The WNBA named 12 reserves for the 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game on July 7, filling out half of the league’s showcase roster and putting Sonia Citron and a wave of familiar names into the spotlight. The reserve group includes both first-time All-Stars and players with long résumés, a mix that gives the July 25 game in Chicago immediate shape.
Citron is the name many fans are checking first in the WNBA player guard ranking Clark search, and for good reason. The second-year guard is an All-Star for the second time after averaging career highs of 18.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. She was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, and her rise has made her one of the clearest young markers in this year’s reserve list.
The reserves were chosen by the WNBA’s 15 head coaches, who voted for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position without being allowed to vote for their own players. That process produced seven guards and five frontcourt selections: Sonia Citron, Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard, Marina Mabrey, Kelsey Plum, Courtney Williams and Jackie Young on the perimeter, with Nneka Ogwumike, Kiki Iriafen, Jonquel Jones, Dominique Malonga and Angel Reese up front.
The group carries both mileage and novelty. Ogwumike earned her 11th All-Star selection, tying Diana Taurasi for second-most in WNBA history behind Sue Bird’s 13. Jones is going for a sixth All-Star nod, while Plum and Young each reached five. Gray and Howard were picked for the fourth time, Reese and Williams for the third, and Citron and Iriafen for the second. Mabrey and Malonga, meanwhile, will be first-time All-Stars.
That split matters because the reserve list does more than add names to the board. The 10 starters were already announced, so the July 7 release finalizes the 22 All-Stars who will be drafted into Team Cooper and Team Weatherspoon by Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon. The two head coaches for the game will be the coaches of the teams with the best records after games on Friday, July 10, and if any player cannot play, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will name a replacement.
The game itself is set for Saturday, July 25, at United Center in Chicago, with ABC carrying the broadcast at 8:30 p.m. ET. WNBA Countdown will air at 8 p.m. ET and WNBA Postgame at 10:30 p.m. ET, giving the league a full night built around a roster that now mixes established stars with first-timers who are arriving fast.
