Fever Fans Notice Caitlin Clark's Physical Appearance Change Amid Injury

However, Clark's emphasis on the weight room and gaining strength has seemingly backfired. This is owed to her injury-plagued 2025 season, where she has only played in 13 contests because of various soft tissue injuries in her lower body.

It's impossible to say whether Clark's being in the weight room so much this past offseason contributed to her injuries. However, while hindsight is 20/20, there's definitely a chance that putting her body under this much physical strain (which it wasn't used to when Clark was in college) could have played a part in her getting hurt.

Caitlin Clark's Shift in Physical Appearance Catches Attention

There's little doubt that Clark is spending more time rehabbing her most recent groin injury (both in the training room and on the basketball court) than she is in the weight room right now.

And as a result of this, fans seem to think that No. 22 has lost some of the size she had put on, which has been conveyed with several viral social media posts in the past few days.

X user @DayDreamThis went viral on August 28 when they posted side-by-side photos of Clark playing earlier this season compared to a recent photoshoot she did with Stanley Drinkware. Clark looks slimmer in the latter photo, which was suggested by the caption, "yeah, I'm noticing".

The vast majority of comments are about how she has cut some of her previous bulk, including one that read, "She had slender down from early in the season".

This was also conveyed by an August 30 X post by @sohali2012, who clipped a video of Clark interacting with her coaching staff when the Fever played the Sparks on Friday night and captioned it, "Here you can see Caitlin dropped the extra weight or muscle. Whoever made her add bulk quickly should be fired."

To be clear, there's no proof that Clark's putting on size led to her injuries. But it will be fascinating to see how Clark handles and adjusts her preparation for 2026 once this injury-plagued campaign concludes.