WNBA records

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The following shows a list of records held by certain players and teams in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Individual[]

Scoring[]

Most points[]

• 9,174 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2004–2014, 2016–present
• 7,488 – Tina Thompson, Houston 1997–2008, Los Angeles 2009–2011, Seattle 2012–2013
• 7,380 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002–2016

Highest points per game average, career[]

• 20.98 – Cynthia Cooper, Houston 1997–2000, 2003
• 20.28 – Elena Delle Donne, Chicago 2013–2016, Washington 2017–present (did not play in 2020)
• 19.94 – Breanna Stewart, Seattle 2016–2018, 2020–present

Most points, season[]

• 860 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2006
• 820 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2008
• 812 – Maya Moore, Minnesota 2014

Highest points per game average, season[]

• 25.29 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2006
• 24.12 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2008
• 23.88 – Maya Moore, Minnesota 2014

Most points, game[]

• 53 – Liz Cambage, Dallas vs. New York, July 17, 2018 (Regulation)
• 51 – Riquna Williams, Tulsa at San Antonio, September 8, 2013 (Regulation)
• 48 – Maya Moore, Minnesota vs. Atlanta, July 22, 2014 (2OT)
• 47 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)

Most points, half[]

• 35 – Riquna Williams, Tulsa at San Antonio, September 8, 2013
• 31 – Cynthia Cooper, Houston at Sacramento, July 25, 1997
• 30 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles vs. San Antonio, June 25, 2006

Most points, quarter[]

• 22 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix vs. Los Angeles, July 14, 2006
• 22 – Brittney Sykes, Atlanta at Phoenix, July 7, 2019
• 22 - Jewell Loyd, Seattle vs. Phoenix, September 17, 2021
• 21 – Jewell Loyd, Seattle at New York, August 18, 2021
• 20 – Deanna Nolan, Detroit vs. Minnesota, June 20, 2008
• 20 – Matee Ajavon, Washington at New York, August 6, 2010
• 20 – Maya Moore, Minnesota vs. Tulsa, May 23, 2014
• 20 – Shoni Schimmel, Atlanta vs. Phoenix, August 13, 2014
• 20 – Rebecca Allen, New York vs. Minnesota, August 13, 2019
• 20 - Chelsea Gray, Los Angeles at Indiana, August 29, 2019

Most points, overtime period[]

• 12 – Mwadi Mabika, Los Angeles vs. San Antonio, July 2, 2004
• 12 – Sheryl Swoopes, Houston vs. Indiana, May 29, 2005
• 12 – Deanna Nolan, Detroit vs. New York, June 3, 2005
• 12 – Becky Hammon, San Antonio vs. Detroit, August 29, 2009

Most points by a reserve, game[]

• 38 – DeWanna Bonner, Phoenix vs. Dallas, June 18, 2016
• 36 – Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta at Connecticut, July 31, 2011
• 34 – Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta vs. San Antonio, August 20, 2009

Highest points per game average by a reserve, season[]

Minimum 20 bench appearances

• 15.8 – Candice Wiggins, Minnesota 2008
• 15.0 – Chamique Holdsclaw, Los Angeles 2006
• 12.8 – Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta 2009

Shooting percentage[]

Highest field goal percentage, career[]

Minimum 400 field goals

• .5932 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago 2008–2014, Minnesota 2015–present
• .5601 – Crystal Langhorne, Washington 2008–2013, Seattle 2014–present
• .5571 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix 2013–present

Highest field goal percentage, season[]

• .6684 – Tamika Williams, Minnesota 2003
• .6649 – Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles 2016^[1]
• .6638 – Candice Dupree, Phoenix 2010
• .6382 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago 2012

Highest field goal percentage, game[]

Minimum 10 field goals made

• 1.000 – Monique Currie, Washington at Indiana, May 6, 2014
• 1.000 – Candice Dupree, Phoenix vs. Tulsa, June 12, 2010
• 1.000 – Seimone Augustus, Minnesota at Los Angeles, June 8, 2007
• 1.000 – Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles at Dallas, June 11, 2016

Most field goals, none missed, game[]

• 12 – Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles at Dallas, June 11, 2016
• 11 – Seimone Augustus, Minnesota at Los Angeles, June 8, 2007
• 9 – Michelle Snow, Houston vs. Indiana, May 29, 2005 (2OT)
• 9 – Ann Wauters, San Antonio vs. Sacramento, September 13, 2008
• 9 – Candice Dupree, Phoenix vs. Tulsa, June 12, 2010

Most field goal attempts, none made, game[]

• 12 – Tina Thompson, Houston at Phoenix, July 19, 1999
• 12 – Tangela Smith, Phoenix at Washington, June 13, 2007
• 11 – Kamila Vodičková, Seattle vs. Portland, August 9, 2002
• 11 – Slobodanka Tuvic, Phoenix at Seattle, July 25, 2003
• 11 – Elena Baranova, New York vs. Detroit, August 1, 2003
• 11 – Monique Currie, Charlotte at New York, June 27, 2006

Highest three-point field goal percentage, career[]

Minimum 100 field goals

• .458 – Jennifer Azzi, Detroit 1999, Utah 2000–2002, San Antonio 2003
• .430 – Laurie Koehn, Washington 2005–2008, Atlanta 2012
• .420 – Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga, Indiana 2011–2017

Highest three-point field goal percentage, season[]

Minimum 50 attempts

• .5313 – Temeka Johnson, Tulsa 2012
• .5238 – Laurie Koehn, Washington 2006
• .5224 – Alysha Clark, Seattle 2020

Most three-point field goals, none missed, game[]

• 6 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana at Orlando, July 3, 2002 (OT)
• 5 – by many

Most three-point field goal attempts, none made, game[]

• 8 – Tina Thompson, Houston at Utah, June 30, 1998 (2OT)
• 8 – Crystal Robinson, New York vs. Detroit, June 21, 2000
• 8 – Crystal Robinson, New York vs. Cleveland, August 4, 2001
• 8 – by 6 more

Highest free-throw percentage, career[]

Minimum 200 free throws

• .938 – Elena Delle Donne, Chicago 2013–2016, Washington 2017–present (did not play in 2020)
• .902 – Tiffany Mitchell, Indiana 2016–present
• .897 – Becky Hammon, New York 1999–2006, San Antonio 2007–2014

Highest free-throw percentage, season[]

• 1.000 – Becky Hammon, San Antonio 2014
• .9841 – Eva Nemcova, Cleveland 1999
• .9792 – Nicole Powell, Sacramento 2009

Most free throws made, none missed, game[]

• 19 – Elena Delle Donne, Chicago at Atlanta, June 24, 2015
• 17 – Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta at Chicago, June 2, 2012
• 16 – Elena Delle Donne, Chicago vs. Los Angeles, June 6, 2014

Most free throw attempts, none made, game[]

• 8 – Cheryl Ford, Detroit at Charlotte, August 6, 2005 (OT)
• 7 – Nakia Sanford, Washington vs. Atlanta, June 20, 2008
• 6 – several

Shots made[]

Most field goals, career[]

• 2,821 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2004–2014, 2016–present
• 2,768 – Candice Dupree, Chicago 2006–2009, Phoenix 2010–2016, Indiana 2017–present
• 2,630 – Tina Thompson, Houston 1997–2008, Los Angeles 2009–2011, Seattle 2012–2013

Most field goals, season[]

• 298 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2006
• 296 – Seimone Augustus, Minnesota 2007
• 295 – Maya Moore, Minnesota 2014

Most field goals, game[]

• 18 – Lauren Jackson, Seattle at Washington, July 24, 2007 (OT)
• 17 – Lauren Jackson, Seattle vs. Los Angeles, August 6, 2003
• 17 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)
• 17 – Jia Perkins, Chicago at Sacramento, June 29, 2007 (2OT)
• 17 – Betty Lennox, Atlanta at Connecticut, June 27, 2008 (OT)
• 17 – Riquna Williams, Tulsa at San Antonio, September 8, 2013
• 17 – Liz Cambage, Dallas vs. New York, July 17, 2018

Most field goals, half[]

• 11 – Linda Burgess, Sacramento vs. Utah, August 15, 1998
• 11 – Lauren Jackson, Seattle vs. Los Angeles, August 6, 2003
• 11 – Sheryl Swoopes, Houston at Seattle, August 9, 2005
• 11 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles vs. San Antonio, June 25, 2006

Most field goals, quarter[]

• 9 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago at Phoenix, August 1, 2010
• 8 – Betty Lennox, Atlanta vs. Minnesota, June 3, 2008
• 8 – Deanna Nolan, Detroit at Washington, July 18, 2008

Most three-point field goals, career[]

• 1,205 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2004–2014, 2016–present
• 945 – Sue Bird, Seattle 2002–2012, 2014–2018, 2020–present
• 906 – Katie Smith, Minnesota 1999–2005, Detroit 2005–2009, Washington 2010, Seattle 2011–2012, New York 2013

Most three-point field goals, season[]

• 121 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2006
• 106 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2018
• 96 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2017

Most three-point field goals, game[]

• 9 – Kristi Toliver, Washington at New York, September 10, 2017 (regulation, playoffs)
• 9 – Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana vs. Connecticut, September 8, 2019 (regulation)
• 8 – Riquna Williams, Tulsa at San Antonio, September 8, 2013 (regulation)
• 8 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)
• 8 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Tulsa, May 25, 2010
• 8 – Shekinna Stricklen, Connecticut at Dallas, July 22, 2018 (regulation)
• 8 – Leilani Mitchell, Phoenix at Washington, July 30, 2019

Most three-point field goals, half[]

• 7 – Renee Montgomery, Atlanta at New York, August 12, 2018
• 6 – Sue Bird, Seattle at Detroit, August 8, 2006
• 6 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Tulsa, May 25, 2010
• 6 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Seattle, September 9, 2011
• 6 – Sami Whitcomb, New York at Seattle, May 26 2017

Most three-point field goals, quarter[]

• 5 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Tulsa, May 25, 2010
• 5 – Maya Moore, Indiana at Minnesota, September 17, 2012
• 5 – Maya Moore, Los Angeles at Minnesota, June 24, 2016
• 5 - Sami Whitcomb, Atlanta at Seattle, August 12, 2020

Most free throws, career[]

• 2,125 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2004–2014, 2016–present
• 2,004 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002–2016
• 1,506 – Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta 2009–2016, 2018–2019, Las Vegas 2020–present

Most free throws, season[]

• 246 – Katie Smith, Minnesota 2001
• 223 – Angel McCoughtry Atlanta 2011
• 215 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2008

Most free throws, game[]

• 22 – Cynthia Cooper, Houston vs. Sacramento, July 3, 1998
• 19 – Tina Charles, Connecticut vs. Phoenix, June 29, 2013
• 18 – Katie Smith, Minnesota at Los Angeles, July 8, 2001 (OT)

Most free throws, half[]

• 15 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix vs. Houston, September 7, 2008
• 14 – Tina Thompson, Houston vs. Sacramento, June 11, 2007
• 13 – by many

Most free throws, quarter[]

• 11 – Shavonte Zellous, Detroit at Atlanta, June 26, 2009
• 10 – Tina Thompson, Houston vs. Sacramento, June 11, 2007
• 10 – Nakia Sanford, Washington at Houston, June 22, 2007

Shot attempts[]

Most attempts, career[]

• 6,527 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2004–2014, 2016–present
• 6,300 – Tina Thompson, Houston 1997–2008, Los Angeles 2009–2011, Seattle 2012–2013
• 5,803 – Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix 2006–2009, New York 2010–2014, Chicago 2014–2017, Las Vegas 2018, Indiana 2018

Most attempts, season[]

• 660 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2006
• 622 – Tina Charles, New York 2016
• 620 – Seimone Augustus, Minnesota 2006

Most attempts, game[]

• 33 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)
• 33 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)
• 32 – Betty Lennox, Atlanta at Connecticut, June 27, 2008 (OT)

Most attempts, half[]

• 20 – Wendy Palmer, Utah vs. Los Angeles, August 16, 1997
• 19 – Sheryl Swoopes, Houston at Los Angeles, August 20, 1999
• 19 – Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington vs. Los Angeles, June 26, 2000

Most attempts, quarter[]

• 12 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago at Phoenix, August 1, 2010
• 11 – by many

Most three-point attempts, career[]

• 3,175 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2004–2014, 2016–present
• 2,466 – Katie Smith, Minnesota 1999–2005, Detroit 2005–2009, Washington 2010, Seattle 2011–2012, New York 2013
• 2,247 – Sue Bird, Seattle 2002–2012, 2014–2018, 2020–present

Most three-point attempts, season[]

• 305 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2006
• 277 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2018
• 259 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2007

Most three-point attempts, game[]

• 16 – Kristi Toliver, Washington at New York, September 10, 2017 (playoffs)
• 16 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)
• 15 – Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, Sacramento at Cleveland, July 10, 1997
• 15 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix vs. Washington, July 2, 2006
• 15 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix vs. Sacramento, August 13, 2006
• 15 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at Sacramento, August 17, 2007
• 15 – Shanna Crossley, San Antonio at Minnesota, August 19, 2007

Most three-point attempts, half[]

• 12 – Shanna Zolman, San Antonio at Minnesota, August 19, 2007
• 11 – Belinda Snell, Phoenix vs. Houston, June 24, 2007
• 10 – Cynthia Cooper, Houston vs. Cleveland, July 29, 1997
• 10 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix at San Antonio, August 2, 2007
• 10 – Renee Montgomery, Connecticut vs. Los Angeles, July 24, 2010

Most three-point attempts, quarter[]

• 9 – Amber Jacobs, Minnesota vs. Phoenix, July 3, 2007
• 8 – Shanna Zolman, San Antonio vs. Phoenix, August 2, 2007
• 7 – by many

Most free throw attempts, career[]

• 2,441 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 2004–2014, 2016–present
• 2,335 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002–2016
• 2,125 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 1997–2009

Most free throw attempts, season[]

• 287 – Angel McCoughtry Atlanta 2011
• 275 – Katie Smith, Minnesota 2001
• 248 – A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas 2018

Most free throw attempts, game[]

• 24 – Cynthia Cooper, Houston vs. Sacramento, July 3, 1998
• 24 – Tina Charles, Phoenix vs. Connecticut, June 29, 2013
• 21 – Swin Cash, Detroit vs. Miami, June 28, 2002 (OT)

Most free throw attempts, half[]

• 16 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles at New York, June 25, 2000
• 16 – Kayte Christensen, Phoenix vs. San Antonio, August 22, 2003
• 16 – Izi Castro Marques, Atlanta vs. Los Angeles, June 27, 2010

Most free throw attempts, quarter[]

• 13 – Shavonte Zellous, Detroit at Atlanta, June 26, 2009
• 12 – Izi Castro Marques, Atlanta vs. Los Angeles, June 27, 2010
• 11 – Shavonte Zellous, Detroit at Washington, August 11, 2009

Rebounds[]

Most rebounds, career[]

• 3,400 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago 2008–2014, Minnesota 2015–present
• 3,356 – Rebekkah Brunson, Sacramento 2004–2009, Minnesota 2010–2018
• 3,316 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002–2016

Highest rebounds per game average, career[]

Minimum 100 games

• 9.80 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago 2008–2014, Minnesota 2015–present
• 9.73 – Cheryl Ford, Detroit 2003–2009
• 9.49 – Tina Charles, Connecticut 2010–2013, New York 2014–2019 (did not play with Washington in 2020)

Most rebounds, season[]

• 404 – Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota 2018
• 403 – Jonquel Jones, Connecticut 2017
• 398 – Tina Charles, Connecticut 2010

Highest rebounds per game average, season[]

• 11.88 – Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota 2018
• 11.85 – Jonquel Jones, Connecticut 2017
• 11.71 – Tina Charles, Connecticut 2010

Most rebounds, game[]

• 24 – Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington at Charlotte, May 23, 2003
• 23 – Michelle Snow, Houston at Minnesota, August 4, 2006
• 23 – Tina Charles, Connecticut vs. Phoenix, June 25, 2010
• 23 – Tina Charles, Connecticut vs. Los Angeles, June 28, 2011

Most rebounds, half[]

• 16 – Janell Burse, Seattle vs. Phoenix, May 23, 2007
• 15 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles vs. New York, June 19, 1998
• 15 – Latasha Byears, Los Angeles vs. Houston, August 11, 2001
• 15 – Michelle Snow, Houston at Minnesota, August 4, 2006
• 15 – Sancho Lyttle, Houston vs. Minnesota, July 17, 2008
• 15 – Tina Charles, Connecticut at New York, June 27, 2010

Most rebounds, quarter[]

• 11 – Erika de Souza, Atlanta vs. Detroit, May 23, 2008
• 10 – Janell Burse, Seattle vs. Phoenix, May 23, 2007
• 9 – by many

Most offensive rebounds, career[]

• 1,166 – Rebekkah Brunson, Sacramento 2004–2009, Minnesota 2010–2019
• 1,062 – Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Orlando 1999–2002, Connecticut 2003–2006, Los Angeles 2007, Washington 2008, Detroit 2008–2009, New York 2010, Minnesota 2011–2012
• 1,049 – Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento 1999–2007, Seattle 2008, Indiana 2009

Most offensive rebounds, season[]

• 162 – Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento 2001
• 148 – Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento 2000
• 141 – Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento 1999

Most offensive rebounds, game[]

• 12 – Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles at Indiana, July 12, 2012
• 12 – Sancho Lyttle, Seattle at Atlanta, August 10, 2010
• 12 – Cheryl Ford, Detroit at San Antonio, May 22, 2004

Most offensive rebounds, half[]

• 10 – Sancho Lyttle, Atlanta vs. Seattle, August 10, 2010
• 9 – Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles at Indiana, July 12, 2012
• 9 – Chasity Melvin, Chicago vs. Phoenix, June 26, 2008

Most offensive rebounds, quarter[]

• 6 – Deanna Jackson, Chicago at Indiana, June 21, 2006
• 6 – Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Connecticut at Indiana, August 9, 2006
• 6 – Sophia Young, San Antonio vs. Houston, July 27, 2007
• 6 – Erika de Souza, Atlanta vs. Detroit, May 23, 2008
• 6 – Sancho Lyttle, Atlanta vs. Seattle, August 10, 2010

Most defensive rebounds, career[]

• 2,425 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 1997–2006, 2008–2009
• 2,407 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago 2008–2014, Minnesota 2015–present
• 2,399 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002–2016

Most defensive rebounds, season[]

• 282 – Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota 2018
• 277 – Breanna Stewart, Seattle 2016
• 276 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 2004

Most defensive rebounds, game[]

• 21 – Amanda Zahui B., New York vs. Las Vegas, August 29, 2020
• 18 – Cindy Brown, Detroit at Utah, August 10, 1998
• 17 – Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington at Charlotte, May 23, 2003
• 17 – Cheryl Ford, Detroit at Connecticut, June 22, 2003 (OT)
• 17 – Elena Baranova, New York at Connecticut, August 20, 2005
• 17 – Tina Charles, Connecticut at Atlanta, July 7, 2010 (OT)
• 17 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago at New York, July 11, 2010

Most defensive rebounds, half[]

• 13 – Amanda Zahui B., New York vs. Las Vegas, August 29, 2020
• 12 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago vs. Indiana, July 6, 2010
• 11 – Tari Phillips, New York at Houston, July 26, 2003
• 11 – Janell Burse, Seattle vs. Phoenix, May 23, 2007

Most defensive rebounds, quarter[]

• 9 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles at Charlotte, May 23, 2006
• 9 – Sylvia Fowles, Chicago vs. Indiana, July 6, 2010
• 8 – Tina Charles, Connecticut at Atlanta, July 7, 2010

Assists[]

Most assists, career[]

• 2,888 – Sue Bird, Seattle 2002–2012, 2014–2018, 2020–present
• 2,599 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento 1998–2009, Los Angeles 2010–2011, Chicago 2012
• 2,345 – Lindsay Whalen, Connecticut 2004–2009, Minnesota 2010–2018

Highest assists per game average, career[]

Minimum 100 games

• 6.66 – Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago 2011–present
• 5.72 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento 1998–2009, Los Angeles 2010–2011, Chicago 2012
• 5.55 – Sue Bird, Seattle 2002–2012, 2014–2018, 2020–present

Most assists, season[]

• 300 – Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago 2019
• 258 – Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago 2018
• 236 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento 2000

Highest assists per game average, season[]

• 10.00 – Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago 2020
• 9.09 – Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago 2019
• 8.60 – Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago 2018

Most assists, game[]

• 18 – Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago at Indiana, August 31, 2020
• 16 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento at Cleveland, July 29, 1998
• 16 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento vs. Los Angeles, August 3, 2002
• 16 - Sue Bird, Seattle at Las Vegas, October 2, 2020
• 16 - Courtney Vandersloot, Chicago vs. New York, May 23, 2021^[2]

Most assists, half[]

• 11 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento at Cleveland, July 29, 1998
• 11 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento at Utah, June 26, 2000
• 11 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento vs. Los Angeles, August 3, 2002

Most assists, quarter[]

• 8 – Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota vs. Connecticut, August 3, 2010
• 7 – Shannon Johnson, San Antonio at Los Angeles, July 3, 2006
• 7 – Nikki Teasley, Washington at San Antonio, July 21, 2006
• 7 – Sue Bird, Seattle at Chicago, June 12, 2007
• 7 – Loree Moore, New York at Washington, July 18, 2009
• 7 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento at Los Angeles, August 14, 2009
• 7 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento at Atlanta, August 25, 2009
• 7 – Temeka Johnson, Phoenix at Atlanta, June 29, 2010

Most assists, no turnovers, game[]

• 14 – Jennifer Rizzotti, Cleveland vs. New York, June 21, 2002
• 12 – Michelle Cleary, Phoenix vs. Utah, July 19, 2000
• 12 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento at Washington, June 23, 2000

Steals[]

Most steals, career[]

• 1,074 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002–2016
• 764 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento 1998–2009, Los Angeles 2010–2011, Chicago 2012
• 709 – Alana Beard, Washington 2004–2009, Los Angeles 2012–2019

Highest steals per game average, career[]

Minimum 100 games

• 2.35 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002–2016
• 2.032 – Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta 2009–2016, 2018–2019, Las Vegas 2020–present
• 2.028 – Sheryl Swoopes, Houston 1997–2000, 2002–2007, Seattle 2008, Tulsa 2011

Most steals, season[]

• 100 – Teresa Weatherspoon, New York 1998
• 99 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2009
• 94 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2002
• 94 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2006

Highest steals per game average, season[]

• 3.33 – Teresa Weatherspoon, New York 1998
• 3.14 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana 2007
• 3.04 – Teresa Weatherspoon, New York 1997

Most steals, game[]

• 10 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento vs. San Antonio, July 10, 2003
• 9 – Michelle Griffiths, Phoenix at Utah, July 27, 1998
• 9 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana vs. Minnesota, July 26, 2002

Most steals, half[]

• 7 – Cynthia Cooper, Houston at Charlotte, August 11, 1997
• 7 – Michelle Brogan, Phoenix at Utah, July 27, 1998
• 7 – Tamika Catchings, Indiana vs. Houston, June 6, 2007
• 7 – Edwige Lawson-Wade, San Antonio vs. Tulsa, June 11, 2010

Most steals, quarter[]

• 5 – by many

Blocks[]

Most blocks, career[]

• 877 – Margo Dydek, Utah 1998–2002, San Antonio 2003–2004, Connecticut 2005–2007, Los Angeles 2008
• 822 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 1997–2006, 2008–2009
• 658 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix 2013–present

Highest blocks per game average, career[]

Minimum 100 games

• 2.94 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix 2013–present
• 2.72 – Margo Dydek, Utah 1998–2002, San Antonio 2003–2004, Connecticut 2005–2007, Los Angeles 2008
• 2.26 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 1997–2006, 2008–2009

Most blocks, season[]

• 129 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix 2014
• 114 – Margo Dydek, Utah 1998
• 113 – Margo Dydek, Utah 2001

Highest blocks per game average, season[]

• 4.04 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix 2015
• 3.80 – Margo Dydek, Utah 1998
• 3.79 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix 2014

Most blocks, game[]

• 11 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix at Tulsa, June 29, 2014
• 10 – Margo Dydek, Utah vs. Orlando, June 7, 2001
• 10 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles vs. Detroit, September 9, 2004

Most blocks, half[]

• 7 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles vs. Detroit, September 9, 2004
• 7 – Margo Dydek, Connecticut vs. San Antonio, June 4, 2005
• 6 – by many

Most blocks, quarter[]

• 5 – Brittney Griner, Phoenix vs. Chicago, September 7, 2014
• 4 – by many

Other Statistics[]

Most turnovers, season[]

• 135 – Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento 1999
• 134 – Angel McCoughtry Atlanta 2013
• 126 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 2006

Most turnovers, game[]

• 14 – Kristi Toliver, Tulsa vs. Los Angeles, May 29, 2012
• 11 – Michelle Edwards, Cleveland vs. Sacramento, August 2, 1997
• 11 – Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington vs. Utah, July 8, 1999
• 11 – Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta at Tulsa July 31, 2014
• 11 – Betty Lennox, Minnesota at Houston, August 9, 2010
• 11 – Diana Taurasi, Phoenix vs. New York, July 3, 2010
• 11 – Crystal Langhorne, Washington vs. Tulsa, June 26, 2011

Least Team Turnovers, Half

• 0 – New York at Minnesota, July 15, 2016

Most personal fouls, season[]

• 143 – Cheryl Ford, Detroit 2005
• 141 – Nakia Sanford, Washington 2007
• 139 – Janell Burse, Seattle 2005

Most personal fouls, game[]

• 6 – by many

Most personal fouls, half[]

• 6 – by many

Most personal fouls, quarter[]

• 5 – by many

Most disqualifications, career[]

• 42 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 1997–2006, 2008–2009
• 24 – Tangela Smith, Sacramento 1998–2004, Charlotte 2005–2006, Phoenix 2007–2010, Indiana 2011, San Antonio 2012
• 21 – Natalie Williams, Utah 1999–2002, Indiana 2003–2005
• 21 – Ruth Riley, Miami 2001–2002, Detroit 2003–2006, San Antonio 2007–2011, Chicago 2012, Atlanta 2013

Most disqualifications, season[]

• 7 – Isabelle Fijalkowski, Cleveland 1997
• 7 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 2000
• 7 – Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles 2002

Fewest minutes before disqualification, game[]

• 5 – Sharon Manning, Miami at Detroit, July 26, 2000
• 7 – Rushia Brown, Cleveland vs. Utah, July 24, 1999
• 8 – Asjha Jones, Washington at Portland, June 28, 2002
• 8 – LaTonya Johnson, Utah vs. Los Angeles, August 9, 2002
• 8 – Vanessa Hayden, Minnesota vs. Los Angeles, May 31, 2006

Team[]

Scoring[]

Highest points per game average, season[]

• 93.9 – Phoenix 2010
• 92.8 – Phoenix 2009
• 89.0 – Phoenix 2007
• 89.0 – Phoenix 2011

Most points, game[]

• 127 – Phoenix at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)
• 124 – Minnesota vs. Phoenix, July 24, 2010 (2OT)
• 123 – Phoenix at Tulsa, July 22, 2010

Most points, half[]

• 72 – Detroit vs. Phoenix, July 8, 2007 (2nd)
• 70 – Minnesota at Phoenix, September 3, 2008 (2nd)
• 69 – Phoenix vs. Minnesota, July 29, 2010 (1st)

Most points, quarter[]

• 42 - Chicago vs. New York, August 7, 2019 (4th)
• 40 – Indiana vs. New York, September 1, 2016 (1st)
• 40 – Seattle vs. Phoenix, August 4, 2007 (1st)
• 40 – Detroit vs. Phoenix, July 8, 2007 (3rd)
• 39 – Phoenix at Minnesota, July 13, 2011 (4th)

Most points, overtime period[]

• 21 – San Antonio vs. Tulsa, August 29, 2009
• 21 – New York vs. Los Angeles, June 3, 2006
• 20 – Connecticut vs. Atlanta, June 27, 2008

Lowest points per game average, season[]

• 56.9 – Seattle 2000
• 57.2 – Miami 2000
• 60.0 – Seattle 2001

Fewest points, game[]

• 34 – Washington at Cleveland, May 31, 2001
• 35 – Miami vs. Cleveland, June 24, 2001
• 36 – Seattle vs. Cleveland, June 14, 2001
• 36 – Washington vs. Miami, August 8, 2001

Fewest points, half[]

• 8 – Detroit at Houston, July 6, 2002
• 9 – Seattle vs. Cleveland, June 14, 2001
• 11 – Minnesota vs. Houston, June 30, 2001

Fewest points, quarter[]

• 1 – Chicago at New York, August 4, 2011
• 2 - Atlanta at Minnesota, August 3, 2017
• 2 - New York vs. Indiana, August 4, 2018
• 2 - Indiana vs. Washington, August 15, 2018
• 4 – Los Angeles at Connecticut, August 3, 2006
• 4 – Seattle at Indiana, June 13, 2007
• 4 – Washington vs. Sacramento, May 22, 2007
• 4 – Indiana at Atlanta, May 16, 2010
• 4 – Tulsa vs. Washington, July 3, 2010

Largest margin of victory, game[]

• 59 – Minnesota (111) vs. Indiana (52), August 18, 2017
• 46 – Seattle (111) vs. Tulsa (65), August 7, 2010
• 45 – Houston (110) at Washington (65), August 17, 1998
• 43 – New York (88) vs. Washington (45), August 13, 1998
• 43 – Minnesota (114) vs. Los Angeles (71), May 31, 2006
• 43 – Washington (102) vs. Connecticut (59), June 28, 2019

Largest margin of victory, road game[]

• 45 – Houston (110) at Washington (65), August 17, 1998
• 39 – Sacramento (91) at Minnesota (52), July 3, 2001
• 38 – Indiana (89) at Minnesota (51), June 6, 2010

Largest deficits overcome to win[]

• 25 – Los Angeles at Detroit, June 26, 2005 (Detroit trailed 35–10, won 79–73)
• 25 – Atlanta at Minnesota, September 7, 2012 (Minnesota trailed 50–25, won 97–93 (2OT))
• 24 – Washington at Los Angeles, July 17, 2011 (Washington trailed 51–27, won 89–85 (OT))

Most points by all reserves, game[]

• 62 – New York vs. Phoenix, June 22, 2008
• 61 – Los Angeles vs. Utah, June 28, 1999
• 58 – San Antonio at Atlanta, June 26, 2011

Highest points per game average by all reserves, season[]

• 33.9 – Minnesota, 2008 (Wiggins 15.8)
• 33.4 – Sacramento, 2006 (Buescher 9.7)
• 29.0 – Los Angeles, 2006 (Holdsclaw 15.0)

Field goals and percentage[]

Most field goals, game[]

• 47 – Phoenix at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)
• 47 – Phoenix vs. Minnesota, July 29, 2010
• 46 – Phoenix at Tulsa, July 22, 2010
• 46 – Connecticut vs. Las Vegas, August 5, 2018

Most three-point field goals, game[]

• 17 - Seattle vs. Las Vegas, May 31, 2018
• 16 – Connecticut at Phoenix, July 6, 2007 (2OT)
• 16 – Minnesota vs. Sacramento, August 28, 2009
• 16 – Phoenix at Tulsa, May 25, 2010

Highest field goal percentage, game[]

• .695 – Minnesota vs. Tulsa, July 10, 2012
• .655 – Los Angeles vs. Houston, June 15, 2005
• .654 – Houston at Washington, July 26, 2005

Fewest field goals, game[]

• 9 – Indiana at Charlotte, June 26, 2004
• 10 – Miami vs. Seattle, July 10, 2001
• 10 – Miami vs. Cleveland, June 24, 2001
• 10 – Washington vs. Miami, August 8, 2001

Fewest three-point field goals, game[]

• 0 – by many

Lowest field goal percentage, game[]

• .182 – Miami vs. Cleveland, June 24, 2001
• .188 – Indiana at Charlotte, June 26, 2004
• .196 – Washington vs. Miami, August 8, 2001

Most field goal attempts, game[]

• 100 – Seattle at Phoenix, July 14, 2010 (3OT)
• 98 – Phoenix vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)
• 97 – Phoenix vs. Atlanta, July 19, 2008

Most three-point field goal attempts, game[]

• 36 – New York vs. Los Angeles, June 3, 2006 (OT)
• 36 – Phoenix at Detroit, July 8, 2007
• 36 – Phoenix at Tulsa, May 25, 2010

Rebounds[]

Most rebounds, game[]

• 57 – Seattle at Phoenix, July 14, 2010 (3OT)
• 57 – Seattle vs. Tulsa, August 7, 2010
• 57 – Tulsa Shock at San Antonio Stars, June 14, 2015

Fewest rebounds, game[]

• 13 – Miami at Orlando, August 11, 2001
• 14 – New York at Charlotte, July 30, 1999
• 14 – Detroit vs. Utah, August 7, 2001

Most offensive rebounds, game[]

• 30 – Tulsa Shock vs. San Antonio Stars, June 14, 2015
• 25 – Sacramento at Washington, May 22, 2007
• 25 – Chicago vs. Phoenix, June 26, 2008

Fewest offensive rebounds, game[]

• 0 – Houston vs. Phoenix, July 27, 2006
• 1 – by many

Most defensive rebounds, game[]

• 42 – Detroit vs. Phoenix, July 8, 2007
• 40 – Utah vs. Detroit, July 6, 1999 (2OT)
• 40 – San Antonio vs. Minnesota, June 16, 2006
• 40 – Atlanta vs. Connecticut, July 7, 2010 (OT)

Fewest defensive rebounds, game[]

• 6 – Houston at Los Angeles, June 15, 2005
• 8 – Washington at New York, August 13, 1998
• 8 – Miami vs. Minnesota, May 28, 2002

Assists[]

Most assists, game[]

• 35 – Minnesota vs. Chicago, September 1, 2017
• 35 - Chicago Sky vs Connecticut Sun, August 10, 2018
• 34 – Seattle Storm at Chicago Sky, August 20, 2017
• 34 – Los Angeles Sparks at Chicago Sky, August 18, 2017
• 32 – Atlanta at Sacramento, September 4, 2009
• 32 – New York at Phoenix, June 21, 2001

Fewest assists, game[]

• 3 – Cleveland at Detroit, July 28, 2001
• 3 – Minnesota at Seattle, August 8, 2003
• 3 – Tulsa vs. Washington, July 3, 2010

Turnovers[]

Most turnovers, game[]

• 33 – Utah at New York, July 17, 1997
• 33 – Utah at Phoenix, August 17, 1997 (OT)
• 33 – Washington at Houston, June 29, 1998

Fewest turnovers, game[]

• 4 – Orlando vs. Washington, August 15, 1999
• 4 – Connecticut at Detroit, July 21, 2004
• 4 – New York vs. Connecticut, July 7, 2005
• 4 – Chicago vs. San Antonio, July 14, 2010
• 4 – Los Angeles at Chicago, July 16, 2010

Team miscellaneous[]

• Highest winning percentage, season – .900, Houston 1998
• Highest winning percentage, home games, season – 1.000, Los Angeles 2001; Seattle 2010
• Highest winning percentage, road games, season – .867, Houston 1998
• Lowest winning percentage, season – .088, Tulsa 2011
• Lowest winning percentage, home games, season – .059, Atlanta 2008
• Lowest winning percentage, road games, season – .000, Washington 1998
• Most wins, season – 29, Phoenix 2014
• Most losses, season – 31, Tulsa 2011
• Most consecutive games won – 18, Los Angeles 2001
• Most consecutive home games won – 28, Los Angeles 2000–2002
• Most consecutive road games won – 12, Los Angeles 2000
• Most consecutive wins to begin season – 13, Minnesota 2016
• Most consecutive losses to begin season – 17, Atlanta 2008
• Most consecutive games lost – 20, Tulsa 2011
• Most consecutive home games lost – 13, San Antonio 2016–2017
• Most consecutive road games lost – 21, Phoenix 2001–2002
• Most overtime periods, game – 4, Washington at Seattle, July 3, 2001
• Most consecutive playoff appearances – 11, Minnesota 2011–2021

References[]

External links[]

• All-Time Leaders at WNBA.com
• WNBA Leaders and Records at Basketball-Reference.com