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Highest average points per game, rookie season; 22.2* – Cynthia Cooper, Houston 1997 (*inaugural WNBA season) [35] 21.9 – Seimone Augustus, Minnesota 2006; 20.7 – A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas 2018; Most points in first career game (WNBA debut) 34 – Candace Parker, Los Angeles at Phoenix, May 17, 2008 [36]
Season Player Pos [b] Team GP Field goals made 3-point field goals made Free throws made Total points Points per game; 1997 ‡ Cynthia Cooper * G Houston Comets: 28 191 67 172 621 22.2 1998 ‡ Cynthia Cooper * (2) G Houston Comets: 30 203 64 210 680 22.7 1999: Cynthia Cooper * (3) G Houston Comets: 31 212 58 204 686 22.1 2000 ‡ Sheryl ...
A quadruple-double is a single-game performance by a player who accumulates ten or more in four of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots—in a game. This feat is extremely rare: only four players have officially recorded a quadruple-double in National Basketball Association (NBA) history.
Games played Points per game [b] Field goals made Three-point field goals made [c] Free throws made 1 Diana Taurasi ^ G: Phoenix Mercury (2004–present) [d] 10,646 565 18.8 3,341 1,447 2,517 2 Tina Charles ^ C: Connecticut Sun (2010–2013) New York Liberty (2014–2019) Washington Mystics (2020–2021) [e] Phoenix Mercury Seattle Storm
Reese entered Sunday's game averaging 13.6 points, a WNBA-best 12.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Sunday's 22-rebound effort upped that league-best rate to 12.9 per game.
The 2024 season includes a month-long break for the Summer Olympic Games that begins after the annual WNBA All-Star Game in mid-July. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The summer schedule is mostly played during the NBA offseason, which allows teams to share venues; [ 11 ] during the WNBA offseason, many players transfer to overseas leagues that follow a fall and ...
Parker established her consecutive double-doubles streak in her eighth season at the age of 29. Reese currently leads the WNBA in rebounds, averaging 11.8 per game. The Sky hit the road to face ...
On the heels of a much-publicized gold medal run by the 1996 USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the WNBA then began its first season on June 21, 1997. The first WNBA game featured the New York Liberty facing the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles. The Liberty defeated the Sparks 67-57.