WNBA players rank Caitlin Clark as ninth-best guard in All-Star voting

The full WNBA All-Star voting tally was released Monday, with Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark being selected as one of two captains with the most overall votes. If it were completely up to the league’s players, however, that would not be the case.

The WNBA All-Star votes are comprised of three groups: fans, media and current players. Although Clark was No. 1 in the fan vote and No. 3 in the media vote, she came in at a surprising No. 9 among guards according to the players. You can view the full breakdown below.

Here are the overall WNBA All Star scores.

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Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray received the most votes among both media and players. It’s a choice that makes sense considering she is averaging career highs across the board with 19.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.

However, Clark wasn’t even the highest-ranked guard on her own team. That distinction went to Kelsey Mitchell, who received the sixth most votes among league players. Other surprises included Natasha Cloud and rookie Paige Bueckers tying for the fourth-most votes.

Caitlin Clark wasn’t the only one to see a big difference in the WNBA All-Star player voting compared to fans and media. Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum, for example, was No. 16 in the player voting despite being No. 6 according to both fans and media.

Clark is in her second WNBA season after winning Rookie of the Year in 2024 but has missed seven of a total 16 games so far this season due to injury. She is also struggling in a lot of areas, shooting just 29.5% from 3-point range and leading the league with 5.9 turnovers per game.

Even with that in mind, however, this ranking does feel too low and feeds into the narrative that veteran players have something against Clark. That has also been fueled by instances of opposing teams taking shots at her, such as an incident with Jacy Sheldon and Marina Mabrey of the Connecituct Sun.

The Fever are now 3-4 in games without Clark compared to 5-4 in the games that she has played this season. Although that’s not a huge difference, her impact has been noticeable when she’s in, particularly with how she opens things up for other star on the team such as Mitchell and Aliyah Boston.

Regardless of how the player voting panned out, Clark completely ran away with the fan vote, which accounted for 50% of the weighted average. Now she has some bulletin board material to fuel her performance in the WNBA All-Star Game at 8:30 p.m. ET on July 19.