Entering last season, A’ja Wilson battled with Breanna Stewart to be the top overall pick in fantasy women’s basketball drafts. Wilson responded with an utterly dominant 2024 campaign in which she averaged a whopping 50.3 FP/G, almost 10 fantasy points more than the second-highest average in the league (Napheesa Collier, 41.1 FP/G). Fresh off a scorching rookie season, Caitlin Clark shapes up as Wilson’s main competition for that top spot this year.
Only five players averaged 39.5 FP/G or better last season: Wilson (50.3 FP/G), Collier (41.1 FP/G), Clark (40.4 FP/G), Arike Ogunbowale (39.7 FP/G) and Stewart (39.6 FP/G). No other player that played at least half their games averaged more than 34.5 FP/G, leaving a clear delineation between the top five and the rest of the league.
Ogunbowale and Collier…