A Historic Week: Records Fell Across the League in Mid-August
August 30, 2026
Few stretches in WNBA history have delivered as many broken records in as short a window as the middle of August did this season, with multiple players rewriting the league's record book within days of each other.
Caitlin Clark broke her own single-season record for most 20-point, 10-assist games, continuing to anchor an Indiana offense on pace to challenge the 2010 Phoenix Mercury's all-time highest-scoring team mark of 95.9 points per game. Right alongside her, Kelsey Mitchell extended her own record for most consecutive 20-point games in a single season, with her record-tying 15th straight 20-point game coming fittingly against A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces.
The night before, Rhyne Howard of the Atlanta Dream became the fastest player in league history to reach 100 three-pointers in a regular season. In that same stretch, teammate Angel Reese broke the Dream's single-season franchise record for double-doubles. And Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington made history of her own, becoming the first player in WNBA history to record at least 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals in a game coming off the bench.
Taken individually, any one of these would be a notable headline. Stacked together in the same handful of days, it's a snapshot of just how much individual excellence this season has produced — a genuinely historic run condensed into one August week, and a strong argument that this 30th anniversary season will be remembered as much for its record book as for its ceremonies.
