Ticha Penicheiro had the most assists by a player in her first 5 seasons, with 1,043 assists.

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most assists by a player first 5 seasons wnba

	NAME	AST	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	1,043	138	34.0	7.0	4.1	7.6	2.2	0.2	2.1	6.2	34.4	0.3	1.5	22.0	2.4	3.6	66.6	45.0	0.5	3.6	3.2	4,698	966	570	306	23	447	353	+233
2	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	976	154	32.9	6.8	3.6	6.3	2.5	0.1	2.3	5.4	42.6	0.5	1.5	30.1	1.7	2.5	67.0	51.8	0.7	3.0	2.8	5,064	1,041	561	383	14	437	416	+497
3	Sue Bird S. Bird	934	164	33.4	12.6	2.9	5.7	1.5	0.1	4.4	10.3	42.7	1.7	4.2	39.6	2.2	2.5	87.8	55.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	5,481	2,073	476	244	20	481	249	+483
4	Dawn Staley D. Staley	884	162	33.7	9.2	2.1	5.5	1.4	0.1	3.1	7.9	39.0	1.0	2.7	35.8	2.1	2.4	85.6	51.4	0.4	1.7	2.7	5,461	1,497	334	224	9	439	348	-97
5	Sabrina Ionescu S. Ionescu	851	143	31.4	16.3	5.7	6.0	0.9	0.3	5.4	13.4	40.5	2.7	7.3	36.4	2.8	3.1	90.6	55.2	0.8	4.8	2.9	4,497	2,337	808	134	49	417	241	+432
6	Nikki Teasley N. Teasley	814	153	30.8	9.4	3.4	5.3	1.1	0.3	2.9	7.7	38.0	1.7	4.4	38.4	1.8	2.2	82.2	53.9	0.6	2.8	2.6	4,706	1,437	517	173	46	403	339	+586
7	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	808	163	29.5	11.5	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.0	3.7	8.2	45.1	0.5	2.0	26.9	3.5	4.4	80.3	56.6	0.8	3.3	2.4	4,806	1,871	676	233	8	395	390	+727
8	Danielle Robinson D. Robinson	769	156	29.2	10.2	2.8	4.9	1.2	0.1	4.0	8.8	45.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.2	2.5	87.8	51.8	0.6	2.1	2.1	4,560	1,597	431	185	19	335	333	-74
9	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	768	152	27.1	8.7	2.6	5.1	1.2	0.5	3.3	7.9	41.5	0.7	2.1	32.6	1.4	1.8	80.1	49.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	4,116	1,321	398	180	75	403	397	+462
10	Shannon Johnson S. Johnson	736	154	34.1	13.2	4.2	4.8	1.5	0.2	4.2	10.3	41.2	1.0	2.9	32.8	3.8	5.1	73.6	52.6	1.3	2.9	3.1	5,245	2,037	644	237	35	477	380	+98
11	Caitlin Clark C. Clark	700	83	33.0	19.8	4.9	8.4	1.2	0.6	6.3	14.8	42.1	2.8	8.3	33.8	4.5	5.1	87.3	57.8	0.3	4.7	5.2	2,736	1,640	409	103	51	428	242	+137
12	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	692	163	32.4	19.7	3.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	7.0	15.6	44.6	1.4	3.9	36.4	4.3	5.1	85.8	55.1	0.8	3.1	2.3	5,277	3,212	635	165	33	374	412	+373
13	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	691	169	26.1	11.4	2.9	4.1	0.9	0.2	4.3	9.3	45.9	1.1	2.7	39.6	1.8	2.2	83.9	55.6	0.5	2.5	2.1	4,416	1,929	493	155	26	351	269	+585
14	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	679	167	32.8	20.3	4.3	4.1	1.3	1.0	6.9	15.8	43.5	2.5	7.1	35.9	4.1	5.0	81.6	56.5	0.7	3.6	2.7	5,478	3,398	716	214	160	448	559	+325
15	Veronica Burton V. Burton	662	184	20.3	6.6	2.6	3.6	0.9	0.4	1.9	5.0	38.5	0.8	2.3	33.6	1.9	2.2	86.9	54.9	0.8	1.8	1.2	3,732	1,216	474	172	70	212	334	+447
16	Jennifer Azzi J. Azzi	638	141	34.7	9.1	2.6	4.5	0.8	0.3	2.8	6.2	44.5	1.1	2.4	45.8	2.5	2.9	84.5	60.8	0.3	2.2	2.0	4,892	1,288	360	112	42	281	435	+22
17	Jordin Canada J. Canada	636	144	22.9	7.7	2.1	4.4	1.3	0.1	2.7	7.1	38.6	0.2	1.2	16.8	2.0	2.5	78.6	46.8	0.4	1.7	2.0	3,297	1,102	306	193	17	282	208	+68
18	Skylar Diggins S. Diggins	627	136	31.3	15.4	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.5	5.0	12.4	40.1	1.0	3.2	31.1	4.4	5.2	85.2	52.3	0.6	1.9	2.7	4,260	2,096	340	180	67	365	302	-151
19	Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	617	150	24.3	6.3	2.8	4.1	0.8	0.1	2.2	5.9	37.4	0.8	2.5	32.0	1.0	1.5	72.0	47.9	0.2	2.6	1.5	3,651	944	417	126	20	225	285	+467
20	Kelsey Plum K. Plum	610	158	26.7	12.4	2.5	3.9	0.8	0.1	4.2	10.1	42.1	1.8	4.5	39.9	2.1	2.4	87.6	55.8	0.4	2.1	1.9	4,213	1,963	390	130	16	305	343	+373
21	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	609	166	34.8	17.2	7.8	3.7	2.5	1.0	5.4	13.4	40.6	1.6	4.7	35.0	4.7	5.7	82.1	54.0	2.3	5.5	2.6	5,770	2,853	1,299	416	166	431	503	+245
22	Lindsey Harding L. Harding	607	146	31.2	10.9	3.4	4.2	1.2	0.2	4.1	9.7	42.1	0.4	1.4	26.6	2.3	3.2	73.0	49.0	0.6	2.8	2.6	4,554	1,591	490	171	35	378	295	+189
23	Jackie Young J. Young	606	162	29.3	13.0	4.0	3.7	1.1	0.2	4.7	9.9	47.5	1.0	2.4	41.2	2.5	3.0	84.8	57.6	0.8	3.2	1.5	4,740	2,102	645	177	38	248	305	+1188
24	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	602	124	35.2	21.0	3.2	4.9	1.5	0.3	6.5	14.1	45.8	1.9	5.1	37.8	6.1	7.0	87.1	60.9	0.8	2.5	3.4	4,364	2,601	402	192	35	422	265	+1175
25	Rhyne Howard R. Howard	597	168	33.4	17.3	4.5	3.6	1.7	0.8	5.6	14.8	38.0	2.8	8.1	34.5	3.2	3.9	81.2	52.2	0.8	3.7	1.6	5,617	2,898	750	287	127	274	443	+217

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116.0

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Miles

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Wilson

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Clark

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WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	29	7	.806
2	Valkyries	24	9	.727	3.5
3	Aces - x	24	12	.667	5.0
4	Fever	22	12	.647	6.0
5	Dream	21	12	.636	6.5
6	Liberty	22	14	.611	7.0
7	Mystics	20	14	.588	8.0
8	Wings	20	15	.571	8.5
9	Fire	14	20	.412	14.0
10	Mercury	13	22	.371	15.5
11	Sky	12	22	.353	16.0
12	Sparks	12	22	.353	16.0
13	Tempo	10	23	.303	17.5
14	Sun - e	8	25	.242	19.5
15	Storm - e	7	29	.194	22.0