LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After winning four MVP trophies and a trio of WNBA championships, Las Vegas Aces humble superstar A’ja Wilson is now the highest paid player in her league after signing a three-year, $5 million contract.
Her salary increased seven times from $200,000 in 2025 to $1.4 million for 2026 after the just-approved WNBA collective bargaining agreement salary cap soared from $1.5 million in 2025 to $7 million in 2026 as minimum salaries also increased to the $270,000-$300,000 range.
Spotrac.com, which tracks player salaries, offered this Wilson rundown:
The defending WNBA champion Aces also signed guards Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray to seven-figure deals, while Jewell Loyd has an $800,000 salary in 2026, Spotrac.com reported.
The Aces said they return 90 percent of their scoring (75.5 of 83.6 points a game) from 2025’s championship team.
Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com.
Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle.
In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com.
After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent.
Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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