2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend winners and losers: Jonquel Jones and Dominique Malonga shine, Sky no show

CHICAGO — The 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend is in the books after Team Spoon took down Team Coop, 129-122, thanks to an MVP performance by Jonquel Jones, who put up 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to become the first player in league history to win MVP, MVP Finals MVP, Commissioner’s Cup MVP and All-Star.

Rookie Olivia Miles added 11 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in a nearly triple-double of her own, while Caitlin Clark added 17 points and five assists in front of a record crowd of 19,783 at the United Center.

Earlier in the weekend, Team Washington became the first Shooting Stars champion, and rookie Azzi Fudd became the first to win the 3-point contest.

The 2026 WNBA regular season resumes on Tuesday. Before that, let’s take a look at some of the winners and losers from All-Star Weekend.

Winner: Jonquel Jones

Jones added yet another trophy to his collection Sunday with an MVP performance in his sixth career All-Star appearance. The veteran center collected 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to become the first player in WNBA history to be named MVP, Finals MVP, Commissioner’s Cup MVP and All-Star MVP.

In addition, Jones has Most Improved Player and Sixth Player of the Year honors, as well as five All-WNBA and four All-Defensive honors and a championship. Although he is not often considered one of the league’s all-time greats, he is one of the most decorated players.

After the game, an emotional Jones dedicated his performance to his late aunt, who recently passed away.

“My love for the game,” Jones said, when asked what has allowed him to stay consistent and be so successful. “This is everything I dreamed of, what I wanted as a small child. I told my parents when I was five years old that I would become a professional athlete. The plan did not change, even when it looked sad, when I did not know how I was going to do it. When I called random coaches in the Bahamas, hoping that someone would give me a chance.

Winner: Azzi Fudd

Fudd was the No. 1 overall pick. 1 to be named an All-Star in their first season since Charli Collier in 2021, but he got his All-Star moment with a historic performance to win the 3-point Championship. She scored 24 points in the first round to advance to the championship round, then scored 30 points to defeat Bridget Carleton and take home the title.

Fudd is the first rookie, the first Wings player and the first UConn alum to win the 3-Point Contest, and his 30 points in the championship round are tied for the second most in 3-Point Contest history.

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After his win, Fudd challenged Stephen Curry to a rematch. Back in high school, Fudd was one of the first girls invited to Curry’s SC30 Select Camp, and lost to him in a three-point contest.

“Steph, if you’re listening, I’ve been asking for a repeat since high school, maybe this is our time to start finding time and space,” Fudd said.

Missing: Cathy Engelbert

It was hard not to sympathize with commissioner Cathy Engelbert when she began stuttering after being asked directly during a press conference before the All-Star Game if she expected to continue in charge in 2027. When he finally started talking, Engelbert was evasive about his future, which has come under a lot of scrutiny this past year.

“Obviously, I’m blessed to lead this league through this time of incredible growth, I’m blessed that these players put a product on the field every night, that they represent the values ​​that they’ve been looking for,” Engelbert said. “I will continue to do my job, I made a strategy because it has been working. Make sure we listen to the players, communicate with the players.”

Engelbert, the division’s first commissioner, has been in his role since 2019. Although he has been on the rise, he has recently been criticized for his inability to develop relationships with players. Just before All-Star Weekend, an ESPN report cited “high-level team sources” expecting this to be Engelbert’s final season at the helm.

His press conference did nothing to quell those thoughts, nor did the deafening noise on the field at the United Center when he presented the trophy.

Winner: Elena Delle Donne

Delle Donne made her return to “competitive” action this weekend at Friday’s Shooting Stars tournament and helped Team Washington lift the trophy along with Shakira Austin and high school star GG Banks (who attended the same high school as Delle Donne — Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware).

The two-time MVP and 2019 champion, who had to retire early at age 33 due to Lyme disease and a chronic back injury, has spent much of his career fighting to keep the league afloat. In Chicago, where he spent his first four seasons, he finally found the league he helped create.

“I entered the league and decided to try to stay at home and sell myself. Going overseas, there was a lot of money to be made there, but I felt like we were losing the market and people would forget about the WNBA at the beginning of the season,” said Delle Donne.

“When I came in as a rookie, I wanted to try my best to be sold, get a signed shoe, do all those things. There were many times when it was like, ‘This is difficult, I don’t know if this is going to happen,'” Delle Donne continued. “You just keep your head down, keep working and trust the program. I’m proud of where this league is and where it will continue to go.”

Winner: Dominique Malonga

Malonga averaged 16.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in his sophomore season, earning him an All-Star nod. At age 20, she became the third youngest All-Star in WNBA history. Now, he is the youngest player to play in the All-Star Game.

In the middle of the second quarter, Malonga passed Angel Reese on a fastbreak and went down the lane for a great shot, which got everyone out of their seats.

Malonga is the first player to play in the All-Star Game since Sylvia Fowles in 2022, and the seventh player to do so all-time.

Loser: Sky

The Sky’s terrible few years continued this weekend when they became the first hosts in All-Star Game history to not have a single player represent the All-Star Weekend event.

While it was understood that no Sky player made the All-Star Game, it was a big surprise that Sky players were absent from both the Shooting Stars and the 3-Point Contest. The general feeling down in Chicago about Sky’s lack of legal representation was confusion. It also highlighted another disappointing season for the Windy City.

Despite a string of wins so far in the early season, the Sky — who owe the Mystics a 2027 first-round pick — are stuck in 13th place at 9-18. They are five and a half games behind the Mystics for the final playoff spot, and may end up giving up their second consecutive draft lottery pick. To make matters worse, Olivia Miles, selected by the Lynx with Sky 2026’s first-round pick, started Saturday’s game and nearly recorded a triple.

Chicago and Sky put on a great event, including an All-Star practice at The Obama Presidential Center — attended by Obama himself. But as was the case at the time for the players and the league, that was not fully celebrated. It just so happens that Sky’s training ground, which was supposed to host events and other events, is not ready yet. (It was originally supposed to open in December 2025.)