The 2024 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 25th season in the WNBA, and their second season under head coach Christie Sides. The regular season tipped off against the Connecticut Sun in Connecticut on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
The Fever won the 2024 WNBA draft Lottery and were awarded the first overall pick for the second year in a row; they used it to select Caitlin Clark. The number one pick did not lead to a fast start to the season as the Fever lost their first five games, the closest of which was a two-point loss to Seattle on May 22. The Fever would win their next game against Los Angeles to earn their first win of the season. They would go on to lose their next three games, including a rematch against Los Angeles to finish the opening month 1–8. June brought about a vast improvement from the team. They defeated Chicago by one point to open the month. They lost to New York, defeated Washington, and then lost to Connecticut before going on a four-game winning streak. They would lose their next two games before winning the final game of June to finish the month with a 7–4 record. The Fever went 1–2 to start July but defeated New York. They defeated Phoenix and Minnesota before losing to Dallas. The team finished July 3–3 and headed into the Olympic break with an 11–15 record.
The Fever returned from the Olympic break and won their first two games of August. They lost in Minnesota by ten-points before winning their next three games. The highlight of August was a nineteen-point victory over Chicago. The team finished 5–1 during the month, and moved solidly into playoff position. They won their first two games of September and on September 3, 2024, the Fever clinched their spot in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, ending their seven-year playoff drought (the longest in WNBA history). They would go on to lose three of the next four games, including back-to-back losses to Las Vegas. They defeated Dallas by one point and lost to Washington by one point to finish September 4–4.
The Fever finished the season 20–20, which was sixth place overall. They faced off in the First Round against third seed Connecticut. They were swept in the series two games to zero, losing the first game 69–93 and the second game 81–87. Despite the sweep, the Fever made great strides, posting their highest regular season win total since 2015. Clark was named to the All-WNBA First Team, and was only the fifth rookie in WNBA history to be named to the team.
For the 2024 WNBA season, the Fever set a new single-season record record with 340,715 fans for total home attendance for a WNBA team.
In August 2024, the WNBA announced that the Fever would host 2025 WNBA All-Star Game and related events in July 2025 for the first time in franchise history.
Transactions WNBA draft
RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country 1 1 Caitlin Clark Iowa 2 15 Celeste Taylor Ohio State 3 27 Leilani Correa Florida
Transactions DateTransaction January 11, 2024 Extended Qualifying Offers to Maya Caldwell and Temi Fagbenle January 19, 2024 Signed Temi Fagbenle to a Training Camp Contract. January 29, 2024 Signed Maya Caldwell to a Training Camp Contract. February 1, 2024 Signed Damiris Dantas Signed Katie Lou Samuelson March 21, 2024 Waived Victoria Vivians April 22, 2024 Exercised fourth-year option for NaLyssa Smith April 25, 2024 Signed Celeste Taylor and Leilani Correa to Rookie Contracts April 27, 2024 Signed Caitlin Clark to a Rookie Contract May 10, 2024 Exercised fourth-year option for Lexie Hull and Kristy Wallace Waived Maya Caldwell and Leilani Correa May 13, 2024 Suspended the contract of Damiris Dantas (temporary, due to knee injury) June 25, 2024 Activated Damiris Dantas Waived Celeste Taylor Kelly Krauskopf hired as President of Basketball and Business Operations (starting post 2024 season)
Roster changes
Additions PersonnelSigned/TradeFormer team Caitlin Clark Draft Iowa Leilani Correa Draft Florida Damiris Dantas Signed Minnesota Lynx Temi Fagbenle Signed Minnesota Lynx Katie Lou Samuelson Signed Los Angeles Sparks Celeste Taylor Draft Ohio State
Subtractions PersonnelReasonNew team Maya Caldwell Waived Atlanta Dream Leilani Correa Waived — Emma Cannon Free Agency Dallas Wings / Las Vegas Aces Victoria Vivians Waived Seattle Storm Amanda Zahui B. Waived Townsville Fire Celeste Taylor Waived Phoenix Mercury /Connecticut Sun
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Caitlin Clark Erica WheelerGrace Berger SG Kelsey Mitchell Kristy Wallace SF Lexie Hull Katie Lou Samuelson PF NaLyssa Smith Temi FagbenleVictaria Saxton C Aliyah Boston Damiris Dantas
Schedule Pre-season
| 1 | May 3 | @ Dallas | L 76–79 | Caitlin Clark (21) | Aliyah Boston (8) | Erica Wheeler (4) | College Park Center6,251 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 9 | Atlanta | W 83–80 | NaLyssa Smith (21) | Caitlin Clark (8) | Grace Berger (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse13,028 | 1-1
Regular season
| 1 | May 14 | @ Connecticut | L 71–92 | Caitlin Clark (20) | NaLyssa Smith (9) | Clark, Samuelson (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 16 | New York | L 66–102 | Aliyah Boston (12) | Boston, Clark (7) | Caitlin Clark (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 18 | @ New York | L 80–91 | Caitlin Clark (22) | NaLyssa Smith (8) | Caitlin Clark (8) | Barclays Center17,735 | 0–3 |- | 4 | May 20 | Connecticut | L 84–88 | Clark, Mitchell (17) | Temi Fagbenle (10) | Clark, Mitchell (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 0–4 |- | 5 | May 22 | @ Seattle | L 83–85 | Caitlin Clark (21) | NaLyssa Smith (11) | Caitlin Clark (7) | Climate Pledge Arena18,343 | 0–5 |- | 6 | May 24 | @ Los Angeles | W 78–73 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | Caitlin Clark (10) | Caitlin Clark (8) | Crypto.com Arena19,103 | 1–5 |- | 7 | May 25 | @ Las Vegas | L 80–99 | Kelsey Mitchell (16) | Temi Fagbenle (8) | Caitlin Clark (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,399 | 1–6 |- | 8 | May 28 | Los Angeles | L 82–88 | Caitlin Clark (30) | Temi Fagbenle (7) | Caitlin Clark (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,013 | 1–7 |- | 9 | May 30 | Seattle | L 88–103 | NaLyssa Smith (23) | Aliyah Boston (12) | Caitlin Clark (9) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,022 | 1–8
| 10 | June 1 | Chicago | W 71–70 | Kelsey Mitchell (18) | NaLyssa Smith (9) | Caitlin Clark (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 2–8 |- | 11 | June 2 | @ New York | L 68–104 | Kelsey Mitchell (21) | NaLyssa Smith (8) | Caitlin Clark (5) | Barclays Center17,401 | 2–9
| 12 | June 7 | @ Washington | W 85–83 | Caitlin Clark (30) | NaLyssa Smith (10) | Caitlin Clark (6) | Capital One Arena20,333 | 3–9 |- | 13 | June 10 | @ Connecticut | L 72–89 | Aliyah Boston (14) | Aliyah Boston (12) | Aliyah Boston (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 3–10
| 14 | June 13 | Atlanta | W 91–84 | Aliyah Boston (27) | Aliyah Boston (13) | Caitlin Clark (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,651 | 4–10
| 15 | June 16 | Chicago | W 91–83 | Caitlin Clark (23) | Aliyah Boston (14) | Caitlin Clark (9) | rowspan=2| Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 5–10
| 16 | June 19 | Washington | W 88–81 | Boston, Mitchell (22) | Caitlin Clark (12) | Caitlin Clark (6) | 6–10
| 17 | June 21 | @ Atlanta | W 91–79 | NaLyssa Smith (21) | Aliyah Boston (10) | Caitlin Clark (7) | State Farm Arena17,575 | 7–10 |- | 18 | June 23 | @ Chicago | L 87–88 | Kelsey Mitchell (24) | Boston, Smith (7) | Caitlin Clark (13) | Wintrust Arena9,872 | 7–11 |- | 19 | June 27 | @ Seattle | L 77–89 | Clark, Wheeler (15) | Aliyah Boston (14) | Caitlin Clark (7) | Climate Pledge Arena18,343 | 7–12
| 20 | June 30 | @ Phoenix | W 88–82 | Aliyah Boston (17) | NaLyssa Smith (15) | Caitlin Clark (12) | Footprint Center17,071 | 8–12
| 21 | July 2 | @ Las Vegas | L 69–88 | Kelsey Mitchell (23) | NaLyssa Smith (14) | Caitlin Clark (11) | T-Mobile Arena20,366 | 8–13 |- | 22 | July 6 | New York | W 83–78 | Caitlin Clark (19) | Caitlin Clark (12) | Caitlin Clark (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 9–13 |- | 23 | July 10 | Washington | L 84–89 | Caitlin Clark (29) | Katie Lou Samuelson (9) | Caitlin Clark (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 9–14 |- | 24 | July 12 | Phoenix | W 95–86 | Kelsey Mitchell (28) | Aliyah Boston (13) | Caitlin Clark (13) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 10–14
| 25 | July 14 | @ Minnesota | W 81–74 | Kelsey Mitchell (21) | Aliyah Boston (16) | Caitlin Clark (6) | Target Center18,978 | 11–14 |- | 26 | July 17 | @ Dallas | L 93–101 | Aliyah Boston (28) | NaLyssa Smith (12) | Caitlin Clark (19) | College Park Center6,251 | 11–15
| 27 | August 16 | Phoenix | W 98–89 | Caitlin Clark (29) | Boston, Smith (9) | Caitlin Clark (10) | rowspan=2|Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 12–15 |- | 28 | August 18 | Seattle | W 92–75 | Kelsey Mitchell (27) | Aliyah Boston (15) | Caitlin Clark (9) | 13–15 |- | 29 | August 24 | @ Minnesota | L 80–90 | Caitlin Clark (23) | Aliyah Boston (15) | Caitlin Clark (8) | Target Center19,023 | 13–16 |- | 30 | August 26 | @ Atlanta | W 84–79 | Kelsey Mitchell (29) | Aliyah Boston (11) | Caitlin Clark (7) | State Farm Arena17,608 | 14–16 |- | 31 | August 28 | Connecticut | W 84–80 | Kelsey Mitchell (23) | Lexie Hull (8) | Aliyah Boston (8) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 15–16 |- | 32 | August 30 | @ Chicago | W 100–81 | Caitlin Clark (31) | NaLyssa Smith (7) | Caitlin Clark (12) | Wintrust Arena9,445 | 16–16
| 33 | September 1 | @ Dallas | W 100–93 | Kelsey Mitchell (36) | Boston, Smith (8) | Caitlin Clark (12) | College Park Center6,251 | 17–16 |- | 34 | September 4 | Los Angeles | W 93–86 | Boston, Clark (24) | Aliyah Boston (14) | Caitlin Clark (10) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,645 | 18–16 |- | 35 | September 6 | Minnesota | L 88–99 | Caitlin Clark (25) | Lexie Hull (9) | Caitlin Clark (8) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 18–17
| 36 | September 8 | Atlanta | W 104–100 (OT) | Aliyah Boston (30) | Aliyah Boston (13) | Caitlin Clark (12) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 19–17 |- | 37 | September 11 | rowspan=2| Las Vegas | L 75–86 | Kelsey Mitchell (24) | Aliyah Boston (10) | Caitlin Clark (6) | rowspan=2| Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 19–18 |- | 38 | September 13 | L 74–78 | Kelsey Mitchell (20) | Boston, Clark (8) | Caitlin Clark (9) | 19–19
| 39 | September 15 | Dallas | W 110–109 | Caitlin Clark (35) | Boston, Smith (6) | Caitlin Clark (8) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 20–19 |- | 40 | September 19 | @ Washington | L 91–92 | Kristy Wallace (17) | Clark, Smith (5) | Caitlin Clark (8) | Capital One Arena20,711 | 20–20
Playoffs
| 1 | September 22 | rowspan=2| @ Connecticut | L 69–93 | Kelsey Mitchell (21) | Aliyah Boston (11) | Caitlin Clark (8) | rowspan=2| Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 0–1 |- | 2 | September 25 | L 81–87 | Caitlin Clark (25) | Aliyah Boston (19) | Caitlin Clark (9) | 0–2
Standings
Playoffs
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Caitlin Clark 404035.4.417.344.9065.78.41.30.75.62.819.2 Kelsey Mitchell403832.0.468.402.8322.51.80.70.21.61.619.2 Aliyah Boston 404030.9.529.269.7368.93.20.91.22.03.314.0 NaLyssa Smith403724.8.480.292.5677.11.00.81.01.32.710.6 Temi Fagbenle22218.9.509.167.7864.70.90.50.71.23.06.4 Lexie Hull341119.7.441.471.8052.51.10.60.30.92.55.5 Kristy Wallace261517.2.402.293.6671.81.70.70.20.71.14.7 Damiris Dantas20010.5.459.394.6672.20.60.30.30.61.04.5 Katie Lou Samuelson371518.2.349.330.9602.31.40.30.20.51.44.3 Erica Wheeler39214.0.411.288.8461.41.80.40.10.91.23.6 Grace Berger1109.3.400.400.6431.40.60.50.00.91.12.8 Victaria Saxton902.6.333.250.5000.30.00.00.00.10.40.9 Celeste Taylor ‡503.21.000—.5000.20.20.00.20.20.20.6 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
Playoffs