Exactly one month after the conclusion of the 2026 WNBA regular season, the 10 players deemed to have had the best seasons, finally, are getting their due.
Prior to Game 4 of the WNBA Finals, the league revealed the 10 players voted to the All-WNBA First and Second Teams. The 10 names should be unsurprising, as they correspond to the top 10 finishers on the MVP ballot.
The First Team is headlined by 2026 MVP A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces, where she is joined by the New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart,
Minnesota Lynx’s Olivia Miles and Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark.
The Second Team features the Atlanta Dream’s Angel Reese and Rhyne Howard, Aces’ Jackie Young, Dallas Wings’ Paige Bueckers and Washington Mystics’ Shakira Austin.
The Dream’s opponent in the Finals, the Golden State Valkyries, received no All-WNBA nominations. Overall, only four All-WNBA honorees, the Dream’s Reese and Howard and the Aces’ Wilson and Young, advanced beyond the first round of the 2026 WNBA Playoffs.
Quite possibly, this fact indicates a growing divergence between the individual excellence that tends to capture attention in the regular season and the styles of play that prevail in the postseason.
