Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark has been the recipient of more flagrant fouls than any other WNBA player since entering the league in 2024, according to tracking data from Across the Timeline released on Saturday.
Data shows Clark has received nine flagrant fouls across 72 career regular season and playoff games, averaging one flagrant foul every eight contests despite missing most of her sophomore season.
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The statistical revelation follows a Wednesday game where Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas kneed Clark and placed her fist into Clark's neck area, resulting in a retroactive one-game suspension for Thomas after league review.
Teammate Calls Out Lack of Protection
Fever guard Sophie Cunningham addressed the physical targeting of her teammate during Saturday's episode of her podcast, "Show Me Something," expressing frustration over the lack of immediate officiating intervention.
"During real time last night, I did not see that happen," said Cunningham.
"None of our team saw it happen, because I promise you, if we would have seen that happen, we would have had [Clark's] back.
Unfortunately, this type of shit happens every single game to [Clark], and the league and the refs do absolutely nothing about it."
Cunningham further emphasized that the physical plays directed at Clark appear intentional, noting that such actions would provoke strong reactions if directed at other players.
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"You see the videos of literally kneeing and cheap-shotting [Clark] in the throat," Cunningham continued. "If [Thomas] did that to any of our teammates, we'd be pissed.
