{"id":603417,"date":"2026-04-24T10:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/603417\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:15:19","slug":"2026-wnba-season-odds-caitlin-clark-is-preseason-favorite-to-win-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/603417\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WNBA season, odds: Caitlin Clark is preseason favorite to win MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Yahoo Sports US;\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img alt=\"Yahoo Sports US\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"188\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a6ae9d30-d9ed-11eb-97f6-17d4afb119eb.png\"\/><\/a>Thu, 23 April 2026 at 8:30 pm UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8648b20bd9bde47860b9445d950dbf2f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark 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<p>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 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.<\/p>\n<p>With Clark healthy again, expectations are high entering her third season and oddsmakers have installed her as the favorite to win MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Clark is the +225 favorite at <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1734022\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BetMGM;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">BetMGM<\/a> to win the award, with Aces superstar A\u2019ja Wilson \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<p>Forward Napheesa Collier (+900), who re-signed with the Minnesota Lynx this offseason but is still recovering from ankle surgeries, is the only other player with single-digit odds to win MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese, who was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/wnba\/breaking-news\/article\/dream-acquire-two-time-all-star-angel-reese-in-trade-with-sky-152116730.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:traded from the Chicago Sky to the Atlanta Dream;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" target=\"_blank\">traded from the Chicago Sky to the Atlanta Dream<\/a> this offseason, has 80-1 odds, while 2025 WNBA No. 1 pick Paige Bueckers is at 18-1.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA season begins on May 8 and Clark\u2019s first game is on Saturday, May 9 against Bueckers, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/wnba\/breaking-news\/article\/wnba-draft-2026-uconn-star-azzi-fudd-selected-no-1-overall-by-dallas-wings-231258632.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 WNBA No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" target=\"_blank\">2026 WNBA No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd<\/a> and the Dallas Wings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thu, 23 April 2026 at 8:30 pm UTC Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark had a tough sophomore season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[650,3691,3444,1760,438,2834,2839,4677,1077,3250,2833,113701,99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-603417","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-caitlin-clark","12":"tag-chicago-sky","13":"tag-dallas-wings","14":"tag-indiana-fever","15":"tag-las-vegas-aces","16":"tag-minnesota-lynx","17":"tag-napheesa-collier","18":"tag-paige-bueckers","19":"tag-sophomore-season","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603417","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=603417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}