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Updated · Fox News · Jul 3

Caitlin Clark Wins 2nd WNBA Player of the Month Award After Averaging 21.9 Points in June

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Jul 3

Caitlin Clark Wins 2nd WNBA Player of the Month Award After Averaging 21.9 Points in June

Q: After an injury-plagued 2025, will Clark's re-aggravated back injury derail her historic third season and the Indiana Fever's title chances?

Not yet, but it is a real threat to both Clark’s season and Indiana’s ceiling. Clark’s play in June showed that, when healthy, her third season is still on a historic track. She averaged 21.9 points and 8.2 assists, made WNBA history repeatedly, and drove the Fever to the league’s top-scoring offense. She is also close to more milestones, including 600 career assists and 200 threes at a record pace. On performance alone, nothing suggests a slowdown. The concern is availability. After playing only 13 games in an injury-hit 2025, Clark is again dealing with a back issue that her coach has described as a re-aggravation of a lingering problem. She has missed practice and is targeting a return on the July 8-9 road trip, but Indiana has made clear it will not rush her. Clark herself has acknowledged the mental toll of repeated soft-tissue injuries and the need to feel fully confident physically before returning. For the Fever, the stakes are obvious. They are 11-8 and have looked like contenders when Clark is on the floor, but she is the engine of their offense. If this remains a short absence, Indiana’s title chances should stay intact. If the back problem becomes chronic or forces repeated missed games, it would likely undercut both her MVP-level campaign and the Fever’s hopes of a deep playoff run. So the injury has not derailed anything yet. But after 2025, the pattern matters as much as the diagnosis.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 3

Caitlin Clark earned WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month honors for June, her second career monthly award and the latest accolade after being named an All-Star starter again.
Across 10 June games, Clark averaged 21.9 points, 8.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds, ranking fourth in scoring and second in assists while leading Indiana to a 7-4 record.
Indiana’s offense led the league at 95.5 points per game during that stretch, fueled by Clark’s 45.6% shooting and a June 11 outing against Chicago with 32 points and 10 assists.
From June 11-22, Clark set a WNBA record with six straight games of at least 20 points and five assists before a back injury cut short her June 24 game against Phoenix.
Clark enters July nine assists from 600 in her career and five 3-pointers from becoming the fastest player in league history to reach 200.