2024 WNBA All-Star Game

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2024 WNBA All-Star Game
DateJuly 20, 2024
Arena Footprint Center
City Phoenix, Arizona, United States
NetworkUnited States: ABC
Canada: TSN5/SN1
Announcers Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe, LaChina Robinson, Carolyn Peck
WNBA All-Star Game
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The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game is an upcoming exhibition women's basketball game played on July 20, 2024, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States as part of the 2024 WNBA season. The Phoenix Mercury will host the game and related events for the third time, the previous all star games being in 2000 and 2014.

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Rosters

Selection

On March 20, the WNBA announced that 2024 would feature a matchup between the WNBA All-Stars who make up the US Women's National Team versus the remaining WNBA All-Stars. Fans, WNBA players, head coaches, sports writers, and broadcasters would all be able to vote for All Stars. All groups could fill out a ballot of four guards and six front court players. Players and coaches could not vote for members of their own team. Voting began on Thursday, June 13 at 2 p.m. ET and concluded on Saturday, June 29 at 11:59 p.m. ET. [1]

The voting was weighted as follows:

Voting groupVote weight
Fans50%
WNBA players25%
Sports media25%

Players were not allowed to vote for their own teammates. The top 10 players receiving votes based on this weighting would be selected to the All-Star Game. Any top 10 vote-getter who has not already been named to the USA Women’s National Team 5-on-5 roster will automatically be assigned to Team WNBA. The names of the next 36 highest vote-getters, consisting of at least nine backcourt and 15 frontcourt players, will then be provided to the 12 WNBA head coaches, who will vote to fill the remaining spots for the 12-player Team WNBA roster. Coaches will not be able to vote for their own players.

Fan vote results

The following table lists the top five players based on fan voting alone. [2]

†Denotes player named to Team WNBA after first rounds of voting
*Denotes player named to Team USA for 2024 Summer Olympics
RankPlayerNumber of Votes
1 Caitlin Clark †700,735
2 Aliyah Boston †618,680
3 A'ja Wilson *607,300
4 Breanna Stewart *424,135
5 Angel Reese 381,518

Team WNBA pool

The following tables list the 36 next-highest vote-getters provided to the 12 WNBA head coaches to fill the remaining eight spots for the 12-player Team WNBA roster. [3]

°Denotes player named to Team WNBA after head coach voting

Head coaches

The head coach for Team USA was Cheryl Reeve, the current Minnesota Lynx head coach, [4] and for Team WNBA was basketball legend and former Phoenix Mercury head coach, Cheryl Miller. [5]

All-Star selections per team

Number of All-Star players per team
TeamNumber of players
Atlanta Dream 1
Chicago Sky 1
Connecticut Sun 3
Indiana Fever 3
New York Liberty 3
Washington Mystics 0
Dallas Wings 1
Las Vegas Aces 4
Los Angeles Sparks 1
Minnesota Lynx 2
Phoenix Mercury 3
Seattle Storm 2

Final rosters

†Denotes player named to Team WNBA after first rounds of voting
°Denotes player named to Team WNBA after head coach voting

Game

July 20, 2024
8:30 p.m. ET
Team USA vs. Team WNBA
Scoring by quarter: 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0

Three-Point Contest and Skills Challenge

On March 20, 2024, it was announced that there will be a Three-Point Contest and Skills Challenge on July 19, the night before the All-Star game. It will be televised on ESPN in the US and on TSN2 in Canada. The Three-Point Contest is presented by Starry, while the WNBA Skills Challenge is presented by Kia.

Three-Point Contest

The contestants for the three-point contest were announced on July 17, 2024. [6]

Sabrina Ionescu, the reigning Three-Point Contest winner, and Caitlin Clark, the NCAA-W Division I all-time leader in three-pointers made, were both invited to participate in the 2024 contest; however, both declined. [7]

PositionPlayerTeam2024 Season 3-point statistics1st RoundFinal Round
MadeAttemptedPercent
C Stefanie Dolson Washington 4910148.5––
G Allisha Gray Atlanta 4011136.0––
C Jonquel Jones New York 4010139.6––
G Marina Mabrey Connecticut 5616134.8––
G Kayla McBride [8] Minnesota 7617842.7––

Skills Challenge

The contestants for the skills challenge were announced on July 17, 2024. [6]

PositionPlayerTeam1st RoundFinal Round
G Sophie Cunningham Phoenix Mercury
G Allisha Gray Atlanta Dream
C Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury
G Marina Mabrey Connecticut Sun
G Erica Wheeler Indiana Fever

3x3 Exhibition Game

On July 17, 2024, it was announced that the USA 3x3 Olympic team would face the Under-23 3x3 national team in exhibition on July 19, 2024. [6] [9]

3x3 rosters

Game

19 July 2024 (2024-07-19)
21:00 ET
Team USA vs.U-23 Team USA

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