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Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark is a first-team All-WNBA selection

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) reacts during a first-round WNBA basketball playoff game against the Connecticut Sun, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

The honors continue to roll in for Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark added another accolade to her standout rookie season as a first-team All-WNBA selection, the league announced Wednesday. Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson and Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier are unanimous first-team selections.

New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart and Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas complete the positionless five-person first team. The top five All-WNBA point earners finished in the exact order of the Most Valuable Player vote won by Wilson.

Clark is the first rookie since Candace Parker with Los Angeles in 2008 to earn first-team honors. The Rookie of the Year is the fifth rookie to be honored since 2000, joining Sue Bird (Seattle, 2002), Tamika Catchings (Indiana, 2002) and Diana Taurasi (Phoenix, 2004). Clark received 52 first-team votes from a national panel of 67 sportswriters and broadcasters. She was left out of one voting round.

The Liberty led all teams with three overall selections, and no other team had more than one.

Wilson, who earned unanimous MVP, and Collier, the Defensive Player of the Year, each ranked first and earned a total of 335 points (five points for the first team, three for the second team). Wilson averaged a league-record 26.9 points per game and led the league with 2.58 blocks. She finished second in rebounding (11.9 per game). Collier averaged 20.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg and 1.91 spg and could have received top MVP votes.

It is Wilson’s third consecutive season as a first-team player and fourth overall. Collier is a three-time All-WNBA selection and two-time first teamer. She led the Minnesota Lynx to their first Finals since the end of their dynasty era in 2017.

Stewart (331 points) fell two first-place votes short of unanimous honors, averaging 20.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.68 spg and 1.26 bpg. The former two-time MVP has missed All-WNBA honors just once. It is her sixth first-team honor in seven selections.

Clark (302 points) averaged 8.4 assists per game, along with 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. Her 122 three-pointers led the league and ranked second all-time in a regular season. She led the Fever back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and broke regular season records in her debut season.

Thomas (255 points) trailed eight rounds of voting and had 39 first-place votes. It is her second honor. She averaged the second-most assists (7.9) and again led the league in triple-doubles with three, bringing her career total to 11. All five players led their teams to the postseason.

Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu came in sixth, falling out of the top spot with 15 first-place votes and 43 second-team votes (204 points). Ionescu’s shooting clip dipped after the All-Star/Olympic break. She also dealt with a neck problem that slowed her down. It’s the 2020 No. 1 overall pick’s third straight season on the second team.

Kahleah Copper (Mercury, 167 points), Nneka Ogwumike (Storm, 154 points), Arike Ogunbowale (Wings, 107 points) and Jonquel Jones (Liberty, 102 points) round out the second team. It’s the first All-WNBA honor for Copper, the seventh overall pick in 2016 who rose from the bench to 2021 Finals MVP to a starting role and Olympic gold. Ogwumike is on her seventh All-WNBA team, Jones in her fifth and Ogunbowale in her third.

Clark, Ionescu and Ogunbowale are the only true guards who earned enough votes out of the ten selected. Copper is listed as a security guard. The league and voters often favor forwards for postseason honors and voting must take place the morning after the final day of the regular season, so Ionescu’s playoff performance was not taken into account.

Each member of the All-WNBA first team will receive a $10,300 bonus for salaries capped at around $240,000. Second team winners receive $5,150.