The 2024

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was an

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game played on July 20, 2024, at the

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as part of the 2024 WNBA season. The

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hosted the game and related events for the third time, having previously hosted the 2000 All-Star Game and 2014 All-Star Game. On July 19, 2024, Allisha Gray of the

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won both the Starry 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge. She became the first player in WNBA history to win both events. Team WNBA defeated

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117–109. Team WNBA's Arike Ogunbowale broke the All-Star game scoring record, registering a total of 34 points (all in the second half) and earning her a second All-Star MVP Award.

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, the starting point guard for Team WNBA, also set a new All-Star game record, recording 10 assists the most by a rookie in an All-Star game. The game also featured the most former WNBA first overall draft picks since the

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, with a total of 11 (

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, Jewell Loyd,

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, Kelsey Plum,

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, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu,

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, and

). The 2024 All-Star Game drew 3.44 million viewers on ABC, per Nielsen and peaked at 4.054 million, shattering the previous viewership record from the

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of 1.441 million.

All-Star Game

Rosters

On March 20, the WNBA announced that 2024 would feature a matchup between the WNBA All-Stars who make up the US Women's National Team versus the remaining WNBA All-Stars. Fans, WNBA players, head coaches, sports writers, and broadcasters would all be able to vote for All-Stars. All groups could fill out a ballot of four guards and six front-court players. Players and coaches could not vote for members of their own team. Voting began on Thursday, June 13 at 2 p.m. ET and concluded on Saturday, June 29 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The voting was weighted as follows: Players were not allowed to vote for their own teammates. The top 10 players receiving votes based on this weighting would be selected to the All-Star Game. Any top 10 vote-getter who has not already been named to the USA Women’s National Team 5-on-5 roster will automatically be assigned to Team WNBA. The names of the next 36 highest vote-getters, consisting of at least nine backcourt and 15 frontcourt players, will then be provided to the 12 WNBA head coaches, who will vote to fill the remaining spots for the 12-player Team WNBA roster. Coaches will not be able to vote for their own players.

Fan vote results

The following table lists the top five players based on fan voting alone.

Team WNBA pool

The following tables list the 36 next-highest vote-getters provided to the 12 WNBA head coaches to fill the remaining eight spots for the 12-player Team WNBA roster.

Coaches

The head coach for

was

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, the current

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head coach, and for Team WNBA was basketball legend and former

head coach,

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Final rosters

Game

All-Star Weekend

On March 20, 2024, it was announced that there would be a Three-Point Contest and Skills Challenge on July 19, the night before the All-Star game. It will be televised on

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in the US and on

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in Canada. The Three-Point Contest is presented by Starry, while the WNBA Skills Challenge is presented by Kia. On July 18, 2024,

, the current president of

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, announced that

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would be giving both winners of the 2024 skills challenge and three-point contest a $55,000 bonus.

Three-Point Contest

The contestants for the three-point contest were announced on July 17, 2024. Sabrina Ionescu, the reigning

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winner, and

, the NCAA-W Division I all-time leader in three-pointers made, were both invited to participate in the 2024 contest; however, both declined.

Skills Challenge

The contestants for the skills challenge were announced on July 17, 2024. Erica Wheeler of the

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was originally named as a contestant of the 2024 skills challenge but was unable to attend due to the global computer outages delaying her travel. Wheeler was replaced by fellow Fever teammate, Kelsey Mitchell.

3x3 Exhibition Game

On July 17, 2024, it was announced that the USA 3x3 Olympic team would face the Under-23 3x3 national team in exhibition on July 19, 2024.

3x3 rosters

Game

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