Love Lives of WNBA Stars: Caitlin Clark, Breanna Stewart and More
When it comes to shooting your shot with a WNBA player, you best come with skills.
"It gets a little heated," Caitlin Clark told Fieldhouse Files in September 2024 of her competitive late-night hoops sessions with boyfriend Connor McCaffery. "I definitely outshoot him more than he outshoots me, but he tries to think otherwise."
Yet there's no one the Indiana Fever point guard would rather bounce ideas off of than McCaffery, who, like her, played ball for University of Iowa and is now an assistant coach at Butler University in Indianapolis.
Well, he didn't exactly play like Clark, who went No. 1 in the 2024 WNBA draft. Nor did anybody else, for that matter, and McCaffery certainly recognizes his girlfriend's skills—as an athlete and as a partner.
"You have an incredible ability to inspire and lift up those around you, and I am lucky to learn from you every day," he wrote on Instagram, wishing her a happy 23rd birthday Jan. 22. "Thank you for always being you...I love you."
And while she sweetly noted to McCaffery when he turned 27 on July 13 that he makes every day better, her trolling on his post marking his first anniversary with the Butler Bulldogs a week later was nothing but net.
In response to his carousel of pics, she wrote, "your editing and cropping skills r really good." (Then she grabbed the offensive rebound and shot again, posting two blue hearts.)
Hey, a little trash talk makes the heart grow fonder.
Answering a literal grab bag of questions in a 2023 Big Ten Network TikTok, McCaffery pulled out a picture of Clark and cracked, "This looks like somebody who can't guard me. That's all I'm going to say."
Still, he added, "I'm not even gonna lie, she's a legend...The range is unlimited and, yeah, she can hoop a little bit."
But while basketball plays center in their relationship, neither of them is crowding the paint when it comes to pointers.
"More than anything he's just very supportive," Clark said, "and kinda just lets me do my thing and that's something I really appreciate about him."
Another stat on McCaffery's depth chart? "He's very honest," she noted. "He definitely tells me when I'm wrong, too, and that's something I appreciate as well."
Now that's the sort of teamwork that prevents relationship turnovers.
Keep reading for the scoop on more WNBA stars' winning romances:
Game recognizes game, and two-time WNBA champion A'ja Wilson is the Ace of Bam Adebayo's heart.
The low-key couple first sparked dating rumors in the summer of 2024, and A'ja confirmed their romance with a bit of a pump fake when she showed up at NBA All Star Weekend in February 2025.
"My NBA All-Star is not here," the Las Vegas Aces center told People, acknowledging that the Miami Heat center hadn't made the roster. But Bam was busy "getting the rest he needs," she added, "and that's the best Valentine gift that I can truly give him, is just the rest."
And they're only heating up, Bam showing up to support A'ja—who made her fifth straight All-Star team—during the WNBA All-Star festivities in July 2025.
Sabrina Ionescu has racked up an impressive haul of trophies playing for the New York Liberty, WNBA All-Stars and U.S. Olympic team, but the day she married NFL player Hroniss Grasu is especially close to her heart.
"March 10, 2024. The day I got to marry my best friend, my other half," she captioned her Instagram wedding photo. "The best day of my life."
Three-time WNBA champion Breanna Stewart met her love match with Spanish basketball player Marta Xargay Casademont. They met as teammates on a Russian professional women's basketball team in 2018 and got engaged and married in 2021. They welcomed their first child Ruby in August 2021, followed by their son Theo in October 2023.
Marta retired from the sport in 2021, but continues to support her wife's career, writing on Instagram after Breanna's New York Liberty won the 2024 Finals, "So freaking proud of you!"
Indiana Fever megastar Caitlin Clark has been dating basketball player and Butler University assistant coach Connor McCaffery since April 2023.
The pair haven't been shy about celebrating their love on social media, with Connor posting a sweet birthday tribute for his girlfriend's 23rd birthday: "You have an incredible ability to inspire and lift up those around you, and I am lucky to learn from you every day. Thank you for always being you. I love you."
Before she became one of the most decorated WNBA players of all time, Brittney Griner met her wife Cherelle while the two were students at Baylor University in Texas.
They were married in June 2019 and Cherelle fiercely advocated for the Phoenix Mercury star when she was detained in Russia for 10 months on drug charges in 2022.
Brittney and her wife, now a lawyer, welcomed their son Bash on July 8, 2024.
New York Liberty shooting guard and 2021 WNBA All-Star Betnijah Laney is married to fellow basketball player Jordan Hamilton, who started for the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, and Houston Rockets during his NBA career.
In an Instagram tribute for their second wedding anniversary in 2023, Betnijah wrote, "Your arms are my favorite place to be."
After dating for eight years, Diana Taurasi married her Phoenix Mercury teammate Penny Taylor on May 13, 2017. Now both retired from the sport, the iconic WNBA couple have more time to spend with their young children, Leo and Isla.
After a few weeks of speculation, Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers confirmed in July 2025 that she was dating Azzi Fudd, her former teammate on the UConn’s women’s basketball team.
Prior to playing for the Indiana Fever in 2024 and re-joining the Seattle Storm in February 2025, Katie Lou Samuelson was busy with her life off the court. She married basketball player Devin Cannady in April 2023 and the couple announced the birth of their daugher Aliya in August 2023.
While NaLyssa Smith and DiJonai Carrington's relationship began as teammates on the Baylor Bears women's basketball team in 2020, the sport has certainly put some pressure on their romance over the years.
They were drafted onto different teams in 2021/2022 before being reunited when they were both traded to the Dallas Wings in early 2025. However, in a surprise trade, NaLyssa then joined the Las Vegas Aces in June 2025. But, team loyalties aside, their love story continues. As DiJonai posted alongside a pic of the pair on July 21, 2025, "met my match <3."
WNBA superstar Napheesa Collier can add devoted wife and mom to her long list of achievements (which includes two Olympic gold medals and 2025 All-Star Game MVP).
In October 2019, the Minnesota Lynx forward got engaged to basketball skills coach Alex Bazzell and they were married three years later. In 2022, they welcomed daughter Mila Sarah Bazzell.
Chicago Sky teammates Allie Quigley and Courtney Vandersloot were married in December 2018 and share daughter Jana, who was born on April 8, 2025.
The winning pair are not only the first married couple to win a professional sports championship together (2021 WNBA Finals), but in May 2025, Vandersloot surpassed her wife's record as the all-time leading scorer for the Chicago Sky.
Seattle Storm star Skylar Diggins began dating Daniel Smith while they were both attending Notre Dame University. Smith played college football but his athletic career was cut short due to an ankle injury.
They married in 2017 and share two children. In May 2025, it was announced that the WNBA player had filed for divorce.
In March 2021, Alyssa Thomas shared on social media that she was dating her then Connecticut Sun teammate, DeWanna Bonner.
The pair got engaged in 2023 when Alyssa proposed during the WNBA All-Star Weekend. DeWanna is also mom to twins Cali and Demi, who she had in 2017 with ex-wife and former Phoenix Mercury teammate, Candice Dupree.
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