The full field for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis has been revealed now that we know the reserves that will be en route to Indy in a couple of weeks.
The 12 reserves include a pair of Washington Mystics rookies in Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen. They also include a pair of Seattle Storm veterans in Skylar Diggins and Gabby Williams. Kelsey Plum will be the lone Los Angeles Spark participating and Kayla Thornton was named as the first-ever All-Star from the Golden State Valkyries.
Courtney Williams was named as a reserve from the Minnesota Lynx – currently the best team in the W at 17-2. Jackie Young was announced as a reserve from the Las Vegas Aces as was Rhyne Howard via the Atlanta Dream. Kelsey Mitchell will be the third from the Indiana Fever participating and Angel Reese will be the Chicago Sky’s lone representative. Alyssa Thomas will also take part representing the Phoenix Mercury.
The All-Star starters include Aliyah Boston (Indiana Fever), Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings), Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream), Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty), Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm), Satou Sabally (Phoenix Mercury), Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty) and A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces).
In addition, Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx) and Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever) will be team captains. The All-Star Draft is set to take place tomorrow on ESPN. Also, Liberty coach Sandy Brondello and Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve were unveiled as All-Star coaches.
Of course, every year there are going to be a few notables snubs from All-Star as the WNBA’s talent pool is simply too deep. Without further ado, here are a few of them from this season’s version.
Brittney Sykes – Washington Mystics
At the outset of the season, Washington was looked as having “rebuild” written all over it. There was reason to believe this. After all, when one loses its coach, general manager and veteran franchise player in one offseason, it does not exactly produce positive vibes prior to tip-off.
Instead, Washington is only a game in the loss column outside of the eighth seed in the postseason landscape. The Fever and Aces are currently tied above the Mystics at 9-9. Washington is 8-10.
As for Slim herself, she is averaging 17.9 points and 4.6 assists a game. She leads Washington in both scoring and assists.
Azurá Stevens – Los Angeles Sparks
Speaking of veterans that certainly were more than worthy of All-Star love, the Sparks have someone who fits that description as well.
Los Angeles is currently 6-13 and is playing another season dealing with injury issues of Cameron Brink. Some veterans become older with time and others become more experienced.
Stevens’ play has displayed she has become more experienced. She has played in all 19 games for the Sparks this season and is giving her team career numbers – including the 14.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals she has averaged. Stevens managed a double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds in the Sparks’ most recent victory – an 89-87 decision over Indiana.
Kayla McBride – Minnesota Lynx
Following the Lynx’s most recent victory – an 80-75 victory over the Sky, Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve recently made comments lamenting why Napheesa Collier and Courtney Williams were the only two to receive All-Star recognition from what is currently the best team in the WNBA.
One has to believe that she was thinking about McBride (as well as Alanna Smith) when she made those remarks in that postgame press conference. Hoop fans far and wide know about how McBride is one of the premier sharpshooters in the game today.
She once again has the numbers to prove it. The 33-year old veteran has played in 15 games this season while averaging 14.9 points and 3.5 assists this season.
Brionna Jones – Atlanta Dream
The past few seasons prior to this one has seen the Dream a bit thin in the interior which is why Dan Padover made moves during the offseason to land a pair of frontcourt veterans in Brittney Griner and Brionna Jones.
As of this writing, Atlanta is fifth overall in the standings – and second among Eastern Conference teams only trailing the Liberty.
A key reason for the Dream’s resurgence, Jones has averaged 14 points and 8.1 rebounds in 2025. Her most recent performance resulted in a double-double where she averaged 18 points and 10 boards in a hard-fought contest that concluded in a narrow defeat to the Storm.
Marina Mabrey – Connecticut Sun
When looking at the standings and seeing the Sun at the bottom of said standings at 2-16, the conventional response would be to ask if a team with only a pair of victories deserves anyone to represent it at All-Star.
There are plenty of reasons one can say why the Sun are losing games. Marina Mabrey is not one of them.
Given she has averaged what is currently a career-high 15.2 points per game, Mabrey definitely deserves to be on a contending team. In addition, Mabrey has also averaged five rebounds and four assists per contest.
Sixth Woman – Tina Charles – Connecticut Sun
We pushed hard for Charles to be named an All-Star last season when she proved in 2024 with the Dream that she is still the same baller that got bucket after bucket after bucket during her many years sporting Liberty seafoam.
Our efforts were unsuccessful last season.
Prior to the season, Charles returned to the very same Sun organization that first drafted her out of UConn. And while the team as a whole has struggled all season, Charles herself is once again putting up All-Star numbers.
Charles is second on Connecticut in scoring at 14.7 points per game – plus she has played all 18 games wearing the Sun’s colors. The 4.7 rebounds she has averaged is third overall on the team.
