WNBA All-Star 3-point competitors unveiled: Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu headline field

WNBA All-Star weekend is officially here.

Team Caitlin Clark will go head-to-head against Team Naphessa Collier on Saturday during the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. But before Clark teams up with Sabrina Ionescu in the All-Star Game, she will compete in Friday's WNBA STARRY 3-Point Contest.

The 3-point contest field includes two former champions, including Ionescu, who currently holds the 3-point competition record in the WNBA or NBA after the New York Liberty star knocked down 37 of 40 3s en route to a victory in 2023. Atlanta Dream All-Star Allisha Gray made history of her own last year when she became the first player in WNBA history to sweep the skills challenge and 3-point contest in the same season. She will defend both on Friday.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 WNBA All-Star's festivities on Friday.

2025 WNBA STARRY^® 3-Point Contest

Rhyne Howard currently leads the league in made 3s this season (56), but with Howard sidelined from All-Star activities due to a left knee injury, the door is wide open. Gray is shooting 38.9% from beyond the arc in Atlanta, which marks the highest among the five participants. Clark is shooting 28.9% from 3 this season, down from her average of 34.4% last year, and is looking to snap out of a shooting slump. She has shot 23-of-74 from the field and 6-of-35 from beyond the arc in the past five games as she's dealt with left leg injuries.

The 3-point competition will feature two timed rounds with money balls (two points) and Starry balls (three points) in play. This year, players will also get to place a special “all money ball” rack, where every ball is worth two points, anywhere among the five shooting locations. The top two from the first round will go head-to-head in a final round.

Here's the full list of competitors:

• Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron
• Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark
• Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray
• New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu
• Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum

Buckets incoming 🏀

Here are the participants of the 2025 WNBA @starrylemonlime 3-Point Contest:

⭐ Sonia Citron, @washmystics
⭐ Caitlin Clark, @indianafever
⭐ Allisha Gray, @atlantadream
⭐ Sabrina Ionescu, @nyliberty
⭐ Kelsey Plum, @lasparkspic.twitter.com/BqY25i1IxI

— WNBA (@WNBA) July 15, 2025

Kia WNBA Skills Challenge

The WNBA Skills Challenge features a timed obstacle course consisting of bounce passes, a chest pass, a 3-point shot from the top of the arc, an elbow jumper, a corner three, an outlet pass, speed dribbles and a final shot from anywhere on the court. To make it even more challenging, the WNBA is throwing a wrench into things by placing a 2025 Kia Sorento Hybrid onto the court. The top two from the first round will advance to the final round. 

This year's participants are:

• New York Liberty guard Natasha Cloud
• Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins
• Atlanta Dream Guard Allisha Gray
• Seattle Storm guard Erica Wheeler
• Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams

Announcing the participants for the 2025 @Kia WNBA Skills Challenge 🤩

⭐ Natasha Cloud, @nyliberty
⭐ Skylar Diggins, @seattlestorm
⭐ Allisha Gray, @atlantadream
⭐ Erica Wheeler, @seattlestorm
⭐ Courtney Williams, @minnesotalynxpic.twitter.com/HgRB7q9EWk

— WNBA (@WNBA) July 15, 2025

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: WNBA All-Star: Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu meet in 3-point contest