Heading into the 2026 WNBA season, there has been a lot of discourse and debate about where Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark ranks among the best players in the league. One WNBA legend, however, has a pretty clear opinion on the matter.

Diana Taurasi is one of the greatest and most accomplished women’s basketball players of all time. After 20 years in the league, she retired as the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer and is a six-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA. Needless to say, she knows a great player when she sees one.

Taurasi hasn’t always spoken highly of Clark. Ahead of Clark’s rookie season, Taurasi infamously warned the young phenom that “reality is coming” once she gets to the WNBA and begins playing against professional-caliber players.

“Reality is coming,” Taurasi said before Clark entered the league. “There’s levels to this thing. And that’s just life, we all went through it. You see it on the NBA side and you’re going to see it on this side, you look superhuman playing against 18 years olds but you’re going to come play with some grown women that have been playing professional basketball for a long time.”

It did not take long for Taurasi to change her tune. Less than two months later, Taurasi had nothing but praise for Clark after the rookie posted a triple-double against Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury.

“I mean it’s amazing. What Caitlin’s been able to do in her short career so far has just been nothing short of remarkable,” Taurasi said back in June of 2024. “And the one thing that I really love about her is she really loves the game. You can tell she’s put the work in.

“Even throughout her short WNBA career, it’s been a lot of pressure, a lot of things thrown at her. She keeps showing up and keeps getting better every single game, so her future is super bright. Being a veteran, being in this league for a long, long time, it’s pretty cool to see that and going into the future.”

Taurasi went as far as to give Clark her stamp of approval when the Fever star chose to wear No. 12 for Team USA – the number Taurasi wore with the team for all six of her gold medals.

“It’s so cool to see Caitlin not only wear the USA jersey, but number 12. I spent two decades wearing that jersey and that number, and I couldn’t think of anyone better to take it and put it on and just have an amazing career,” Taurasi told Sports Illustrated back in March.

Heading into the 2026 season, however, there has been some debate about just how well Clark stacks up against some of the other players in the league. After winning the league’s Rookie of the Year award in a landslide with a record-breaking rookie season, Clark’s stats dipped across the board in her second season, which was also cut short by an injury.

With the dropoff in production last season, coupled with the injury, her reputation around the league seems to have taken a bit of a hit. Clark was left off of The Athletic’s preseason first-team All-WNBA list and was ranked just No. 10 on ESPN’s list of the top-50 players in the WNBA.

Taurasi, however, does not share that skepticism of Clark’s game.

Recently, the women’s basketball legend was asked which WNBA player is currently on Clark’s level. Taurasi had a pretty clear and blunt response: “Nobody.”

While she was once a critic of Clark and her game, Taurasi is now one of Clark’s biggest and most outspoken supporters. And she’s made that very clear.

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