WNBA All-Star Three-Point Contest: Time, Participants, & How to Watch

The WNBA three-point contest takes place this Friday.

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) warms up before a game against the Seattle Storm at Barclays Center. / John Jones-Imagn Images

WNBA All-Star weekend takes place this weekend in Indianapolis at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The event kicks off with the three-point contest and skills challenge on Friday at 8 p.m. ET.

This year's three-point contest will be headlined by the event's two most recent champions—Allisha Gray and Sabrina Ionescu. Fever star Caitlin Clark planned to participate but won't be able to due to a recent injury.

Here's the full look at who will be competing and how to watch this year's WNBA three-point contest.

List of 2025 Participants

Player	Team	Year
Sabrina Ionescu	New York Liberty	Sixth Season
Lexie Hull	Indiana Fever	Fourth Season
Sonia Citron	Washington Mystics	Rookie
Allisha Gray	Atlanta Dream	Ninth Season
Kelsey Plum	Los Angeles Sparks	Ninth Season

Allisha Gray, the reigning three-point contest champion, will be defending her crown this Friday. She is also the WNBA's leader in three-point shooting percentage this season.

Sabrina Ionescu, who won the three-point contest in 2023, will return to the competition this year. Ionescu holds the record all-time score in a WNBA or NBA three-point contest after scoring 37 points in 2023.

This will be Kelsey Plum's second time competing, after previously doing so in 2022. She has won the WNBA skills challenge before, but is still seeking her first victory in the three-point contest.

Fever guard Caitlin Clark initially planned to compete in the three-point contest for the first time, but she announced Thursday that she'll be held out due to a groin injury suffered earlier this week. On Friday, the WNBA named teammate Lexie Hull to take her place in the three-point contest.

The three-point contest will welcome another newcomer in Mystics rookie Sonia Citron, who is shooting 36.5% from the three-point line this season.

Format and Rules

The three-point contest has competitors try to score as many points as they can while attempting three-pointers for just over a minute. There are five basketballs placed on racks around five different locations on the three-point arc. There are additionally two basketballs placed further out from the three-point arc, called the Starry range. Making those shots is worth three points.

On each rack, there are four regular balls and one money ball. The money ball is worth two points. Additionally, one of the five racks is entirely made up of money balls, and each contestant can choose which of the five locations they'd like to place this rack at.

There are two rounds in the competition. In the first round, all the competitors compete, and the top two finishers from that round advance to the final round. In the final round, the player who records the top score finishes as the champion.

How to Watch

The three-point contest will air alongside the skills challenge on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET on Friday. The following day, the All-Star Game headlined by captains Caitlin Clark (who will help coach but won't play) and Napheesa Collier will be broadcasted on ABC at 8:30 p.m. ET.

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