Women's National Basketball Association
Milestone Player Team Date Information
First player signed Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comets October 23 , 1996 Signed by the WNBA and assigned to Houston
First points scored Penny Toler Los Angeles Sparks June 21 , 1997 Scored the first points on a baseline jump-shot
First triple-double Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comets July 27 , 1998 14 points , 15 rebounds , 10 assists
First goaltending call Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky June 3 , 2008 Trying to block a layup by Lisa Leslie
First slam dunk Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks July 30 , 2002 Dunked on a fast break against Miami
First 50-40-90 season Elena Delle Donne Washington Mystics 2019 51.5% FG , 43.0% 3FG , 97.4% FT
Most career points Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 2004-2014 , 2016-present 8,549 points
Most career rebounds Rebekkah Brunson Sacramento Monarchs / Minnesota Lynx 2004-2019 3,356 rebounds
Most career assists Sue Bird Seattle Storm 2002-2012 , 2014-2018 , 2020-present 2,831 assists
Most 3-pointers Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 2004-2014 , 2016-present 1,102 3-pointers
Most points in a game Liz Cambage Dallas Wings July 17 , 2018 53 points
Most rebounds in a game Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics May 23 , 2003 24 rebounds
Most assists in a game Ticha Penicheiro Sacramento Monarchs July 29 , 1998 & August 3 , 2002 16 assists
Most career wins for a coach Mike Thibault Connecticut Sun / Washington Mystics 2003-present 336 wins
Most team points in one game - Phoenix Mercury July 24 , 2010 127 points in double overtime against Minnesota
Most team points in a regulation game - Phoenix Mercury July 22 , 2010 123 points against Tulsa
Largest margin of victory - Seattle Storm August 7 , 2010 46-point win ( 111-65 ) over Tulsa
Largest attendance for one game - Detroit Shock September 16 , 2007 22,076 in game 5 of 2007 Finals
Players and coaches -- Milestones
See also : WNBA records
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a professional basketball league in the United States. It is currently composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. The regular season is played from May to September, with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October. Starting in 2020, a midseason tournament, the Commissioner's Cup, will be added, with regular-season Cup games played through early July followed by a final match in August. Five WNBA teams have direct NBA counterparts and play in the same arena: Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury. The Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings, Las Vegas Aces, Seattle Storm, and Washington Mystics do not share an arena with a direct NBA counterpart, although four of the seven (the Dream, the Sky, the Wings, and the Mystics) share a market with an NBA counterpart, and the Storm shared an arena and market with an NBA team at the time of its founding. The Dream, the Sky, the Sun, the Wings, the Aces, the Sparks, and the Storm are all independently owned.