Caitlin Clarks colossal new WNBA wages revealed | | NBA News

Caitlin Clark is among the WNBA stars to pocket a enormous wage increase following weeks of tense discussions with the league. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the bottom salaries for gamers are set to skyrocket after a surge in recognition for ladies’s basketball in the States.

Clark has been the face of the league since becoming a member of the Indiana Fever, but was banking just £64,000 a 12 months for her first two seasons in the WNBA. Clark has been in a position to increase her coffers with a number of profitable sponsorship offers, but her bank steadiness is set to increase even additional with the new wage adjustments.

Clark’s new wage has been revealed as a whopping £398,000, which represents a staggering 521% increase from her 2025 wage. It’s thanks to an ‘distinctive efficiency on initial contract’ clause, which has allowed the 24-year-old to max out her initial four-year rookie deal.

The clause is accessible to gamers who win the MVP or make the All-WNBA Team in their first three seasons as a skilled participant – a class Clark falls into. However, the wage is just a drop in the ocean in contrast to her eye-watering deal with Nike.

The sports activities producer tied Clark down to an eight-year deal shortly after bursting onto the scene, with claims it’s price $28million across that time. Those with information of the industry recommend the deal is considerably of a steal for Nike, given that the deal is comparatively small in contrast to other top athletes.

Clark isn’t the only WNBA star incomes a wage hike though, with Aliyah Boston, leaping from £70,000 to £433,000 and Paige Bueckers going from £60,000 to £378,000. Boston would be the highest participant in the league, with Diamond Miller, incomes £404,000, in second. Clark is the WNBA’s third-highest-paid participant.

It comes forward of the common season getting underway next month, with training camps and pre-season fixtures set to happen later in April.