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The Indiana Fever are back on the hardwood, as the team reported to training camp ahead of the 2026 season, and all eyes are once again on superstar guard Caitlin Clark.
This time, it’s to make sure she’s healthy enough to make it through an injury-riddled sophomore season in the WNBA.
Clark told reporters during training camp that she is “100% healthy” after suffering injuries to her quad, groin and ankle in 2025, which led to just 13 games played for the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) watches the Minnesota Lynx in the second half during the Commissioner’s Cup final at Target Center on July 1, 2025. (Jesse Johnson/Imagn Images)
But even though Clark wasn’t allowed on the field, she learned, along with head coach Stephanie White, to be a little more careful heading into third grade.
“I’m a person that doesn’t want to miss a single rep, like I want to be there every time,” Clark told reporters, according to the Indianapolis Star. “But I think just being a little smarter about my body…whether it’s healing, pre-judicial treatment, whatever.”
White echoed Clark’s statement.
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“She doesn’t have to be there for every rep, you just have to pay attention,” she said. “Every year as she gets older, she understands that the cadence is a little different.”
Clark only played 13 games, but she appeared in her second consecutive All-Star Game, averaging 16.5 points, five rebounds and 8.8 assists per game over that span.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) plays against the Atlanta Dream during the first half in Game 3 of the first round of the 2025 WNBA Playoffs at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. September 18, 2025. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)
Heading into this season, Clark is obviously looking to continue her strong start to her professional career, and training with Team USA in March ahead of the FIBA Women’s World Cup was an experience she says helped prepare her for this season.
“You want to rise to the level of the people around you, and then you also want to beat them and get on the court and compete,” she said of this experience of playing and training with the best of the best in women’s basketball.
So, Clark heads into training camp without perhaps pushing herself like she has in the past, including years at Iowa. The Fever can see what else they have at guard when she sits and rests, including first-round pick Raven Johnson from South Carolina.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives the ball against Connecticut Sun guard Leila Lacan (47) in the second quarter at TD Garden on July 15, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)
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The Fever hope to continue their progression to a WNBA contender, losing in the semifinals last season with a team riddled with injuries. They also made a point of bringing back key players from last year’s roster, including Sophie Cunningham, Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull, all of whom suffered injuries in 2025.
Indiana also looked to the future, signing Aliyah Boston to a four-year contract extension worth $6.3 million, which marked the highest-paid deal in WNBA history following a historic CBA agreement between the league and players’ association.
