Caitlin Clark Broke Another Cool Record Despite Still Being Injured for Fever

One of Clark's rookie cards sold for a ridiculous—and historic—amount of money.
Team Clark guard Caitlin Clark, who's still recovering from a groin injury, reacts after the WNBA All Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Team Clark guard Caitlin Clark, who's still recovering from a groin injury, reacts after the WNBA All Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. / Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images
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While sitting on the bench during Thursday night's WNBA game, Caitlin Clark probably had no idea she was making a cool piece of history.

The Indiana Fever star missed her third straight game in her team's recent win against the Las Vegas Aces and seems poised to miss more time as she continues to recover from a groin injury. But, even when Clark was off the floor, the second-year guard managed to set a new record— for the most expensive card for a female athlete at a public auction.

Clark's Rookie Royalty WNBA Flawless Logowoman card sold for a whopping $660,000 at Fanatics Collect on Thursday night. The 1-of-1 card is numbered and autographed by Clark, as well as inscribed with Clark's scoring total in her rookie WNBA season (769 points).

As it so happened, Clark actually broke her own auction record. Prior to Thursday's sale, the Fever star still held the record for the most expensive card: $366,000 for Clark's 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl 1/1 PSA 10, which sold in March.

You can see a picture of the card here.

Congrats to Clark, who hopefully makes a return to the court soon.


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Kristen Wong
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Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. Outside of work, she has dreams of running her own sporty dive bar.