Azzi Fudd wins WNBA 3-point contest, becomes first rookie champion

Azzi Fudd enactment connected a historical shooting show during her archetypal WNBA All-Star weekend. The Dallas Wings defender won Friday night’s 3-point contest, becoming the archetypal rookie successful league past to triumph the event.

Fudd finished the archetypal circular with 30 points, 10 shy of the maximum imaginable score. Portland Fire prima Bridget Carleton was eliminated aft scoring 19 successful the round. Fudd took 27 shots, missing conscionable six of her attempts en way to winning the coveted title.

Fudd acknowledged she experienced immoderate nerves Friday night. "You saw ‘only’ six shots, but I consciousness similar that was a lot," Fudd said. "But honestly, I was truly nervous. I was excited."

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Azzi Fudd of the Dallas Wings poses with the trophy aft winning the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge STARRY 3-Point Contest astatine AT&T WNBA All-Star 2026 astatine Wintrust Arena successful Chicago, Illinois, connected July 24, 2026. (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images)

Fudd added: "It's amusive to bash because... and I don't privation to dependable cocky... but it's casual to me, conscionable the acceptable shot. Take the shot from the rack; it truly is musculus memory. It's what I've been doing since I was young."

Fudd entered the All-Star interruption averaging 2.2 shots from beyond the 3-point arc this season. She's knocked down 53 full 3-pointers truthful acold during her rookie year.

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While injuries impacted Fudd's assemblage hoops career, Dallas valued her wide endowment and took her with the archetypal enactment successful April's WNBA Draft.

Azzi Fudd of the Dallas Wings shoots during the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge STARRY 3-Point Contest astatine the WNBA All-Star 2026 astatine Wintrust Arena successful Chicago, Illinois, connected July 24, 2026. (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images)

Fudd besides said her wounded setbacks came with an unexpected benefit. The repetitive shooting she did during rehab helped sharpen her signifier and physique the bushed needed to sound down shots from the aforesaid spots successful Friday’s 3-point contest.

"That was a batch of seat shooting, a batch of stationary shots, truthful you get truly bully astatine shooting disconnected of a rack and being stationary and robotic and having to sound your changeable down."

Dallas Wings defender Azzi Fudd (35) reacts during the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge STARRY 3-Point Contest astatine the AT&T WNBA All-Star 2026 astatine Wintrust Arena successful Chicago, Illinois, connected July 24, 2026. (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images)

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Before the 3-point contest, the WNBA debuted different All-Star lawsuit successful Chicago — the Shooting Stars competition.

Replacing the past skills challenge, the Shooting Stars contention featured 4 three-person teams. Each roster included 1 erstwhile subordinate designated arsenic a legend, 1 existent subordinate and 1 rising young player. Team Washington defeated Team Seattle to triumph the inaugural event.

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