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{{Short description|Annual exhibition basketball game}}

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The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, commonly referred to as the WNBA All-Star Game, is an annual exhibition basketball game played in the United States between the best players of the Western and Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Structure

Each conference is represented by a team of 12 players who are currently having the best seasons performance-wise around the league. The starters are determined by fans voting through internet ballots. The rest of the players are selected by league personnel including head coaches as well as media personalities. At the end of the game, an all-star game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is named, as decided by a panel of media members.

History

In 2004, the game was not played in its usual format due to the WNBA players competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. That year, the USA national team defeated a team of WNBA All-Stars 74–58 at Radio City Music Hall. This game is officially considered to be an exhibition rather than an All-Star Game. The league also took a month-long break to accommodate players and coaches who would be participating in the summer games.

The tradition of not playing the WNBA All-Star Game during an Olympic year has continued in 2008, 2012, and 2016 (along with the tradition of taking a month-long break during the regular season). The 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the same reason, the beginning of the 2020 WNBA season has been delayed. The league later announced a revised 22-game schedule, but no all-star game was played.

No official All-Star Game was held in 2010. Instead, there was an exhibition game matching the USA national team against a WNBA All-Star team, with Team USA winning 99–72 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

The Western Conference leads the overall series 10–4.

All-Star Game results

class="wikitable sortable"

! style="background:#d0e7ff;"|Eastern Conference (4 wins)

! style="background:#fcc;"|Western Conference (10 wins)

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! Year !! Result !! Host arena !! Host city !! Game MVP

style="text-align: center"| 1999

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 79, East 61

| Madison Square Garden

| New York, New York

| Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

style="text-align: center"| 2000

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 73, East 61

| America West Arena

| Phoenix, Arizona

| Tina Thompson, Houston Comets

style="text-align: center"| 2001

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 80, East 72

| TD Waterhouse Centre

| Orlando, Florida

| Lisa Leslie (2), Los Angeles Sparks (2)

style="text-align: center"| 2002

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 81, East 76

| MCI Center

| Washington, D.C.

| Lisa Leslie (3), Los Angeles Sparks (3)

style="text-align: center"| 2003

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 84, East 75

| Madison Square Garden (2)

| New York, New York (2)

| Nikki Teasley, Los Angeles Sparks (4)

style="text-align: center"|2004

|style="text-align: center" colspan="4"|The Game at Radio City

style="text-align: center"| 2005

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 122, East 99

| Mohegan Sun Arena

| Uncasville, Connecticut

| Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets (2)

style="text-align: center"| 2006

! style="background:#d0e7ff;"|East 98, West 82

| Madison Square Garden (3)

| New York, New York (3)

| Katie Douglas, Connecticut Sun

style="text-align: center"| 2007

! style="background:#d0e7ff;"|East 103, West 99

| Verizon Center

| Washington, D.C. (2)

| Cheryl Ford, Detroit Shock

style="text-align: center"|2008

|style="text-align: center" colspan="4"|No game due to the 2008 Summer Olympics

style="text-align: center"| 2009

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 130, East 118

| Mohegan Sun Arena (2)

| Uncasville, Connecticut (2)

| Swin Cash, Seattle Storm

style="text-align: center"|2010

|style="text-align: center" colspan="4"|Stars at the Sun

style="text-align: center"| 2011

! style="background:#d0e7ff;"|East 118, West 113

| AT&T Center

| San Antonio, Texas

| Swin Cash (2), Seattle Storm (2)

style="text-align: center"|2012

|style="text-align: center" colspan="4"|No game due to the 2012 Summer Olympics

style="text-align: center"| 2013

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 102, East 98

| Mohegan Sun Arena (3)

| Uncasville, Connecticut (3)

| Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks (5)

style="text-align: center"| 2014

! style="background:#d0e7ff;"|East 125, West 124 (OT)

| US Airways Center (2)

| Phoenix, Arizona (2)

| Shoni Schimmel, Atlanta Dream

style="text-align: center"| 2015

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 117, East 112

| Mohegan Sun Arena (4)

| Uncasville, Connecticut (4)

| Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx

style="text-align: center"|2016

|style="text-align: center" colspan="4"|No game due to the 2016 Summer Olympics

style="text-align: center"| 2017

! style="background:#fcc;"|West 130, East 121

| KeyArena

| Seattle, Washington

| Maya Moore (2), Minnesota Lynx (2)

style="text-align: center"| 2018

| Team Parker 119, Team Delle Donne 112

| Target Center

| Minneapolis, Minnesota

| Maya Moore (3), Minnesota Lynx (3)

style="text-align: center"| 2019

| Team Wilson 129, Team Delle Donne 126

| Mandalay Bay Events Center

| Las Vegas, Nevada

| Erica Wheeler, Indiana Fever

style="text-align: center"|2020

|style="text-align: center" colspan="4"|No game due to the 2020 Summer Olympics, which was later postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic

style="text-align: center"| 2021

| Team WNBA 93, Team USA 85

| Michelob Ultra Arena (2)

| Las Vegas, Nevada (2)

| Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas Wings (2)

style="text-align: center"| 2022

| Team Wilson 134, Team Stewart 112

| Wintrust Arena

| Chicago, Illinois

| Kelsey Plum, Las Vegas Aces

style="text-align: center"| 2023

| Team Stewart 143, Team Wilson 127

| Michelob Ultra Arena (3)

| Las Vegas, Nevada (3)

| Jewell Loyd, Seattle Storm (3)

style="text-align: center"| 2024

| Team WNBA 117, Team USA 109

| Footprint Center (3)

| Phoenix, Arizona (3)

| Arike Ogunbowale (2), Dallas Wings (3)

style="text-align: center"| 2025

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| Gainbridge Fieldhouse

| Indianapolis, Indiana

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Three-Point Contest

The Three-Point Contest, formerly referred to as the Three-Point Shootout, was held during the All-Star Game event from 2006 to 2010, and then again from 2017 to the present.

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style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" | ^

|Denotes players who are still active

style="background-color:#FFFF99; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" | *

|Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Player (#)

|Denotes the number of times the player has won

Team (#)

|Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Location (#)

|Denotes the number of times a location has hosted the competition

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!Year

!Winner

!Team

!Final score / max

! % shots made

!class=unsortable|Other contestants

2006

|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|{{sortname|Dawn|Staley}}*

|Houston Comets

|17 / 30

|56.6%

|Katie Douglas, Katie Smith, Diana Taurasi

2007

|{{sortname|Laurie|Koehn}}

|Washington Mystics

|25 / 30

|83.3%

|Diana Taurasi, Penny Taylor, Katie Douglas, Deanna Nolan

2009

|bgcolor="#FFFF99"|{{sortname|Becky|Hammon}}*

|San Antonio Silver Stars

|16 / 30

|53.3%

|Sue Bird, Katie Smith, Shameka Christon, Katie Douglas, Diana Taurasi

2010

|{{sortname|Katie|Douglas|dab=basketball}}

|Indiana Fever

|23 / 30

|76.6%

|Lindsay Whalen, Swin Cash, Sue Bird, Monique Currie, Angel McCoughtry

2017

| {{sortname|Allie|Quigley}}

|Chicago Sky

|27 / 34

|79.4%

|Sugar Rodgers, Maya Moore, Jasmine Thomas, Sue Bird

2018

| {{sortname|Allie|Quigley}} (2)

|Chicago Sky (2)

|29 / 34

|85.3%

|Kayla McBride, Kristi Toliver, Jewell Loyd, Renee Montgomery, Kelsey Mitchell

2019

|{{sortname|Shekinna|Stricklen}}

|Connecticut Sun

|23 / 34

|67.6%

|Kayla McBride, Allie Quigley, Kia Nurse, Erica Wheeler, Chelsea Gray

2021

| {{sortname|Allie|Quigley}}^ (3)

|Chicago Sky (3)

|28 / 40

|70.0%

|Jonquel Jones, Sami Whitcomb, Jewell Loyd

2022

| {{sortname|Allie|Quigley}}^ (4)

|Chicago Sky (4)

|30 / 40

|75.0%

|Ariel Atkins, Rhyne Howard, Arike Ogunbowale, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum

2023

| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" |{{sortname|Sabrina|Ionescu}}^

|New York Liberty

|37 / 401

|92.5%

|DiJonai Carrington, Kelsey Mitchell, Arike Ogunbowale, Sami Whitcomb, Jackie Young

2024

| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" |{{sortname|Allisha|Gray}}^

|Atlanta Dream

|22 / 401

|55.0%

|Jonquel Jones, Kayla McBride, Stefanie Dolson, Marina Mabrey

: 1 All-time record score for a WNBA or NBA Three-Point Contest, surpassing the NBA record of 31 points set by Stephen Curry in Atlanta (2021), which Tyrese Haliburton equaled in Salt Lake City (2023). However, Ionescu used a smaller WNBA regulation ball to set the record. Ionescu also competed with Curry in a head-to-head shootout at the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, with both players shooting from the NBA 3-point line but using WNBA and NBA balls, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38011902/sabrina-ionescu-scores-record-37-points-win-wnba-3-point-contest|title=Sabrina Ionescu scores record 37 points to win WNBA 3-point contest|work=ESPN|first=Alexa|last=Philippou|date=14 July 2023|access-date=15 July 2023}}

Three Point Contest champions by franchise

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No.

! Franchise

! Last win

4Chicago Skystyle="text-align:center;"|2022
1Atlanta Dreamstyle="text-align:center;"|2024
1New York Libertystyle="text-align:center;"|2023
1Connecticut Sunstyle="text-align:center;"|2019
1Indiana Feverstyle="text-align:center;"|2010
1San Antonio Silver Starsstyle="text-align:center;"|2009
1Washington Mysticsstyle="text-align:center;"|2007
1Houston Cometsstyle="text-align:center;"|2006

Skills Challenge

The WNBA introduced the Dribble, Dish & Swish Challenge starting during the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game.{{cite web |title=WNBA Names Skills Challenge and 3-Point Shootout Participants for All-Star Tuesday |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/allstar2006/skills3participants_release_060708.html |website=wnba.com |publisher=WNBA |access-date=20 July 2024}} It became renamed to the Skills Challenge was held during the All-Star Game event during 2006–2007, 2010, 2019, and 2022-2024.

The most recent Skills Challenge rules were "a classic obstacle course format that will challenge players' abilities in each key facet of the game: dribbling, passing and shooting. In the first round, each player will maneuver around the course as fast as possible, and the players with the two fastest times will advance to the final round. There, they'll repeat the course, and the player with the fastest time in the final round will receive the trophy."{{cite web |last1=Maloney |first1=Jack |title=2024 WNBA All Star Skills Challenge: Schedule, start time, events, participants for 3-Point Contest, format |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2024-wnba-all-star-skills-challenge-schedule-start-time-events-participants-for-3-point-contest-format/#:~:text=3x3%20Showcase%20format%2C%20participants&text=This%20year's%20Olympic%20team%20will,to%20reach%2021%20points%20wins. |work=CBS Sports |date=July 19, 2024 |access-date=20 July 2024}}

class="wikitable"
style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" | ^

|Denotes players who are still active

style="background-color:#FFFF99; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" | *

|Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Player (#)

|Denotes the number of times the player has won

Team (#)

|Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Location (#)

|Denotes the number of times a location has hosted the competition

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Winner

!Team

!Final Time/Competitor

!class=unsortable|Other contestants

2003

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|{{sortname|Dawn|Staley}}*

|Charlotte Sting

|

|

2005

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|{{sortname|Sue|Bird}}*

|Seattle Storm

|Becky Hammon

|Tamika Catchings, Diana Taurasi, Deanna Nolan, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, DeMya Walker, Marie Ferdinand

2006

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|{{sortname|Seimone|Augustus}}*

|Minnesota Lynx

|28.5

|Sue Bird, Cappie Pondexter, Deanna Nolan

2007

| style="background-color:#FFFF99"|{{sortname|Becky|Hammon}}*

|San Antonio Silver Stars

|27.1

|Seimone Augustus, Betty Lennox, Nikki Teasley

rowspan="3" |2009

|{{sortname|Cappie|Pondexter}}

|Phoenix Mercury

| rowspan="3" |34.8

| rowspan="3" |Jia Perkins, Tamika Catchings, Sancho Lyttle, Swin Cash, Nicole Powell, Nicky Anosike, Alana Beard, Asjha Jones, Sylvia Fowles

{{sortname|Sophia|Young}}

|San Antonio Silver Stars (2)

{{sortname|Charde|Houston}}

|Minnesota Lynx (2)

2010

|{{sortname|Renee|Montgomery}}

|Connecticut Sun

|25.0

|Cappie Pondexter, Lindsay Whalen, Iziane Castro Marques, Lindsey Harding, Angel McCoughtry

2019

| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" |{{sortname|Diamond|DeShields}} ^

|Chicago Sky

|Jonquel Jones

|Courtney Vandersloot, Sami Whitcomb, Napheesa Collier, Odyssey Sims, Elizabeth Williams, Brittney Griner

2022

| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" |{{sortname|Sabrina|Ionescu}}^

|New York Liberty

|NaLyssa Smith

|Courtney Vandersloot, Jonquel Jones, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Azura Stevens, Rhyne Howard

rowspan="2" |2023

| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" |{{sortname|Kelsey|Plum}}^

| rowspan="2" |Las Vegas Aces

| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Courtney|Vandersloot}}
{{sortname|Sabrina|Ionescu}}

| rowspan="2" |Allisha Gray, Cheyenne Parker, Arike Ogunbowale, Satou Sabally

style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" |{{sortname|Chelsea|Gray}}^
2024

| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em;" |{{sortname|Allisha|Gray}}^

|Atlanta Dream

|Sophie Cunningham

| Brittney Griner, Kelsey Mitchell, Marina Mabrey

See also

Notes

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