WNBA Best Bets Today for May 20: Player Prop Bets & Odds for Caitlin Clark and More

It's May 20, and three WNBA matchups are scheduled for the Wednesday slate. This article will highlight the best bets and props for the Fire vs. Fever, Wings vs. Sky, and Sun vs. Storm. Top player props will feature Caitlin Clark, Aneesah Morrow, and more.

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The Portland Fire (2-2, 0-0 away) and Indiana Fever (2-2, 1-2 home) will kick things off today. At 2-2 on the season, Indiana is back in action following an 89-78 victory over the Seattle Storm. In the midst of a four-game home stand, the Fever suffered close losses to both the Washington Mystics and Dallas Wings on opening night.

Tonight, Caitlin Clark and company get the WNBA's new expansion franchise. With a 2-2 record on the season, few expected Portland to start this strong. Sarah Ashlee Barker has been the unsung hero for both the victories over the Sun and the Liberty. After a four-game home stand, the Fire will head to Indiana for their first-ever road game.

Today, the Fever are tabbed as 13.5-point favorites and -900 on the moneyline on FanDuel. It's their highest point spread so far this season.

Next up, Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings (2-2, 1-0 away) will face Skylar Diggins and the Chicago Sky (3-1, 0-0).

At .500 on the season, the Wings bounced back with a 92-69 statement victory over the Washington Mystics after head coach Jose Fernandez called out the team. Dallas has endured an early challenging schedule, earning victories over the Fever and Mystics. On Monday, they broke their two-game skid with losses against the Lynx and Dream.

There are Four WNBA Games Scheduled for Today

The injury bug has continued to plague the Sky despite their 3-1 record. The team is already without DiJonai Carrington and Azurà Stevens. This week, Chicago lost its biggest star after Rickea Jackson suffered a torn ACL that will sideline her for the remainder of the 2026 WNBA season.

Chicago is coming off an impressive 86-79 victory over the Lynx, but can they keep up the hot start despite injuries? Today, Dallas is a 2.5-point favorite and -144 on the moneyline against Chicago.

For the late-night showdown, the Connecticut Sun (0-5, 0-2 away) will face the Seattle Storm (1-3, 0-1 home) for the second time this season. The Storm got the best of the Sun 89-82 in their first outing in Connecticut. Now Seattle will look to get right following a two-game losing streak to the Fever and Tempo.

The Sun will seek their first victory of the season as they are 0-5 in 2026. That said, it's been a challenging first week or two for Connecticut, as they've faced the Aces twice and Liberty on the road. Dominique Malonga will sit this one out for the Storm—will Connecticut find itself in the victory column today?

Oddsmakers are expecting a close matchup as Seattle is a 1.5-point spread favorite and -124 on the moneyline against Connecticut.

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WNBA Betting Odds And Schedule For Wednesday, May 20 (FanDuel)

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The USA Network will host two games: The Fire and Fever at 7 p.m. ET and the Wings vs. Sky at 9 p.m. ET. The West Coast clash between the Sun and Storm will tip off at 10 p.m. ET on local networks/WNBA League Pass.

Let's take a look at my best bets, player prop picks, and predictions for the WNBA matchups on Wednesday, May 20. You can find all my bets within Fanatics, FanDuel, and DraftKings Sportsbook.

WNBA Injury Reports for May 20

Portland Fire vs. Indiana Fever

Portland

1. Kamiah Smalls, Guard: QUESTIONABLE (Ankle)
2. Karlie Samuelson, Guard: OUT (Foot)
3. Carla Leite, Guard: QUESTIONABLE (Ankle)

Indiana

1. Caitlin Clark, Guard: OUT (Back)

Dallas Wings vs. Chicago Sky

Dallas

1. None

Chicago

1. Azurá Stevens, Forward: OUT (Knee)
2. DiJonai Carrington, Guard: OUT (Foot)
3. Courtney Vandersloot, Guard: OUT (Knee)
4. Elizabeth Williams, Center: QUESTIONABLE (Knee)
5. Rickea Jackson, Forward: OUT FOR SEASON (Knee)

Connecticut Sun vs. Seattle Storm

Connecticut

1. Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Center: OUT (Ankle)
2. Leila Lacan, Guard: OUT

Seattle 

1. Dominique Malonga, Center: OUT (Concussion)
2. Awa Fam, Center: GTD
3. Ezi Magbegor, Forward: OUT (Foot)
4. Taina Mair, Guard: OUT
5. Katie Lou Samuelson, Forward: OUT (Knee)

WNBA Best Bets & Player Props For Wednesday, May 20

• Caitlin Clark OVER 8.5 Assists (+104 FanDuel)
•  Flau'jae Johnson OVER 19.5 Points + Rebounds (-120 DraftKings)
• Aneesah Morrow OVER 22.5 Points + Rebounds (-130 FanDuel) + Double-Double (+105 DraftKings)
• Connecticut Sun +3 (-120 Fanatics)
• Skylar Diggins OVER 21.5 Points + Assists (-128 FanDuel)

Fire vs. Fever Best Bets

Player Prop Bet: Caitlin Clark OVER 8.5 Assists (UPDATED: OUT)

I placed one unit on Fever star Caitlin Clark to record over 8.5 assists today.

As much as Clark is a 3-point and scoring threat, she's very much one of the best facilitators in the WNBA. She leads the league with 9.0 assists per game, a career-high for Clark. In addition, she's averaging 11.7 assists per 40 minutes and boasts a career-high 35% usage rate under head coach Stephanie White.

Navigating around screens, pick-and-roll, bounce passes, kick-outs—Clark can do it all. Along with being one of the top passers, Clark also averages the third-most turnovers per game (5.0).

Clark currently holds the WNBA record for the most 20+ point, 10+ assist games in history, with 11. And through four games, she's averaging 24.3 points and 9.0 assists.

In 2026, Clark has tallied 20 assists over the last two games and 36 this season. It also helps that the Fever are fully healthy and boast the fourth-best offensive rating (109.8) in the WNBA. Not to mention that guard Kelsey Mitchell is putting up career numbers with 23.5 points per game.

Is Caitlin Clark the Best Passer in the WNBA?

The Fever are +14.9 with Clark on the floor; her impact is very much profound. Today, Clark gets a Portland team that's struggled against primary ball-handlers, allowing 7.8 assists per game to point guards.

Clark was on triple-double watch, as she tallied 21, 7, and 10 against the Storm. A high-volume passer and scorer, Clark has two double-doubles on the season, both coming from points and assists.

The Fever thrives in transition, which is a weakness defensively for the Fire. And if we break down Clark's assists, 26% come from above-the-break 3, an area where Portland allows the second-most assists in the WNBA. Overall, 62% of Clark's assists come from the restricted area.

Portland has surprised many with its record, but this is a team that allows 15.5 total assists to guards per game. Ranking No. 14 in defensive rating (116.8), the Fire allows the most assists per game with 25.

Final WNBA Betting Prediction: Caitlin Clark OVER 8.5 Assists

New York's Marine Johannés tallied 11 assists against Portland with a 3.5 prop line, and Clark has crushed this line in two of four games, and 5 of the last 7 dating back to 2025 (when she was healthy enough to play).

Clark is often doubled and loves to kick out. With Mitchell as hot as she's been, Aliyah Boston is also back in the lineup. The Fever have shooters, from Sophie Cunningham, Mitchell, and Hull. Even Monique Billings, Damiras Dantas, and Boston can stretch the floor.

• I'm taking Caitlin Clark to record over 8.5 assists today. Having Boston in the lineup should create more pick-and-roll opportunities, and Clark should have no problem soaring over this prop line if she maintains her usage and minutes (31 per game). 

Sun vs. Storm Best Bets

Player Prop Bet: Flau'jae Johnson OVER 19.5 Points + Rebounds

For my second-best bet for today, I placed one unit on Seattle Storm rookie  Flau'jae Johnson to record over 19.5 points and rebounds.

Johnson ranks fifth among WNBA rookies with 12.3 points per game. Leading the rebuild in Seattle, Johnson is averaging 5.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks.

The bad: Johnson is shooting 25.6% from the field and 26.7% from beyond the arc through four games.

The good: The former LSU star ranks second on the Storm with 10.8 field goal attempts and 3.8 3-point attempts, and leads Seattle with 6.5 free-throw attempts per game. While the shooting percentages aren't there just yet, she's the third-leading scorer under head coach Sonia Raman, behind Malonga and Jade Melbourne.

I like this prop for a few reasons: Malonga is out for tonight, so Seattle will be without its primary scorer and rebounder. Johnson boasts a 24.9% usage rate in her rookie season, and 46.9% of her points from the free-throw line. Luckily for Johnson, she's already faced the Sun once, and Connecticut allows the most free-throw attempts per game (28.6) in the WNBA.

Trust Flau'jae Johnson Against the Connecticut Sun Defense

Johnson is a versatile scorer who can hit from outside, drive downhill, and is incredibly athletic. Arguably, her best game of the season came against the Sun on May 10, where she tallied 16 points, 6 rebounds, while shooting 3-10 from the field, 1-3 from three, and 9-10 from the free-throw line. Mind you, Suns forward Diamond Miller fouled out of the game, and Charlisse Leger-Walker and Brittney Griner fell into foul trouble.

Overall, these are two teams in rebuild mode with little star power. Unless Lexie Brown plans to hit five 3-pointers again, Johnson must step up as a primary scorer with Malonga out. 30% of her shots come from just above the free-throw line, an area where the Sun allows opponents to shoot 48%. Additionally, 28% of Johnson's shots have come from the restricted area, where teams shoot 71% against Connecticut.

Johnson has soared over this line in just one of four games, but that was against Connecticut. We just saw Portland's Sarah Ashlee Barker record 22 points and rebounds on Monday, and Connecticut allows an average of 52.6 points and 14.8 rebounds to guards this season.

I do think Johnson can score at least 12+ points, and she's coming off a season-high 14 shot attempts in Seattle's 89-78 loss against the Fever. Again, Johnson went 8-9 from the line, but 0-4 from three. Connecticut ranks No. 13 in defensive rating (114.7). Perhaps she'll get some looks from beyond the arc.

Final WNBA Betting Prediction: Flau'jae Johnson OVER 19.5 Points + Rebounds

Johnson should also see more rebound opportunities with Malonga out, although Aneesah Morrow has been a beast on the boards. She's tallied 21 rebounds over the last three days and last recorded 6 against Connecticut.

Totaling 6 rebounds in three straight games, Johnson gets a Connecticut team that's struggled to rebound outside of Morrow. This year, Johnson, Jackie Young (6), and Bridget Carleton (5) have all produced on the boards. Johnson is a hustle player and one who will crash the boards. 33% of her rebound production has come inside the restricted area, and 33% from the above-the-break 3.

• I'm taking Flau'jae Johnson to record over 19.5 points and rebounds today. I'm banking on increased shot volume with Malonga out against a Connecticut team that's searching for its first win. I like this matchup too much to fade, despite the poor shooting percentages.

Player Prop Bet: Aneesah Morrow OVER 22.5 Points + Rebounds  + Double-Double

My next bet is one of my strongest plays for the day. I'm taking Sun forward Aneesah Morrow to record a double-double and over 22.5 points and rebounds.

The Sun may be winless, but Morrow has been a bright spot for Connecticut. Now in her second WNBA season, she's averaging a double-double of 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 1.2 steals on the season.

Morrow has been consistent, posting four straight double-doubles, tallying 22 points and 22 rebounds over the last two games against the Fire and Aces. Now she leads the WNBA in double-doubles and ranks third behind Kiki Iriafen and Angel Reese with 11 rebounds per game. Often the cleanup player, her average of 3.0 offensive boards per game is good for fifth in the league.

I like this prop, given that Brittney Griner is back, but Olivia Nelson-Ododa remains out for Connecticut. Morrow has been a spark off the bench and is tallying  3.8 second-chance points per game.

Morrow may be undersized at her position, but her vertical is as good as anyone's. She's shooting just 28.6% from three, but has continued to shoot with consistent volume from beyond the arc.

Today, Morrow should feast against a Seattle team that will be without Malonga. In their first matchup of the season, Morrow delivered 17 points and 16 rebounds, while shooting 7-15 from the field and 3-6 from deep in 31 minutes. That was also without Aaliyah Edwards, who is active tonight.

On the rebound side of things, Morrow has soared over 10 in the last four games, and 7 of the last 10 dating back to 2025. 23% of her rebounds come within the restricted area, normally an area where Seattle is unforgiving. But without Ezi Magbegor, Awa Fam, and Malonga, the frontcourt is thin. That leaves Jordan Horston and Stefanie Dolson to hold it down.

Along with the matchup, Morrow boasts a career-high 23.6 rebound rate, including 37.7% on the defensive end. Not to mention usage isn't a problem. (25.1%).

This is a Storm team that's giving up a total of 43 points and 22.3 rebounds to forwards this season. It's one of the only times we will see Seattle before the Malonga/Fam era.

Final WNBA Betting Prediction: Aneesah Morrow OVER 22.5 Points + Rebounds/ Double-Double

It's worth noting that Morrow has started just one game, but is averaging 26 minutes on the season and played a season-high 34 minutes against Portland on Monday. Against Seattle, she played 31 minutes. From a points perspective, she leads the Sun in shot attempts, minutes, shot attempts (13.4), 3-point attempts (4.2), and gets to the line 3.2 times on average.

Not to mention, she's shooting 57% in the restricted area and 58% from just outside the free-throw line. Seattle has locked up the restricted area this season, but again, without Malonga, Morrow should see more opportunities.

• I'm taking Aneesah Morrow to record a double-double and to score over 22.5 points and rebounds. I even like her 9.5 rebound line. This is a great matchup, and it will be interesting to see how Morrow is used moving forward with Griner and Edwards.

Spread Bet: Connecticut +3

Today, I'm taking the Connecticut Sun to cover the 3-point spread as underdogs.

Connecticut may be 0-5, but they are 2-3 ATS, and covered 3.5 and 14.5 point spreads as underdogs against the Fire and Aces. Yes, they were blown out by the Aces by nearly 30 points, but they also lost by just 7 points in their second matchup.

The Sun failed to cover the 1.5-point spread as favorites in their first matchup against Seattle, and Malonga scored just 6 points that game. Since then, Edwards has become active for Connecticut, and Nell Angloma made her rookie debut.

Overall, the Storm is 2-2 ATS and failed to cover against the Valkyries and Tempo. Today is the first time they've been tabbed as the favorite, but oddsmakers are predicting a close game.

The Storm has a -8.3 NET rating, and the Sun has a -18.5 NET rating. Both teams are near the bottom of the standings in offensive rating, and what merely separates these two teams is defense.

The Sun proved they can somewhat hang with the Aces and scored 94 and 92 points over the last two games. Seattle, on the other hand, has yet to crack over 78 points over the last two outings against the Fever and Tempo.  That said, the Storm averages the fewest points per game in the WNBA (80).

Final WNBA Betting Prediction: Connecticut Sun +3

Seattle has names that can score: Johnson, Jade Melbourne, Natisha Hiedeman, and even Lexie Brown or Zia Cooke. Malonga is their top scorer, and not one player averages over 20 PPG. Lack of offense and frontcourt health are two major reasons why I'm rolling with Connecticut today. Both teams lack offense and shoot around 41% from the field.  However, I liked the balanced scoring that I saw from Connecticut vs. the Aces.

• I'm taking Connecticut to cover the spread today, and the team is 6-4 ATS against Seattle over the last 10 matchups. I feel this is a trap game. I would even be inclined to take Sun moneyline here. 

Bonus Bet: Skylar Diggins OVER 21.5 Points + Assists