Rookie Olivia Miles joins Wilson, Stewart and Clark on the All-WNBA First Team

The WNBA announced its 2026 All-WNBA teams on Saturday, and the first team has a rookie on it. Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles, the Rookie of the Year, joined A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell.

First team

• A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
• Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
• Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever
• Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana Fever
• Olivia Miles, Minnesota Lynx

Wilson, this year's MVP, made the first team for the sixth time. Stewart, a two-time MVP, made it for the seventh. Clark and Mitchell are both on the first team for the second time.

The stats back the picks. According to ESPN, Wilson, Mitchell and Clark were the league's top three scorers in points per game, Stewart was seventh and Miles eighth. Mitchell set the WNBA single-season points record. Clark won the assists title, and Miles was seventh in assists. Wilson was fifth in rebounding.

Second team

• Shakira Austin, Washington Mystics
• Paige Bueckers, Dallas Wings
• Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream
• Angel Reese, Atlanta Dream
• Jackie Young, Las Vegas Aces

Reese, Howard and Austin are first-time All-WNBA picks. Reese led the league in rebounding and was one of two players to average a double-double, and Austin was fourth in rebounding in what ESPN called a career year. Young made the second team for the third time and Bueckers for the second. Bueckers finished fifth in scoring and eighth in assists, and Young was 10th in scoring and fifth in assists.

Why the timing stands out

Two of the second-teamers are still playing. Reese and Howard's Dream host the Golden State Valkyries in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

The Fever got two first-team spots in the same week the franchise moved on from its front office. Kelly Krauskopf stepped down as president and the team fired general manager Amber Cox on Friday, so Clark and Mitchell's honors land while Indiana looks for new leadership. Mitchell's next contract is one of the first things that group will face.