The 2021 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on July 14, 2021. The Las Vegas Aces hosted the WNBA All-Star Game for the second time. This game was the first since 2000 to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympic Games, as the WNBA did not hold All-Star Games in four previous Summer Olympic years.

Rosters

Selection On June 16, the WNBA announced that 2021 would have a similar roster selection process to the 2018 and 2019 All-Star games. Fans, WNBA players, head coaches, sports writers, and broadcasters would all be able to vote for All Stars. All groups could fill out a ballot of four guards and six front court players. Players and coaches could not vote for members of their own team. Voting began on June 15 at 2 p.m. EDT and ended on June 27 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. There were two days where fans could have their votes count twice, June 20 and June 27.

The voting was weighted as follows: Voting groupVote weightFans50%WNBA players25%Sports media25%

Players were not allowed to vote for their own teammates. The top 36 vote-getters would be selected as All-Stars. There will be a minimum of 9 backcourt players and 15 frontcourt players selected. Of these 36, WNBA Head Coaches will select 12 players to make up Team WNBA All-Stars. These twelve players will compete against members of the US Olympic Team. The WNBA All-Star roster was announced on June 30, 2021.

All-Star Pool The players for the All-Star Game were selected by the voting process described above. Rosters were released on June 30, 2021.

+Eastern Conference All-StarsPosPlayerTeamNo. of selectionsPlayersGAriel AtkinsWashington Mystics1GKahleah CopperChicago Sky1GCourtney VanderslootChicago Sky3GCourtney WilliamsAtlanta Dream1G/FBetnijah Laney New York Liberty1FDeWanna Bonner Connecticut Sun4FBrionna Jones Connecticut Sun1F/CJonquel JonesConnecticut Sun3F/CCandace ParkerChicago Sky6CTina CharlesWashington Mystics8

+Western Conference All-StarsPosPlayerTeamNo. of selectionsPlayersGSue BirdSeattle Storm12GSkylar Diggins-SmithPhoenix Mercury5GChelsea GrayLas Vegas Aces4GJewell LoydSeattle Storm3GArike OgunbowaleDallas Wings1GDiana TaurasiPhoenix Mercury10FNapheesa CollierMinnesota Lynx2F Dearica HambyLas Vegas Aces1FSatou SaballyDallas Wings1FBreanna StewartSeattle Storm3F A'ja WilsonLas Vegas Aces3CLiz CambageLas Vegas Aces4CSylvia FowlesMinnesota Lynx7CBrittney GrinerPhoenix Mercury7

All-Star Selections per team

+Number of All-Star players per teamTeamNumber of playersAtlanta Dream 1Chicago Sky 3Connecticut Sun 3Indiana Fever 0New York Liberty 1Washington Mystics 2Dallas Wings 2Las Vegas Aces 4Los Angeles Sparks 0Minnesota Lynx 2Phoenix Mercury 3Seattle Storm 3

Final rosters

+Team USAPosPlayerTeamNo. of selectionsStartersFBreanna StewartSeattle Storm3F A'ja WilsonLas Vegas Aces3CBrittney GrinerPhoenix Mercury7GJewell LoydSeattle Storm3GSue BirdSeattle Storm12Reserves GAriel AtkinsWashington Mystics1GSkylar Diggins-SmithPhoenix Mercury5GChelsea GrayLas Vegas Aces4GDiana TaurasiPhoenix Mercury10FNapheesa CollierMinnesota Lynx2CTina CharlesWashington Mystics8CSylvia FowlesMinnesota Lynx7Head coach: Dawn Staley

+Team WNBAPosPlayerTeamNo. of selectionsStartersFDeWanna Bonner Connecticut Sun4F/CJonquel JonesConnecticut Sun3CCandace ParkerChicago Sky6GArike OgunbowaleDallas Wings1GCourtney VanderslootChicago Sky3Reserves GKahleah CopperChicago Sky1GCourtney WilliamsAtlanta Dream1G/FBetnijah Laney New York Liberty1F Dearica HambyLas Vegas Aces1FBrionna Jones Connecticut Sun1FSatou SaballyDallas Wings1CLiz CambageLas Vegas Aces4Head coach: Lisa Leslie & Tina Thompson

Starters will be announced by the respective head coaches of the USA Basketball Women's National Team and Team WNBA.

Game

Three-Point Contest On July 9, 2021, it was announced that a Three-Point Contest will be held during half time of the All-Star game. It was also announced that the Skills Challenge held in 2019 would not be held this year.

Rules The Three-Point Shootout is a two-round, timed competition in which five shooting locations are positioned around the three-point arc. Four racks contain four WNBA balls (each worth one point) and one “money” ball (worth two points). The fifth station is a special “all money ball” rack, which each participant can place at any of the five locations. Every ball on this rack is worth two points. Two balls were placed on pedestals between racks 2 and 3 and racks 3 and 4. Each of these balls is worth three points. The players have one minute and ten seconds to shoot as many of the 27 balls as they can. The two competitors with the highest scores in the first round advance to the championship round.

Results Position PlayerFrom2021 Season 3-point statistics1st Round2nd RoundMadeAttemptedPercent G Allie Quigley Chicago 24 59 40.7% 28 28 F Jonquel Jones Connecticut 31 71 43.7% 27 24 G Sami Whitcomb New York 56 128 43.8% 26 – G Jewell Loyd Seattle 40 107 37.4% 18 –

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