- Clark debuted her fifth Nike Caitlin 1 colorway, a University Gold-to-pink gradient with a racer-blue outsole, at the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago on July 25.
- The shoe releases at retail Oct. 1, 2026 in a Racer Blue colorway for $140, with Yellow Zest and white versions following later this year.
- Clark scored 17 points as Team Spoon beat Team Coop 129-122; Jonquel Jones was named MVP.
- The reveal caps a busy stretch of Clark endorsement news, following recent Hy-Vee and State Farm activations.
Caitlin Clark gave fans another reason to watch her feet at the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game. During Saturday’s showcase at Chicago’s United Center, the Indiana Fever guard debuted a fifth colorway of her upcoming Nike Caitlin 1 signature shoe: a gradient design fading from University Gold at the ankle into hot pink, finished with a racer-blue outsole.
It capped a weekend-long rollout. Clark had already shown an all-white “White Label” sample at Friday’s practice, part of Nike Basketball’s All-Star collection that also included signature player-exclusives for Ja Morant, Devin Booker, and Sabrina Ionescu.
The Caitlin 1 won’t hit stores until Oct. 1, when it launches in a Racer Blue colorway for $140 via Nike.com and select retailers. Nike says Clark helped fine-tune the shoe’s new Opticast support structure, which hides repeating “CC” and “22” details.
On court, Clark called it her first “true” All-Star Game, having missed 2025 with injury. She scored 17 points as Team Spoon beat Team Coop 129-122.
The reveal caps a busy stretch of brand activity for Clark. In May, she deepened her five-year partnership with Hy-Vee, turning an earlier cereal-box tie-in into a new community impact initiative for Midwest students and athletes.
Weeks earlier, she fronted State Farm’s new campaign built around a talking stanchion pad, extending a relationship dating to her 2023 NIL deal. Her portfolio also includes Gatorade, Wilson, Xfinity, and Gainbridge; her Nike deal, arranged through Excel Sports Management, is reported at $28 million over eight years.
Nike’s basketball roster reaches well beyond Clark. The brand expanded A’ja Wilson‘s line with the Nike A’Two collection, and its signature stable also includes LeBron James. Clark now joins a small group of athletes with a personal Nike shoe.
Takeaways
Nike is clearly treating the Caitlin 1 rollout as a season-long marketing arc, not a single drop; five colorways before a single retail release is a deliberate hype-building strategy, not a coincidence. It also signals Nike’s confidence that Clark can move product the way its biggest signature athletes do.
Does debuting five colorways before launch risk diluting hype by the time the Racer Blue pair actually drops on October 1? Could Clark’s shoe success open the door for more WNBA players to land personal signature lines?
