Here’s who will take the court in Phoenix for WNBA All Star weekend

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Rosters have been announced for WNBA All-Star weekend in Phoenix, and the matchups are certain to bring the competitiveness that fans have come to embrace.

The 20th All-Star Game in the league’s history will take place July 20 at Footprint Center. Rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will team up on the WNBA All-Star Team to play against the U.S. Olympic team, which features three Phoenix Mercury players.

This year is the second time the league has used the Team WNBA vs. U.S. National Team format, after first introducing it in 2021.

Nine out of the 12 players on the national team are from either the Mercury, Las Vegas Aces or New York Liberty.

Team WNBA

• DeWanna Bonner - Connecticut Sun - 6th All-Star Selection
  • Bonner is the Sun’s leading scorer at 16.2 points per game. She is averaging 6.1 rebounds per game this season, which is second-best on the Sun. The two-time WNBA champion and three-time winner of the Sixth Player of the Year Award ranks fifth in WNBA history for career points at 7,188.
• Aliyah Boston - Indiana Fever - 2nd All-Star Selection
  • Last year, Boston became the eighth rookie selected to start in the All-Star Game and went on to be voted as the unanimous Rookie of the Year after pacing all rookies in points, rebounds, steals and blocks and becoming the first rookie to lead the league in field goal percentage. Boston is averaging 8 points and 10.6 rebounds per game over her last seven games and ranks 10th in the WNBA in rebounding this season.
• Caitlin Clark - Indiana Fever - 1st All-Star Selection
  • The No. 1 overall draft pick this year is pacing all rookies in points per game (16.2), assists per game (6.9) and total made three-point shots (56). Among all players, Clark ranks second in made three-pointers and third in assists. The Rookie of the Month for May is the fastest player in WNBA history to reach at least 300 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists.
• Allisha Gray - Atlanta Dream - 2nd All-Star Selection
  • An All-Star for the second consecutive year, Gray leads the Dream in scoring this season with 15.6 points per game, the second-highest figure of her career behind the 17.1 she recorded last season. The 2017 Rookie of the Year won a gold medal in the inaugural 3-on-3 competition during the Olympic Games held in 2021.
• Dearica Hamby - Los Angeles Sparks - 3rd All-Star Selection
  • Hamby was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022 with the Aces. The two-time WNBA Sixth Player of the Year now earns her first All-Star selection with the Sparks. She leads Los Angeles with career highs of 18.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Hamby was recently named to the 2024 USA 3-on-3 Women’s Olympic Team.
• Brionna Jones - Connecticut Sun - 3rd All-Star Selection
  • The 2022 Sixth Player of the Year and the 2021 Most Improved Player, Jones earns an All-Star selection for the third time in four seasons. After missing more than half of last season following an Achilles injury, Jones is averaging 13.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game this season.
• Jonquel Jones - New York Liberty - 5th All-Star Selection
  • Jones has been selected to four of the five most recent All-Star Games. The 2021 WNBA MVP and 2018 Sixth Player of the Year is shooting a league-high and career-best 58.5% from the field this season and ranks ninth with 8.6 rebounds per game. She is the Liberty’s third-leading scorer with 16.2 points per game.
• Kayla McBride - Minnesota Lynx - 4th All-Star Selection
  • McBride is an All-Star for the first time since 2019. The 11-year WNBA veteran is Minnesota’s second-leading scorer with 15.8 points per game, her highest output since 2018. She ranks third in the league with 55 made three-point shots and is averaging a career-high 3.8 assists per game.
• Kelsey Mitchell - Indiana Fever - 2nd All-Star Selection
  • The No. 2 pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft made her All-Star debut last year in her sixth season. From 2020 through 2023, she ranked in the top 10 among WNBA players in scoring each season. Mitchell is averaging a team-leading 16.3 points per game for Indiana.
• Arike Ogunbowale - Dallas Wings - 4th All-Star Selection
  • After ranking among the top five scorers in the WNBA each of the past five seasons, including 2020 when she led the league, Ogunbowale ranks second this season with 23.7 points per game. She also is No. 1 in made threes with 59 and steals with 2.83 per game.
• Nneka Ogwumike - Seattle Storm - 9th All-Star Selection
  • Ogwumike ranks third in career All-Star selections behind Diana Taurasi with 11 and Brittney Griner with 10. She ranks second on the Storm in scoring and rebounding this season. The No. 1 overall draft pick in 2012, Ogwumike has been named to the All-WNBA Second Team five times, including each of the past two seasons.
• Angel Reese - Chicago Sky - 1st All-Star Selection
  • The No. 7 overall draft pick in 2024 was named the WNBA Rookie of the Month for June. With 10 points and 16 rebounds at Minnesota on Sunday, Reese set a WNBA single-season record for consecutive double-doubles with 10. For the season, she leads the WNBA in rebounding at 11.4 per game.

USA Women’s National Team

• Napheesa Collier - Minnesota Lynx - 4th All-Star Selection
  • Collier has been named to four of the five most recent All-Star Games, missing only 2022 when she was returning from the birth of her daughter. In 2023, Collier finished fourth in the voting for WNBA MVP and was selected to the All-WNBA First Team and the All-Defensive Second Team. This season, Collier ranks fourth in the WNBA in scoring, third in rebounding and second in steals. She won a gold medal at the 2021 Olympics.
• Kahleah Copper - Phoenix Mercury - 4th All-Star Selection
  • In her first season with the Mercury, Copper is an All-Star for the fourth consecutive season. After leading the Chicago Sky in scoring each of the past three seasons, she is pacing the Mercury in scoring with a career-high 21.8 points per game. Copper was the 2021 Finals MVP, when she led Chicago past Phoenix.
• Chelsea Gray - Las Vegas Aces - 6th All-Star Selection
  • Gray won a gold medal at the Olympics in 2021 and is now an Olympian for the second time. The point guard was the 2022 Finals MVP and helped guide the Aces to a second consecutive title in 2023. Last season, Gray ranked third in the WNBA with 7.3 assists per game and was an All-WNBA Second Team member. After missing the first 12 games of this season due to a foot injury sustained in the 2023 Finals, Gray has returned to help the Aces win four straight games and improve to 10-6.
• Brittney Griner - Phoenix Mercury - 10th All-Star Selection
  • The two-time WNBA scoring leader and two-time Defensive Player of the Year has earned her 10th All-Star selection. After being sidelined early this season with a toe injury, Griner is averaging 20 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.33 blocks per game. She ranks first in league history with 2.7 blocks per game and 18 regular-season dunks in her career. She won gold medals at the Olympics in 2016 and 2021.
• Sabrina Ionescu - New York Liberty - 3rd All-Star Selection
  • The Eastern Conference Player of the Month in June ranks second on the Liberty in scoring with 18.8 points per game and first in assists with 6.5 per game. Last year, Ionescu made a WNBA-record 128 three-pointers and set the NBA and WNBA single-round record with 37 points in the final round of the WNBA 3-Point Contest. She was an All-WNBA Second Team selection in each of the past two seasons.
• Jewell Loyd - Seattle Storm - 6th All-Star Selection
  • At the 2023 All-Star Game, Loyd set All-Star records of 31 points and 10 made three-pointers to earn MVP honors. Loyd helped Seattle win WNBA championships in 2018 and 2020. She also won a gold medal at the Olympics in 2021. Last season, Loyd scored a WNBA single-season record 939 points and led the league in scoring with 24.7 points per game, the second-highest average in WNBA history. She ranks fifth in scoring this season.
• Kelsey Plum - Las Vegas Aces - 3rd All-Star Selection
  • An All-Star for the third consecutive season, Plum was named MVP of the 2022 All-Star Game after scoring a then-record 30 points. She helped the Aces win WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023 and was named to the All-WNBA First Team in 2022. She ranks 10th in the WNBA in scoring and ninth in assists this season. Plum won a gold medal in the 3-on-3 competition at the Olympics in 2021.
• Breanna Stewart - New York Liberty - 6th All-Star Selection
  • The WNBA MVP in 2018 and 2023, Stewart is a two-time WNBA champion and five-time All-WNBA First Team selection. Stewart ranks sixth in the league in scoring at 19.8 points per game, eighth in rebounding with 8.7 per game and fourth in steals with 2.16 per game this season. New York sits atop the WNBA standings at 16-3. She won gold medals at the Olympics in 2016 and 2021.
• Diana Taurasi - Phoenix Mercury - 11th All-Star Selection
  • Taurasi’s 11 WNBA All-Star selections are second in league history, behind only Sue Bird’s 13. At 42, the 20-year veteran will be the oldest player to participate in an All-Star Game, topping Bird (41 years, 267 days in 2022). The WNBA’s career leader in points (10,407) and made three-point shots (1,411) is a three-time WNBA champion, a WNBA MVP and a two-time Finals MVP. She won gold medals at the last five Olympics and has played more games than any other woman in USA Basketball Olympic history with 38 games played.
• Alyssa Thomas - Connecticut Sun - 5th All-Star Selection
  • A first-time member of the U.S. Olympic Team, Thomas was the runner-up to Stewart for the 2023 WNBA MVP Award and earned her first selection to the All-WNBA First Team last season. She is the WNBA career leader for triple-doubles in the regular season and postseason. Behind Thomas, who leads the WNBA in assists with 7.5 per game and ranks fifth in rebounding with 9.5 per game to go with 12.1 points per game, Connecticut has the second-best record in the league at 15-4.
• A’ja Wilson - Las Vegas Aces - 6th All-Star Selection
  • The two-time WNBA MVP, two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and three-time All-WNBA First Team selection won a gold medal at the Olympics in 2021. Wilson was the WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month in May and June. She is averaging career highs in scoring (26.9 ppg), rebounding (11.1 rpg) and blocks (2.31 bpg). She leads the league in points and ranks second in rebounds and blocks per game.
• Jackie Young - Las Vegas Aces - 3rd All-Star Selection
  • Young helped the Aces win consecutive WNBA championships in 2022 when she earned the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award and in 2023 when she was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. In 2024, she ranks seventh in the WNBA in scoring and assists with career-high figures in both categories. Young won a gold medal in the 3-on-3 competition at the Olympics in 2021.

The U.S. National Team is sure to use this high level of competition to prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympics, which begins on July 26 and runs until Aug. 11.

Basketball won’t be the only show in the city for the weekend. Phoenix will host the third annual WNBA Live, which is a two-day free admission fan festival celebrating the intersection of the WNBA, fashion, music and culture. It will take place July 19 and 20 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Arizona’s Family will post all you need to know about the WNBA Live festival as details are announced later.

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