If you’re struggling to keep up with the headlines across the WNBA this week, you aren’t alone. Over the last 5 days, there have been numerous firsts, and records broken across the association.
Things started off on Monday when Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson dropped a 34 point, 12 rebound, 9 assist stat line to become the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 6,000 career points. Wilson accomplished the feat in 278 career games, eclipsing the previous record of 291 games previously held by Diana Taurasi.
“I’m just grateful to be able to do what I do with the people I love,” said Wilson, who is in her ninth season with the Aces. “I’ve seen so many different defenses, different schemes. Yet we still show up every single day, ready to work and ready to be great. I’m just truly grateful for every teammate I’ve come in contact with that has played alongside me for this 6,000.”
Still only 29 years old, Wilson figures to be in the hunt for just about every career milestone in league history if she can continue to play at her current pace for another 5+ seasons. That being said, the 4x MVP still has some work to do to best Taurasi’s all-time mark of 10,646 career points.
Fast forward to Thursday, and it was Wilson’s teammate Chelsea Gray’s turn to etch her name into the WNBA record books. Gray went nuclear from 3 point range hitting 9 of 13 from beyond the arc to tie the league’s single game record for most 3-pointers made.
On the night, Gray would finish with 29 points on 10 of 15 shooting as the Aces downed the Portland Fire 105-89. The 33 year old guard is now tied with Kelsey Mitchell, Jewell Lloyd, Arike Ogunbowale, and Rhyne Howard atop the single game leaderboard. Each of those marks except for Mitchell (2019) have come since July of 2023 as the WNBA has adopted a more three-and-D style approach in recent years.
Heading over to Indianapolis, the Fever saw two of their franchise cornerstones go off for 30 point double-doubles on Thursday, becoming the first pair of teammates to accomplish the feat in the same game. Indiana would eventually win the contest 114-106 over the Chicago Sky, as Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston led the way with 32 and 34 points respectively.
Boston would add 12 rebounds for good measure, while Clark dished out 10 assists to solidify the record. It would be the third time that Clark has recorded a 30 point double-double, setting a new WNBA record for herself in the process.
Then to cap things off, Wilson, Clark, Nneka Ogwumike, and Becky Hammon were all named to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in sports list for 2026. This year marked the first time that athletes, coaches and executives were given their own stand-alone list, as the 4 women joined the likes of LeBron James, Shohei Ohtani, and more on the exclusive list.
All of this and we’re only 12 games in to what’s shaping up to be a groundbreaking season across the WNBA landscape.
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