ESPNs “BRILLIANT GRADING SYSTEM” Has A’ja Wilson OVER CAITLIN CLARK For 2025 WNBA RANKINGS.

We’re going to talk about a hot topic in the WNBA world – ESPN’s latest rankings. This week, ESPN released two lists:

1. The Top 100 Women’s Fantasy WNBA Players List.

2. The Top Players Projected for the 2025 WNBA Season.

While I’m not a big Fantasy Basketball or Fantasy Football fan, I understand that as the WNBA grows, women’s Fantasy Basketball will also grow in popularity. So it makes sense that ESPN would release this list.

**ESPN’s 2025 Fantasy WNBA Rankings**
According to ESPN’s Fantasy list, A’ja Wilson is at the top, followed by Caitlin Clark and Breanna Stewart. ESPN explains that the rankings are based on a specific scoring system:

– Points scored: 1 point
– Assists or rebounds: 1 point
– Three-pointers made: 1 point
– Blocks or steals: 2 points

Obviously, this isn’t a personal ranking, but the result of a mathematical equation. ESPN has increasingly relied on statistics like Raptors, WAR, PER, offensive and defensive ratings, and more to come up with its rankings.

However, there are some things that have made many question the validity of this list. For example, it’s hard to believe that ESPN ranked Breanna Stewart above Napheesa Collier, despite the dominance of Napheesa in the WNBA Finals last season.

In my opinion, Napheesa Collier deserves to be in the top 2 with Caitlin Clark, and A’ja Wilson should be behind them.

**Controversial Rankings**
ESPN also has some questionable rankings, such as:

– Angel Reese (12th) over Dearica Hamby

– Ryan Howard over Kahleah Copper

– Alysha Clark over Ezi Magbegor and Natasha Howard

– Nelissa Smith over Kayla McBride

These placements make me wonder: What is ESPN basing its rankings on? If it’s just based on numbers, it may not reflect the players’ actual abilities.

**2025 Predictions**
In ESPN’s 2025 predictions, they continue to rank A’ja Wilson #1, Caitlin Clark #2, Breanna Stewart #3, and Napheesa Collier isn’t even in the top 2.

They also predict Angel Reese will average 15 points and 13 rebounds per game. If that’s true and he shoots 44% instead of 41%, that would be a significant improvement.

What I’d really like to see, though, is the total points for Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier, and the rest of the players from last season recalculated. Only with concrete numbers can we make a more accurate comparison of where they stand on this year’s list.

What do you think of this ranking? Leave your thoughts in the comments! Thanks for watching, everyone.