New Details Finally Explain Fever Star Caitlin Clark's Season-Ending Injury

Just last week Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark announced her 2025 WNBA season was officially over after she missed the majority of the season with an series of groin and leg injuries.

“I had hoped to share a better update, but I will not be returning to play this season. I spent hours in the gym every day with the singular goal of getting back out there, disappointed isn’t a big enough word to describe how I am feeling,” Clark said in a post on social media.

“I want to thank everyone who had my back through all the uncertainty. This has been incredibly frustrating, but even in the bad, there is good. The way the fans continued to show up for me, and for the Fever, brought me so much joy and important perspective. I am so proud of how this team has only gotten stronger through adversity this year. Now it’s time to close out the season and claim our spot in the Playoffs.”

New Details Reveal Why Caitlin Clark's Season Is Over

Before the season-ending decision was made, fans were wondering what exact issue Clark was being plagued with. While they knew she was battling a groin injury - and picked up an ankle injury in the process - head coach Stephanie White remained mum regarding further details of Clark's ailment.

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, however, ESPN's play-by-play man Ryan Ruocco revealed telling context for Clark's absence.

"This was a decision collectively made by Caitlin, Stephanie White, the Fever front office. People are asking, 'Why didn't they make this decision two weeks ago?' Because they were trying to exhaust every possible option to get Caitlin Clark back on the floor," Ruocco said on the broadcast, via Sports Illustrated. "And she was working her tail off, living in the gym, to try and get back on the floor.

"And they finally got to a point where she just hadn't been able to get up to full speed. The calendar dwindled to where there was no longer going to be safe to bring it her back, and it was then the pertinent time to make that announcement."

Caitlin Clark's Ankle Injury Held Her Back

Ruocco explained that after Clark injured her ankle, while she was still recovering from the groin injury, she wasn't able to truly test the limits of her groin injury because she couldn't move at full speed with the ankle injury.

"Now people have wondered, 'Was it the groin? Was it the ankle?' Now, she hadn't been fully back from the groin yet, when she injured her ankle, which was eventually diagnosed as a bone bruise," Ruocco revealed. "And the ankle still was not ready to get her at full speed, and the groin was never tested... That's why Caitlin and Indiana arrived at the decision they did."

The Fever currently sit as the No. 6 seed heading into the WNBA playoffs.