In their first season with Unrivaled, Paige Bueckers and Kelsey Plum were named to the 3-on-3 league’s first team, announced on Saturday.
Chelsea Gray is the other member of the first team, earning the honor for the second consecutive season. Playing for Rose, Gray was Unrivaled’s second-leading scorer, averaging 24.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game. She also led the league shooting 48% on 3-pointers. Last season, Gray was named Finals MVP, leading Rose to the Unrivaled championship.
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Plum had the third-highest scoring average at 22.6 points per game, adding 4.9 rebounds and 5 assists per game while shooting 40% on 3s for Phantom. This was her first season in Unrivaled after opting out of last year’s inaugural campaign, and she helped Phantom to the best record in the league.
Also playing her first season in Unrivaled was Bueckers, the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year and No. 1 overall draft pick. Prior to the WNBA Draft, the UConn star signed a three-year contract with Unrivaled reportedly paying her more than her WNBA deal. Bueckers averaged 22.1 points per game for Breeze, the fourth-highest in the league, with 6.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
The All-Unrivaled second team featured Laces’ Brittney Sykes, Phantom’s Aliyah Boston and Mist’s Allisha Gray. Boston was the league’s fourth-leading rebounder, averaging 9.7 per game and 18.9 points. Sykes scored 20.3 points per game, shooting 40% on 3s, while Gray averaged 21.8 points.
All six of the players making up the first and second teams are on clubs that made the Unrivaled playoffs, which begin on Saturday in Miami. Six of the league’s eight teams qualify for the postseason.
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Last season, Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Kayla McBride made up the All-Unrivaled first team. Collier also won the league MVP award playing for Lunar Owls. McBride played for Laces, but did not play in Unrivaled this season, opting instead to play for Fenerbahçe S.K. in the Turkish women’s basketball league.
Collier also didn’t play in Unrivaled this season after undergoing surgery on both of her ankles. That could sideline her for the beginning of the 2026 WNBA season as well, unless that tip-off is delayed by a work stoppage as a new collective bargaining agreement is negotiated.
Unrivaled’s first and second teams were voted upon by players, coaches and media. Player balloting constituted 40% of the vote, followed by coaches at 35% and media making up 25%.
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The Unrivaled playoffs begin Saturday with first-round games in Miami. Vinyl will match up versus Laces at 8:30 p.m. ET, while Breeze faces Rose at 9:45 p.m. ET. Phantom and Mist get first-round byes as the top two regular-season seeds.
Semifinal matchups will be played in Brooklyn on Monday, followed by the championship game in Miami on Wednesday.
