most playoffs points by a rookie since 2000

Since 2000, Ariel Atkins has dropped the most points by a rookie in a single WNBA playoff run, with 137 points in 2018.

NAMEPTSSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Ariel Atkins
A. Atkins
137
2018
WAS WAS
9
27.9
15.2
3.7
1.9
1.1
0.1
5.2
10.9
48.0
1.6
3.7
42.4
3.2
3.7
87.9
60.9
1.6
2.1
0.9
251
33
17
10
1
8
24
+42
2Leonie Fiebich
L. Fiebich
128
2024
NYL NYL
11
31.0
11.6
3.8
2.4
0.8
0.0
4.1
7.5
54.2
2.3
4.4
52.1
1.2
1.2
100.0
72.1
0.9
2.9
0.7
341
42
26
9
0
8
26
+94
3Maya Moore
M. Moore
110
2011
MIN MIN
8
27.9
13.8
5.9
2.3
1.0
0.6
4.8
10.4
45.8
1.8
4.4
40.0
2.5
3.6
69.0
57.4
2.4
3.5
1.9
223
47
18
8
5
15
26
+70
4Lindsay Whalen
L. Whalen
107
2004
CON CON
8
31.9
13.4
2.3
5.1
1.4
0.4
3.8
8.1
46.2
0.5
1.4
36.4
5.4
6.6
81.1
60.6
0.6
1.6
2.1
255
18
41
11
3
17
23
+16
5Briann January
B. January
106
2009
IND IND
10
22.8
10.6
2.4
3.0
0.4
0.0
3.0
7.8
38.5
1.2
2.9
41.4
3.4
4.0
85.0
55.4
0.7
1.7
1.3
228
24
30
4
0
13
23
-14
6DeWanna Bonner
D. Bonner
97
2009
PHX PHX
11
16.9
8.8
4.3
0.3
0.5
0.5
3.1
6.3
49.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.6
3.2
82.9
57.5
1.5
2.7
0.6
186
47
3
5
6
7
13
+28
7Candace Parker
C. Parker
90
2008
LAS LAS
6
36.5
15.0
9.8
3.8
1.5
2.2
5.7
12.3
45.9
0.0
1.2
0.0
3.7
4.8
75.9
51.9
3.3
6.5
2.8
219
59
23
9
13
17
16
-1
8Shavonte Zellous
S. Zellous
78
2009
DET DET
5
29.0
15.6
5.0
2.8
1.2
0.6
4.8
13.6
35.3
1.4
3.4
41.2
4.6
5.4
85.2
48.8
1.6
3.4
1.4
145
25
14
6
3
7
15
+57
9Monique Akoa Makani
M. Akoa Makani
76
2025
PHX PHX
11
24.4
6.9
2.5
3.0
0.5
0.0
2.4
6.6
35.6
0.9
2.7
33.3
1.3
1.4
93.3
47.7
0.8
1.6
1.5
268
27
33
6
0
16
26
-20
10Cheryl Ford
C. Ford
67
2003
DET DET
8
29.1
8.4
10.0
0.5
1.4
0.8
3.0
9.3
32.4
0.0
0.0
2.4
2.9
82.6
39.8
3.1
6.9
1.3
233
80
4
11
6
10
30
+11
11Tamika Catchings
T. Catchings
61
2002
IND IND
3
34.0
20.3
10.7
2.3
1.3
0.3
7.3
15.0
48.9
2.7
7.0
38.1
3.0
3.7
81.8
61.2
4.0
6.7
3.7
102
32
7
4
1
11
7
-19
12Tammy Sutton-Brown
T. Sutton-Brown
60
2001
CHA CHA
8
20.9
7.5
3.3
0.5
0.1
1.4
3.1
5.8
54.3
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.8
71.4
57.5
1.3
2.0
1.0
167
26
4
1
11
8
25
-19
13Alexis Hornbuckle
A. Hornbuckle
57
2008
DET DET
9
24.4
6.3
4.9
2.1
1.2
0.8
2.0
4.7
42.9
0.7
1.8
37.5
1.7
2.2
75.0
56.1
1.3
3.6
1.3
220
44
19
11
7
12
21
+55
14Brittney Griner
B. Griner
53
2013
PHX PHX
5
26.6
10.6
6.4
0.2
0.2
0.8
4.8
9.0
53.3
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.8
55.6
54.1
2.6
3.8
1.6
133
32
1
1
4
8
18
-14
15Alana Beard
A. Beard
50
2004
WAS WAS
3
34.0
16.7
5.0
3.0
2.0
2.7
6.0
13.7
43.9
0.3
1.3
25.0
4.3
4.3
100.0
53.5
0.7
4.3
3.3
102
15
9
6
8
10
8
-17
16Jordin Canada
J. Canada
49
2018
SEA SEA
8
13.6
6.1
1.1
2.3
0.4
0.0
2.6
5.5
47.7
0.5
1.4
36.4
0.4
0.6
60.0
53.0
0.1
1.0
1.5
109
9
18
3
0
12
7
-27
17Yvonne Turner
Y. Turner
49
2017
PHX PHX
5
23.8
9.8
2.4
1.6
1.0
0.0
3.4
6.2
54.8
1.8
3.4
52.9
1.2
1.4
85.7
71.9
0.2
2.2
1.0
119
12
8
5
0
5
9
-12
18Nikki Teasley
N. Teasley
49
2002
LAS LAS
6
30.5
8.2
2.2
7.8
1.5
0.2
2.3
7.0
33.3
0.8
3.7
22.7
2.7
3.2
84.2
48.6
0.5
1.7
3.7
183
13
47
9
1
22
22
+52
19Crystal Dangerfield
C. Dangerfield
47
2020
MIN MIN
4
42.5
11.8
2.8
3.8
1.0
0.0
4.5
13.3
34.0
1.0
4.0
25.0
1.8
2.8
63.6
40.6
0.3
2.5
2.0
170
11
15
4
0
8
11
-26
20Alex Bentley
A. Bentley
46
2013
ATL ATL
8
17.5
5.8
1.8
2.0
1.1
0.3
2.1
7.5
28.3
0.5
2.6
19.0
1.0
1.1
88.9
36.0
0.6
1.1
1.0
140
14
16
9
2
8
20
-8
21Chelsea Newton
C. Newton
46
2005
SAC SAC
8
23.0
5.8
1.8
1.0
0.3
0.0
2.3
5.3
42.9
0.3
0.5
50.0
1.0
1.5
66.7
48.6
0.5
1.3
1.4
184
14
8
2
0
11
19
+18
22Kayla McBride
K. McBride
45
2014
SAN SAN
2
30.0
22.5
2.5
0.5
1.0
0.0
8.0
13.5
59.3
3.0
5.0
60.0
3.5
3.5
100.0
74.8
0.5
2.0
3.5
60
5
1
2
0
7
4
-4
23Imani McGee-Stafford
I. McGee-Stafford
42
2016
CHI CHI
5
20.4
8.4
8.2
0.8
0.0
2.0
3.6
7.2
50.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.0
60.0
52.0
3.2
5.0
1.0
102
41
4
0
10
5
19
-3
24LaToya Thomas
L. Thomas
41
2003
CLE CLE
3
33.0
13.7
7.7
1.3
0.3
1.3
4.7
10.7
43.8
0.0
0.7
0.0
4.3
5.7
76.5
51.9
2.0
5.7
2.0
99
23
4
1
4
6
11
+1
25Rebekah Gardner
R. Gardner
40
2022
CHI CHI
8
17.9
5.0
3.3
1.8
0.8
0.4
1.8
4.5
38.9
0.0
0.8
0.0
1.5
1.8
85.7
47.4
1.4
1.9
0.9
143
26
14
6
3
7
14
+14
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More Mystics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

16.8

Austin

Shakira Austin

RPG

9.4

Iriafen

Kiki Iriafen

APG

4.3

Citron

Sonia Citron
Team Rankings

ORTG

104.2

13th

DRTG

104.5

3rd

NETRTG

-0.3

8th

3P%

31.2

14th

2026 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
Dream Dream
26
14
.650
3
Liberty Liberty
24
16
.600
2.0
4
Mystics Mystics
24
16
.600
2.0
5
Sky Sky
15
25
.375
11.0
6
Tempo Tempo
11
29
.275
15.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/17
WAS WAS
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Sun
9/20
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
4:00 PM
Tue
9/22
CON CON
@
WAS WAS
7:30 PM
Thu
9/24
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
7:30 PM
Last Game
WAS Mystics

24 - 16

82

Final

88

LAS Sparks

14 - 25

Fri 28 Aug 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.0

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

25.0

Mitchell

Kelsey Mitchell

22.5

Clark

Caitlin Clark
RPG Leaders

12.4

Reese

Angel Reese

11.1

Shepard

Jessica Shepard

9.4

Wilson

A'ja Wilson
APG Leaders

8.4

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas

8.4

Clark

Caitlin Clark

7.4

Canada

Jordin Canada
SPG Leaders

2.4

Howard

Rhyne Howard

1.9

Canada

Jordin Canada

1.8

Reese

Angel Reese
BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1.7

Brink

Cameron Brink

1.7

Stokes

Kiah Stokes
3PM Leaders

3.3

Howard

Rhyne Howard

3.3

Mabrey

Marina Mabrey

3.0

Mitchell

Kelsey Mitchell
TS% Leaders

69.3

Allemand

Julie Allemand

68.4

Carter

Chennedy Carter

66.9

Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings
Fever

116.5

Lynx

114.3

Aces

112.9

Liberty

111.9

Wings

111.8

Dream

111.3
DRtg Rankings
Valkyries

100.1

Lynx

104.5

Mystics

104.5

Dream

105.0

Wings

107.2

Aces

107.8
NetRtg Rankings
Lynx

9.9

Valkyries

9.6

Fever

7.3

Dream

6.2

Aces

5.1

Wings

4.6
Tank Leaderboard
Storm

8-32

Sun

10-30

Tempo

11-29

Mercury

14-26

Sparks

15-25

Sky

15-25

WNBA Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,846.3

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1,595.7

Stewart

Breanna Stewart

1,540

Reese

Angel Reese
DraftKings Points Leaders

1,826.8

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1,577.3

Reese

Angel Reese

1,577

Stewart

Breanna Stewart
USG% Leaders

32.8

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

31.8

Clark

Caitlin Clark

30.5

Mabrey

Marina Mabrey
MPG Leaders

34.6

Howard

Rhyne Howard

33.5

Thomas

Alyssa Thomas

33.2

Citron

Sonia Citron
FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1.35

Boston

Aliyah Boston

1.32

Malonga

Dominique Malonga
DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

A'ja Wilson

1.36

Clark

Caitlin Clark

1.35

Boston

Aliyah Boston

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS
Valkyries

21-13

Mystics

20-14

Aces

19-15

Storm

18-14

Sparks

18-16

Sky

18-15
Worst Record ATS
Liberty

11-21

Dream

13-21

Mercury

14-18

Tempo

15-17

Wings

15-18

Sun

15-16

WNBA 2026 Standings

TeamWLPCTGB
1
Lynx Lynx - x
31
9
.775
2
Valkyries Valkyries - x
29
11
.725
2.0
3
Aces Aces - x
27
13
.675
4.0
4
Dream Dream - x
26
14
.650
5.0
5
Fever Fever - x
26
14
.650
5.0
6
Liberty Liberty - x
24
16
.600
7.0
7
Mystics Mystics - x
24
16
.600
7.0
8
Wings Wings - x
24
16
.600
7.0
9
Fire Fire - e
16
24
.400
15.0
10
Sky Sky - e
15
25
.375
16.0
11
Sparks Sparks - e
15
25
.375
16.0
12
Mercury Mercury - e
14
26
.350
17.0
13
Tempo Tempo - e
11
29
.275
20.0
14
Sun Sun - e
10
30
.250
21.0
15
Storm Storm - e
8
32
.200
23.0

WNBA 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
6/14
ATL ATL
@
TOR TOR
102-77
Mon
6/15
LVA LVA
@
DAL DAL
66-96
Mon
6/15
PDX PDX
@
MIN MIN
74-107
Mon
6/15
LAS LAS
@
GSV GSV
58-78
Tue
6/16
TOR TOR
@
IND IND
91-113

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/17
CON CON
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM
Thu
9/17
WAS WAS
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Thu
9/17
LAS LAS
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Thu
9/17
LVA LVA
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Thu
9/17
PHX PHX
@
PDX PDX
10:00 PM