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The 22-year-old set the single-season all-time mark in rebounds – before A’ja Wilson surpassed her while she was out – led the league in rebounds per game (averaging 13.1) and set a record ...
Most points in first career game (WNBA debut) 34 – Candace Parker , Los Angeles at Phoenix, May 17, 2008 [ 36 ] 27 – Napheesa Collier , Minnesota vs. Chicago, May 25, 2019
She averaged 17.9 points in the 2019 playoffs, tied for the team high with Jones and up from 13.2 in the regular season. Williams is one of the game’s strongest players in the midrange. Laase
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.
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 ...
It’s the first time since 2008 that a rookie was selected to the first team. That season, former No. 1 pick Candace Parker was named the 2008 MVP, Rookie of the Year and All-WNBA First Team.
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 ...
Related: Caitlin Clark Selected First Overall by Indiana Fever During 2024 WNBA Draft As for Clark, during her rookie season with the Fever, the 22-year-old player has set WNBA records for three ...