Year 1 was record-setting for the WNBA’s 2024 rookie class. What might its second season have in store?
In part due to the extended regular season (the league went to a 40-game schedule in 2023), rookie All-Stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese combined to set rookie records for points (Clark), rebounds (Reese) and assists (Clark). Both Clark’s assist average and Reese’s rebound average also were the highest ever for first-year WNBA players — and in Reese’s case, a WNBA record regardless of experience.
Beyond Clark and Reese, the 2024 draft produced four other players who averaged at least seven points per game last season: the Los Angeles Sparks duo of Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson, Reese’s Chicago Sky teammate Kamilla Cardoso, and Aaliyah Edwards of the Washington Mystics.
With a year of WNBA experience and a full offseason behind them, plus additional veteran help for several of last year’s top rookies, let’s look at how we can expect these players to grow and improve on the weaker spots in their game during the 2025 campaign, which starts Friday.
