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Most Total selections to the All-WNBA Team; Diana Taurasi with 14 selections; Most First-team selections to the All-WNBA Team; Diana Taurasi with 10 selections; Most MVPs; Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson and A’ja Wilson with 3 selections; Most Total selections to the All-Defensive Team; Tamika Catchings with 11 selections
The best regular season performance in league history was set in the 1998 season by the Houston Comets, who finished with a 27–3 win–loss record—a winning percentage of 0.900. The number of games played by WNBA teams has steadily increased since the initial 28-game schedule in the inaugural season; for most of the league's history, teams ...
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 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.
Attendance was up 48% from 2023, sellouts increased by 242% and more people tuned into the average nationally televised WNBA game this season (657,000) than in any season in the 21st century.
The 2024 WNBA season was the 28th season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), a professional women's basketball league based in the United States.. The regular season ran from May 14 to September 19, with each of the 12 teams playing 40 games—four games each against the other five teams from the same conference, four games each against two teams from the other conference ...
The Aces host the Connecticut Sun on Friday and currently hold third place in the Western Conference with a 7–6 record. The Sun have the WNBA's best record at 13–1. The Sun have the WNBA's ...
In Game 1 of the finals against the New York Liberty on October 10, 2024, the Lynx became the first WNBA team in postseason history to win after trailing by 15+ points in the final five minutes of regulation. [19] The Lynx won in overtime 95-93. [20] The Lynx also became the first team to win a WNBA finals game in overtime on the road. [21]
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Indiana Fever star was named to the All-WNBA first team — the first time a rookie has achieved the feat since Candace Parker in 2008. Clark is only the fifth rookie to ...