Caitlin Clark comes face to face with Sabrina Ionescu after smashing fellow No. 1 pick’s WNBA landmark
Caitlin Clark has launched an all-out assault on the WNBA record books since arriving in 2024.
A Rookie of the Year campaign saw the Indiana Fever guard establish herself as one of basketball’s biggest stars, and she is expected to hit new heights in her second season.
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Clark is expected to continue breaking WNBA records in her second seasonCredit: GettyIn fact, it took just two games of this campaign for Clark to set another record in the pros.
She finished with 27 points and 11 assists as Indiana were beaten 91-90 by the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday.
That was Clark’s sixth career 25-10 game, which is a new WNBA record.
The 23-year-old broke a tie with Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty, who has also achieved that on five occasions.
MORE FROM WNBAIt took Clark just 42 games to reach the new milestone, while Ionescu achieved her fifth 25-10 game in her fourth season.
As fate would have it, the pair are set to face-off this weekend, when the Fever host the defending WNBA champions Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday.
Clark heads into the game having shown her competitive fire in recent days, after clashing with rivals Angel Reese and Rhyne Howard on the court.
The Fever picked up wins in both of those games, comfortably seeing off Reese’s Chicago Sky 93-58 in their opener last weekend, before beating Atlanta 81-76 on Thursday night.
A defeat to the Dream was sandwiched in between those two results, meaning Indiana head into this weekend’s action with a 2-1 record.
The Liberty, meanwhile, are 2-0 this season after comfortable victories against the Sky and the Minnesota Lynx.
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Clark shattered one of Ionescu’s WNBA records just two games into the 2025 seasonCredit: Getty
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Ionescu will come face-to-face with Clark on the court this weekendCredit: GettyIonescu has also previously spoken highly of the opponent she will face in Clark this weekend.
The Liberty star, who was the first overall WNBA Draft pick in 2020, said back in February: “She’s an amazing player, I think everyone knows that.
“She took her visit to Oregon when I was there, so I got to meet her and her dad, her family as a whole.
“I always supported her through her college career, and wanted to be someone she can come to and ask any questions entering the league.
“Obviously, she has a target on her back, like a lot of us do, in terms of understanding what it is you’re trying to accomplish in the league.
“She’s been helping us push this league forward, bringing new eyes to the game. Everywhere she goes, she sells out arenas.”
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Ionescu has spoken highly of Clark in recent monthsCredit: Getty
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The pair both featured in the WNBA All Star game last yearCredit: GettyWhile Ionescu has shared warm words for Clark, praising her $136million effect on the league, the Fever star has already been targeted by other opponents in the first week of the WNBA season.
Late in the first quarter between Indiana and Atlanta, Clark and Howard exchanged words and had to be separated after the latter was whistled for a foul at half-court.
The two bumped into one another before players from both teams stepped in, and Clark appeared to shout, ‘I’m not scared of you’ in Howard’s direction once back at the bench.
That flare up came days after Clark clashed with Reese, in which the Sky star had to be held back by a referee after being fouled.
As Clark faces off with Ionescu this weekend, Reese and Chicago will play against the Los Angeles Sparks.
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