{"id":565166,"date":"2026-04-05T01:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565166\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T01:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:37:15","slug":"caitlin-clark-angel-reeses-projected-contract-raises-after-wnbas-new-cba-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565166\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese’s Projected Contract Raises After WNBA’s New CBA Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indiana Fever haven’t done anything yet in the WNBA offseason, and their roster already got a lot more expensive.<\/p>\n

While the contracts were signed under the terms of the old collective bargaining agreement, players on rookie-scale deals will see their earnings climb significantly<\/a> starting with the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

For now at least, Fever star Aliyah Boston can claim to be the WNBA’s highest-paid player at $574,612, per Spotrac<\/a>. Teammate Caitlin Clark and Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers are both moving into the $500,000 range as well. The Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese is getting a raise to $350,692.<\/p>\n

The new CBA goes beyond those base increases to reward the best young stars in the league.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Alexa Philippou<\/a> reported in March the WNBA and players’ union agreed on the inclusion of a new Exceptional Performance on Initial Contract (EPIC) qualifier. <\/p>\n

Players who fall under the designation can renegotiate the salary for the fourth years of their rookie contracts and sign new three-year extensions. If a player was named to an All-WNBA team, they’re eligible to earn the max in Year 4. They can collect the supermax if they were named an MVP.<\/p>\n

This accelerates how quickly marquee talent can receive their first max contract. <\/p>\n

Boston, for example, would’ve had her salary locked in for 2026 ahead of becoming a restricted free agent in 2027. Instead, the second-team All-WNBA standout can push for the max from Indiana right now.<\/p>\n

The same will be true for Clark next spring.<\/p>\n

Reese, however, won’t have that luxury just yet. An All-Star in each of her first two years, she’s waiting for her first All-WNBA nod. Should that happen in 2026, she’ll join Clark in watching her earnings move into the seven figures. <\/p>\n

Still, seeing her salary jump by almost $300,000 is a sign of the gains WNBA players made in the new CBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Fever haven’t done anything yet in the WNBA offseason, and their roster already got a lot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-565166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}