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A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart lead the All-WNBA teams as Angel Reese, Rhyne Howard and Shakira Austin earn first honors

MVP A'ja Wilson made the All-WNBA first team for the sixth time and Breanna Stewart for the seventh as young stars filled out the 2026 teams.

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Washington Mystics center Shakira Austin in a white Mystics jersey reaching for a rebound under the basket against the Phoenix Mercury

A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart topped the 2026 All-WNBA teams announced Saturday, with a wave of younger stars filling out the list.

Wilson, this season's MVP, made the first team for the sixth time. Stewart, a two-time MVP, made the first team for the seventh time.

They are joined on the first team by Indiana Fever teammates Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell, each picked for the second time. Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles, the Rookie of the Year, made it in her first season.

A first team full of scorers

The first team doubled as the league's scoring leaders. Wilson, Mitchell and Clark finished first through third in points per game. Stewart placed seventh while Miles came in eighth.

Mitchell broke the single-season scoring record with 1,086 points. Clark ranked second in the league in assists at 8.3 per game. Miles was seventh in that category, while Wilson was fifth in rebounding.

First honors for three young stars

Atlanta Dream teammates Angel Reese and Rhyne Howard both landed on the second team, the first All-WNBA nods of their careers. Reese led the league in rebounding and became the first player in WNBA history to grab more than 500 rebounds in a season. She was also one of only two players to average a double-double. Howard led the WNBA in steals.

Washington Mystics center Shakira Austin also earned her first All-WNBA spot after a career year of 17 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Only three players averaged more rebounds.

Guards Jackie Young of the Las Vegas Aces and Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings complete the second team. Young now has three selections, while Bueckers has two.

Bueckers finished fifth in scoring with Young 10th. Young ranked fourth in assists, four spots ahead of Bueckers.

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