Skylar Diggins Out Rest of 2026 on a $1.86M Sky Deal
Last check-in was July 3 in Vegas. Nineteen points. Then the knee. Sky shut her down Tuesday. Four games left when the league comes back.
Photo: WNBA.com. Official Skylar Diggins headshot.
Same clip, two rooms: the last Aces check-in and a Sky front office that signed a two-year guard for $1.86 million. You watched nineteen in overtime at Michelob ULTRA Arena, then the tape went quiet.
Chicago Sky guard Skylar Diggins is out the rest of 2026 with a right knee injury after last playing July 3 (19 points in a 98–90 overtime loss at Las Vegas).
She started all 19 of her games and averaged 14.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 4.9 assists. October knee surgery, then the right knee flared again early in 2026. Diggins spent weeks in Notre Dame PT while Chicago traveled, never got a reserve debut under the minutes restriction, and on Tuesday told reporters she and the Sky medical staff — working with her Notre Dame doctors — decided to scale back and shut it down for the season. Chicago is 15–25, was eliminated from playoff contention Aug. 23, and has four games left when the WNBA returns from the FIBA Women’s World Cup break. GM Jeff Pagliocca put health first and credited the effort she made to get back.
Action: Griffin Quinn / Getty Images via Chicago Sun-Times. Diggins vs the Aces at United Center, June 28, 2026. Last regular-season check-in was July 3 at Las Vegas.
The April signing was two years and $1.86 million ($920K / $940K). Seven-time All-Star. Turned 36 on Aug. 2. 2027 is still on the paper. Tuesday’s call is about shutting the knee down now, not rewriting next summer. Diggins left the offseason open and said she has not asked out of a Sky jersey. Four games left on the board. The July 3 possession is the last one.
Sources
- Associated Press: Sky’s Diggins (knee) to miss remainder of season — rest of 2026, right knee; July 3 / 19 points / 98–90 OT at Vegas; 15–25; out of playoffs Aug. 23; four games left; October surgery; Notre Dame PT; 14.2 / 4.9; started all 19
- TSN / ESPN syndication: Sky’s Diggins (knee) to miss remainder of season — Pagliocca statement; “scale back and shut it down”; two-year April deal; 3.2 RPG
- Chicago Sun-Times: Skylar Diggins out for remainder of Sky’s 2026 season — $1.86M through 2027; meniscus line from Diggins; 6–8 weeks Notre Dame PT; four games left
- Chicago Sun-Times: Skylar Diggins leaves her future with the Sky open to interpretation — practice-facility delay; “we’ll see” on offseason
- Chicago Sun-Times (April signing): Sky land Skylar Diggins — two-year $1.86M per Her Hoop Stats
- Spotrac: Skylar Diggins contract — 2 yr / $1,860,000 ($920K / $940K)
- WNBA.com: Chicago Sky sign Skylar Diggins — seven-time All-Star free-agent signing
- WNBA.com: Skylar Diggins — official headshot
- Griffin Quinn / Getty Images via Chicago Sun-Times — Diggins vs Aces, United Center, June 28, 2026
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