Brittney Sykes earns her first WNBA All-Star selection on Team Clark.
WASHINGTON — Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes has been selected to join the WNBA All-Star Game.
On Thursday, the league announced Sykes would be an injury replacement on Team Clark for Indiana Fever guard Caitlyn Clark. Clark will miss the game due to a groin injury.
This announcement marks Sykes’s first WNBA All-Star selection. Drafted in the first round in 2017 to the Atlanta Dream and selected to the All-Rookie Team in the same year, Sykes is a seasoned veteran who has been with the league for eight years.
In 2023, Sykes joined the Mystics and has started in 19 games since joining the team. Leading Washington with 17 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.0 steals per game. She ranks 13th in points per game and second in the league in free-throw attempts (7.7 per game).
#NEW: The Washington Mystics have a third player now added to the roster for the 2025 WNBA All Star.
Ladies and gentlemen, guard Brittney Sykes is headed to Indy. pic.twitter.com/WHebF9beaY
— Alexis Wainwright (@AWainwrightTV) July 17, 2025
“This is well deserved for a veteran like Sykes. She’s kept the momentum going for the Washington Mystics the last few seasons and always finds a way to make a play,” longtime fan and WUSA9 reporter Alexis Wainwright said in a tweet on Thursday.
Sykes will join rookie teammates Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron in this Saturday’s game in Indianapolis. Iriafen was selected fourth overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft. Citron was drafted third overall. This will be the trio’s first WNBA All-Star game.