July 6, 2025 

2025 WNBA All-Star Game reserves announced

By Sydney Wingfield

A week after the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game starters were announced, the league announced 12 players as reserves for the game, which is set to take place on Saturday, July 19 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Continue reading with a subscription to The Next Get unlimited access to women’s basketball coverage and help support our…

A week after the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game starters were announced, the league announced 12 players as reserves for the game, which is set to take place on Saturday, July 19 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

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The reserves were elected by the head coaches of each WNBA team, who voted for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players without designating a position.

The following WNBA players were selected as reserves and will join the 10 starters on the court for the All-Star Game:

  • Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen of the Washington Mystics — the rookie duo were selected No. 3 and No. 4 in the 2025 Draft and will join Paige Bueckers as rookies in the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game.
  • Skylar Diggins of the Seattle Storm — The veteran guard is selected to the All-Star Game for the seventh time in in her 11 WNBA seasons.
  • Rhyne Howard of the Atlanta Dream will make her third All-Star appearance in four years since she was selected No.1 overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft.
  • Kelsey Mitchell is making her third All-Star Game as the longtime stalwart for the host ndiana Fever.
  • Kelsey Plum of the Sparks will make her fourth All-Star appearance in her first season with Los Angeles.
  • Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky will be playing in her second All-Star Game in as many WNBA seasons.
  • Alyssa Thomas will make her sixth All-Star Game in his first season with the Phoenix Mercury after playing for the Connecticut Sun for the first 11 years of her WNBA career.
  • Kayla Thornton of the Golden State Valkyries — In her 10th WNBA season, Thornton is making the All-Star Game for the first time in her career and is the first player from an expansion team to make the All-Star Game since 2006.
  • Courtney Williams of the Minnesota Lynx — Williams will play in her second career All-Star Game after making her first appearance in 2021.
  • Gabby Williams of the Seattle Storm will make her first-ever All-Star appearance in her seventh WNBA season.
  • Jackie Young of the Las Vegas Aces was selected to her fourth All-Star Game.

Bueckers, Citron and Iriafen become the first trio of rookies to play in a WNBA All-Star Game since 2011.

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The reserves will be joining starters like Bueckers, four-time All-Star Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty, 10-time All-Star forward Nneka Ogwumike of the Storm and seven-time All-Star center A’ja Wilson of the Aces.

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx will each serve as captains of a team at the All-Star Game. They will both get the opportunity to pick who they want on their roster by first selecting from the pool of starters and then from the pool of reserves.

The final rosters as selected by Clark and Collier, featuring starters and reserves, will be revealed on Tuesday.

Written by Sydney Wingfield

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