{"id":624708,"date":"2026-04-24T03:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624708\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:26:18","slug":"2026-wnba-season-odds-caitlin-clark-is-preseason-favorite-to-win-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624708\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WNBA season, odds: Caitlin Clark is preseason favorite to win MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Fever<\/a> superstar Caitlin Clark<\/a> had a tough sophomore season, as several injuries limited her to just 13 games played after winning Rookie of the Year in 2024.<\/p>\n

While the Fever still made the postseason with a 24-20 record as the No. 6 seed without Clark \u2014 and even beat the No. 3 seed Atlanta Dream<\/a> in the opening round of the playoffs \u2014 Indiana eventually lost in Game 5 of Round 2 against the eventual WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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With Clark healthy again, expectations are high entering her third season and oddsmakers have installed her as the favorite to win MVP.<\/p>\n

Clark is the +225 favorite at BetMGM<\/a> to win the award, with Aces superstar A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a> \u2014 who has won the award four times, including each of the last two seasons \u2014 is the second favorite at +250 odds. Wilson (+250) is also the heavy favorite to win WNBA Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

Forward Napheesa Collier<\/a> (+900), who re-signed with the Minnesota Lynx<\/a> this offseason but is still recovering from ankle surgeries, is the only other player with single-digit odds to win MVP.<\/p>\n

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Angel Reese<\/a>, who was traded from the Chicago Sky to the Atlanta Dream<\/a> this offseason, has 80-1 odds, while 2025 WNBA No. 1 pick Paige Bueckers<\/a> is at 18-1.<\/p>\n

The WNBA season begins on May 8 and Clark\u2019s first game is on Saturday, May 9 against Bueckers, 2026 WNBA No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd<\/a> and the Dallas Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark had a tough sophomore season, as several injuries limited her to just 13…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4662,724,732,49,735,48,726,3459,2803,3460,736,729,4658,43868,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-624708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aja-wilson","9":"tag-angel-reese","10":"tag-atlanta-dream","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-caitlin-clark","13":"tag-canada","14":"tag-chicago-sky","15":"tag-dallas-wings","16":"tag-indiana-fever","17":"tag-las-vegas-aces","18":"tag-minnesota-lynx","19":"tag-napheesa-collier","20":"tag-paige-bueckers","21":"tag-sophomore-season","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}