Caitlin Clark’s agent admitted that the Indiana Fever guard will never be fairly compensated by the WNBA before Angel Reese similarly complained about her salary from the league

Caitlin Clark’s agent recently conceded that the WNBA will likely never be able to pay the Indiana Fever star what she’s really worth – just one month before Angel Reese similarly bemoaned the modest salary she receives from the league yet again.

Speaking to ESPN on February 17, Excel Sports Management’s Erin Kane – who represents Napheesa Collier, Arike Ogunbowale and others in addition to Clark – acknowledged that the 23-year-old’s WNBA salary won’t ever reflect the actual impact she has on the league.

“Will Caitlin Clark ever be paid by the WNBA what she’s really worth to that league? I don’t think that’s possible,” Kane said. “She’s part of a larger player body. They all need to be paid more. She should be recognized for what she has done and what she’s brought to the league from an economic standpoint. It’s as simple as that.”

During a record-setting first year in the WNBA, Clark earned All-Star and Rookie of the Year honors while placing fourth in MVP rankings. Alongside Reese and the rest of the star-studded rookie class, the Iowa product helped propel the league to its most-watched regular season in 24 years and its highest attendance in over 20 years.

Despite shattering a multitude of records during her historic rookie campaign, Clark only made $76,535 in the WNBA. That number steadily increases each season of her four-year, $338,056 contract with the Fever, rising to $78,066 in 2025, $85,873 in 2026 and finally $97,582 in 2027.

Reese, who broke the WNBA’s single-season rebounding record with 418 in 32 games, finds herself in a similar situation after earning a base salary of $73,439 in her rookie season. The Chicago Sky phenom received a nice payday over the offseason, however, after raking in $50,000 once Rose Basketball Club emerged victorious in the inaugural Unrivaled championship.

Taking to social media, Reese reiterated just how much the bonus meant to her, writing: “50K NEED DATTTTT.” In a separate post replying to Sydney Colson’s playful request for the money, she took another chance to bemoan her WNBA salary.

She wrote: “I know you are VERY aware and I’m sorry to break it to you but I’m on a rookie contract and that 50k was a little more than half of my contract, so I have to keep that to myself…. sorry. Give me a few years and I gotchu (sic). Be well.”

This is hardly the first time that Clark and Reese have complained about their salaries. Last August, the former insisted that she can’t afford to purchase season tickets to games for their loved ones.

“Those are pretty expensive,” she said. “Our salaries… it is like our entire salary to get those. I’m not kidding. We need people to help.”

Then in October, Reese divulged that her WNBA salary barely covers her bills. “I just hope y’all know, the WNBA don’t pay my bills at all. I don’t even think it pays one of my bills. Literally,” the 22-year-old told her followers on Instagram Live.

With a monthly rental payment of $8,000 on her apartment, Reese joked: “I’m living beyond my means!” The 22-year-old added that her WNBA earnings isn’t even enough to cover “my car note,” later conceding that she “wouldn’t even be able to eat” and “wouldn’t be able to live” on her salary.