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This article lists all-time records achieved in the WNBA regular season in major statistical categories recognized by the league, including those set by teams and individuals in a game, season, and career.
On January 16, 2023, Maya Moore announced that she was officially retiring from basketball. Moore had not played since the 2018 season and had taken time off to focus on other initiatives. [17] Over her eight-year career, she won the WNBA Finals four times (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) and was named the Finals MVP in 2013.
The Wings scored a game high thirty-one points in the fourth quarter to win that quarter 31–24. The Wings won Game 2 by twenty-seven points to take the series 2–0. The Wings had a WNBA Playoff record seven players score double-digits and were led by Arike Ogunbowale who scored twenty points.
The Aces finished with a 34–6 regular season record, which was a franchise and WNBA record for number of wins. [1] This was also the first season where the WNBA played 40 games. Their .850 winning percentage was a franchise record but not a WNBA record. The Aces finished as the first seed for the playoffs.
Fellow former top pick Aliyah Boston also makes her playoffs debut. The 2023 WNBA Rookie of the Year award winner missed the playoffs last season. No. 7 Phoenix Mercury.
The eight teams with the best regular season records, regardless of conference, qualify for the WNBA playoffs to determine the league's champion in the WNBA Finals. Since 2022, the playoffs have used a best-of-three series in the first round, where teams are seeded based on regular season performance, and a best-of-five format for the ...
As a result, all eight playoff teams, seeded according to overall regular season record regardless of conference (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5), will begin postseason play in the first round. Since 2016 , seeds 3 and 4 received a bye to the second round (single game) and seeds 1 and 2 received a bye to the semifinals (best-of-5).
The 2023 WNBA Commissioner's Cup presented by Coinbase was the WNBA's third Commissioner's Cup in league history. The Cup Final featured the top Eastern Conference Cup team facing off against the top Western Conference team. [ 1 ]