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While the top NBA contracts exceed $40 million for the usual 82-game regular season — or around $487,800 per game — just seven WNBA players will make the league’s “supermax” salary of ...
Caitlin Clark, the No. 1 WNBA draft pick, has made millions this year as a college all-star thanks to several massive name, image and likeness deals, so when it became clear her rookie salary with ...
In the NBA, the top rookie of the current season will make around $12.6 million and the final pick will make a still hefty $2.5 million, according to Sports Illustrated.
Unrivaled has the highest average salary for players of any professional women's sports league with many earning six-figure salaries for the eight-week season. Players in Unrivaled have an average salary of more than $220,000, which is close to the maximum base salary in the WNBA.
The Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) was formed in 1998 after the end of the WNBA league's second season. [1] [2] Players were protesting average salaries of $30,000 (equivalent to $56,080 in 2023) and lack of health care benefits, retirement plans, and revenue sharing. [2]
Two years ago, WNBA icons Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird worked with USA Basketball to hatch a plan in which prospective members of the 2020 U.S. Olympic team could make up to an additional $100,000 if...
In 2024, Jackie Young, who plays guard for the Las Vegas Aces, is the top-earning player in the WNBA. Her back-to-back championships helped secure a two-year contract extension worth $504,900, for ...
The Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season in 1997. MVP voting takes place immediately following the regular season. The award recipient is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the ...