most pts by a player in their first career game in the finals

Penny Taylor has posted the most points in the WNBA Finals in her first game, with 32 points.

	NAME	PTS	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	32	WNBA Finals	1	36.2	32.0	9.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	11.0	19.0	57.9	1.0	3.0	33.3	9.0	11.0	81.8	67.1	5.0	4.0	4.0	36	9	7	3	2	4	5	-5
2	Ebony Hoffman E. Hoffman	27	WNBA Finals	1	37.8	27.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	14.0	85.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	93.5	1.0	7.0	3.0	38	8	2	0	0	3	4	+10
3	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	27	WNBA Finals	1	32.5	27.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	28.0	35.7	2.0	7.0	28.6	5.0	6.0	83.3	44.1	1.0	3.0	2.0	32	4	5	1	0	2	5	-11
4	Courtney Williams C. Williams	26	WNBA Finals	1	38.5	26.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	47.4	6.0	9.0	66.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	65.4	1.0	4.0	4.0	38	5	5	1	0	4	3	-9
5	Candice Dupree C. Dupree	26	WNBA Finals	1	30.6	26.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	17.0	76.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		76.5	2.0	4.0	3.0	31	6	1	2	0	3	1	+30
6	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	25	WNBA Finals	1	28.2	25.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	17.0	64.7	0.0	0.0		3.0	5.0	60.0	65.1	3.0	6.0	2.0	28	9	0	0	0	2	2	+3
7	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	25	WNBA Finals	1	40.0	25.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	0.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	15.0	73.3	63.8	0.0	4.0	1.0	40	4	4	2	1	1	1	+14
8	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	24	WNBA Finals	1	39.5	24.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	60.1	1.0	7.0	4.0	40	8	4	1	2	4	2	+9
9	Tari Phillips T. Phillips	24	WNBA Finals	1	36.8	24.0	15.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	10.0	19.0	52.6	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.0	100.0	57.8	4.0	11.0	6.0	37	15	0	1	1	6	3	-7
10	Jewell Loyd J. Loyd	23	WNBA Finals	1	27.3	23.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	89.3	1.0	4.0	0.0	27	5	2	3	0	0	4	+24
11	Ariel Atkins A. Atkins	23	WNBA Finals	1	22.7	23.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	14.0	71.4	1.0	2.0	50.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	77.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	23	1	1	2	0	0	2	-13
12	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	22	WNBA Finals	1	32.1	22.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	14.0	50.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	7.0	8.0	87.5	62.8	0.0	3.0	2.0	32	3	5	1	0	2	2	+21
13	Seimone Augustus S. Augustus	22	WNBA Finals	1	35.6	22.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	20.0	45.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	52.7	0.0	4.0	1.0	36	4	7	0	2	1	5	+3
14	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	21	WNBA Finals	1	43.2	21.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	10.0	16.0	62.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	62.2	2.0	6.0	1.0	43	8	2	3	6	1	5	+4
15	Kahleah Copper K. Copper	21	WNBA Finals	1	32.6	21.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	2.0	4.0	50.0	5.0	5.0	100.0	69.1	5.0	5.0	3.0	33	10	3	2	0	3	3	+17
16	Sophia Young-Malcolm S. Young-Malcolm	21	WNBA Finals	1	37.0	21.0	9.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	21.0	38.1	0.0	0.0		5.0	5.0	100.0	45.3	2.0	7.0	1.0	37	9	4	1	1	1	4	-2
17	Katie Smith K. Smith	21	WNBA Finals	1	37.1	21.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	15.0	46.7	4.0	6.0	66.7	3.0	4.0	75.0	62.6	1.0	1.0	4.0	37	2	2	2	0	4	1	-20
18	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	20	WNBA Finals	1	40.0	20.0	6.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.0	85.7	76.5	3.0	3.0	4.0	40	6	6	5	1	4	3	-9
19	Lindsey Harding L. Harding	20	WNBA Finals	1	38.9	20.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	47.4	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		52.6	0.0	1.0	2.0	39	1	5	1	0	2	0	-12
20	Satou Sabally S. Sabally	19	WNBA Finals	1	30.8	19.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	4.0	4.0	100.0	69.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	31	4	4	0	0	2	5	0
21	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	19	WNBA Finals	1	34.6	19.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	20.0	30.0	0.0	0.0		7.0	8.0	87.5	40.4	2.0	4.0	1.0	35	6	1	1	0	1	2	-20
22	Kristi Toliver K. Toliver	19	WNBA Finals	1	32.6	19.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	11.0	45.5	2.0	4.0	50.0	7.0	7.0	100.0	67.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	33	1	3	0	0	1	2	+6
23	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	19	WNBA Finals	1	29.1	19.0	9.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.0	100.0	92.1	2.0	7.0	3.0	29	9	1	2	0	3	4	+6
24	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	19	WNBA Finals	1	38.0	19.0	11.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	8.0	20.0	40.0	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.0	100.0	44.6	6.0	5.0	2.0	38	11	1	3	1	2	2	-22
25	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	19	WNBA Finals	1	21.4	19.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	17.0	35.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	6.0	6.0	100.0	48.4	1.0	3.0	3.0	21	4	1	0	0	3	3	+6

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PPG

21.5

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7.8

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APG

8.5

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Team Rankings

ORTG

105.4

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DRTG

109.5

11th

NETRTG

-4.0

9th

3P%

32.7

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2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Wings	27	17	.614	6.0
5	Fire	17	27	.386	16.0
6	Mercury	16	28	.364	17.0
7	Sparks	16	28	.364	17.0
8	Storm	8	36	.182	25.0

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Aces

31 - 13

100

Final

Mercury

16 - 28

Thu 24 Sep 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.3

Ogunbowale

27.5

Wilson

27.0

Stewart

Playoffs RPG Leaders

15.0

Iriafen

10.2

Jones

9.5

Stokes

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.7

Clark

8.8

Canada

6.2

Young

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.2

Howard

2.2

Canada

2.0

Gray

Playoffs BPG Leaders

2.8

Jones

2.2

Stewart

2.2

Reese

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.7

Clark

3.2

Ionescu

3.0

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Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Jocytė

113.6

VanSlooten

110.0

Laksa

WNBA 2026 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

114.8

114.5

113.0

111.5

109.0

106.9

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

102.9

105.0

107.2

108.0

115.1

116.4

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

11.9

9.4

4.3

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

284.2

Wilson

262.3

Stewart

226.8

Williams

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

282.5

Wilson

255.5

Stewart

233.3

Williams

Playoffs USG% Leaders

93.7

Bibby

44.6

Koné

37.0

Ogunbowale

Playoffs MPG Leaders

40.0

Stewart

38.3

Gray

38.2

Howard

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.50

Bibby

1.41

Okot

1.39

Boston

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.75

Bibby

1.39

Boston

1.34

Okot

WNBA 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

27-17

22-18

21-17

24-20

20-17

22-21

Worst Record ATS

15-26

15-21

16-20

18-21

19-21

18-18

WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	33	11	.750
2	Valkyries - x	32	12	.727	1.0
3	Aces - x	31	13	.705	2.0
4	Dream - x	30	14	.682	3.0
5	Mystics - x	28	16	.636	5.0
6	Fever - x	28	16	.636	5.0
7	Wings - x	27	17	.614	6.0
8	Liberty - x	26	18	.591	7.0
9	Fire - e	17	27	.386	16.0
10	Sparks - e	16	28	.364	17.0
11	Sky - e	16	28	.364	17.0
12	Mercury - e	16	28	.364	17.0
13	Tempo - e	11	33	.250	22.0
14	Sun - e	11	33	.250	22.0
15	Storm - e	8	36	.182	25.0

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 7/2	SEA	@	PHX	67-90
Fri 7/3	MIN	@	NYL	86-99
Fri 7/3	CHI	@	LVA	90-98
Sat 7/4	GSV	@	ATL	88-83
Sat 7/4	PDX	@	SEA	77-72

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	ATL	@	GSV	3:30 PM
Mon 10/19	ATL	@	GSV	8:00 PM
Wed 10/21	GSV	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	GSV	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	GSV	8:00 PM

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WNBA Fantasy 2026

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