Indiana Fever, Aliyah Boston strike $6.3 million extension; highest total value in WNBA history: Sources

The Indiana Fever and star center Aliyah Boston agreed to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Friday. Boston inked a four-year, $6.3 million deal, league sources confirmed to The Athletic. She will make $1 million this season, replacing her previous 2026 salary of $574,612, thanks to a provision in the new collective bargaining agreement that the WNBA and WNBPA agreed to last month. Boston will then make 20 percent of Indiana’s salary cap from 2027 to 2029.

Boston’s extension is the richest deal in WNBA history based on total money. She becomes the Fever’s second $1 million player, joining guard Kelsey Mitchell, who agreed to a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract last week.

Boston, Mitchell and Caitlin Clark are the core of the Fever, and together they’ve transformed the team from a perennial bottom-dweller into a championship contender. Last year, despite Clark, the 2024 No. 1 pick, being limited to 13 games by various injuries, the team had another No. 1 pick to rely on: Boston. Selected first in 2023, Boston has been named an All-Star in each of her three seasons, and she took her game to another level in 2025.

The 6-foot-5 center averaged 12.5 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists during the playoffs, helping the Fever reach the semifinals for the first time since 2015. Indiana ultimately lost in five games to league MVP A’ja Wilson and the eventual WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces.




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