WNBA betting storylines: Clark, Fever dominate public; Rookie of the Year race wide open - ESPN

During the 2025 season, the Indiana Fever finished third in the Eastern Conference, won a playoff series and captured the franchise's first Commissioner's Cup, a respectable haul for any team. But what made that run all the more impressive was that Indiana accomplished it with its franchise player, Caitlin Clark, injured for a majority of the campaign.

Indiana to win the WNBA Finals has been likely the hottest future ticket each season since Clark made her landmark debut in 2024: That year, the Fever were 20-1 to win the title and improved to +300 going into the 2025 campaign, per SportsOddsHistory. Ahead of the 2026 season, the Fever are +450, according to DraftKings odds, and continue to be the gem of the WNBA betting world, with BetMGM reporting 26.6% of its wagers and 34.8% of its handle backing them for the championship.

Seemingly regardless of where bookmakers set the line for Clark and her team, bettors flock to them.

«We're not trying to undercut everyone on it and take the least amount of money possible, but obviously we have that in mind when we're setting the future odds,» Caesars Sportsbook pro basketball lead David Lieberman told ESPN. «It's always going to be a factor just because you don't want liability to get away from you and you know where the money's going to go.

»People will bet it regardless of what the price is. They just want to have a piece of the Caitlin Clark action."

Even with the potential liability, Indiana has only seen its odds lengthen from a short point around +375. That's because bookmakers feel strongly that the New York Liberty and reigning champion Las Vegas Aces are the WNBA's elite teams, with DraftKings anointing them with +220 and +390 title odds, respectively, and Lieberman