Tracking Fever star Caitlin Clark's injuries and WNBA season - ESPN

Caitlin Clark won't play in the WNBA again during the 2025 season. The Indiana Fever guard has been out since suffering a right groin sprain over seven weeks ago on July 15, missing the last 19 games. On Thursday, the Fever announced she won't return for the rest of the season, including the playoffs should Indiana clinched a postseason berth.

Clark never missed a game during four years at the University of Iowa or during her rookie WNBA season in 2024, but three separate injuries sidelined her for 28 regular-season games this summer (as well as the Commissioner's Cup final, which doesn't count toward team records).

The 2024 Rookie of the Year and a first-team All-WNBA selection, Clark is averaged 16.5 points, 8.8 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals this season in 13 games.

Injuries have hit hard in Indiana this season — including season-ending injuries to guards Sydney Colson, Aari McDonald and Sophie Cunningham and forward Chloe Bibby — as the Fever continues their pursuit of a second straight playoff berth. Last year, the Fever reached the postseason for the first time since 2016 but was swept in the first round.

We tracked Clark's injuries, absences and shooting this season, as well as key personnel moves that have impacted the Fever.

Clark, who dealt with a left quad injury during training camp, sits out the Fever's first preseason game, a 79-74 overtime victory over the Washington Mystics, with what she describes as quad tightness.

But Clark plays the following day when the Fever beat the Brazilian national team 108-44 in an exhibition game at Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena, punctuating the night with a 36-foot 3-pointer from just behind the spot on the court that has her No. 22 logo affixed.

Indiana opens the season