Reading: WNBA All-Star Voting opens June 11 with 17-day fan ballot window

WNBA All-Star Voting opens June 11 with 17-day fan ballot window

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All-Star Voting 2026 presented by opened Thursday at 2 p.m. ET, starting a 17-day window for fans to help choose the league’s All-Star starters. Ballots are available on and the for anyone with a free WNBA ID, and each ID can submit one ballot per day until voting closes Saturday, June 27 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

The timing makes this a fresh search topic because fans now have a short stretch to make their picks count, with 2-for-1 voting days set for June 12, June 17 and June 24. The 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game is scheduled for Saturday, July 25 at United Center in Chicago and will air on ABC at 8:30 p.m. ET, but the first step is deciding who earns a starting spot.

Fan participation carries real weight, but it does not decide the lineup alone. Fans account for 50 percent of the starter vote, while current players and a media panel split the other half at 25 percent each. The four guards and six frontcourt players with the best combined score will be named starters, and if players in the same position group finish level, fan voting breaks the tie.

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That structure gives supporters influence without handing them full control. A popular player can surge in the public vote and still fall short if players and the media see the race differently, which is exactly why the process draws attention every year. Once the starters are set, head coaches will select 12 reserves, voting for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position, while coaches are barred from voting for their own players.

The league has not yet announced when the starters and reserves will be revealed, so the next hard date on the calendar is June 27, when voting ends. After that, the field narrows, and the names that emerge will show which players had fan support, which ones earned respect around the league, and which ones had both.

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