The WNBA is getting a megawatt star at just the right time.
Data: Spotrac; Note: Based on cap hit in 2023-24 season; Chart: Simran Parwani/AxiosClark's entire WNBA team, combined, will get paid about the same as one random back-bench NBA player next year.
The lowest possible salary for an NBA player with just one year of experience — effectively the league's minimum wage — is $1.5 million per year.The No. 1 draft pick in the WNBA — this year, that's Clark — is guaranteed a $76,000 salary in their first year. The No. 1 draft pick in the NBA gets $10 million.
This year's WNBA draft — which featured Clark as well as LSU star Angel Reese — pulled in just shy of 2.5 million viewers, quadrupling the previous record. No WNBA, and while there's a lot of talent all across the WNBA, other teams' ticket prices are highest, by far, for games against the Fever.
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