Does it look like Caitlin Clark is playing her best right now? The Indiana Fever star feels she is.
Clark missed four games through mid-July with back issues as the Fever went 14-10. In the 16 games since, she has averaged 25.9 points and 9.3 assists with 43.1% 3-point shooting, and the Fever have gone 12-4.
In the past two, she has added to her WNBA-record 30-points-plus, 10-assists-plus performances, giving her six total and lifting her into the MVP conversation, along with teammate Kelsey Mitchell.
"I feel really good. I probably feel the best I've ever felt in my career and from a confidence standpoint, too," Clark said after the Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 111-91 on Thursday, Aug. 28.
Clark's 2025 season was cut short due to a groin injury, and she entered 2026 with back flare-ups. She has been on the Fever injury list all season, but almost always as "probable."
"I think it was a battle for me the first 20 games for me to really find my confidence again, mostly in my body," she said. "Now I feel like I'm just playing, I'm not thinking. I'm just, 'Next play, next play, next play.' And that's when I play my best basketball."
She carries season averages of 22.5 points and 8.4 assists and 37.3% 3-point shooting into the Women's World Cup break, where she and Fever teammate Aliyah Boston are on the Team USA roster.
#Fever star Caitlin Clark on her back/overall health:
“I feel probably the best I’ve ever felt in my career …”
“It was battle for like the first 20 games for me to really find my confidence again, mostly in my body. Now, I feel like I’m just playing. I’m not thinking.” pic.twitter.com/i3c0jC15GV
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