and 4 players astatine either presumption and careless of conference. Coaches were not allowed to ballot for their ain players.

If a subordinate is incapable to play successful the All-Star Game, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert volition sanction the replacement.

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Starters named

The 4 guards and six frontcourt players who volition marque up this year's All-Star starters were announced Monday.

Nneka Ogwumike of the Seattle Storm joined WNBA greats Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi arsenic the lone players successful league past with astatine slightest 10 WNBA All-Star selections. A look astatine the afloat roster:

How the All-Star starters were selected

The apical 10 All-Star vote-getters -- determined by 50% instrumentality voting, 25% existent subordinate voting and 25% media voting -- were automatically named starters to the All-Star Game.

The apical 2 vote-getters were named captains. Clark finished with a WNBA-high 1,293,526 votes from fans and Collier received 1,176,020.

Click here for the WNBA's merchandise of voting totals.

Lynx's Reeve, Liberty's Brondello tabbed All-Star coaches

Minnesota's Cheryl Reeve and New York's Sandy Brondello were selected Thursday arsenic the caput coaches for the WNBA All-Star Game.

The coaches are determined by the league standings. The caput coaches of the 2 teams with the champion records done the extremity of play Thursday, careless of conference, get the All-Star honor. Through the extremity of play Thursday, the Lynx (15-2) and Liberty (12-5) owned the 2 champion records successful the WNBA.

But Reeve won't manager Team Collier. The caput manager with the champion grounds -- Reeve -- volition manager Clark's All-Star roster, arsenic she earned the astir instrumentality votes. Brondello volition manager Team Collier.

How volition the rosters beryllium picked?

As All-Star captains, Clark and Collier volition draught their rosters during an hourlong WNBA Countdown connected July 8 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). They volition archetypal prime from the excavation of 8 starters, followed by the excavation of 12 reserves.

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All-Star Game history

In last year's game, held successful the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, Team WNBA decision the U.S. women's nationalist squad 117-109.

Which WNBA subordinate has appeared successful the astir All-Star Games? Who was the MVP each year? We've got everything you request to cognize astir past matchups of the midseason showcase and its history.