Full 2025 schedule for Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever

The WNBA has released its 2025 schedule, which expands this year from 40 games per team to 44. The Indiana Fever and Clark open with three preseason games in May, including one in Iowa City, before kicking off the regular season at home against the Chicago Sky on Saturday, May 17.

Schedule highlights beyond that preseason game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena include a five-game homestand at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in July. The Fever also host All-Star weekend, which starts Friday, July 18 with with a 3-point and skills competition, among other festivities, followed by the 21st WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday, July 19.

Clark was named WNBA rookie of the year in 2024 and became the first rookie to make the All-WNBA team since Candace Parker did it in 2008. She’s the fifth rookie ever to have that honor, joining Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and Diana Taurasi.

She averaged a league-high 8.4 assists per game in addition to 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. She made 122 3-pointers to lead the league and helped the Fever make the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

Closest games to Des Moines

For fans thinking about heading to a home Fever game, it’s about a 7-hour drive from Des Moines to Indianapolis.

If you’re looking for opportunities to see Clark closer to home, it takes about 3 hours, 30 minutes to drive from Des Moines to Minneapolis, where the Lynx host Indiana on Sunday, Aug. 24. And it’s about 5 hours to drive from Des Moines to Chicago, where the Sky host the Fever on Saturday, June 7, and Saturday, July 26.

Dates and times for those games, plus ticket links from the teams’ websites:

Saturday, June 7: Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m. | Tickets
Saturday, July 26: Indiana at Chicago, 2 p.m. | Tickets
Sunday, Aug. 24: Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m. | Tickets

The closest the Fever will be to Des Moines will be on Sunday, May 4, when they play a preseason game in Iowa City against the Brazilian National Team. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tickets will be made available at a later date.

2025 Indiana Fever WNBA schedule

Saturday, May 3: Washington at Indiana (preseason)
Sunday, May 4: Brazilian National Team vs. Indiana Fever at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City (preseason)
Saturday, May 10: Indiana at Atlanta (preseason)
Saturday, May 17: Chicago at Indiana
Tuesday, May 20: Atlanta at Indiana
Thursday, May 22: Indiana at Atlanta
Saturday, May 24: New York at Indiana
Wednesday, May 28: Indiana at Washington
Friday, May 30: Connecticut at Indiana
Tuesday, Jun 3: Washington at Indiana*
Saturday, Jun 7: Indiana at Chicago*
Tuesday, Jun 10: Indiana at Atlanta*
Saturday, Jun 14: New York at Indiana*
Tuesday, Jun 17: Connecticut at Indiana*
Thursday, Jun 19: Indiana at Golden State
Sunday, Jun 22: Indiana at Las Vegas
Tuesday, Jun 24: Indiana at Seattle
Thursday, Jun 26: Los Angeles at Indiana
Friday, Jun 27: Indiana at Dallas
Thursday, Jul 3: Las Vegas at Indiana
Saturday, Jul 5: Los Angeles at Indiana
Wednesday, Jul 9: Golden State at Indiana
Friday, Jul 11: Atlanta at Indiana
Sunday, Jul 13: Dallas at Indiana
Tuesday, Jul 15: Indiana at Connecticut
Wednesday, Jul 16: Indiana at New York
Tuesday, Jul 22: Indiana at New York
Thursday, Jul 24: Las Vegas at Indiana
Saturday, Jul 26: Indiana at Chicago
Wednesday, Jul 30: Phoenix at Indiana
Friday, Aug 1: Indiana at Dallas
Sunday, Aug 3: Indiana at Seattle
Tuesday, Aug 5: Indiana at Los Angeles
Thursday, Aug 7: Indiana at Phoenix
Saturday, Aug 9: Chicago at Indiana
Tuesday, Aug 12: Dallas at Indiana
Friday, Aug 15: Washington at Indiana
Sunday, Aug 17: Indiana at Connecticut
Friday, Aug 22: Minnesota at Indiana
Sunday, Aug 24: Indiana at Minnesota
Tuesday, Aug 26: Seattle at Indiana
Friday, Aug 29: Indiana at Los Angeles
Sunday, Aug 31: Indiana at Golden State
Tuesday, Sep 2: Indiana at Phoenix
Friday, Sep 5: Chicago at Indiana
Sunday, Sep 7: Indiana at Washington
Tuesday, Sep 9: Minnesota at Indiana