Tamika Catchings was a perennial WNBA All-Star game starter for years. Who else from the Indiana Fever has played in the game? Here is a full list.
The WNBA All-Star game will be held in Indianapolis for the first time in 2025.
While the league began in 1997, the Indiana Fever did not become a franchise until 2000. A year later, the Fever drafted Tamika Catchings, who would become the team's greatest player and make 10 All-Star games.
But Catchings isn't the only player who has stood out. Here is a list of every Fever player who has participated in a WNBA All-Star game.
Rita Williams, 2001
Rita Williams has the distinction of being the first WNBA All-Star for the Fever. Williams made the game as an injury replacement and played nine minutes, contributing an assist for the East. The West won the game, 80-72.
Tamika Catchings, 2002
Tamika Catchings' first of many All-Star games occurred in 2002. Catchings started the game and put up 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. The West won, 81-76.
Tamika Catchings and Natalie Williams, 2003
The 2003 All-Star game marked the first time the Fever had multiple players participate. Catchings started and led the East with 17 points.
Natalie Williams, in her first season with the Fever, was a reserve in the game. She scored six points, grabbed 11 rebounds and notched three steals. Williams was also an All-Star for the Utah Starzz from 1999 to 2001. The West won, 84-75.
Tamika Catchings and Natalie Williams, 2004*
While 2004 was not considered a standard WNBA All-Star game due to the Olympics, Catchings and Williams once again participated in a mid-season exhibition contest. Dubbed "The Game at Radio City," it pitted the U.S. Olympic team against a WNBA squad. Catchings was a starter on the Olympic team while Williams was a reserve on the WNBA side. The USA won, 74-58.
Tamika Catchings, 2005
Catchings was a starter on the East squad for the third time and had 18 points and six rebounds. The West won, 122-99.
Tamika Catchings and Tamika Whitmore, 2006
Catchings was voted a starter once again, but was injured and did not play. Whitmore, whose lone All-Star game appearance came in 2006, scored nine points, grabbed four rebounds and registered two blocked shots. The East won, 98-82.
Tamika Catchings, Anna DeForge and Tammy Sutton-Brown, 2007
Catchings started and put up a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds. She also had seven assists.
In her second All-Star game (first and only while playing with the Fever), DeForge started and had two points and an assist. Sutton-Brown, in her second All-Star appearance (first and only while playing with Indiana), came off the bench and grabbed three rebounds. The East won, 103-99.
Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas, 2009
Both Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas started for the East squad, which lost to the West, 130-118. Catchings had seven points, five assists and four rebounds.
Douglas, an Indianapolis native who played at Purdue, was already a two-time All-Star with the Connecticut Sun by the time 2009 came around (Douglas was the 2006 All-Star game MVP). In the 2009 game, Douglas had 11 points, five assists and three rebounds.
The Fever's Lin Dunn coached the East team.
Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas, 2010*
Like in 2004, 2010 was not considered a standard WNBA All-Star game. Dubbed "Stars at the Sun" (played at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut), the game once again featured Team USA against a WNBA team. Catchings started for Team USA and Douglas started for the WNBA squad. Team USA won, 99-72. A 3-point contest was also held, which Douglas won.
Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas, 2011
Catchings and Douglas teamed up again in the starting lineup for the East. Douglas contributed 15 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals. Catchings had 11 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists. The East won, 118-113.
Tamika Catchings and Shavonte Zellous, 2013
Catchings started for the East and scored six points and grabbed five rebounds. Shavonte Zellous, in her only All-Star game appearance, came off the bench and had four points and two assists. The East lost to the West, 102-98.
Lin Dunn, who won a WNBA title with the Fever a season prior, coached the East squad.
Tamika Catchings and Briann January, 2014
Catchings started and had a productive game of 14 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and two assists. Briann January, who is currently an assistant coach for the Fever, had nine points and four assists in her lone All-Star game appearance. The East won in overtime, 125-124.
Tamika Catchings and Marissa Coleman, 2015
Catchings started and contributed eight points, 10 rebounds and six assists. Coleman, in her only All-Star game of her career, came off the bench and had six points and two assists. The West won, 117-112.
Candice Dupree, 2017
Tamika Catchings retired in 2016, so the streak of Indiana having an All-Star game starter ended in 2017. However, Candice Dupree came off the bench for the East and had 14 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals. Dupree made seven All-Star games during her career. The East lost, 130-121.
Candice Dupree and Erica Wheeler, 2019
In 2018, the WNBA switched up formats and had the two leading vote-getters select the teams. A year later, the format remained and A'ja Wilson and Elena Delle Donne served as captains.
Both Dupree and Wheeler were selected by Wilson and came off the bench. Wheeler had an impressive performance of 25 points, seven assists and four rebounds. In her lone All-Star game, she was named the MVP for her efforts in a 129-126 win for Team Wilson. Wheeler, who went undrafted in 2013, currently plays for the Seattle Storm.
Dupree had eight points and five rebounds.
Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell, 2023
In 2023, Aliyah Boston became the first rookie to start a WNBA All-Star game since 2014. At the time, she was just the eighth player to do so. Boston started for A'ja Wilson's team and recorded six points and 11 rebounds.
Boston's teammate, Kelsey Mitchell, also made her first All-Star game in 2023. She came off the bench for Breanna Stewart's team and had two points, three rebounds and two assists. Team Stewart won, 143-127.
Stephanie White, the current coach of the Fever, coached Team Stewart. That season, White was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun.
Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell, 2024
Like Boston, Clark became an All-Star game starter as a rookie. Clark was on Team WNBA, which faced off with the U.S. Olympic team. She scored four points and had 10 assists in a 117-109 win. It was the U.S. Olympic team's only loss (they won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics that summer).
Boston came off the bench for Team WNBA and had four points and two rebounds. Mitchell also came off the bench and had 13 points and two steals.
Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell, 2025
Clark received the most votes for the 2025 All-Star game and will serve as a team captain. The league reported that Clark received almost 1.3 million votes.
For the third straight year, Boston was named an All-Star. She will serve as one of the 10 starters for the game. Like Boston, Mitchell made the All-Star team for the third consecutive season. She will come off the bench.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: WNBA All-Star game: List of Indiana Fever players over the years
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