2024 WNBA All-Star Game

2024 WNBA All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 Total Team WNBA 24 31 36 29 117 Team USA 23 31 25 30 109
Date	July 20, 2024
Arena	Footprint Center
City	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
MVP	Arike Ogunbowale
Halftime show	Pitbull
Attendance	16,407
Network	United 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 was an 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 hosted the game and related events for the third time, having previously hosted the 2000 All-Star Game and 2014 All-Star Game.

On July 19, 2024, Allisha Gray of the Atlanta Dream won both the Starry 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge. She became the first player in WNBA history to win both events.

Team WNBA defeated Team USA 117–109. Team WNBA's Arike Ogunbowale broke the All-Star game scoring record, registering a total of 34 points (all in the second half) and earning her a second All-Star MVP Award. ^[1] Caitlin Clark, the starting point guard for Team WNBA, also set a new All-Star game record, recording 10 assists the most by a rookie in an All-Star game. ^[2] The game also featured the most former WNBA first overall draft picks since the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, with a total of 11 (Diana Taurasi, Nneka Ogwumike, Brittney Griner, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Aliyah Boston, and Caitlin Clark).

The 2024 All-Star Game drew 3.44 million viewers on ABC, per Nielsen and peaked at 4.054 million, shattering the previous viewership record from the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game of 1.441 million. ^[3]

All-Star Game

Rosters

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. ^[4]

The voting was weighted as follows:

Voting group	Vote weight
Fans	50%
WNBA players	25%
Sports media	25%

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. ^[5]

†	Denotes player named to Team WNBA after first rounds of voting
*	Denotes player named to Team USA for 2024 Summer Olympics

Rank	Player	Number 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. ^[6]

°	Denotes player named to Team WNBA after head coach voting

Frontcourt Player Team DeWanna Bonner ° Connecticut Sun Cameron Brink Los Angeles Sparks Kamilla Cardoso Chicago Sky Tina Charles Atlanta Dream Alysha Clark Las Vegas Aces Aaliyah Edwards Washington Mystics Temi Fagbenle Indiana Fever Natasha Howard Dallas Wings Rickea Jackson Los Angeles Sparks Brionna Jones ° Connecticut Sun Jonquel Jones ° New York Liberty Ezi Magbegor Seattle Storm Nneka Ogwumike ° Angel Reese ° Chicago Sky Katie Lou Samuelson Indiana Fever NaLyssa Smith Alanna Smith Minnesota Lynx Kiah Stokes Las Vegas Aces

Guards Player Team Ariel Atkins Washington Mystics DiJonai Carrington Connecticut Sun Chennedy Carter Chicago Sky Natasha Cloud Phoenix Mercury Sophie Cunningham Skylar Diggins-Smith Seattle Storm Allisha Gray ° Atlanta Dream Tyasha Harris Connecticut Sun Rhyne Howard Atlanta Dream Lexie Hull Indiana Fever Betnijah Laney-Hamilton New York Liberty Marina Mabrey Chicago Sky Kate Martin Las Vegas Aces Kayla McBride ° Minnesota Lynx Kelsey Mitchell ° Indiana Fever Kristy Wallace Erica Wheeler Courtney Williams Minnesota Lynx

Coaches

The head coach for Team USA was Cheryl Reeve, the current Minnesota Lynx head coach, ^[7] and for Team WNBA was basketball legend and former Phoenix Mercury head coach, Cheryl Miller. ^[8]

Final rosters

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

Team USA Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters G Chelsea Gray Las Vegas Aces 6 G Jewell Loyd Seattle Storm 6 F Breanna Stewart New York Liberty 6 G Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 11 F A'ja Wilson Las Vegas Aces 6 Reserves F Napheesa Collier Minnesota Lynx 4 G Kahleah Copper Phoenix Mercury 4 C Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury 10 G Sabrina Ionescu New York Liberty 3 G Kelsey Plum Las Vegas Aces 3 F Alyssa Thomas Connecticut Sun 5 G Jackie Young Las Vegas Aces 3 Head coach: Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx) Assistant coaches: Kara Lawson (Duke), Joni Taylor (Texas A&M), Mike Thibault

Team WNBA Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters F DeWanna Bonner ° Connecticut Sun 6 G Caitlin Clark † Indiana Fever 1 C Jonquel Jones ° New York Liberty 5 G Arike Ogunbowale † Dallas Wings 4 F Nneka Ogwumike ° Seattle Storm 9 Reserves C Aliyah Boston † Indiana Fever 2 G Allisha Gray ° Atlanta Dream 2 F Dearica Hamby † Los Angeles Sparks 3 C Brionna Jones ° Connecticut Sun 3 G Kayla McBride ° Minnesota Lynx 4 G Kelsey Mitchell ° Indiana Fever 2 F Angel Reese ° Chicago Sky 1 Head coach: Cheryl Miller (Phoenix Mercury) Assistant coach: Adrian Williams-Strong (Phoenix Mercury), Ann Meyers Drysdale

Game

ABC, TSN5/SN1

July 20, 2024 8:30 p.m. ET

Report

Team USA 109, Team WNBA117
Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 31-28, 25–36, 30-29
Pts: Breanna Stewart (31) Rebs: Breanna Stewart (10) Asts: Kelsey Plum (6)		Pts: Arike Ogunbowale (34) Rebs: Angel Reese (11) Asts: Caitlin Clark (10)

Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona Attendance: 16,407 Referees: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Jeff Wooten, Kevin Fahy

All-Star Weekend

On March 20, 2024, it was announced that there would 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.

On July 18, 2024, Nneka Ogwumike, the current president of Women's National Basketball Players Association, announced that Aflac would be giving both winners of the 2024 skills challenge and three-point contest a $55,000 bonus. ^[9]

Three-Point Contest

The contestants for the three-point contest were announced on July 17, 2024. ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Position	Player	Team	2024 Season 3-point statistics			1st Round	Final Round
			Made	Attempted	Percent
G	Allisha Gray [12]	Atlanta	40	111	36.0	23	22
C	Jonquel Jones	New York	40	101	39.6	25	20
G	Kayla McBride [13]	Minnesota	76	178	42.7	21	DNQ
C	Stefanie Dolson	Washington	49	101	48.5	20
G	Marina Mabrey	Connecticut	56	161	34.8	19

Skills Challenge

The contestants for the skills challenge were announced on July 17, 2024. ^[10]

Erica Wheeler of the Indiana Fever was originally named as a contestant of the 2024 skills challenge but was unable to attend due to the global computer outages delaying her travel. ^[14] Wheeler was replaced by fellow Fever teammate, Kelsey Mitchell. ^[14]

Position	Player	Team	1st Round	Final Round
G	Allisha Gray [12]	Atlanta	31.2	32.1
G	Sophie Cunningham	Phoenix	35.5	34.5
G	Marina Mabrey	Connecticut	35.7	DNQ
G	Kelsey Mitchell	Indiana	>35.7 [a]
C	Brittney Griner	Phoenix	46.3

1. Mitchell was not able to beat Mabrey's time of 35.7 seconds to move onto the final round

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. ^{[10] [15]}

3x3 rosters

Team USA Pos Player Team/College F Cierra Burdick Basket Landes F Dearica Hamby Los Angeles Sparks G Rhyne Howard Atlanta Dream G Hailey Van Lith TCU Head coach: Jennifer Rizzotti Assistant coach: Tammi Reiss

Team U–23 Pos Player Team/College F Christina Dalce Maryland G/F Morgan Maly Creighton G/F Cotie McMahon Ohio State G Lucy Olsen Iowa G Mikaylah Williams LSU F Serah Williams Wisconsin Head coach: Christina Batastini

Game

ESPN, TSN2

19 July 2024 (2024-07-19) 21:00 ET

Report

Team USA	19–16	U-23 Team USA
Pts: Howard (12)		Pts: M. Williams (5)

Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona

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