Kelsey Plum’s 40-point outburst wasn’t enough for the top-seeded Phantom in the Unrivaled championship game on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Mist BC took the title and capped Unrivaled’s second season as the 3-on-3 league’s new champions, as Breanna Stewart (32 points) and Arike Ogunbowale (19) combined for 51 points to lead Mist to an 80-74 win at Sephora Arena in Miami.<\/p>\n
When Stewart sank the game-winning two-point free throw, it sparked a wild celebration at center court \u2014 not just because it brought an end to an intense two-month season, but because the prize money on offer is a major boost to these players’ bank accounts.<\/p>\n
This moment >>>> pic.twitter.com\/5iYQRk2HIE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Unrivaled Basketball (@Unrivaledwbb) March 5, 2026<\/a> Mist players taking home $100,000 each<\/p>\n Ogunbowale, Stewart and their four teammates (including Alanna Smith, the WNBA co-Defensive Player of the Year) will be splitting a prize pool of $600,000<\/a> after winning the Unrivaled championship.<\/p>\n That works out to an average of $100,000 per player, which is two-thirds of the average WNBA salary and 1.5 times higher than the league-minimum $66,000 salary.<\/p>\n It adds up to a nice payday for the Mist BC players, especially after factoring in that the average Unrivaled salary<\/a> is roughly $220,000, which alone is nearly worth the WNBA supermax of $249,000.<\/p>\n In comparison, the average WNBA salary is under $150,000.<\/p>\n This is a gap that the players’ union is trying to close amid lengthy, tense negotiations with the WNBA over a new collective bargaining agreement. No agreement seems imminent yet, five days before the league’s deadline of March 10 to guarantee a full 2026 regular season.<\/p>\n More news:<\/p>\n