"Caitlin Clark Is Really the Face of USA Basketball": Fans Blown Away as WNBA Sensation’s Shoes Claim Top Spots Among NBA’s Most-Worn

Caitlin Clark may have had an injury-riddled WNBA season in 2025, but she remained one of the faces of women's basketball in the past 12 months. Her legacy has also been embedded in the NBA sphere, including the shoes that players wear.

According to kixstats.com, the Nike Kobe 6 and Kobe 5, two of Clark's player-exclusive shoes, are the two top-worn shoes in the NBA in the past month. Coming in at the third spot is the Nike Sabrina 3, Sabrina Ionescu's signature sneaker, a former WNBA champion with the New York Liberty.

Here is the entire list.

Basketball fans erupted upon seeing the list, commending Clark's transcendent impact on the sport. Some have also been pushing for Nike to already release Clark's signature shoes, which are scheduled to be public in Spring 2026.

According to Clark, she has been exclusively using the Kobe 6 and Kobe 5 in her two seasons in the WNBA so far.

Others went ecstatic in seeing three women's basketball shoes in the top shoes worn this month in the NBA.

This comes after Nike released an ad campaign on Christmas Day titled "From Anywhere" to tease Clark's signature shoes. The campaign included her new "CC" logo.

Clark is coming off a groin and bone bruise injury in the 2025 season, holding her to just 13 games. She averaged 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 8.8 assists per game for the Indiana Fever.

She watched as the Fever went on a semifinal run but lost to the eventual WNBA champions Las Vegas Aces.

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Caitlin Clark teases massive technological leap in her signature sneakers

Caitlin Clark wants to see her first signature shoe enter the market with a bang. In her appearance on the "New Heights" podcast, Clark said she is looking for new technology in her shoes, just like her favorite Kobe models, while keeping in mind a sleek design.

"Obviously, I'm pretty picky about what I wear. I like a certain two Kobe models," she said. "I knew whatever I was going to put in my own shoe would need to be, like, the equivalent of that technology or even better, and it's going to be even better, and I'm going to say exactly what it is. It's good. It'll get people excited about."

The specifications of the shoes have yet to be announced, while the design remained under wraps.

Clark is the third WNBA star to have a signature shoe with Nike, following Ionescu and A'ja Wilson, both of whom had successful sneaker releases.

Edited by Rob Andrew Lo