Caitlin Clark All WNBA First Team: Clark and Kelsey Mitchell Join A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Rookie Olivia Miles

The 2026 All-WNBA teams are a youth movement with two senior members at the top, ESPN reported in its account of the selections, read in full this cycle. A'ja Wilson, the 2026 MVP, was named to the first team for the sixth time, and Breanna Stewart, a former two-time MVP, made her seventh first-team appearance. They are joined by Indiana Fever teammates Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell, each named to the first team for the second time, and by Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles, the Rookie of the Year, who earned the distinction in her first season.

The scoring table explains the picks. Wilson, Mitchell and Clark are the league's top three scorers in points per game, ESPN reported, with Stewart seventh and Miles eighth. By Reuters' figures, Wilson averaged 26.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists for a 31-13 Las Vegas team; Stewart averaged 20.8 points and 8.3 rebounds for the 26-18 Liberty; Mitchell scored a team-leading 24.7 points per game and Clark 22.3 points with 8.3 assists as Indiana finished 28-16; and Miles averaged 19.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists for a Minnesota team with the league's best record, at 33-11. Mitchell set the WNBA single-season points record, Clark was the 2026 assists champion, and Wilson finished fifth in the league in rebounds per game.

The second team carries the Texas angle. Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers was named to the second team for the second time, after finishing fifth in the league in scoring, ESPN reported. Atlanta Dream teammates Angel Reese and Rhyne Howard earned their first All-WNBA honors on the second team, Washington Mystics center Shakira Austin received her first all-league selection after a career year, and Las Vegas guard Jackie Young was named to the second team for the third time. Reese led the WNBA in rebounding and was one of two players to average a double-double, while Austin was the league's No. 4 rebounder.

Interest in the list is still running hot days after the announcement: on the Google Trends U.S. listing read this cycle, 'caitlin clark all wnba first team' sits among the top trending searches in the country. For Austin's WNBA audience, the takeaway is the shape of the league's next era — two established MVPs, the Fever's record-setting backcourt, and a rookie who played her way onto the first team in year one.