Yes. Clark has been healthy and playing all season, which is the single biggest difference between the 2026 Indiana Fever and the team that reached the semifinals last year without her. She has played 36 games and is averaging 22.5 points and 8.4 assists, and she played for the United States at the FIBA World Cup during the league’s September break.
| G | MIN | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 31.4 | 22.7 | 3.9 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 45.1 | 36.8 | 84.8 |
Stats from BALLDONTLIE, updated automatically.
| Season | Availability | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2024, rookie year | Full season | Rookie of the Year, AP Female Athlete of the Year, Fever’s first playoff berth since 2016 |
| 2025 | 13 games | A run of soft tissue injuries. She sat out the entire postseason |
| 2026 | Healthy | 36 games and counting. 22.5 points, 8.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds, 45.6% from the field, 37.3% from three. All-Star. Played at the FIBA World Cup |
| Why 2025 still comes up | Detail |
|---|---|
| Games missed | She appeared in 13 of the Fever’s games and none of the playoffs |
| She was not alone | Sophie Cunningham, Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald were also sidelined during that postseason run |
| What the team did anyway | Beat Atlanta in the first round and pushed Las Vegas to overtime in a decisive Game 5 of the semifinals |
| Who won it | Las Vegas went on to win the championship, which made Indiana’s shorthanded effort look better in hindsight |
| The 2026 stakes | This is the first postseason where the Fever expect to have their full roster available |
What a Healthy Clark Actually Changes
The honest answer is that Indiana proved last year it could win a playoff series without her, so the question is not whether the Fever are functional. It is about ceiling. Clark, Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston were all All-Stars this season and the three of them combine for more than 60 points a game, which is a different proposition from the team that had to grind out a first round upset with a depleted rotation.
It also changes what a disappointing result looks like. Last season a semifinal run with Clark in street clothes was read as an overachievement. This year, with a healthy roster and a top five record, anything short of a deep run will be treated as a failure, fair or not. That pressure is the real story of Indiana’s postseason. Where they land in the bracket is covered on our Fever playoff seeding page, and her full numbers are on the Caitlin Clark stats page.
The Bottom Line
Clark is healthy and has played a full 2026 season at 22.5 points and 8.4 assists per game, plus a World Cup with Team USA. The 13 game 2025 season and the postseason she missed are why the question keeps getting asked.