Keep track of Unrivaled’s postseason award emergences as its second playoff tournament prepares to get underway in Miami and Brooklyn.
Certain women of Unrivaled were truly unrivaled.
In anticipation of its postseason tournament that gets underway on Saturday night (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT/TruTV), the domestic three-on-three league co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart began to unveil the winners of its annual individual awards.
While certain honorees were unable to reprise their roles, the league featured several memorable individual performances that will be long-remembered by the women’s basketball community. The campaign is set to culminate with a traveling postseason, featuring the opening and championship rounds in Miami sandwiching a Brooklyn bash for the semifinals.
Amidst the full speed antics of the postseason, keep track of the 2026 Unrivaled honor roll below.
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First Team: Paige Bueckers, Breeze BC/Chelsea Gray, Rose BC/Kelsey Plum, Phantom BC
Backcourt mavens were truly Unrivaled in year two.
The “Point Gawd” Gray reprised her role in the elite trio after leading all women in total points (339), assists (8.5), and successful three-pointers (49). The Rose bud was also the qualified leader in 3-point percentage (48.0) despite taking over seven a game and was also top-five in steals (18). To top it all off, Gray took home the top prize in a surname civil war at Unrivaled’s 1 on 1 Tournament, besting Allisha Gray of Mist in the final. Gray becomes the first, and only, repeat entrant on the All-Unrivaled team upon her selection.
Plum’s Unrivaled entry was delayed but well worth the wait, as the Olympic triumphant made quick use of the open floors at Sephora Arena. She rounded out the top three in scoring (22.6 per game) and assists (70) while helping Phantom rise to the top of the regular season standings. In the most clutch parameter, Plum tied also tied for the league lead in game-winners, sinking five alongside league co-founder Breanna Stewart.
The list is rounded out by Bueckers, the latest UConn alumna to stand out in the league co-founded by former Huskies. Bueckers capped off her first professional year in style, needing little, if any, time to adjust to the three-on-three game. She broke out as a leader for the young reps of Breeze, feeling 22 in the finest way possible by averaging 22.1 points a night alongside 6.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists, the only player on the second Unrivaled ledgers to reach such tallies.
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Second Team: Aliyah Boston, Phantom BC/Allisha Gray, Mist BC/Brittney Sykes, Laces BC
Back on top after headlining successful postseason runs in South Carolina and Indianapolis, Boston would likely stand as Unrivaled’s most improved player, more than tripling the scoring output she had in the original go-around with Vinyl (5.9 to 18.9). Forming a formidable tandem with Plum, Boston, falling just short of averaging a double-double with 9.1 rebounds a game, helped raise Phantom’s stock on the postseason bracket and swipe one of the automatic tickets to the Brooklyn-based semifinals.
Gray flew from the Lunar Owls to the Mist and helped stage their monumental turnaround, barely beating out Stewart for the team lead in scoring, which placed fifth in the league as a whole. She later leaped into the championship round of the 1-on-1 tournament after becoming the only woman to reprise her role in the quarterfinal round. Following postseason heartbreak with the Lunar Owls and Atlanta Dream, Gray’s playoff endeavors will be one of the most prevalent headlines on the bracket.
Fresh off a championship run with Rose (ending with her sinking the game-winning swish), Sykes took on a larger role with the Laces and kept them lingering in the Unrivaled penthouse. Sykes was a forced of nature on both sides of the ball, averaging 20.3 points while also placing second in steals per game at 1.6, one of two at least 20 takeaway total next to Veronica Burton of Mist. She’ll be one of several dispersed Rose reps going for another championship this postseason, a list that also includes Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Lexie Hull, and Angel Reese.
Defensive Player of the Year: Aliyah Boston, Phantom BC
Though stationed primarily in Florida, the league couldn’t stop regaling Boston, who proved particularly haunting amongst the Ghost Gang. Boston (legally, of course) elbowed her way to the top of the Unrivaled leaderboards by standing as the only player averaging multiple blocks a game, totaling a record 29 in the complete regular season. She proved equally adept at ending possessions in a more conventional way, pulling in the second-most defensive boards with 111.
Coach of the Year: Roneeka Hodges, Phantom BC
After injuries and prior player commitments doomed Phantom to a spooky start, Hodges took on the role of ghost host and oversaw a seven-win improvement that finished atop the regular season standings. Making the most of the Boston-Plum pairing, Hodges’ first professional coaching tour also ended with her team leading Unrivaled in assists (14.6), with such discipline further manifesting in the top assist-to-turnover ratio (2.07).
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