Aliyah Boston reaches 4-year, $6.3M extension with Fever

Three-time WNBA All-Star Aliyah Boston has agreed to a four-year, $6.3 million contract extension with the Indiana Feverher agent Zack Miller advised ESPN, giving her the richest whole wage in league historical past to this point.

Boston was eligible for the contract extension by way of a brand new provision within the league’s not too long ago ratified collective bargaining settlement. With her beforehand incomes an all-WNBA choice, she successfully changed what she was set to earn in 2026 with an accelerated path to incomes the max.

Boston will earn $1 million in 2026, decrease than the usual $1.19 million max deal she was eligible for — selecting to take much less cash to assist the Fever pay others on their roster. She will then earn 20% of the cap in every subsequent season by way of 2029.

Boston has averaged 14.5 factors, 8.5 rebounds and three.0 assists whereas capturing 54.7% since being chosen No. 1 general by the Fever in 2023.

Indiana has sought to construct round Boston, fellow No. 1 decide Caitlin Clark and star guard Kelsey Mitchellthe latter of whom was a free agent and simply signed a one-year deal at the supermax to return to Indiana.

Boston is coming off a profession season wherein she tied for sixth in MVP voting whereas additionally incomes all-defensive and all-WNBA second-team nodes. Despite dealing with a bunch of accidents, the Fever made a shocking run to the semifinals in 2025 earlier than falling to the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces.