Dallas Wings rookie Azzi Fudd won the 2026 WNBA All-Star 3-Point Contest in Chicago on Friday night. She defeated Portland Fire guard Bridget Carleton 30-19 in the championship round. You are looking at the first rookie in league history to ever win the event.
She isn’t just celebrating the trophy. Fudd immediately issued a public challenge to Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry.
She wants a rematch.
The rivalry actually goes back eight years. A teenage Fudd competed directly against Curry at his 2018 SC30 Select Camp. She beat every other male and female camper before falling to the NBA veteran by just four points, a history the rookie cited when calling him out on national television.
The final round was a complete blowout. Carleton originally dominated the opening stage with 29 points, but she cooled off significantly when the pressure hit. She managed just 19 points in the finals. Fudd caught fire instantly. She sank her first six consecutive shots to secure the win.
Her final score of 30 ties Allie Quigley and Sabrina Ionescu for the second-highest total in a single round in contest history. Only Ionescu’s record 37-point run from 2023 sits higher. The victory also comes with a massive payday, netting the historic rookie a $60,000 payout.
The league provided $20,000 of that total prize. Aflac and the WNBPA contributed the remaining $40,000. That combined payout represents an eight-fold increase over the WNBA’s previous standalone structures.