Azzi Fudd Gets $500K Salary as WNBA No. 1 Pick
Fudd is going to Dallas, earning more than six times the salary Paige Bueckers got last year. Brad Penner-Imagn Images NEW YORK — Azzi Fudd is going to Dallas. The Wings selected the UConn guard with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2026 WNBA draft on Monday night in Manhattan. Her rookie contract will pay $500,000 in its first year. Her Wings teammate Paige Bueckers, taken first in the 2025 draft, made $78,831 from her base salary last season. Fudd and Bueckers have also said they are dating. The huge increase comes from the league’s new collective bargaining agreement...
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